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Grant Jordan’s 7 total touchdowns lead Yale past Brown 56-34
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Grant Jordan’s 7 total touchdowns lead Yale past Brown 56-34

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Grant Jordan threw for 372 yards and six touchdowns — with 12 catches, 195 yards and three scores for David Pantelis — to help Yale defeat Brown 56-34 on Saturday.

Jordan had three passing touchdowns against Pantelis in the first quarter, including two in the final 45 seconds. Pantelis scored from 25 yards out to cap a 12-play, 77-yard drive with 44 seconds left in the frame. Then the Yale defense threw its first interception of the game and Pantelis added a 29-yard field goal on the next play for a 21-7 lead.

Jordan’s 2-yard run made the score 28-7.

Tight end Ryan Belk added his first career touchdown for Yale (5-3, 2-3 Ivy League) when he hauled in a 14-yard catch over the middle to make it 35-14 late in the game. the first half. Mason Shipp added five catches for 89 yards and two scores in the second half – his first touchdowns of the season.

The Yale defense forced four turnovers. Tamatoa McDonough made a strip sack and Zairion Jackson-Bass recovered it early in the fourth for the third turnover. Then, Brandon Webster added his second interception of the game when he was the first to throw a ball near the end zone and returned it to the Yale 37-yard line with 4:51 left.

Jake Willcox was intercepted three times – twice by Webster and once by Osize Daniyan – for Brown (3-5, 2-3). Mark Mahoney caught 10 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown.

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