PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aidan Sayin threw three touchdown passes in the first half, Malachi Hosley ran for 131 yards and Pennsylvania defeated Colgate 27-17 on Saturday.
Penn led 21-7 at halftime after Sayin threw TD passes of 19 yards to Bryce Myers, 4 yards to Joshua Casilli and 36 yards to Jared Richardson.
The Raiders got as close as 24-17 in the fourth quarter when Brady Hutchison caught a short touchdown pass from Jake Stearney with about 10 minutes remaining.
Penn’s Sam Smith added the second of his two field goals for a 27-17 lead with 5 1/2 to go, then Colgate turned the ball over on downs on its next possession.
The Quakers ran out the final 2:47 to seal the win.
Sayin completed 29 of 41 passes for 320 yards for the Quakers (1-1) and Richardson caught 6 for 96 yards.
Jake Stearney was 31-of-47 passing for 229 yards for Colgate (1-4) and Treyvhon Saunders caught a school-record 16 passes for 123 yards.
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