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Yale beats Army; Ivy League’s first win over FBS foe since 1986 (Video)

By Phil Watson

The Yale Bowl's 100th anniversary celebration got a boost Saturday with a win over Army. (Photo by Peter Dutton/This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.)
The Yale Bowl's 100th anniversary celebration got a boost Saturday with a win over Army. (Photo by Peter Dutton/This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.) /
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In the renewal of one of college football’s oldest rivalries, the Yale Bulldogs stunned the Army Black Knights in overtime at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn., Saturday, 49-43.

Tyler Varga ran for his fifth touchdown of the day, this one from 3 yards out, to end it for the Bulldogs (2-0), who posted their first-ever win over an FBS opponent and the first by an Ivy League team since Penn beat Navy in 1986.

It was the first meeting between the schools since 1996 in a rivalry that dates back to 1893.

Here’s the game-winning touchdown:

Varga finished with 185 yards on 28 carries and scored on runs of 2, 15, 18, 10 and 3 yards.

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Yale forced overtime when Varga scored a 10-yard touchdown with 1:42 remaining.

The Bulldogs had 625 yards of total offense while Army (1-3) finished with 597 yards.

Army took a 36-22 lead with 8:32 left in the third quarter when Angel Santiago scored on a 53-yard run, then threw a two-point conversion pass to Kelvin White.

Yale battled back to tie it with 21 seconds left in the third on an 18-yard run by Varga.

Army’s last lead came on the first play of the fourth quarter when Santiago got in from a yard out.

A.J. Schurr had 135 yards on 15 carries and scored a touchdown and was also 6-for-12 passing for 94 yards and a score. Santiago was 6-for-8 for 117 yards while also running eight times for 88 yards and two touchdowns.

Morgan Roberts went 23-for-40 for 290 yards, with a touchdown and an interception, for Yale, which beat Army for the first time since 1955.

Army had to secure a waiver from the NCAA to play the game without damaging its bowl eligibility because Yale does not offer scholarships and does not participate in the FCS playoffs.

It was part of a season-long celebration of the Yale Bowl’s 100th anniversary.

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