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Sports Weekend Update 10-17-09: On Homecoming, Football Can't Stop Fordham

October 16, 2009 - 11:00pm
By Sun Staff

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Fordham 39, Football 27

Fordham quarterback John Skelton picked apart Cornell's defense on Saturday afternoon, throwing for 421 yards and five touchdowns on 21-of-27 attempts. Jason Caldwell caught four of the touchdown passes, a school record, but Asa Lucas had the play of the game. Facing a third-and-nine from his own two-yard line on the first snap of the second quarter, Skelton found Lucas about 40 yards downfield, and the wideout took it to the end zone to put the Rams up, 13-3.

Senior quarterback Ben Ganter did not play, and Adam Currie, Stephen Liuzza and Chris Amrhein combined to go 18-of-35 for 268 yards, a touchdown and five interceptions. Liuzza used a few big plays to lead the team in rushing with 166 yards. With the loss, Cornell falls under .500 on the season, to 2-3.

Other scores:

Men's cross country: first of 11 at Penn State National

Women's cross country: fourth of 18 at Penn State National

Yale 3, Volleyball 0

Volleyball 3, Brown 1

Yale 2, Women's soccer 1 (OT)

Harvard 1, Field hockey 0

Sprint football 27, Penn 24 (OT)

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