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| Saturday, September 16 Yale's game ball headed to Hall of Fame Associated Press | |||
| NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Yale became the first school to win 800
football games as Rashad Bartholomew scored three touchdowns and
rushed for a career-high 201 yards in a 42-6 victory over Dayton on
Saturday.
"We're part of history now," Bartholomew said. "It means a
lot. We'll be able to look back and say we beat Michigan and
everybody else."
The Bulldogs (1-0) reached the milestone with third-ranked
Michigan poised to reach the mark next, as the Wolverines have 798 wins going into Saturday's game against
UCLA.
The game ball carrying every team members' name will be
enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame on Monday, Yale
coach Jack Siedlecki said.
"That's a very special thing for these kids to have,"
Siedlecki said.
Yale played and won its first game on Nov. 16, 1872, 3-0 against
Columbia, with each team playing 20 players at a time.
Yale junior Peter Lee made his first start and threw for 193
yards and two touchdowns.
Yale also gained 355 yards on the ground against the Flyers
(2-1). Bartholomew led the charge, slipping Dayton tacklers all
afternoon. He scored from 25 yards out to give Yale its opening
touchdown with less than four minutes gone in the game. He also had
scores of 40 and 10 yards.
Lee threw TD passes of 8 and 12 yards to Eric Johnson and Tommy
McNamara, respectively. Reserve tailback Jay Schulze capped the
Bulldogs' scoring with a 2-yard run in the final five minutes of
the game.
Dayton never threatened. The Flyers opened the season with wins
over Division II and III opponents, but the defending Ivy League
champs dominated Saturday.
"We didn't face a lot of adversity," Siedlecki said. "They
weren't huge and I think we wore them down."
The Bulldogs specials teams also made an impact. Leading 14-0,
Yale had fourth-and-3 late in the second quarter and opted for a
fake punt. Senior linebacker Peter Mazza took the snap for a
20-yard gain to the Dayton 25. Lee connected with McNamara six
plays later to give the Bulldogs a 21-0 lead with 16 seconds left
in the half.
"That was a critical play. We should have expected that,"
Dayton coach Mike Kelly said. "Our momentum would have been a
little different going into halftime."
The Bulldogs held Dayton to 127 total yards. A trio of Flyers
quarterbacks completed just three passes on 14 attempts for 26
yards.
The Flyers haven't been shut out since 1976. They preserved that
streak with a 36-yard touchdown run by Jermaine Bailey with 13:37
left in the fourth quarter. Dayton has played 269 games without
being shut out.
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