Raiders Lose at Darmouth

RFH 2010, Colgate Football

Sun, Sep 18, 2011

Colgate quarterback Gavin McCarney collected 322 yards of total offense and three scores, but it wasn't enough as the Raiders fell to Dartmouth, 37-20, in Hanover, NH..

McCarney completed 26-of-34 passes for 200 yards, while rushing for 122 yards on 23 carries and three touchdowns. Freshman running back Danny Epstein made his first collegiate start, filling in for Nate Eachus, and ran for 46 yards on 16 carriers, while also making four catches for 20 yards. Wide receiver Chris Looney led the Raiders with eight receptions for 83 yards, as McCarney connected with seven different receivers.

Dartmouth (1-0) scored on its first three possessions, including a 9-yard touchdown run by Dominick Pierre, during its opening drive to take a 7-0 lead. Colgate then answered back with an nine play, 71 yard scoring drive capped off with a 12-yard run by McCarney to tie the score 7-7. Dartmouth would answer back with a pair of field goals to make the score 13-7 late in the second quarter. Colgate had a chance to trim into the lead before halftime, but had a 26-yard field goal attempt by Joe Uglietto blocked to end the half. Uglietto made the initial 21-yard field goal attempt, but Colgate was called for a false start penalty, moving the ball back five yards.

Dartmouth opened the third quarter with a 39 yard drive capped off by a 41-yard field goal to make the score 16-7. Colgate answered back in its next drive with a 7-yard touchdown run by McCarney to make the score 16-14. The Raiders seemed to have seizied momentum, but Dartmouth was able to regain a nine point lead after a 6 play, 60 yard drive capped off by a four yard scamper by Nick Schwieger to make the score 23-14. Colgate was then forced to punt on its next possession, but had the punt blocked on its on 24-yard line. The Big Green took advantage of the good field possession by scoring on a 19-yard pass from Connor Kempe to Tim McManus to build a 30-14 lead through the first three quarters.

Colgate (1-2, 0-1) was able to score midway through the fourth quarter off a two yard run by McCarney, the Raiders then attempted a two point conversion but McCarney was stopped short of the end zone, to make the score 30-20. Colgate then attempted an onsides kick, but the ball went out of bounds. Dartmouth took advantage of the good field position by marching 40 yards to setup Schwieger for a two yard touchdown run to make the final score 37-20.

Colgate out-gained Dartmouth in total yards 384-320 and won the time of possession battle 33:51 to 26:09, but finished 3-for-6 in the red-zone, while Dartmouth was a perfect 5-for-5.

Colgate will conclude its three game road trip with a visit to Towson on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7p.m.