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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS
Dean Kennedy
Rochester Athletics
42
Winner Hobart HOB 9-0 , 7-0
21
Rochester ROC 5-4 , 3-3
Winner
Hobart HOB
9-0 , 7-0
42
Final
21
Rochester ROC
5-4 , 3-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
HOB Hobart 0 14 21 7 42
ROC Rochester 0 7 7 7 21

Game Recap: Football |

UR Breaks Two Records, but Hobart Prevails



ROCHESTER, N.Y. –Patrick Conlon threw for a pair of touchdowns and Dominique Ellis ran for two scores to lead visiting Hobart College to a 42-21 victory over the University of Rochester at Edwin Fauver Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The victory clinched a second straight unbeaten regular season for Hobart (9-0, 7-0 Liberty League). Hobart clinched the Liberty League title outright a week ago when the Statesmen defeated St. Lawrence and Rochester lost to WPI. Rochester finished 5-4 overall, 3-3 in the Liberty League.

With the win, the Statesmen also retained possession of The Centennial Cup, a trophy created in 2007 to mark the 100th game between the Upstate N.Y. rivals. Hobart has won the trophy six times in seven years. The Statesmen lead the all-time series, 51-48-7. It began in 1892.

Conlan completed nine of 14 throws for 185 yards. He threw a 17-yard TD pass to Mike Berkowitz with 5:3 left in the second quarter to give Hobart a 14-7 lead heading into the locker room. In the third quarter, he found John Fasano behind the Yellowjacket defense for a 64-yard TD and a 35-14 lead. That capped a 21-0 run by Hobart after Rochester knotted the score at 14-14 on its first possession of the second half.

Ellis ran 11 yards to score early in the second quarter., That capped a nine-play 55-yard drive. Rochester drove 86 yards in 11 plays to tie it at 7-7. Dean Kennedy ran in from six yards out. The Conlan-to-Berkowitz TD pass ended a six-play, 67-yard drive.

Kennedy threw a 29-yard TD pass to Thomas Hayes just three plays after the Yellowjackets blocked a punt by Yosh Karbowniczak. That evened it at 14-14with 11:32 left in the third quarter. Less than two minutes later, Hobart went ahead for good. Ellis drove through left guard and burst into the Rochester secondary outrunning pursuers to the end zone for a 43-yard touchdown. Hobart led, 21-14, with 9:33 left in the third.

On Rochester's next possession, Jolyon Davis returned an interception 43 yards for a TD.

Steven Webb led the Hobart ground game with 95 yards on 19 carries. He scored on a 48-yard run in the fourth quarter, extending the Hobart lead to 42-14.

Kennedy tied the Rochester record for completions in a game by hitting 28 of 45 throws for 326 yards and two TDs. He was intercepted three times and sacked three times. Hayes caught 10 passes for 156 yards. The other touchdown throw came midway through the fourth when Kennedy found linebacker Tony Ortega on the left side of the end zone.

Kennedy also broke two records for total offense. He finished with 16 rushes for 79 yards and the 28 of 45 passing performance for 325 yards. His total of 404 yards broke the record of 388 yards set by Jeff Wittig in 1984. The 61 plays snapped Steve Kenny's record of 55 plays set in 1995.