Jared Montano
24
3-0 , 1-0
6
2-1 , 0-1
3-0 , 1-0
24
Final
6
2-1 , 0-1
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Game Recap: Football |
Sometimes the difference in a game can simply be the will to win. Other times? It helps to have two Wills to win.
On a day when field position was huge, Princeton's Will Powers dropped five punts inside the 20, including one that led to maybe the biggest play of the day. Also, on a day when the Princeton defense was nearly perfect, Will Perez was dominant.
Princeton opened its quest for a fifth Ivy League championship in nine years with a convincing 24-6 road win at Columbia. The Tigers stayed perfect at 3-0 on the young season with a non-league game at Lafayette up next, while Columbia lost for the first time in three games.
It was Columbia who came into the game with the No. 1 scoring defense in the FCS at 4.5 points per game, but it was the Princeton defense that didn't allow a point on a day when Columbia would score only on a fumble recovery in the end zone. Perez was everywhere, with six tackles, all solo, and two tackles for loss, a big fourth-down sack to end one Columbia possession and an interception to end another.
Columbia would have 13 offensive possessions and come up empty on all 13. Princeton's defense had three interceptions, forced six punts, twice forced the Lions to turn it over on downs and two other times stopped Columbia to end the first and second halves.
It was a thoroughly impressive defensive effort, one that saw Joseph Bonczek have his first two career interceptions and 12 different Tigers make at least three tackles, led by seven from Ozzie Nicholas.
Princeton took the opening kickoff and immediately marched 75 yards on eight plays, with the touchdown on a one-yard Ryan Butler run. Along the way, Blake Stenstrom found Dylan Classi for a 24-yard gain and a 22-yard gain and Andrei Iosivas for catches of 19 and six yards.
The 7-0 lead was quickly cut to one, after Princeton got its first defensive stop of the day. After a punt backed the Tigers up deep in their own territory, Aaron Brebnor jumped on a loose ball in the end zone, and the score stood when a replay showed the ball had been thrown backwards by Stenstrom on the play. Columbia went for two but was stopped, and it was 7-6 Tigers.
It stayed that way for most of the rest of the first half. Columbia's best chance to score came on the only one of its first 12 possessions that went for more than 27 yards, when the Lions drove 76 yards on 12 plays but were stopped on downs at the Tiger 6.
Other than that, it wouldn't be until the final drive of the day that Columbia was able to sustain a long drive. By then, it was 24-6.
Perez came up with his interception at the Princeton 48 with 1:52 to go in the half to end a Lion chance to take the lead at the break. Instead, Stenstrom took his team the other way, completing passes to four different receivers on the drive, with two to Classi, one to Iosivas, to to Michael Axelrood and finally the last 13 to JoJo Hawkins with 27 seconds to go, making it 14-6 at intermission.
Columbia was still within a score for its first three second-half possessions but couldn't come up with any points. Perhaps the biggest play of the game came after the Lions forced Princeton into a three-and-out, but Powers hit a perfect punt that became even bigger when Carter McFadden muffed it inside the five and Dawson De Iullis grabbed it at the two. Niko Vangarelli then cashed it in for a 21-6 lead, and with the way the Tiger D was playing, it was clear that would be more than enough.
On a day when field position was huge, Princeton's Will Powers dropped five punts inside the 20, including one that led to maybe the biggest play of the day. Also, on a day when the Princeton defense was nearly perfect, Will Perez was dominant.
Princeton opened its quest for a fifth Ivy League championship in nine years with a convincing 24-6 road win at Columbia. The Tigers stayed perfect at 3-0 on the young season with a non-league game at Lafayette up next, while Columbia lost for the first time in three games.
It was Columbia who came into the game with the No. 1 scoring defense in the FCS at 4.5 points per game, but it was the Princeton defense that didn't allow a point on a day when Columbia would score only on a fumble recovery in the end zone. Perez was everywhere, with six tackles, all solo, and two tackles for loss, a big fourth-down sack to end one Columbia possession and an interception to end another.
Columbia would have 13 offensive possessions and come up empty on all 13. Princeton's defense had three interceptions, forced six punts, twice forced the Lions to turn it over on downs and two other times stopped Columbia to end the first and second halves.
It was a thoroughly impressive defensive effort, one that saw Joseph Bonczek have his first two career interceptions and 12 different Tigers make at least three tackles, led by seven from Ozzie Nicholas.
Princeton took the opening kickoff and immediately marched 75 yards on eight plays, with the touchdown on a one-yard Ryan Butler run. Along the way, Blake Stenstrom found Dylan Classi for a 24-yard gain and a 22-yard gain and Andrei Iosivas for catches of 19 and six yards.
The 7-0 lead was quickly cut to one, after Princeton got its first defensive stop of the day. After a punt backed the Tigers up deep in their own territory, Aaron Brebnor jumped on a loose ball in the end zone, and the score stood when a replay showed the ball had been thrown backwards by Stenstrom on the play. Columbia went for two but was stopped, and it was 7-6 Tigers.
It stayed that way for most of the rest of the first half. Columbia's best chance to score came on the only one of its first 12 possessions that went for more than 27 yards, when the Lions drove 76 yards on 12 plays but were stopped on downs at the Tiger 6.
Other than that, it wouldn't be until the final drive of the day that Columbia was able to sustain a long drive. By then, it was 24-6.
Perez came up with his interception at the Princeton 48 with 1:52 to go in the half to end a Lion chance to take the lead at the break. Instead, Stenstrom took his team the other way, completing passes to four different receivers on the drive, with two to Classi, one to Iosivas, to to Michael Axelrood and finally the last 13 to JoJo Hawkins with 27 seconds to go, making it 14-6 at intermission.
Columbia was still within a score for its first three second-half possessions but couldn't come up with any points. Perhaps the biggest play of the game came after the Lions forced Princeton into a three-and-out, but Powers hit a perfect punt that became even bigger when Carter McFadden muffed it inside the five and Dawson De Iullis grabbed it at the two. Niko Vangarelli then cashed it in for a 21-6 lead, and with the way the Tiger D was playing, it was clear that would be more than enough.
The only fourth quarter points came on a 20-yard Jeffrey Sexton field goal on the final Tiger possession.
Notes:
Dylan Classi has a reception in 26 straight games. He is eight catches shy of 100 for his career.
Andrei Iosivas has caught a pass in 18 consecutive games and is 23 receptions shy of 100 for his career.
Carson Bobo has a reception in 22 of his last 23 games.
Blake Stenstrom has at least 250 yards passing in each game this seasonb.
Uche Ndukwe has a sack in 10 of his last 14 outings.
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