PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania football team was victimized by another late score on Saturday, and the Quakers fell to Yale 24-19 at Franklin Field.
 
Penn (2-4, 0-3 Ivy League) forced a pair of Yale fumbles early in the fourth quarter and turned both into points—the scores coming just 1:48 apart—to grab a 19-18 lead with 9:03 left in the fourth quarter. However, Yale marched right down the field and scored with 4:11 left for what would turn out to be the game's final points.
 
Penn was unable to move the ball on its ensuing possession and put the onus on its defense to stop the Bulldogs one final time. However, Yale's bruising run game finally took its toll, picking up the necessary first downs and allowing the Bulldogs (5-1, 2-1) to run out the clock.
 
The result put a damper on an historic day for the Penn program. All-America wide receiver Justin Watson caught 10 balls for 120 yards, giving him an Ivy League-record 16 games with more than 100 yards receiving for his career.

Watson continued his assault on the Penn -- and Ivy League -- record books. With four games remaining, here is where Watson ranks all-time:
- 27 Touchdown Receptions (T1, Penn, T6 Ivy League)
- 3,281 Receiving Yards (#2 Penn, #6 Ivy League)
- 249 Receptions (#2 Penn, #5 Ivy League)
- 2,171 Receiving Yards in Ivy League Games (#2 Penn, #6 Ivy League)
- 177 Receptions in Ivy League Games (#2 Penn, #5 Ivy League)
- 6 Consecutive Games With a Touchdown Reception (T1 Penn, T5 Ivy League)
- 36 Consecutive Games With a Reception (#1 Penn, T3 Ivy League)
- 3,617 All-Purpose Yards (#4 Penn)
- 170 Points Scored (T9 Penn)

Penn drew first blood on its opening drive. After holding Yale on defense, the Quakers started at their own 24-yard line and needed eight plays to cover the 76 yards and score. Will Fischer-Colbrie completed three passes on the drive, the last one to Watson for a 23-yard score as the All-America candidate caught a short pass over the middle and outraced several defenders to the right pylon.
 
Yale took advantage of excellent field position to draw level before the quarter was over. Starting on Penn's 42-yard line after a muffed punt, the Bulldogs needed just five plays to make it 7-7. The last two were rushes by Zane Dudek, the first for 24 yards and the second for eight into the end zone.
 
Penn was back in front early in the second quarter. The Quakers drove from their own 11 into Yale's red zone, but had to settle for a 34-yard Jack Soslow field goal that made the score 10-7.
 
Once again, Yale used a short field to tie things up. The Quakers coughed the ball up right at midfield, and the Bulldogs drove to Penn's 18 before Alex Galland split the uprights with a 35-yard field goal. The Bulldogs then took their first lead of the day with just 30 seconds left before halftime with a 53-yard drive that took just 1:40 and ended with a Kurt Rawlings pass to Reed Klubnik deep in the right side of the end zone for a 13-yard score. Yale then employed some trickery to score a two-point conversion for an 18-10 lead at the break.
 
The third quarter was dictated by solid defensive play on both sides. Penn had the first decent opportunity to score, but Soslow was wide right on a 48-yard field goal attempt late in the period.
 
Early in the fourth, Penn benefited from a block-in-the-back call that nullified a long punt return by Yale's Jason Alessi, and then the Quakers created their own luck on the next play when Jacob Martin stripped Dudek of the ball and Sam Philippi recovered at Yale's 43-yard line. The Quakers got as close as the 19 before Soslow made the score 18-13 with a 44-yard field goal.
 
Yale's next possession was over quickly, as well, this time Rawlings getting stripped by Jay Cammon and Martin recovering at the Yale 32. Penn was quick to punch it in and regain the lead, the big play a 31-yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie to Nick Bokun that set up Tre Solomon's rush around the right side. The Quakers' two-point conversion was no good, but Penn was back in front, 19-18, with just over nine minutes remaining.
 
Yale got its act together on its next possession and drove 80 yards over 11 plays to go back in front. The drive mixed the run and pass nicely and ended with a four-yard pass from Rawlings to Christopher Williams-Lopez inside the left sideline of the end zone. The Bulldogs' two-point conversion was snuffed out, though, so it was a 24-19 game with 4:11 left.
 
Penn is back on the road for the third time in four weeks next Saturday, at Brown. The Quakers and Bears will kick off from Brown Stadium at 12:30 p.m.