Penn-Dartmouth Box Score (PDF)
 
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania football team held…and held…but ultimately could not stop Dartmouth in the dying seconds of Friday night's game at Franklin Field. The Big Green scored from one yard out on the final play of the game and knocked off the Quakers, 16-13.
 
Dartmouth had first-and-goal from Penn's 2-yard line, but an incomplete pass and a stuffed rush put the Big Green at the 1-yard line with 11 ticks left. Another rush was stopped shy of the goal line, and Dartmouth took its final timeout with just three seconds left. Opting for the win instead of the tie, the Big Green lined up Jared Gerbino behind the line. He took the snap and rushed straight up the gut, his second effort propelling him into the end zone as the clock expired.
 
Dartmouth is now 3-0 overall, while Penn fell to 2-1. Friday's game, which was televised nationally on NBC Sports Network, was the Ivy League opener for both teams.
 
After a scoreless first quarter, Dartmouth drew first blood early in the second by completing an eight-play, 67-yard drive when QB Jack Heneghan found Hunter Hagdorn in the right corner of the end zone. The play covered 12 yards.
 
Penn finally leveled things late in the half. The Quakers went 64 yards on eight plays, with All-America candidate Justin Watson starting and finishing the drive. On the first play he took a handoff around the right side for 21 yards, and he ended it by catching a six-yard pass from Will Fischer-Colbrie in the back of the end zone.
 
Dartmouth responded with a drive that was efficient and used great clock management. With just 1:20 left in the half when the drive started, the Big Green got off ten plays and drove from its own 20 to the Penn 26. That allowed David Smith to split the uprights on a 43-yard field goal to end the half, putting Dartmouth up 10-7 at the break.
 
It took nearly the entire third quarter for anyone to score, but Penn made it a 10-10 game late in the period when Jack Soslow kicked a 31-yard field goal into the horseshoe end. That capped an eight-play, 62-yard drive by the Quakers.
 
The Penn defense then stepped up to start the fourth, driving Dartmouth back to its own 12-yard line and forcing the Big Green to punt. Penn then used 13 plays to drive 51 yards deep into Dartmouth territory, and took its first lead of the night with just 5:37 to play when Soslow nailed a 27-yard field goal.
 
That set the stage for Dartmouth's final, game-winning drive.
 
Penn returns to action next Saturday at Central Connecticut State, kicking off with the Blue Devils at 1 p.m.