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COLGATE EDGES
LAFAYETTE 17-14 IN PATRIOT LEAGUE GAME
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HAMILTON,
N.Y. – Freshman placekicker Russ
Abrams booted a career-long 40-yard field goal
with 10:52 remaining in the game to lift Colgate
to a 17-14 win over Lafayette Saturday at Andy
Kerr Stadium.
Colgate (6-2, 3-0) won its eighth straight
Patriot League game and 19th in its last 21
league games. The Red Raiders also assured
themselves a fifth straight winning season, its
their best stretch since 1979-83. Lafayette is
2-6 overall and 1-3 in league play.
Colgate opened the scoring in the first quarter
when wide receiver Ryan Ojeda scored on a 30-yard
end around play with 8:13 gone in the period.
Abrams added the extra point for a 7-0 lead.
Lafayette came back in the second quarter to tie
the game on Scott Warden’s three –yard
run. Martin Brecht kicked the extra point for a
7-7 halftime tie.
Colgate jumped back in the lead with 7:35
remaining in the third period, when tailback
Randall Joseph bolted 63 yards on the first play
from scrimmage for a touchdown.
Lafayette gained its second tie with 1:11 left in
the quarter on Marko Glavic one-yard quarterback
sneak.
Joseph finished with 17 carries for 93 yards to
move into fourth place on Colgate’s all-time
rushing list with 2,855 yards. Warden was
Lafayette’s leading rusher with 101 yards on
32 carries.
Colgate had 253 yards of total offense while
Lafayette managed 228 in the defensive struggle
that saw seven turnovers.
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