Princeton University Athletics
Cornell Defeats Princeton in Season Opener
September 30, 2000 | Sprint Football
Sept. 30, 2000
Ithacha, N.Y. - The Keith Wadsworth era got off to an inauspicious start as Princeton dropped its first game of the season to Cornell in overtime by the score of 16-13. The Tigers rushed and passed for more yards than their opponents from Ithaca, but Princeton's five turnovers proved to be the decisive statistic from Friday night's contest.
Princeton jumped on the board first on Geoff Casperini 6-yard touchdown pass to Ki Moon, and then went up 13-0 after a 27-yard touchdown run by Matt Hall and a missed extra-point. Cornell countered when they recovered a fumble in the Princeton endzone to make the score 13-6 as they also were unable to convert their point after. Later, the Big Red scored on a 7-yard touchdown run by Charlie Tam, which helped to push the game into overtime. In the extra session Cornell converted a field goal to win their first game of the season.
Totals: Cornell 16 Princeton 13 - OT Rushing Yards: Princeton 175 (Goudge, 23-81) Cornell 115 (Tam, 17-51) Passing Yards: Princeton 104 (Casperini, 23-11-124-1-2) Cornell 103 (Dwyer, 24-12-92-0-0) Receiving Yards: Princeton 104 (Moon, 5-46) Cornell 103 (Younger, 5-46) Turnovers: Princeton 5 (3 INT, 2 F) Cornell (0 INT, 0 F) Scoring Summary: Princeton 1st - 8:09 Ki Moon 6-yard pass from Geoff Casperini (PAT good) - Princeton 7-0 Princeton 2nd - 4:10 Matt Hall 27-yard run (PAT failed) - Princeton 13-0 Cornell 3rd - 2:08 Sangosanya fumble recovery in endzone (PAT failed) - Princeton 13-6 Cornell 4th - 8:35 Tam 4-yard run (PAT good) - tied 13-13 Cornell OT - Andrews 26-yard FG - Cornell 16 Princeton 13 Cornell (1-0), Princeton (0-1).