Dartmouth 59 Columbia 24
Why Dartmouth Won
After a brief slow start, the Big Green exploded for 38 points in the final 20 minutes of the 1st half. Seven Dartmouth ball carriers averaged at least five yards per carry, and the defense created three Columbia turnovers that led to three Big Green touchdowns.
Why Columbia Lost
The Lions defense lost control of the game during the Dartmouth 38-point barrage. From that point on, the Big Green mixed dominating the line of scrimmage with a few trick plays to seal the game. The CU offense actually moved the ball well most of the game, but could not match Dartmouth's pace.
Key Turning Points
-Leading 3-0 midway through the 1st quarter, Columbia's junior CB Will Allen intercepted an ill-advised pass by Dartmouth QB Jared Gerbino, setting up the Lions just inside Big Green territory. But Columbia then went backwards thanks to two penalties and had to punt. On that punt, Columbia missed a tackle just as Dartmouth returner Drew Estrada caught the ball and he ran off with an 87-yard TD.
-With the score tied at 10 with 8:58 left in the half, Dartmouth took over at its 25 yard line after a CU kickoff and promptly marched down the field in five plays for a TD. It was the lead the Big Green would never give up.
Columbia Positives
-Despite losing by five TD's, the Lion running game continued to show improvement. Even before the game entered the "garbage time" phase, Columbia was getting good running gains with consistency against the best defense in the Ivies.
-While he did throw one INT for a pick six, sophomore QB Ty Lenhart played a solid game and it's notable that his one interception was not a pass right to a wide open defender. The Lions will be more competitive in future games if Lenhart can go 22-for-33 like he did against Dartmouth.
-The offensive line played well overall, giving up no sacks.
Columbia Negatives
-The Lions had no answer for a number of Dartmouth offensive weapons. After containing Gerbino for about 10 minutes, Columbia was no longer able to stop him as a runner.
-Columbia fell victim to a number of trick plays, especially a couple of flea flickers that went for scores.
-Columbia allowed a number of big kick and punt returns for the first time this season.
Columbia MVP
-Sophomore WR/Returner Mike Roussos had another strong game. He finished with seven catches for 83 yards, ran for a one-yard TD, and also had a couple of big kick returns including a 54-yarder.
2 comments:
I watched up to the 5 minute mark of the second quarter so I missed all the fire works in quarter 2's ending... HOWEVER let me comment on what I did see..Opening drive... great start... down the field to about the ten... mixing runs and those "deadly" 5 yard passes and a few down field... Now at the ten.. Fabish plays it "safe"... seems to me that he ran the ball to the middle to set up a fg which did ensue... How about taking TWO shots in the end zone with the pass? FADE? Never happened.. Have we seen a fade in the end zone all year?..... Will Allen makes a big interception AND we are up... do we try a big play? A bomb downfield? A flea flicker? What do you think? Not saying that we beat Dartmouth .. just saying that the predictability of the play calling allows the opposition to " Fill the box" continuously.. After a turn over in our favor lets air it out! BIG PLAY time....R. Pelletreau
Offense scored 24 points against arguably the best defense in the Ivies
but in order to win you need all 3 phases to bring their "A" game and
clearly that didn't happen. So going forward, based on what we've seen,
what is the consensus of opinion regarding how this team does against the
4 opponents remaining on our schedule ? is 2-2 the best we can hope for:
(W's Cornell and Brown, L's Yale and Harvard)?
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