Score: UAlbany 13, Cornell 10
  
Location: Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y.
  
Records: UAlbany (1-3, 0-0 CAA) | Cornell (0-1, 0-0 Ivy) 

Short Story: The University at Albany football team picked up its first win of the season against the Cornell Big Red, 13-10.

Key Stat Lines 

• Running Back Jojo Uga led the way for UAlbany on the ground, picking up 126 yards on 18 carries (7.0 average), as well as a 43-yard touchdown.
• Cam Stodghill led the Great Danes with 13 total tackles (five solo, eight assisted), followed by Ron Holmes with 12 (seven solo, five assisted).
• Kicker James Bozek went 2-2 on field goals (33,37) as well as 1-1 on extra points
• Jayden Estes finished the game with an interception and four total tackles. 
• As a team, UAlbany outrushed Cornell, tallying 153 yards compared to Cornell's 107.

 
Head Coach Jared Ambrose: "I'm really proud of our players. I've said many times that this is, and always will be, a players' game. Tonight's win belongs to them. That's not to take anything away from our coaches—the staff prepared us well—but ultimately the players have to execute. Cornell is a good team, even in their first game of the season. I expect they'll win games in the league. As we discussed last week, if our defense continues to perform at the level we saw tonight, we're going to be dangerous moving forward."
 
How it Happened: 

• UAlbany got on the board first when kicker James Bozek capped off a 14-play, 75-yard drive with a 32-yard field goal with 1:04 left in the first quarter to make it 3-0.
• With 13:01 left in the 2^nd quarter, punter Owen Lawson was able to land a punt at the Cornell one-yard line.
• Following an unsuccessful Cornell 4^th down attempt from the UAlbany 44-yard line late in the half, the Great Danes extended their lead on a 37-yard Bozek field goal, his second of the game, to make it 6-0 with 1:44 to go in the half.
• At the start of the third quarter, quarterback Colin Parachek came into the game to replace Jack Shields.
• Cornell put up its first points of the game with 2:16 left in the third when kicker Alan Zhao made a 25-yard field goal to cut the lead to three at 6-3.
• With 6:09 left, Jojo Uga took a run 43 yards to the house to cap off a 71-yard drive that put the Great Danes up 13-3.
• The Big Red answered back on the next drive when quarterback Devin Page found Ryder Kurtz in the end zone from six yards out to once again cut the lead to three at 13-10.
• With under two minutes left, Jayden Estes picked off Cornell's pass at UAlbany's 25-yard line.
• From there, The Great Danes would line up in victory formation and kneelt the ball to seal Head Coach Jared Ambrose's first win at the helm of UAlbany, 13-10.

  
Next: The Great Danes hit the road next week for a road matchup against New Hampshire to start conference play. Keep up with all of the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany football by following the team on X, Instagram, and Facebook.