Penn football has had no answers for Princeton wide receiver Jesper Horsted all day, as the record-setting senior has one rushing and two receiving touchdowns at the half.
Credit: Chase SuttonAfter one half of football, things aren’t looking so good for the Red and Blue. Penn football will need a lot to go right in the second half if it wants to overcome their 28-point-underdog status.
On a cool Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium, Penn (6-3, 3-3 Ivy) has been thoroughly outmatched by Princeton (9-0, 6-0 Ivy), trailing 21-7 at half. Though the Quakers caught a break after a missed field goal Princeton’s first drive, they haven’t been able to slow down Princeton’s record-setting offense since, which has compiled 355 total yards by halftime.
Princeton — who clinched at least a share of the Ivy title last week with a win over Yale — became the highest scoring offense in Ivy League history on a double-reverse to wideout Jesper Horsted early in the second quarter, making the score 14-0.
The Quakers appeared to gain some momentum after the Tigers missed a 28-yard field goal on their first drive, but they couldn’t get anything going on offense and punted on their first drive. Remaining poised, Lovett launched a 42-yard bomb downfield to Horsted to put the Tigers on the scoreboard.
Horsted would go on to score on the next two drives to put Princeton up 21-0 midway through the second quarter. Horsted caught the 193rd pass of his career in the second quarter — tied for the most in school history.
On the offensive side of the ball, the Red and Blue couldn’t get much going, totaling just 28 yards in the first quarter. After benching sophomore quarterback Ryan Glover in the second quarter, junior quarterback Nick Robinson gave Penn a spark, threading the needle on a 27 yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Christian Pearson. Robinson had six completions for 62 yards in his lone drive, 23 more yards that Glover had for the half.
Even with an Ivy title out of the question, Penn will look to curb the Tigers’ offensive success and chip away at their lead in the second half. Penn will nonetheless need a couple of good breaks to spoil the Tigers’ perfect season.
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