Highlights
8 CLIPS · ESPNWin probability
EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODELKICKOFF: HC 59% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 26 PTS
Scoring plays
10 SCORES
Jaxton Santiago 75 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)
7-0
David Lynch 1 Yd Run (Owen Saraceno Kick)
7-7
Lucius Anderson 22 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Owen Saraceno Kick)
14-7
Mason McSweeney 9 Yd pass from Jake Croce (Owen Saraceno Kick)
14-14
Lucius Anderson 26 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)
21-14
Lincoln Fisher 31 Yd pass from David Lynch (Owen Saraceno Kick)
21-21
Lincoln Fisher 28 Yd pass from David Lynch (Owen Saraceno Kick)
21-28
Jaxton Santiago 18 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)
28-28
Graham Smith 28 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)
35-28
Noah Piper 17 Yd Field Goal
38-28
What happened
ESPN RECAPDante Reno throws 5 touchdown passes, rallies Yale to 38-28 win over Holy Cross
WORCESTER, Mass. -- , Dante Reno threw five touchdown passes , two of them during a fourth-quarter rally , and Yale defeated winless Holy Cross 38-28 on Saturday. The Bulldogs, playing their season opener against a Holy Cross team that hadn't scored more than 10 points in any of three season-opening losses, trailed 28-21 early in the fourth quarter. Yale scored the last 17 points of the game on Reno touchdown passes of 18 yards to Jaxton Santiago and 28 yards to Graham Smith plus Noah Piper 's short field goal with 1 1/2 minutes left in the game. Reno completed 30 of 43 passes for 454 yards for Yale, ranked No. 19 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25. Santiago caught 12 for 234 yards, among them a 75-yard connection with Reno for the game's first score. Lucius Anderson had two touchdown catches among his nine receptions for 155 yards.
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Team stats
YALE · HCFITTON FIELD, WORCESTER · ATTENDANCE 17,623
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