Saturday, August 17, 2013

Moment #35: Stopped Short



Columbia would endure three losses in 2013 where the offense was unable to get a winning score on a last minute drive.

The week six Homecoming game against Dartmouth would be the third and final case.

Now trailing 21-16 after a Big Green TD with 1:31 left in the game, the Lions got a big break when Dartmouth kicker Riley Lyons kicked the ball out of bounds. That and a Green penalty gave Columbia the ball at the 50.

But after a 1st down pass to Hamilton Garner put CU on the Dartmouth 40, nothing good happened for the Light Blue.

An incomplete pass, a holding penalty, a three yard scramble, a sack and finally an INT by QB Sean Brackett sealed Columbia’s fate.


The Lions Homecoming losing streak had hit the 12 year mark in yet another heartbreaking defeat. 

2 comments:

oldlion said...

Hard to put it on the offense when it gets the ball back with less than two minutes and needs a TD. Against Yale they got it done. I would put it on the defense to fail to come up with the one big stop against Penn and Yale, thus snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

jock/doc said...

Jake, Oldlion is almost right. The end of this game should have been taking a knee after the "D" got a stop instead of giving up a TD and91 yards.
However, I think hat we were dead last in Ivy scoring per game. We got 16 at Homecoming , but we should have scored more. If we are last in scoring this season, don't expect many wins. Period!!
Coach M knows this; I trust.