2008 Woodie Awards
Brown Lifts Raider Football
Jeff Fein
Issue date: 11/12/04 Section: Sports
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The reigning king of Patriot League isn't dead yet. With the football team's hopes of third consecutive Patriot League crown on life support on Saturday, Senior quarterback Chris Brown and his receiving corps served as the deliberators, putting on an aerial show to lead the Raiders to a three-point comeback win over Lafayette on Saturday.
Brown lit up the Lafayette defense for a career-high 318 yards and two touchdowns through the air as the Raiders pulled out a 22-19 victory at Andy Kerr Stadium.
"We passed extremely well," said head coach Dick Biddle. "Chris threw the ball nicely all day and our receivers made big plays."
At the other end of Brown's passes were senior wide receivers DeWayne Long, Luke Graham and Mike Chrystie. Graham and Chrystie each racked up over 100 receiving yards, exposing the weak secondary of the Leopards, who were previously undefeated in Patriot League play.
Chrystie, who is best known as the Raiders' explosive kick returner, had five catches for a career-high 111 yards. Graham, arguably the Raiders' most consistent player, had six catches for 120 yards on the day and Long added 66 yards on five catches.
The two teams traded touchdowns on their respective opening possessions. Lafayette took advantage of good field position and ran all over the Raiders to start the game, amassing 63 rushing yards on its way to an early 7-0 lead.
The Raiders quickly fired back, as Brown found senior Tyrone Gould for a 21-yard scoring strike to tie the game. Neither team would score again until 1:11 remained in the first half, when Brown connected with Long to give Colgate a seven-point advantage. Lafayette kicker Rick Ziska kicked a 41-yard field goal on the last play of the half to cut the Raider lead to 14-10 at halftime.
Ziska kicked another field goal in the third quarter while the Leopards held the Raider offense in check. With 7:51 left in the game, Lafayette struck again, as Joe McCourt capped a 79-yard Leopard drive with a two-yard touchdown plunge. A two-point conversion attempt failed and the Raiders got the ball back trailing by five.
Brown lit up the Lafayette defense for a career-high 318 yards and two touchdowns through the air as the Raiders pulled out a 22-19 victory at Andy Kerr Stadium.
"We passed extremely well," said head coach Dick Biddle. "Chris threw the ball nicely all day and our receivers made big plays."
At the other end of Brown's passes were senior wide receivers DeWayne Long, Luke Graham and Mike Chrystie. Graham and Chrystie each racked up over 100 receiving yards, exposing the weak secondary of the Leopards, who were previously undefeated in Patriot League play.
Chrystie, who is best known as the Raiders' explosive kick returner, had five catches for a career-high 111 yards. Graham, arguably the Raiders' most consistent player, had six catches for 120 yards on the day and Long added 66 yards on five catches.
The two teams traded touchdowns on their respective opening possessions. Lafayette took advantage of good field position and ran all over the Raiders to start the game, amassing 63 rushing yards on its way to an early 7-0 lead.
The Raiders quickly fired back, as Brown found senior Tyrone Gould for a 21-yard scoring strike to tie the game. Neither team would score again until 1:11 remained in the first half, when Brown connected with Long to give Colgate a seven-point advantage. Lafayette kicker Rick Ziska kicked a 41-yard field goal on the last play of the half to cut the Raider lead to 14-10 at halftime.
Ziska kicked another field goal in the third quarter while the Leopards held the Raider offense in check. With 7:51 left in the game, Lafayette struck again, as Joe McCourt capped a 79-yard Leopard drive with a two-yard touchdown plunge. A two-point conversion attempt failed and the Raiders got the ball back trailing by five.