WATCH Freshman Quarterback Jameson Wang score two touchdowns in Cornell 15-12 win over Penn. Has now scored 8 TDs in 5 games.
|For the season, Wang has been sharing quarterback duties with 5th-year senior Kenney Richie. In 5 games for Cornell, he has completed 16/27 passes for 211 yards with 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. The dual-threat quarterback has also rushed for 304 yards and an additional 4 touchdowns. It’s possible Wang will be a full-time starter next season for years to come. Wang also played basketball at the same high school in Los Angeles as former teammate Johnny Juzang.
PHILADELPHIA — Jameson Wang ran for two touchdowns, Cornell kept Penn’s offense out of the end zone and the Big Red pulled out a 15-12 win Saturday in the 127th meeting between the long-time rivals.
Wang ran 21 yards for the game’s first score in the second quarter, but the Quakers got a pair of Daniel Karrash field goals to trail 7-6 at intermission.
Penn took the lead in the third quarter when Jordan Niles blocked a Cornell punt and Mozi Bici recovered the ball in the end zone with 4:19 left.
Cornell (2-6, 1-4 Ivy League) came right back following the Penn (3-5, 1-4) kickoff and drove 75 yards in six plays to score the go-ahead touchdown on Wang’s 1-yard run with 1:08 left in the third quarter.
Wang was 4-of-7 passing for 55 yards with an interception and carried 10 times for another 55 yards. Richie Kenney was 8-of-20 passing for 128 yards.
Jameson Wang scores two touchdowns against Colgate,
Wang throws for two touchdowns and a rushing touchdown against Brown,