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Hunter Martin
Albert Jang connected on a 51-yard field goal—the third longest in program history—to send the Quakers to OT.
23
Winner Dartmouth DAR 2-1 , 1-0
20
Penn PEN 2-1 , 0-1
Winner
Dartmouth DAR
2-1 , 1-0
23
Final
20
Penn PEN
2-1 , 0-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT F
DAR Dartmouth 7 13 0 0 3 23
PEN Penn 3 7 0 10 0 20

Game Recap: Football |

Big Green Spoil Football's Comeback Attempt in OT, 23-20

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania football team came back with ten points in the fourth quarter to force overtime with Dartmouth Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field, but the Big Green was able to score the only points in the extra session and escape Philadelphia with a 23-20 victory.
 
The decision left both teams at 2-1 overall on the young season; Saturday's game was the Ivy League opener for both squads.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*It's the second straight season Penn and Dartmouth went to overtime and the second year in a row the Quakers booted a game-tying field goal to send it there.
 
*Speaking of OT… it's the third time in the last seven meetings since 2010 at Franklin Field the two teams went to an extra period. It's the first time Penn lost to Dartmouth in that situation.
 
*Albert Jang's 51-yard game-tying field goal is tied for the third-longest make in program history—along with Jack Soslow (in 2017 and 2018) and John Dwyer (in 1979)—the Quakers' longest field goal make since Soslow's 51-yarder on Oct. 6, 2018 against Sacred Heart.
 
*Joey Slackman's blocked field goal attempt in the first quarter is Penn's first, ironically, since last season at Dartmouth when Grant Ristoff blocked Ryan Bloch's attempt in the second overtime, en route to the Quakers' 23-17 victory.
 
*Aidan Sayin threw for 357 yards, his second consecutive 300-yard game after not having one his previous 16 starts. He's the first Quaker to throw consecutive 300-yard performances since Alek Torgersen in 2014 (10/4 & 10/11).
 
*His 55 pass attempts are the most in his career and the fifth-most in program history, the most since Torgersen's record 61 attempts at Princeton on Nov. 8, 2014.
 
*For the second straight game, a Penn receiver recorded more than 100 yards receiving, as tight end Bryce Myers caught eight passes for 103 yards Saturday.
 
*Alex Haight had seven catches for 56 yards, while Malachi Hosley and Malone Howley each had a TD catch.
 
*Jack Fairman led the Penn defense with nine total tackles (six solos) with a TFL. Both Jonathan Melvin and Shiloh Means recorded seven stops while the latter had a forced fumble.
 
*Jack Iuliano put major pressure on the Dartmouth signal caller, leading the way with three QB hurries.
 
Gallery: (9-30-2023) Football vs. Dartmouth, 9/30/23

How It Happened
Things did not start well for Penn on Saturday. The Quakers received the opening kickoff and went three-and-out. The Big Green's Nico Schwikal then broke through to block Albert Jang' punt and recovered it on Penn's 1-yard line. One play later, Dartmouth put its first points on the board when quarterback Nick Howard snuck it in.
 
Penn turned it over again two possessions later, when Isaac Shabay was stripped of the ball deep in Quakers' territory. However, the Red and Blue defense stiffened, and no damage came of the turnover when Joey Slackman blocked Owen Zalc's 33-yard field goal. Penn put its first points on the board with an eight-play, 51-yard drive that got the ball to Dartmouth's 9-yard line. The Quakers employed some trickery on the drive, Jared Richardson taking a lateral pass from Sayin along the left sideline and firing a pass downfield that Jonathan Mulatu caught for a 26-yard gain to the Big Green's 11. Gotlieb ended up kicking a 21-yard field goal to make the score 7-3.
 
Dartmouth moved its advantage back to seven points when Zalc was true on a 28-yard field goal to finish an 11-play, 64-yard drive that bridged the first and second quarters.
 
Penn tied things up with a little more than five minutes left in the second quarter. On first down near midfield, Sayin faked a QB rush and instead found Holsey streaking up the middle. Sayin feathered a pass that Hosley caught in stride behind a pair of Big Green defenders, and the freshman won the footrace to the end zone for his first collegiate touchdown. However, a third Penn turnover late in the half cost the Quakers as Dartmouth turned it into seven points. This time it was Sayin who fumbled and the Big Green's Braden Mullen recovered the ball at the Quakers' 36-yard line. Dartmouth used seven plays to get the clock inside a minute, and with 44 seconds left before the break Howard lofted a pass to the back right corner of the end zone that fell into Chris Corbo's arms for the touchdown.
 
Saying fumbled again with 31 seconds left, again deep in his own territory, and after another Big Green lob into the end zone—the time the left corner—was broken up by Kendren Smith, Zalc kicked a 26-yard field goal to put the visitors in front at the half, 20-10.
 
The third quarter was scoreless, the teams combining for 120 yards without putting points on the board. But Penn was able to get things level in the fourth, sending the teams to overtime.
 
The Quakers tacked on a touchdown in the unlikeliest of fashions, given the rate at which teams were struggling for yardage. Starting from inside its 1-yard line, Penn drove the full 99 yards, starting on the second play of the drive when Sayin found Bryce Myers up the middle for 52 yards. The Red and Blue also survived a fourth-down play en route to the end zone, finally finding paydirt when Sayin connected with Howley in the left corner with 5:45 left.   Penn's defense did its part, forcing Dartmouth to punt with a little more than three minutes left, and the Quakers took over on their 33-yard line. Sayin completed four passes in a row which got the Quakers to Dartmouth's 29, but they went five yards backward which left them with Albert Jang attempting a 51-yard field goal. He connected with room to spare as the clock went under a minute and the teams went to overtime. Penn started with the ball in OT and nearly scored on first play, Sayin's pass to Owens just missing the mark. Two more passes fell incomplete after that, leaving the Quakers with a 42-yard field goal that was wide left. Knowing it only needed a field goal to win, Dartmouth played conservatively to gain five yards on its first three plays before hit the 37-yard field goal to give the Big Green the victory.



Up Next
Penn is back at home next Saturday, closing out the non-conference portion of its 2023 schedule with Georgetown. The Quakers and Hoyas are scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. at Franklin Field.
 
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