Patriot League Football Saturday Recap presented by Credit Union 1 (10.18.25)

Hoyas and Crusaders pick up important League wins

Hoyas and Crusaders pick up important League wins

AT GEORGETOWN HOYAS (4-3, 1-1 PL) 21, COLGATE RAIDERS (2-5, 1-2 PL) 17

Cooper Field/Washington, D.C. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)

BOX SCORE

WASHINGTON – Freshman defensive back Brian Lloyd’s interception with 28 seconds remaining in the game lifted Georgetown to a 21-17 victory over Colgate, its first against the Raiders since 2011.

*Senior quarterback Dez Thomas II completed 15-of-21 passes for 165 yards and rushed for 23 yards and two touchdowns, including a 12-yard score in the fourth quarter to put the Hoyas in front for good.

*Senior wide receiver Jimmy Kibble caught seven passes for 141 yards, while sophomore running back Savion Hart rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries to lead the GU offense.

*Hoyas’ junior cornerback Braylon Wise finished with a game-high 14 tackles and a pass breakup, while senior linebacker Naiteitei Mose added 12 tackles

*Lloyd and freshman defensive back Brian Allen both recorded interceptions.

*Colgate junior quarterback Jake Stearne completed 22-of-38 passes for 314 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

*Junior wide receiver Reed Swanson posted career-highs of 11 receptions for 183 yards. He caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Stearney in the fourth quarter to give the Raiders their first lead of the game at 17-14.

*Raiders’ senior linebacker Dane Picariello finished with a team-high 11 tackles, and junior linebacker Trooper Price added 10 tackles.

*Sophomore linebacker Christian Magliacano added six tackles and 1.5 TFLs.

RECAPS: COLGATE | GEORGETOWN

DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (4-1, 1-1 IVY) 30, AT FORDHAM RAMS (1-6, 1-2 PL) 13

Moglia Stadium at Jack Coffey Field/Bronx, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)

BOX SCORE

BRONX, N.Y. – Junior quarterback Gunnar Smith completed 21-of-35 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown, but Fordham could not keep pace with Dartmouth in a 30-13 loss at Moglia Stadium.

*Smith connected with sophomore receiver Jack Freeburg on a five-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to bring the Rams within three points, at 16-13, but the Big Green scored a pair of late touchdowns to seal the way.

*Freeburg finished with six receptions for 64 yards and a score. Junior wide receiver Nodin Tracy added 58 yards on five receptions.

*Sophomore placekicker Bennett Henderson went 2-for-2 on field-goal attempts, connecting from 29 and 22 yards.

*Graduate student linebacker James Conway led the Rams’ defense with 17 tackles, 1.5 TFLs and one pass breakup. Conway moved into second place in FCS history with 539 career tackles, 11 shy of former Illinois State linebacker Boomer Grigsby’s record.

RECAP: FORDHAM

AT CORNELL BIG RED (0-4, 0-2 IVY) 30, BUCKNELL BISON (4-3, 1-2 PL) 20

Schoellkopf Field/Ithaca, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)

BOX SCORE

ITHACA, N.Y. – Sophomore quarterback Christian Dietrich completed fourth-quarter touchdown passes to junior receiver Sam Milligan and sophomore running back Michael Cadden, but Bucknell fell to Cornell, 30-20, at Schoellkopf Field.

*The Big Red scored 27 straight points between the second and fourth quarters, before the Bison offense responded.

*Dietrich completed 19-of-32 passes for 220 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Milligan caught seven passes for 78 yards and a score, while junior receiver TJ Cadden finished with 68 yards on five receptions.

*The Bison took a 7-3 lead in the second quarter when sophomore running back Logan Bush capped an eight-play, 85-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run, but Cornell answered with 27 straight points.

*Junior linebacker Nick Hoying recorded 11 tackles, 3.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack to lead the Bison defense.

*Sophomore linebacker Brandon Biagiarelli posted a game-high 12 tackles, while junior safety Dylan Cormier added 11 tackles and 1.0 TFL.

RECAP: BUCKNELL

HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (1-6, 1-1 PL) 28, AT RICHMOND SPIDERS (4-4, 1-3 PL) 22

E. Claiborne Robins Stadium/Richmond, Va. 2 p.m. (ESPN+)

BOX SCORE

RICHMOND, Va. – Junior running back Jayden Clerveaux and freshman running back Joseph Williams rushed for second-half touchdowns to lift Holy Cross to a 28-22 victory over Richmond.

*Clerveaux carried 12 times for 77 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, that put the Crusaders in front 21-13.

*Williams carried for 30 yards on eight carries, including a one-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter that capped a 12-play, 60-yard drive.

*Freshman quarterback Dominic Campanile and senior running back Nyeoti Punni also contributed rushing touchdowns in the Crusaders’ first win of the season.

*Sophomore linebacker Lathan Croley posted a team-high 10 tackles, junior linebacker Cam Santee added nine tackles and 2.0 TFLs and junior defensive back Cam Jones added nine tackles and 1.5 TFLs.

*Richmond senior quarterback Kyle Wickersham completed 20-of-32 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 80 yards on 17 carries.

*Wickersham completed a 56-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Andreas Hill in the first quarter. Senior receiver Ja’Vion Griffin finished with 71 yards on six receptions.

*Spiders’ junior running back Aziz Foster-Powell rushed for a seven-yard touchdown in the third quarter to bring Richmond within two points, at 21-19. He finished with 80 yards on 13 carries.

*Sophomore linebacker Blake Houser led Richmond with 12 tackles and 1.0 TFL, and classmate Peyton Seelmann added nine tackles, one sack and a pass breakup.

RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | RICHMOND

AT OREGON STATE BEAVERS (1-7, 0-0 PAC-12) 45, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (5-3, 3-0 PL) 13

Reser Stadium/Corvallis, Oregon 10 p.m. (CW)

BOX SCORE

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lafayette held a three-point halftime lead, but fell to FBS opponent Oregon State, 45-13, on Saturday night at Reser Stadium.

*The Leopards led 13-10 after junior placekicker Jack Simonetta connected on field goals from 28 and 37 yards, and senior quarterback Dean DeNobile found freshman wide receiver Matthew Scerbo for a 15-yard touchdown with 1:48 remaining in the first half.

*DeNobile threw for 176 yards, one touchdown and one interception, completing 18-of-40 passes. *Senior receiver Elijah Steward caught four passes for a game-high 68 yards, and junior receiver Carson Persing caught five passes for 32 yards.

*Sophomore defensive back Dhonte Jackson recorded a team-high seven tackles, while senior defensive back Jalen Edwards finished with four tackles, 1.0 TFL, one interception and one forced fumble.

RECAP: LAFAYETTE

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