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Dalyn Williams Runner-Up for Bushnell Cup
12/8/2014 1:27:00 PM | Football
NEW YORK CITY — The Ivy League announced the Bushnell Cup winners on offense and defense today, and Yale running back Tyler Varga beat out Dartmouth quarterback Dalyn Williams as the Offensive Player of the Year. The announcement came at a special reception and press conference in the Vanderbilt Room of the famed Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City as part of the festivities surrounding the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Annual Awards Dinner. Harvard defensive end Zack Hodges and Princeton linebacker Mike Zeuli shared the Defensive Player of the Year award.
The last Big Green finalist for the Bushnell Cup was running back Nick Schwieger in 2011, the first year that the award was divided to honor an offensive and defensive player. Schwieger is also the last Big Green recipient of the award, having shared the Bushnell Cup with Harvard's Gino Gordon in 2010. Dartmouth has had six players earn the honor: Jim Chasey (QB, 1970), Buddy Teevens (QB, 1978), Shon Page (RB, 1990), Al Rosier (RB, 1991), Jay Fiedler (QB, 1992) and Schwieger.
Williams, the first-team All-Ivy League quarterback, guided the offense to 31.3 points per game and Dartmouth to its best record (8-2, 6-1 Ivy) in 17 years. The junior from Corinth, Texas, led the conference in completion percentage (.675) — the highest in school history and currently third among FCS quarterbacks — and passing efficiency (157.57, also third nationally) while throwing for 2,119 yards and 21 touchdowns with just three interceptions, the best ratio in Big Green history.
Three times Williams topped 300 yards in a game, including a career-best 388 in a 38-31 come-from-behind victory at Yale. The junior also threw for 381 in a 42-7 win at Cornell and 305 while completing 30-of-35 throws in the final game of the year at Princeton, a 41-10 triumph. Not only does he rank third in the nation in completion percentage and passing efficiency, but also in the top 25 in seven other statistical categories, including points responsible for per game (18.0, fifth) and total offense (284.8 yards per game, 14th).
Williams led the Ancient Eight quarterbacks with 444 yards rushing plus ran for six scores, and his average of 49.3 yards per game ranked seventh in the league overall. The three-time Ivy Offensive Player of the Week set a Dartmouth record with 443 total yards in a 42-7 triumph at Cornell and currently ranks third in both career passing yards (4,866) and total yards (6,135) in the Big Green annals.
Dartmouth finished the year in second place in the Ivy League standings, one game behind undefeated Harvard.
The last Big Green finalist for the Bushnell Cup was running back Nick Schwieger in 2011, the first year that the award was divided to honor an offensive and defensive player. Schwieger is also the last Big Green recipient of the award, having shared the Bushnell Cup with Harvard's Gino Gordon in 2010. Dartmouth has had six players earn the honor: Jim Chasey (QB, 1970), Buddy Teevens (QB, 1978), Shon Page (RB, 1990), Al Rosier (RB, 1991), Jay Fiedler (QB, 1992) and Schwieger.
Williams, the first-team All-Ivy League quarterback, guided the offense to 31.3 points per game and Dartmouth to its best record (8-2, 6-1 Ivy) in 17 years. The junior from Corinth, Texas, led the conference in completion percentage (.675) — the highest in school history and currently third among FCS quarterbacks — and passing efficiency (157.57, also third nationally) while throwing for 2,119 yards and 21 touchdowns with just three interceptions, the best ratio in Big Green history.
Three times Williams topped 300 yards in a game, including a career-best 388 in a 38-31 come-from-behind victory at Yale. The junior also threw for 381 in a 42-7 win at Cornell and 305 while completing 30-of-35 throws in the final game of the year at Princeton, a 41-10 triumph. Not only does he rank third in the nation in completion percentage and passing efficiency, but also in the top 25 in seven other statistical categories, including points responsible for per game (18.0, fifth) and total offense (284.8 yards per game, 14th).
Williams led the Ancient Eight quarterbacks with 444 yards rushing plus ran for six scores, and his average of 49.3 yards per game ranked seventh in the league overall. The three-time Ivy Offensive Player of the Week set a Dartmouth record with 443 total yards in a 42-7 triumph at Cornell and currently ranks third in both career passing yards (4,866) and total yards (6,135) in the Big Green annals.
Dartmouth finished the year in second place in the Ivy League standings, one game behind undefeated Harvard.
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