Dartmouth Football Tied for Second Place in Ivy League after Victory over Princeton

Saturday, November 22, 2003

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HANOVER, N.H. - - Senior wide receiver Jay Barnard caught seven passes for 85 yards and one touchdown, helping Dartmouth defeat Princeton, 21-15, in the Ivy's season finale on Saturday.

The win vaulted the Big Green into a four-way tie for second place. Penn claimed the 2003 Ivy title, while Brown, Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth all finished at 4-3 on the year.

The Tigers (2-8 overall, 2-5 Ivy) took a 9-0 lead with less than six minutes to go in the second quarter hen Derek Javarone booted field goals of 24, 36 and 26 yards.

Javarone, who came into the game three-of-seven in field goals, finished a perfect five-for-five on the day, tying the record for most field goals in an Ivy game.

With 40 seconds left in the second quarter, Dartmouth's Tyler Lavin nailed a 38 yarder for a 9-3 score at halftime.

Early in the third quarter, the Big Green tied the game at 9-9 when junior Andrew Hall made another acrobatic catch in the endzone. Quarterback Charlie Rittgers found Hall from 39 yards out, capping an eight-play, 73-yard drive.

Javarone and Lavin traded field goals of 37 and 30 yards, respectively to keep the score knotted at 12 apiece.

Dartmouth finally took the lead for good with 11:14 on the clock in the fourth quarter. Barnard caught an 18-yard pass in the corner of the endzone for an 18-12 lead.

Lavin increased the Big Green advantage to 21-12 with a 38-yarder at 5:37, before Javarone booted his fifth from 34 yards out to make it 21-15.

Princeton still had a chance with less than two minutes to go. The Tigers moved the ball from their own 31 to the Dartmouth 48, but Big Green linebacker Chris Dodds intercepted a pass to seal the win.

Rittgers completed 20 of 37 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns. Senior tight end Casey Cramer caught five balls for 47 yards, while Hall finished with four catches for 71.

After an 0-4 start, Dartmouth rebounded with victories in five of the final six contests for a 5-5 overall record.

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