PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL NEWS

Holy Cross blanks Georgetown for share of sixth straight Patriot League title - The Boston Globe The Crusaders earned a share of their sixth straight Patriot League title but Lehigh will get the league’s automatic bid to the FCS playoffs...

12 HOURS AGO • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Merrimack holds Fordham to 31 yards of offense in 19-3 win Merrimack recorded 11 sacks on Saturday and dominantly defeated Fordham on the road. Read more on Boston.com.

14 HOURS AGO • BOSTON.COM

Merrimack holds Fordham to 31 yards offense in 19-3 win

Ayden Pereira rushed for 136 yards on 17 carries and threw for a touchdown and Merrimack’s defense smothered Fordham 19-3 in a season finale

15 HOURS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lehigh wraps up Patriot League title with 38-14 win over most-frequent rival Lafayette

Mason Moore returned an interception for a touchdown to highlight another strong defensive performance by Lehigh and the Mountain Hawks defeated rival Lafayette 38-14 to claim the...

16 HOURS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lehigh football: A win over Lafayette would complete one of the most amazing turnarounds in program history Lehigh’s turnaround, the players say, began the day that Kevin Cahill was hired as coach

3 DAYS AGO • MCALL.COM

Northwestern Lehigh dominates Colonial League football coaches' association's all-star teams Offensive player of the year Eli Zimmerman and defensive player of the year Bryer Reichard lead 10 Northwestern Lehigh players on the Coloni...

5 DAYS AGO • MCALL.COM

Holy Cross erases 18-point deficit to keep Patriot League title hopes alive - The Boston Globe The lead changed hands three times in the fourth quarter and Holy Cross (5-6, 4-1) sealed the victory on a Joe Townsend strip sack with Fran...

NOVEMBER 17 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

No. 18 Georgetown Prep wins IAC football title in regular season finale A strong second half helped the Hoyas take down Bullis and earn the conference crown.

NOVEMBER 10 • WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Holy Cross football falls short against Lehigh - The Boston Globe The Crusaders had the potential tying field goal blocked with eight seconds left and the Mountain Hawks took over first place in the Patriot...

NOVEMBER 9 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Lafayette rides Curtis' 3TDs to 21-20 win over Colgate HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jamar Curtis ran for 122 yards and three touchdowns and his last one with 2:34 left served as the game winner and Lafa...

NOVEMBER 9 • THESTAR.COM

Nick Garrido field goal lifts Lehigh over Holy Cross 10-7 for 3-way tie for first in Patriot League

Nick Garrido kicked the go-ahead field goal in the third quarter and Lehigh went on to defeat Holy Cross 10-7 to help create a three-way tie atop the Patriot League

NOVEMBER 9 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bucknell holds off Fordham in 28-27 with Rucker throwing for 300-plus yards, 3TDs

Ralph Rucker IV threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns and his last one with 2:35 served as the game winner as Bucknell beat Fordham 28-27

NOVEMBER 9 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lehigh Valley college football: Mason Kuehner, Sammy Ayache are making immediate impacts for Lafayette, Lehigh Firsr-year impact players for Lafayette and Lehigh include former Nazareth star Mason Kuehner and ex-Bethlehem Catholic standout Sammy Ayach...

NOVEMBER 8 • MCALL.COM

Loughridge, Capaldi end Fordham's 11-game skid with 20-14 win over Colgate

Julius Loughridge ran for 153 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Jack Capaldi had a 41-yard scoring run and Fordham won its first game of the season beating Colgate 20-14

NOVEMBER 2 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jaden Green scores twice, Lehigh rolls up 310 yards rushing in 43-6 rout of Georgetown

Jaden Green scored two rushing touchdowns, Jordan Adderley returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown, and Lehigh routed Georgetown 43-6

NOVEMBER 2 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Matthew Sluka, the former Holy Cross QB who left UNLV suddenly over NIL, enters transfer portal - The Boston Globe Sluka, who started for Holy Cross from 2021-23, led UNLV to a 3-0 record this fall before leaving the team in a name, image, and likeness im...

OCTOBER 31 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Holy Cross football builds three-score lead, weathers wild comeback to win at Lafayette - The Boston Globe Lafayette fought from down, 21-0, a minute into the second quarter, and things weren’t sealed until the Leopards scored just once on four se...

OCTOBER 26 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Lafayette football: Comeback attempt falls up short as Leopards drop nail-biter to Holy Cross The early 21-0 deficit that Lafayette created for itself proved to be too much to overcome as the Leopards dropped a 34-28 nailbiter to Holy...

OCTOBER 26 • MCALL.COM

Jaden Green runs for career high 147 yards to help Lehigh keep Fordham winless, 33-19

Freshman Jaden Green ran for a career-high 147 yards and a touchdown, Matt Machalik had two short scoring runs and Lehigh rolled to a 33-19 win over winless Fordham

OCTOBER 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wang throws 3 TDs, Banbury adds interception return, Cornell beats Bucknell 34-21

Jameson Wang threw three touchdown passes and Luke Banbury had a pick-6 to lead Cornell to a 34-21 win over Bucknell

OCTOBER 19 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Curtis runs for 156 yards and 2 TDs as Lafayette runs past Sacred Heart 31-17

Jamar Curtis ran for two first-half touchdowns and Lafayette rebounded from being shut out for the first time since 2019 a week ago to dominate Sacred Heart 31-17 in a non-conferen...

OCTOBER 19 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jordan has a pair of TDs, Yale defense intercepts 3 in a 38-23 win over Lehigh

Grant Jordan threw for one score, ran for another and Da’Quan Gonzales returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown to lead Yale to a 38-23 win over Lehigh

OCTOBER 19 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Springfield native Tariq Thomas named Patriot League football Rookie of the Week Former Springfield Central star running back Tariq Thomas continues to excel at the college level.

OCTOBER 14 • MASSLIVE.COM

Joe Pesansky helps Holy Cross stay unbeaten in the Patriot League - The Boston Globe Joe Pesansky's second touchdown pass to Jacob Petersen with 6:14 remaining lifted Holy Cross past Fordham.

OCTOBER 12 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Syracuse football PFF grades: Newbies have strong debuts, stars struggle against Holy Cross Sixty-one total players appeared in SU's win, including a handful of true freshmen.

SEPTEMBER 29 • SYRACUSE.COM