Central Connecticut Blue Devils @ Yale Bulldogs

Central Connecticut Blue DevilsC ConnecticutCCSU

2-3, 1-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
C Connecticut CCSU	3	7	6	6	22
Yale YALE	10	7	0	6	23

Yale BulldogsYaleYALE

2-1, 1-0 Home

Grant Jordan and Luke Foster connect for a go-ahead touchdown, and Yale holds off CCSU 23-22

Oct 5, 2024, 03:55 pm

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- — Luke Foster hauled in a 19-yard pass from Grant Jordan for a go-ahead touchdown with 8:15 remaining and Yale held off Central Connecticut 23-22 on Saturday in the first meeting between the programs.

The Yale defense held strong in the fourth. Trailing 22-17, the Bulldogs' Joshua Tarver intercepted a pass in the middle of the field and returned it 21 yards to the CCSU 30-yard line. Jordan and Foster connected five plays later to go ahead.

Down the stretch, Yale linebacker Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye came off the left side unblocked and sacked Brady Olson with 2:25 remaining. Da’Quan Gonzales broke up a fourth-down pass near the Yale 40-yard line with 38 seconds left to seal it.

Yale (2-1) resumes conference play next week against Dartmouth in its quest to win three straight Ivy League titles for the first time since 1979-81.

Jordan finished 16 of 31 for 146 yards and a touchdown for Yale. Joshua Pitsenberger carried it 19 times for 127 yards and a touchdown, and Jordan added 51 yards rushing and another score.

Olson threw for two touchdowns and 288 yards for CCSU (2-3) but he was intercepted two times. Elijah Howard rushed for 108 yards on 25 carries.

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Game Information

New Haven, CT

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FCS

Northeast Conference	CONF	OVR
Central Connecticut	6-1	8-5
Duquesne	5-2	7-5
Mercyhurst	4-3	5-7
Long Island University	4-3	6-6
Wagner	4-3	5-7
Stonehill	3-4	4-8
Robert Morris	2-5	3-9
New Haven	0-0	5-5
Saint Francis	0-7	0-11

Ivy League	CONF	OVR
Yale	6-1	9-3
Harvard	6-1	9-2
Pennsylvania	4-3	6-4
Dartmouth	4-3	7-3
Cornell	3-4	4-6
Princeton	2-5	3-7
Brown	2-5	5-5
Columbia	1-6	2-8

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