With the Lions now trailing Yale by just 14-12 late in the 3rd
quarter, the Columbia defense kept the momentum going with a three-and-out.
On the ensuing punt, Alec
Fisher had a brilliant 30-yard return to set the Lions up with a 1st
down at the Eli 48.
Six plays, including two converted 3rd downs,
later the Lions were in basically the same situation they were in at the end of
the first half: 1st and goal at the two and trailing by just two
points.
On the 1st down play RB Marcorus Garrett was stopped at the one, and Columbia fans were clearly getting nervous.
But after a CU timeout, QB Sean Brackett came back with a nice little delayed run and dive
into the end zone to give the Lions the lead back at 19-14.
On the drive, Brackett had gone 4-5 for 54 yards, plus the
one run for the one-yard TD.
In many ways, this game against Yale was the finest of
Brackett’s final year for CU.
2 comments:
Jake, the key was third down completions.
Yep. I say we would have won two more games with just a 5 percentage point increase in conversions last year.
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