Vol. LXVVII, No. 5 Oct. 15, 2016

By Steve Conn, Associate AD Director of Sports Publicity

Dale Harris was Mr. Everything for the Bull-dogs today. He ran for four touchdowns and a two-point conversion while netting 136 yards, caught a pass for a first down and made three solo tackles as a cornerback. Harris also played special teams. However, that wasn't enough to get Yale a victory in a 44-37 loss at Fordham.

Harris, a senior who started on defense after missing most of the week's practices with an ill-ness, focused more on offense when today's starting tailback, Candler Rich (10 carries, 86 yards) was knocked out of the game with an injury. Harris had TD runs of one (twice), three and four yards as the Bulldogs tried to catch the Rams (4-2) in the second half.

"Nothing new," said Harris of his switching back and forth between offense and defense. "We should have won that game today."

Yale had leads of 8-7 and 15-14 with sopho-more quarterback Tre Moore, who had 102 rush-

ing yards, leading the offense to one score in each quarter before the half. After the QB found the end zone from a yard out in the first quarter, junior defensive back Andrew Johnson ran in the two-point conversion. Harris' four-yard jaunt early in the second gave the visitor's their final lead on a sun-splashed afternoon.

The Bulldogs, who will be back at Jack Coffey Field next fall, had more total offense (453-427), more first downs (24-15) and more pos-session time (32-28) than the Patriot League power that made the 2015 NCAA Playoffs.

Two big Yale turnovers on the first two possessions of the second half could have been the difference today. The

first was a 63-yard interception return for a TD, which was followed by a fumble deep in Fordham territory.

"It was a real good football game," said Tony Reno, Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach. "They (Ford-ham) did a nice job and cashed in on one more play than we did."

F o r d h a m Q B Kevin Anderson was responsible for five plays (TD passes) that hurt the Elis, who fig-ured Chace Edmonds (121 yards rushing) was the guy to stop after a 359-yard day against Lafayette the week before.

"They are explo-sive and pose a lot of problems. At times we defended them Oluokun and Elis chased Edmonds down

Harris found the end zone five times

well," said Reno. "We had an opportunity to take over the game in the third."

The Rams' largest lead was 34-15 after the pick-six in the third quarter. Harris then sand-wiched three of his touchdown runs around two tal-lies by the home team. His final score came with 21 seconds left and brought the Elis to within seven.

The ensuing on-side kick-off attempt by Yale was unsuccessful.

"We can't have the turnovers. They were a big shift in the game," said Harris.

Reno's team, which is 1-1 in Ivy play with a huge Friday night home game looming against Penn next week, has continued to improve despite another rash of injuries.

"There has been a lot of growth over the last three weeks. We need to keep making incremental jumps," said the coach.

GAME STATSTEAM STATISTICS: Yale FordhamFirst Downs 24 15Rushes-Yards 50-324 30-157Passing Yards 129 270Passes 14-35-1 18-27-0Total Off. Yards 453 427Fumbles/ Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties/ Yards 2-20 12-11Punts (Avg.) 6 (39.8) 7 (38.8)Time of Possession 32:29 27:31

INDIVIDUAL YALE STATISTICS:RUSHING

Harris 24-136, Moore 16-102, Rich 10-86PASSING

Moore 13-34-1-103, Rawlings 1-1-0-26RECEIVING

Shohfi 2-40, Gaines 5-26, Rich 2-20, Lager 1-14, Marcinik 1-9, Haenni 1-9, Harris 1-6, Klubnik 1-5

LEADING TACKLERS Oluokun 7 solo, 2 assist, 9 TOT; Mullen 5 solo, 1 assist, 6 TOT; Carlson 4 solo, 1 assist, 5 TOT

