Colgate 41, Holy Cross 7

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	19	23
Total Yards	278	499
Passing	214	160
Rushing	64	339
Penalties	1-5	9-100
3rd Down Conversions	6-15	4-15
4th Down Conversions	1-3	3-5
Turnovers	8	1
Possession	24:07	35:53

Individual Leaders

Holy Cross Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT O'Neill 12/24 114 0 1 McSharry 9/17 94 0 1	Colgate Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Brown 10/22 160 1 0
Holy Cross Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Bruckner 2 22 0 13 Betz 2 10 0 14 Tenekedes 1 10 0 10	Colgate Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Branch 33 208 4 23 Parker 10 55 0 17 Brown 5 28 1 22
Holy Cross Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Silva 5 50 0 17 Akande 5 37 0 17 Bruckner 3 28 0 15 Gruber 3 12 0 16	Colgate Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Graham 7 97 0 39 Long 2 63 1 53 LaMonica 1 0 0 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				HC	COLG
	TD	5:15	JAMAAL BRANCH 14 YD RUN (LANE SCHWARZBERG KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 22 yards.	0	7
	TD	2:43	JAMAAL BRANCH 3 YD RUN (LANE SCHWARZBERG KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 44 yards.	0	14
	TD	0:08	JAMAAL BRANCH 21 YD RUN (LANE SCHWARZBERG KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 37 yards.	0	21
SECOND QUARTER				HC	COLG
	TD	4:53	CHRIS BROWN 22 YD RUN (LANE SCHWARZBERG KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 74 yards.	0	28
	TD	1:07	DEWAYNE LONG 53 YD PASS FROM CHRIS BROWN (BLOCKED XP) Drive info: 3 plays, 67 yards.	0	34
FOURTH QUARTER				HC	COLG
	TD	12:44	JAMAAL BRANCH 2 YD RUN (LANE SCHWARZBERG KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 41 yards.	0	41
	TD	8:36	BRIAN MCSHARRY 3 YD RUN (MICHAEL DESANTIS KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 80 yards.	7	41

HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) -- Jamaal Branch rushed for 208 yards and four touchdowns to lead Colgate to a 41-7 win over Holy Cross on Saturday.

Colgate forced eight turnovers by Holy Cross, while out-gaining the Crusaders 499 to 278 in total offense.

The Raiders (5-2) opened a 21-0 lead in the first quarter on TD runs by Branch of 14, 3 and 21 yards.

Chris Brown scored on a 22-yard run and Lane Schwarzberg added the extra point for a 28-0 lead in the second quarter. Brown connected with DeWayne Long on a 53-yard TD pass for a 34-0 Colgate lead at halftime.

Colgate closed on its scoring in the fourth quarter on Branch's two-yard run. Holy Cross (1-6) scored its only TD on a three-yard run by Brian McSharry with 8:36 remaining.

Brown completed 10 of 22 passes for 160 yards. John O'Neil finished with 12 of 24 passes for 114 yards.