Yale Bulldogs

2-1

YES!

Yale Bulldogs beat the Merrimack Warriors

2-4 24 – 41

2-1

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

Yale Bowl (New Haven) · 4,022 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

1:17 Merrimack Warriors vs. Yale Bulldogs: Full Highlights

0:24 Dante Reno throws 9-yard touchdown

0:39 AJ Hairston connects for 79-yard TD pass

0:40 Will Claude comes up with an interception

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MRMK	14	7	3	0	24
YALE	7	10	7	17	41

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Game Leaders

Merrimack Warriors

AJ Hairston Jr · 11/26, 192 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
AJ Hairston Jr · 10 CAR, 69 YDSRushing Yards
Kenyon Massey · 2 REC, 89 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Micah Green · 11Tackles

Yale Bulldogs

Dante Reno · 22/39, 298 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni · 30 CAR, 132 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Lucius Anderson · 7 REC, 116 YDSReceiving Yards
Phoenix Grant · 10Tackles

2026 FCS Independents Standings

Team
Merrimack
Chicago State

2026 Ivy League Standings

Team
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Dartmouth
Columbia
Yale
Brown
Pennsylvania

Scoring

Q4 4:07

TD Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni 9 Yd Run (Noah Piper Kick)24–41

Q4 9:30

FG Noah Piper 38 Yd Field Goal 24–34

Q4 12:50

TD Garon Kemp 20 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)24–31

Q3 5:16

FG Guytano Bartolomeo 25 Yd Field Goal 24–24

Q3 10:59

TD Graham Smith 2 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)21–24

Q2 1:56

TD Jaxton Santiago 10 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)21–17

Q2 4:15

FG Noah Piper 37 Yd Field Goal 21–10

Q2 7:14

TD Dennis Morgan 40 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)21–7

Q1 2:21

TD Will Claude 75 Yd Interception Return (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)14–7

Q1 10:44

TD Kenyon Massey 79 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)7–7

Q1 11:37

TD Jaxton Santiago 9 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Merrimack WarriorsYale Bulldogs

Offense

322 Total Yards 476

188 Passing Yards 298

134 Rushing Yards 178

12 First Downs 26

Efficiency

2-12 3rd Down 7-15

0-0 4th Down 1-1

12/28 Completions 22/39

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 2

9-79 Penalties 7-64

23:51 Possession 36:09

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
AJ Hairston Jr	11/26	192	7.4	2
Cole Meehan	1/2	-4	-2.0	0
Team	12/28	188	6.7	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
AJ Hairston Jr	10	69	6.9	29
DeMarcus McElroy	4	39	9.8	24
Matthias Latham	6	18	3.0	6
Kenyon Massey	1	4	4.0	4
Austin Palmer	2	4	2.0	6
Team	23	134	5.8	29

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kenyon Massey	2	89	44.5	1	79
Dennis Morgan	1	40	40.0	1	40
Andrew Korkosz	3	25	8.3	0	16
Matthias Latham	3	21	7.0	0	14
Austin Palmer	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ethan Crite	2	0	0.0	0	4
Team	12	188	15.7	2	79

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
DeMarcus McElroy	1	1	0
AJ Hairston Jr	1	1	0
DJ Frazier	0	0	1
Team	2	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Micah Green	11	3	0.5	0	0	0
Danny Simms	9	2	0	1	0	0
Rajahn Cooper	8	0	0	0	0	0
Kamden Wyatt	6	3	1	1	0	0
Juice Ricks	5	3	0	0	0	0
Will Claude	5	3	0	0	0	1
Logan Graham	5	1	0.5	1	0	0
Bertin Placide	4	3	0	1	0	0
Bryce Ricks	3	1	0	0	0	0
Dwayne Green Jr	3	1	0	0	0	0
Xavier Maple	3	1	0	2	0	0
Bryce Gentry-Warrick	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jerrium Berry Jr	3	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Rufo	2	1	1	0	0	0
Tyler Martinovich	2	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Wallace	2	1	0	0	0	0
Kasir Hicks	2	1	0	0	0	0
DJ Frazier	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kendall Carter	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Wilson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Shaheed Armstrong	2	0	0	0	0	0
Emilie Dore	2	0	0	0	0	0
Markeith Hogan	1	1	0	0	0	0
Corday Bethel	1	1	0	0	0	0
Trent Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Justyce Hathaway	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Shintaffer	1	0	0	0	0	0
J.P. Methodius	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	93	27	3	6	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Will Claude	1	75	1
Team	1	75	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Galamama Mulbah	4	78	19.5	25
Tafari Corson-James	1	0	0.0	0
Team	5	78	15.6	25

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Bryce Goulet	2	10	5.0	6	0
Team	2	10	5.0	6	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Guytano Bartolomeo	1/2	50.0	25	3/3	6
Team	1/2	50.0	25	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Mike Ryan	7	317	45.3	0	0	51
Team	7	317	45.3	0	0	51

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Dante Reno	22/39	298	7.6	4	1
Team	22/39	298	7.6	4	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni	30	132	4.4	1	27
Dante Reno	5	39	7.8	0	13
Cuttler Adams	3	4	1.3	0	7
Vann Hopping	2	3	1.5	0	2
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	41	178	4.3	1	27

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Lucius Anderson	7	116	16.6	0	50
Jaxton Santiago	5	100	20.0	2	28
Reid Jones	3	27	9.0	0	21
Garon Kemp	1	20	20.0	1	20
Cuttler Adams	1	15	15.0	0	15
Graham Smith	2	10	5.0	1	8
Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni	2	9	4.5	0	7
Vann Hopping	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	22	298	13.5	4	50

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Cuttler Adams	1	1	0
Jaxton Santiago	1	0	0
Phoenix Grant	0	0	1
JP Schmidt	0	0	1
Team	2	1	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Phoenix Grant	10	3	0	0	0
Jaylin Tate	6	2	0	0	0
Jesse Schutzman	5	3	1	0	0
Abu Kamara	4	3	0	0	1
Brandon Webster	4	2	1	4	0
Billy Eastep	4	1	1	1	0
Osize Daniyan	3	2	0	2	0
JP Schmidt	3	1	0	0	0
Charles Barkley-Smith	2	1	0	1	0
Steven Partin	2	1	0	0	0
James Cave	2	0	0	0	0
Babawale Fadeyibi	2	0	0	0	0
Lota Ugokwe	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Banks	1	1	0	0	0
Xavier Rivers	1	1	0	0	0
Mack Johnson	1	0	0	0	0
Chris White	1	0	0	0	0
Jevidi Hutton	0	0	0	0	1
Team	53	21	3	8	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Vann Hopping	1	30	30.0	30
Lucius Anderson	2	30	15.0	16
Team	3	60	20.0	30

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaxton Santiago	6	92	15.3	23	0
Team	6	92	15.3	23	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Noah Piper	2/2	100.0	38	5/5	11
Team	2/2	100.0	38	5/5	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Reese Keeney	4	173	43.3	0	2	54
Team	4	173	43.3	0	2	54

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