FINAL SCORE
Yale Bulldogs at Cornell Big Red game details
Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
Schoellkopf Field · Attendance 12,542
Put the final score in perspective.
Cornell finished 13 points ahead. The teams combined for 63 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Yale 3, Cornell 14. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Cornell outscored its opponent in 3 and Yale in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 19 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 7-16 | 4-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 361 | 278 |
| Passing | 244 | 152 |
| Comp/Att | 26/44 | 14/21 |
| Yards per pass | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Rushing | 117 | 126 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 40 |
| Yards per rush | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Penalties | 10-82 | 5-46 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:10 | 29:50 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Yale Bulldogs
passing
| Charles Hewitt | 26/44 | 244 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 |
rushing
| Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 1 | 8 |
| Charles Hewitt | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 15 |
| Cuttler Adams | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 |
| Lucius Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Vann Hopping | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Jaxton Santiago | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Jaxton Santiago | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 1 | 32 |
| Graham Smith | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 1 | 26 |
| Lucius Anderson | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 30 |
| Reid Jones | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 20 |
| Cuttler Adams | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Brady Wagner | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Garon Kemp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
fumbles
defensive
| Phoenix Grant | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Eastep | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osize Daniyan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abu Kamara | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Webster | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JP Schmidt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babawale Fadeyibi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Schutzman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris White | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Cave | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Barkley-Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zairion Jackson-Bass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Hewitt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylin Tate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Banks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Partin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevidi Hutton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Austin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Kraus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Ohakawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Adam Pandolfi | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 30 | 0 |
kicking
| Noah Piper | 1/1 | 100.0 | 40 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Reese Keeney | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Cornell Big Red
passing
| Garrett Bass-Sulpizio | 14/21 | 152 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 |
rushing
| Ean Pope | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 1 | 31 |
| Jordan Triplett | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 1 | 10 |
| Garrett Bass-Sulpizio | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 2 | 11 |
| John McAuliffe | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Brendan Lee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Ty Doughty | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| John McAuliffe | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 32 |
| Ja'von Broussard | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 41 |
| Ryder Kurtz | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Brendan Lee | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Blaine Zoller | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Samuel Musungu | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 |
| TJ Hamilton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ty Doughty | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| Johnny Williamson | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Wall | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Gibson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy MacPherson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bennett | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braylon James | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Cameron | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braylon Howard | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Greenspan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Draheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saeed Moghaddam -Adames | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caden Lesiewicz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Ducker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Edgerly | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Homola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Grabowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kandakai Sherman Jr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalten Phelan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Dunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolin Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Wise Jr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Tommy MacPherson | 2 | 63 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Brendan Lee | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
kicking
| Alan Zhao | 1/1 | 100.0 | 34 | 5/5 | 8 |
punting
| Caden Lesiewicz | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| Garrett Bass-Sulpizio | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 6:51 | Garrett Bass-Sulpizio 2 Yd Run (Alan Zhao Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 9:56 | Noah Piper 40 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 1:57 | Garrett Bass-Sulpizio 1 Yd Run (Alan Zhao Kick) | 3 – 14 |
| 3 | 12:08 | Ean Pope 31 Yd Run (Alan Zhao Kick) | 3 – 21 |
| 3 | 8:24 | Brendan Lee 7 Yd Run (Alan Zhao Kick) | 3 – 28 |
| 3 | 4:48 | Graham Smith 5 Yd pass from Charles Hewitt (Charles Hewitt Pass to Lucius Anderson for Two-Point Conversion) | 11 – 28 |
| 4 | 13:03 | Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni 1 Yd Run (Noah Piper Kick) | 18 – 28 |
| 4 | 6:13 | Alan Zhao 34 Yd Field Goal | 18 – 31 |
| 4 | 3:31 | Jordan Triplett 1 Yd Run (Alan Zhao Kick) | 18 – 38 |
| 4 | 1:34 | Jaxton Santiago 32 Yd pass from Charles Hewitt (Noah Piper Kick) | 25 – 38 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 13, 11:07 AM UTCData methodology