Princeton University Athletics
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Sprint Football Drops Home Opener To Pennsylvania
October 04, 2002 | Sprint Football
Oct. 4, 2002
Princeton, N.J. - Both senior Rikki Racela and Dennis Bakke scored touchdowns for the second straight week and for the second straight week it would not be enough as Princeton sufferers its second defeat of the season, dropping a 36-15 decision to Pennsylvania at Frelinghuysen Field on Friday night.
The Tigers fell behind early after Penn's Patrick Monagha scored on a seven-yard run less than five minutes into the contest. Racela, however, answered with a four-yard plunge and the score was even at 7-7. The game would remain tied going into the second quarter of play. It was in the second quarter that turnovers wretched an otherwise solid Princeton attack.
Monagha would cap a two-play drive set up by Princeton's first fumble of the night, giving the Quakers the lead once again. The ensuing drive would lead to a punt and another Tiger fumble that placed the ball on the one-yard line for quarterback James Donapel, who sneaked across the line, giving Penn a 21-7 halftime lead.
The third quarter would bring only two field goals, both by Penn's Evan Nolan as the Quakers extended their margin to 27-7. Princeton would finally answer Penn's 29 unanswered points with a 27-yard scamper by Bakke, closing a six play, 65-yard drive. The two-point conversion was successful, but the Tigers fell to 0-2 while Penn remained unbeaten at 2-0.
The Tigers finished with 198 yards of total offense and split the time of possession. It was four lost fumbles and an interception that made the difference. Bakke ended the game with 92 passing yards and led the team in rushing with 65 on the ground. Sophomore Adam Farren led the receiving corps with six catches for 74 yards, freshman Frank Langston caught three balls for 28 yards.
Princeton begins conference play next Friday, Oct. 11 at Army while Penn has its bye week.
Box ScorePennsylvania vs Princeton (Oct 04, 2002 at Princeton, N.J.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- Pennsylvania........ 7 14 6 9 - 36 Record: (2-0) Princeton........... 7 0 0 8 - 15 Record: (0-2)
Scoring Summary: 1st 10:04 PENN - Patrick Monagha 7 yd run (Evan Nolan kick), 7-60 3:16, PENN 7 - PRIN 0 05:22 PRIN - Rikki Racela 4 yd run (Sam Hancock kick), 9-68 4:42, PENN 7 - PRIN 7 2nd 10:52 PENN - Patrick Monagha 20 yd pass from James Donapel (Evan Nolan kick), 2-24 0:18, PENN 14 - PRIN 7 08:55 PENN - James Donapel 1 yd run (Evan Nolan kick), 1-1 0:06, PENN 21 - PRIN 7 3rd 12:38 PENN - Evan Nolan 37 yd field goal, 6-45 2:22, PENN 24 - PRIN 7 06:30 PENN - Evan Nolan 27 yd field goal, 9-70 3:19, PENN 27 - PRIN 7 4th 13:24 PENN - Brandon Gebers 48 yd pass from James Donapel (Evan Nolan kick), 3-65 0:54, PENN 34 - PRIN 7 11:13 PENN - TM safety, , PENN 36 - PRIN 7 00:27 PRIN - Dennis Bakke 27 yd run (Adam Farren pass), 6-65 1:26, PENN 36 - PRIN 15
PENN PRIN FIRST DOWNS................... 15 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 45-196 33-106 PASSING YDS (NET)............. 226 92 Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 19-11-0 28-11-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 64-422 61-198 Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards............ 3-39 1-8 Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 2-29 7-119 Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-23 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg)............ 3-40.7 4-37.2 Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 7-4 Penalties-Yards............... 15-153 9-60 Possession Time............... 31:46 28:14 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-18 0-0
RUSHING: Pennsylvania-Mark Gannon 16-59; James Donapel 9-55; Brandon Gebers 6-34; Greg Bagnoli 7-22; Patrick Monagha 2-15; Chip Stewart 1-11; Peter Heller 2-10; Jeff Bagnoli 2-minus 10.
Princeton-Dennis Bakke 15-65; Shane Stevenson 7-37; Rikki Racela 8-22; Christian Gomez 2-6; Sam Hancock 1-minus 24.
PASSING: Pennsylvania-James Donapel 9-16-0-207; Brandon Gebers 2-3-0-19. Princeton-Dennis Bakke 11-28-1-92.
RECEIVING: Pennsylvania-Jeff Bagnoli 4-82; Patrick Monagha 4-77; Brandon Gebers 1-48; Brett Tompkins 1-14; David Derr 1-5.
Princeton-Adam Farren 6-74; Frank Langston 3-28; Nick Walters 1-10; Sean Moore 1-9.