College sports

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Jaden Craig accomplished 20 of 27 for 316 passing yards and threw 4 first-half touchdowns — hitting Seamus Gilmartin and Cooper Barkate for 2 scores each — helping Harvard beat Cornell 38-20 on Friday night to beat.

Craig threw a pass to a wide-open Gilmartin for a 54-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown, the primary of the sophomore tight end's profession, to provide Harvard a final 17-14 lead with 8:36 left brought the second quarter. The Big Red did not convert a fourth-and-4 from the Harvard 43 before Gilmartin caught a 20-yard scoring pass from Craig nearly seven minutes later. The Crimson defense forced a three-and-out, Woods returned the following punt 18 yards near midfield, and 4 plays later Craig threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Barkate to make it 31-14, five seconds before the top of the sport in the primary half.

Barkate finished the sport with seven receptions for 130 yards and Woods added 10 receptions for 76 yards for Harvard (3-1, 1-1 Ivy League). Xaviah Bascon rushed for 99 yards on 23 carries.

Backup quarterback Charles DePrima hit Ryan Osborne for a 2-yard touchdown – arrange by Scott Woods II's 45-yard punt return on the twenty seventh – with 4:58 remaining within the third quarter, giving Harvard a lead from 38-14.

Jameson Wang threw two touchdown passes and ran for one more rating for Cornell (1-3, 1-1). He led a 10-play, 83-yard drive on the sport's first possession, culminating in 4-yard TD receptions by Ryder Kurtz and his 10-yard scoring run with 10:59 left within the second Quarter made it 14-10. Wang connected with Samuel Musungu for a 5-yard touchdown that capped the rating late within the third quarter.