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HAMILTON, N.Y. – Sophomore quarterback Tom McCune passed for 313 yards and two touchdowns and ran for one TD to lead Colgate to a 21-6 win over Fordham at Andy Kerr Stadium Saturday.

Colgate, 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the Patriot League, won its second straight game while Fordham falls to 1-3 overall and 0-2 in league play. It was Colgate's fifth straight win over the Rams. Also Colgate has won 21 of its last 25 Patriot League games.

McCune, the leading passer in the Patriot League, connected on 24-of-36 passes en route to Colgate's best passing total since the 1998 game at Navy.

Colgate opened the scoring with 1:47 remaining in the first quarter, when McCune connected with flanker Joe Parker on a six-yard pass play for a 7-0 lead. Russ Abrams added the extra point to cap off the 10-yard drive in three plays. Parker finished with eight catches for 93 yards.

Colgate took advantage of a bad snap on a Ram punt giving the Red Raiders possession on the Fordham 10.

Colgate upped its advantage to 14-0 earlier in the second quarter, when McCune finished off a 71-yard drive in 11 plays with a 3-yard run to paydirt. He has scored a rushing TD in each of the first three games.

Fordham put its first points on the board with 6:11 remaining in the first half on Brian Colsant's 37-yard field goal.

Colgate took a 21-3 lead into halftime after McCune found split end Jamal Lamb in the end zone on an 18-yard pass play on a third-and-17 with 1:07 left. Lamb finished with six catches for a career-high 120 yards.

The only score of the second half came on Colsant's 28-yard field goal with 6:32 left in the third quarter.

Colgate had 341 yards of total offense (28 rushing – 313 passing), while holding Fordham to 197 yards (47 rushing – 150 passing).

RED RAIDER NOTEBOOK: Senior free safety Keith Brooks had his second intereception of the season ... linebacker Mark Herman had 11 tackles including a pair of sacks and one TFL ... John Costantino and Eric Tee made eight tackles apiece ... Colgate's defense came up with seven sacks ... Jason Mattes had four catches for 65 yards ... Eugene Kendrick was the leading rusher with 17 yards on eight carries.