Fordham 44, Yale 37Scoring by quarters:YALE 8 7 8 14 -37 Fordham 14 13 14 3 - 44

first quarter:F—Cantelli 15 pass from Anderson (Redd kick), 13:09Y—Moore 1 run (Johnson run), 9:49F—Caddle 55 pass from Anderson (Redd kick), 1:12second quarter:Y—Harris 4 run (Galland kick), 10:51F—Longi 15 pass from Anderson (Redd kick), 5:32F—Caddle 19 pass from Anderson (run failed), 0:52

third quarter:F—Ham 63 interception return (Redd kick), 5:23Y—Harris 1 run (Harris run), 1:48F—Cantelli 69 pass from Anderson (Redd kick), 1:31

fourth quarter:Y—Harris 1 run (Galland kick), 12:21F—Redd 20 FG, 2:06Y—Harris 3 run (Galland kick), 0:21

Attendance: 4,671

Bulldogs by the Numbers2016 Statistical Leaders

Receiving

Passing Rushing

Receiving

Tackles Sacks/TFL

Tre Moore (66-130-4-580 2 TDs) Dale Harris (50-227 4 TDs)

Christopher Williams-Lopez (15-222) Myles Gaines (17-155)

Hayden Carlson (48 TOT) Kyle Mullen (2 sacks, 5 TFL)

Reno's RundownJoel E. Smilow ’54 Head Coach of Football

Next Weekend

Penn at Yale (Oct. 28) 7:00Cornell at Brown 12:00Harvard at Princeton 1:00Dartmouth at Columbia 1:30

Standings (Ivy/Overall):Harvard 2-0 4-1Princeton 2-0 4-1Penn 2-0 3-2 Cornell 1-1 3-2Yale 1-1 1-4Dartmouth 0-2 3-2Columbia 0-2 1-4Brown 0-2 1-4

REPORTHoly Cross 27, Harvard 17- Harvard suffered its first loss of the season to Holy Cross falling ten point shy to the Cru-saders. The Crimson entered halftime trailing by four points after a 37-yard field goal from Jake McIntyre at the end of the half. But they were shutout in the second half, and two long field goals from Zane Wisp (44, 41) sealed the Holy Cross victory. Harvard’s Tom Stewart went 19-for-33 with 219 yards, an interception and a 12-yard touchdown pass to Brian Dunlap (8-72). Noah Reiners had 11 carries for 36 yards and a 14-yard run to give the Crimson a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.

Dartmouth 20, Towson 17- Dartmouth edged out Towson for their third out of conference win. Jack Haneghan went 14-for-21 with 96 passing yards. He did not throw any touchdowns but was on the receiving end of a 23-yard pass from Abrm McQuarters in the third quarter that gave the Big Green a 20-10 lead. Ryder Stone led Dartmouth on the ground with 14 carries for 90 yards. Vito Penza scored the Big Greens’ only rushing touchdown on a four-yard run in the second quarter. The Dartmouth kicker had two field goals for 25 and 30 yards at the end of the first and second quarter.

Sacred Heart 31, Cornell 24- Three different players tallied a rushing touchdown in Cornell’s loss to Sacred Heart. The Pioneers’ RJ Noel was picked off four times but he threw two touchdowns and went 13-for-24 with 206 yards. Nate Chavi-ous had 24 carries for 180 yards and two touchdowns (22, 13) for Sacred Heart to lead all rushers in the contest. Cornell trailed 31-10 midway through the third quarter but rallied with a 20-yard run by J.D. Pickell and a one-yard run by Dalton Banks in the fourth. Banks finished the day going 15-for-38 with 117 yard and was picked off once.

Penn 35, Columbia 10- Alex Togerson went 17-for-27 for 241 yards, three touchdowns and an interception in the win over Columbia. His longest was a 50-yard touchdown pass to Christian Pearson (6-97), Pearson also had an 8-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. Justin Watson (19-127) led all receivers and caught a 46-yard touchdown pass in the first. Tre Solomon put the Quakers on the board with a 1-yard run in the first, he finished the day with 19 carries for 127 yards. Hunter Petlanksy had a 1-yard run in the third for the Lions only score. Penn only led by a touchdown in the first half but then scored four unanswered in the second half to seal the win.

