ITHACA -- Big plays in the passing game ruined Cornell's Homecoming as Fordham knocked off the Big Red 39-27 on Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field. The win improved the Rams to 3-3, while the Big Red slipped to 2-3 with the loss.

Fordham's quarterback John Skelton threw four touchdowns of 50 yards and a fifth for 22 yards. Included was a 98-yard strike to Asa Lucas that is the longest pass play in Fordham history and the longest by a Cornell opponent in school history. Skelton ended the afternoon 20-of-27 passing for 421 yards and matched a school record with five touchdowns, and also added a 1-yard leap for a score. Four of his scoring tosses went to Jason Caldwell, who hauled in nine passes for 245 yards overall and match a Rams record for scoring passes caught in a game. The 245 yards receiving was one short of a Fordham record.

The Big Red, without the services of starting quarterback Ben Ganter, still piled up 552 yards of total offense, including a season-high 284 yards on the ground. Cornell also did a nice job stopping the run. After surrendering consecutive games of 250 rushing yards or more, Cornell held Fordham to -4 yards in the first half and 87 yards on 29 carries overall. The Big Red defense had 10 tackles for loss, three sacks, caused three turnovers and blocked a pair of extra points. Senior Chris Costello had 14 tackles, including four behidn the line of scrimmage, a sack, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup in the loss.

Senior Stephen Liuzza posted 166 rushing yards and two late touchdowns, while also passing for 55 yards. Three quarterbacks took snaps behind center, with Adam Currie taking a lion's share of the snaps and completing 15-of-28 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown. He was intercepted four times. Senior wide receiver Bryan Walters hauled in 10 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown and compiled 338 all-purpose yards to move into third place in Ivy League history and second place at Cornell with 5,096 yards. He became just the fifth Ivy Leaguer to supass 5,000 all-purpose yards in a career.

Courtesy Cornell University