Penn strikes early and holds off Brown 21-14

PHILADELPHIA -- Alek Torgersen threw for 284 yards and two scores and Penn scored all its points in the first half to defeat Brown 21-14 on Saturday. Torgersen threw TD passes of 67 yards to Justin Watson and 17 yards to Christian Pearson to put Penn (5-2, 4-0 Ivy League) out in front. Tre Solomon punched it in from 1 yard with 22 seconds left before halftime. Watson caught 11 passes for a career-high 210 yards. He became the first Penn wide receiver to register 200-plus yards in a game since 2003 when Dan Castles had 204 against Yale. Brown (2-5, 1-3) scored both its touchdowns in the third quarter on a 1-yard run by Thomas Linta and a 2-yard score by Johnny Pena . Linta threw for 216 yards, Livingstone Harriott had 16 carries for 85 yards and Garrett Swanky five catches for 100. The Quakers have won 10 straight Ivy League games.