Princeton 31, Brown 7- John Lovett, who went 6-for-7 for 71 passing yards, and 3 total touchdowns led the Tigers in their win over Brown. He also had seven carries for 21 yards and a 7-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Lovett’s two pass-ing touchdowns went to James Frusciante (5-43). Princeton used two quarterbacks, Chad Kanoff went 16-for-23 with 185 yards and a 33-yard pass to Issaiah Barnes for the first score of the day. The Tigers scored all of their touchdowns in the first half, Tavish Rice kicked a 32-yard field goal in the third quarter to make the score 31-0. Thomas Linta went 19-for-35 with 148 yards and spoiled Princeton’s chance at a shutout with a five-yard pass to Jaelon Blanburg in the fourth quarter.

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"It was a real good football game, They (Fordham) did a nice job and cashed in on one more play than we did."

Moore had 205 yards of total offense

Kickoff: 7:00 p.m.Location: The Yale Bowl, New Haven, Conn.Radio: WELI 960 AMLive On-line Video: NBC LiveYale Ticket Info: (203) 432-1400 or www.yalebulldogs.com

Penn (3-2, 2-0) vs. Yale (1-4, 1-1)

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2016 ScheduleDate Opponent Sept. 17 COLGATE L 55-13 Sept. 24 at Cornell* L 27-13Oct. 1 LEHIGH L 63-35 Oct. 8 DARTMOUTH* W 21-13 Oct. 15 at Fordham (PLN) L 44-37 Oct. 21 PENN* (NBCSN) 7:00Oct. 28 at Columbia* (NBCSN) 7:00Nov. 5 at Brown* 12:30Nov. 12 PRINCETON* 12:30Nov. 19 at Harvard* 2:30

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Q&A With Mr. Everything

SERIES

Yale leads the series against the Quakers 46-36-1, though Penn has won 18 of the last 24. The Elis, who captured the first meeting in

1879 at New Haven, won the last two games at the Bowl in 2012 and 2014, but Yale's last

win at Franklin Field was in 2007. In the meetings that required extra time, Yale has more (3) OT games against Penn than any other opponent. The Blue has won two of

those games, the last coming at Philadelphia in 2007.

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Dale Harris, Sr.Running Back/Corner Back/Special

teams

Harris was initially recruited to play running back, but has spent most of the past three sea-sons playing corner for the Bulldogs. During week eight last season, he made the transition back to running back and expected to be used on offense during the 2016 season. However, his versatility has provided a solution to the Elis' injury problems this year. On Oct. 8 he

led Yale in solo tackles, and on O he rushed for 136 yards and four touchdowns. Here is a brief

Q&A from the man who is now being called "Mr. Everything".

Q. How has the transition back to running back been?

A. "Feels great. Each day I’m learning more and more, kind of getting back where I left off. I'm just refreshing my skills and each day learning more. Coaches here taught me a lot different thing from my coaches in high school."

Q. Did you think your running back days were over?

A. "Coming in freshmen year I made the transition to corner and I played that for three years. So I figured that my running back career was over. But it’s always been something in the back of my head. I actually used to joke with coach to put me on offense for a couple plays when I was at corner back."

Q. Are there any NFL players that you model your game after?

A. "Tavon Austin went to Dunbar High School in D.C. right by my high school, I always just used to study his highlight tape. Watching him, as a high school athlete at least, just being able to compare myself to a person who is in high school, was big for me. I saw him do amazing things, I would try and mimic some of his moves he did on the field."

Q. How did Tavon Austin shape your game?

A. "I played special teams as well in high school. Looking at him he’s definitely versatile, but for me I wasn’t trying to be versatile. I just took on that role of whatever the coaches need me to do I’ll just step into that role. My main goal in to switching over was doing whatever I could do to help the team."