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Final Stats CU LC First Downs 15 17 Rushing Yards 171 21 Passing Yards 101 286 Total Yards 272 307 Total Plays 78 79 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 8-50 Interceptions-Yards 1-43 2-13 3rd Down Conversions 6-20 3-16 4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-4 Sacks By-Yards 4-26 1-8 PAT Kicks 1-1 0-0 Field Goals 3-3 1-2 Time of Possession 32:41 27:19 Stat Leaders Passing C-Att Yds TD Int CU - Mooney 11-27 101 0 2 LC - Searfoss 29-46 261 2 0 Rushing Car Yds TD Long CU - Russell 15 64 0 11 LC - Scheuerman 18 34 0 11 Receiving Rec Yds TD Long CU - Quazza 3 24 0 10 LC - Scheuerman 11 36 0 12

HAMILTON, N.Y. - Freshman Thomas Martin drilled a 31-yard field goal as time expired to propel the Leopards past Colgate on Saturday afternoon at Andy Kerr Stadium. Martin's first career field goal completed Lafayette's comeback from a 16-point deficit midway through the third quarter.

The comeback was characterized by quick scoring strikes with an up-tempo offense led by sophomore quarterback Blake Searfoss. On the decisive drive, Lafayette took over with 1:14 showing on the clock and three timeouts remaining. On 2^nd-and-10 at the Lafayette 36, Searfoss saw Justin Adams open down the sideline, reaching the senior for a 37-yard gain to the Colgate 25.

Lafayette picked up five more on a toss to Ross Scheuerman before calling a timeout with 14 seconds left. After the timeout, Searfoss hit Scheuerman for six yards to the Colgate 14 where Lafayette called its final timeout and set the stage for Martin's attempt. Martin had missed a 36-yard attempt with six minutes left in the game, but this time his kick split the uprights and sent Lafayette off with the victory.

Searfoss, who came on in relief of injured Lafayette starter Drew Reed in the second quarter, completed 29-of-46 passes for 261 yards with two touchdowns, all career highs. Searfoss was 12-for-13 on the Leopards' final two touchdown drives which took a combined four minutes and 10 seconds.

The Lafayette (4-6, 2-3) defense turned in a stellar effort against a Colgate read-option attack that has frustrated the Leopards in recent seasons. The Raiders rushed for 171 yards, but were forced to settle for three field goals on drives deep inside Lafayette territory. Senior safety Shane Black made a team-high 11 tackles, including two on Colgate's final possession, and added an interception for the Leopards who forced four turnovers. Lafayette forced punts on Colgate's final seven possessions of the game.

In the first half, Lafayette could not take advantage of four Colgate turnovers. The Leopards picked off two passes. Black intercepted a floater in the first quarter and Philip Parham snatched his team-leading third interception of the season on a ball that was tipped by the Colgate receiver.

The Lafayette offense never really got moving, however, held to 57 total yards in the first half. On the possession resulting from Parham's interception, Lafayette turned it over on downs, stopped on a 4^th-and-2 at the Colgate 35.

Colgate (4-6, 2-2) scored four seconds into the second quarter when Jonah Bowman booted a 32-yard field goal. The Raiders moved the ball quickly on the drive, picking up first downs on five straight plays to put the ball to the Lafayette 19 before settling for three.

The Leopards' defense provided another chance when Dennis Bencsko knifed his way into the backfield and stripped the Colgate ballcarrier. Parham recovered it for the Leopards., On the next play, Reed, who had been hobbled by a foot injury earlier in the game, had his pass picked off by Kris Kent who returned it 43 yards to the Lafayette 21.

On the ensuing possession, Colgate QB Bret Mooney (11-27-2 for 101 yards) ran the ball on 4^th-and-3 and picked up a first down to the five-yard line. Two plays later James Holland punched it in from three yards out for the 10-0 lead.

Colgate continued to hand the Leopards opportunities. Near the six-minute mark in the second half, Ryan Forrester punted to Christian Hardegree who fumbled the catch which freshman Parrish Simmons recovered. The Leopard offense was stifled on four straight plays.

Colgate added another 32-yard field goal by Bowman for the 13-0 halftime lead. Bowman started the second half with a 22-yard field goal with 7:48 left in the third quarter to push the Raiders' advantage to 16-0.

The rest of the game belonged to the Leopards. Scheuerman initiated things with a 36-yard kick return to set up the Leopards at their own 45-yard line. The Lafayette offense went up-tempo to try and get things going. It worked. Searfoss completed six straight passes and sprinkled in a 10-yard run by Scheuerman on the Leopards' first scoring drive of the game. The final pass was a 13-yard strike to Mike Duncan over the middle. Down by only two possessions, Lafayette chose to go for two and Searfoss zipped the completion to Matt Mrazek to push the score to 16-8.

The next defensive series belonged to freshman linebacker Brandon Bryant. He stuffed a first down play and then blocked Colgate's punt on fourth down.

It was more of the same for the offense two drives later, as the squad kept up the pace. Searfoss hooked up with Mrazek for two spectacular catches, one for 23 yards and another for 17. Searfoss converted a 2^nd-and-short with his feet on a QB draw. Scheuerman ran for 12 more. Two plays later, Searfoss used Brian Keller for a 14-yard touchdown connection. The Leopards tied the game when Searfoss was able to buy some time and hit Tim Vangelas for the two-point conversion, the second of the game. The game was tied 16-16 with 20 seconds left in the third quarter.

Lafayette's special teams came up with another blocked punt. This time Ben Carroll got in on the action and Rob Hinchen was there to recover and return the ball to the Colgate 22. After negative rushing plays on the first two downs, the offense was forced to settle for a 36-yard attempt from Martin which missed wide right with six minutes remaining.

The Lafayette defense forced two more punts before Lafayette took over with 1:14 left on the game-winning drive.

Lafayette enters its bye week, looking to get healthy for when they suit it up next, on Nov. 22 in Yankee Stadium in the 150 Meeting of College Football's Most Played Rivalry.

NOTES:

The victory in Hamilton on Colgate's Senior Day was the first for Lafayette since 2006 and the first win in the final minute for Lafayette since Oct. 10, 2009, a 24-21 win over Columbia.

Due to injuries, Lafayette was down to just two of its five starters on the offensive line (Connor Staudle and Zack Mazur) with a host of shuffling. Full-time starters Nick Zataveski, Max Ngolla and Luke Chiarolanzio all missed the game as did Ben Jeannot, who started the last four games.

Ross Scheuerman had 11 receptions (career-high) for 36 yards and Mike Duncan grabbed 10 balls (career-high) for 79 yards and a TD.