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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
5-0 , 2-0
Brown
2-3 , 0-2
Team Stats
BRW 3, PRI 0
BRW - Maron,Christopher 35 yd field goal 18 plays, 68 yards, TOP 08:26
BRW 3, PRI 7
PRI - Butler,Ryan 2 yd run (Sexton,Jeffrey kick), 6 plays, 73 yards, TOP 02:48
BRW 3, PRI 14
PRI - Barber,AJ 8 yd pass from Stenstrom,Blake (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 9 plays, 71 yards, TOP 04:37
BRW 10, PRI 14
BRW - Rockett,Wes 9 yd pass from Willcox,Jake (Maron,Christopher kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:50
BRW 10, PRI 21
PRI - Classi,Dylan 34 yd pass from Stenstrom,Blake (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:29
BRW 10, PRI 28
PRI - Classi,Dylan 22 yd pass from Stenstrom,Blake (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 11 plays, 79 yards, TOP 04:41
BRW 13, PRI 28
BRW - Maron,Christopher 25 yd field goal 19 plays, 80 yards, TOP 06:53
BRW 19, PRI 28
BRW - Smith,Allen 17 yd pass from Willcox,Jake () 9 plays, 49 yards, TOP 03:05
BRW 19, PRI 35
PRI - Butler,Ryan 49 yd run (Sexton,Jeffrey kick), 1 plays, 49 yards, TOP 00:11
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
Stenstrom, Classi, Butler Lead Princeton Past Brown 35-19
October 14, 2022 | Football
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Stenstrom connected with Classi twice after halftime as Princeton pulled away from Brown, and then Ryan Butler squashed any thought of a Bear comeback with a bruising 49-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to lead Princeton to a 35-19 win over Brown Friday night on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium.
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It was a monster night for Classi, who caught a career high nine passes for 169 yards and his two scores. Stenstrom completed 19 of 27 for 258 yards and three TDs, including one in the second quarter to A.J. Barber.
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The win improved the Tigers to 5-0 (2-0 in the Ivy League) for the fourth straight season, the first time they have done that since 1904-07.
Brown, coached by former Tiger offensive coordinator James Perry, kept it close until Stenstrom and Classi did their thing. In fact, it was a 14-10 Tiger lead at the break after the Bears scored a TD on a pass from Jake Wilcox to Wes Rockett from nine yards out that was originally ruled incomplete and then overturned after review.
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If Princeton was in trouble, there was no panic. Instead, Classi made a great inside move and caught the perfectly thrown ball from Stenstrom from 22 yards out, something they'd duplicate minutes later from 34 yards away. You can't run a better route a throw a better ball than the two of them did on both plays.
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From there it was 28-10 Tigers, but Brown didn't go away. In fact, it was 28-19 after Wilcox connected with Allen Smith with 3:58 to go, but Butler, who has already been the Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice this season, burst through the line, helped by a great Carson Bobo block, and refused to go down, eventually reaching the end zone from 49 yards away to clinch it. Butler finished with 13 carries for 114 yards and two TDs. It was his first career 100-yard game.
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Liam Johnson led Princeton with 15 tackles.
Notes:
Blake Stenstrom almost doubled his touchdown total, throwing for three scores. He has also surpassed 250 yards passing in every game.
Classi's career high in catches (nine) puts him at 106 for his career. He's the 16th player in program history to surpass 100 career catches. He's also eighth all-time in career receiving yards with 1,702.
At first glance, Liam Johnson's 15 tackles are the most in a game since his brother, Tom, had 16 tackles vs. Yale on Nov. 11, 2017.
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