Big Red Rushes for Five Touchdowns, Tops Yale 38-25 in Home Opener

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell rushed for five touchdowns for the first time since 2019, beating nationally-ranked Yale 38-25 on Saturday at Schoellkopf Field to open Ivy League play in its home opener. Cornell’s first score came after Tommy MacPherson intercepted Charles Hewitt and returned it 44 yards to the Yale 6. Four plays later, Garrett Bass-Sulpizio punched it in from 2 yards out to make it 7-0. No. 17/18 Yale (1-1, 0-1 Ivy) trimmed the deficit to 7-3 on a 40-yard Noah Piper field goal early in the second quarter. Cornell answered before the break, going 62 yards in eight…