The Big Green (2-6, 2-3 Ivy League) trailed 10-0 in the fourth quarter before Patton's 52-yard TD run put Dartmouth on the board. Patton then added a 13-yard touchdown in the game's first overtime to answer a Cornell score before sophomore kicker Foley Schmidt provided the game-winning points with a 40-yard field goal in the second OT.

Teevens said skill players have the opportunity to make an immediate impact in the Ivy League.

"In our situation it was somewhat out of necessity," he said. "Recruiting has gotten better in recent years. What they need to be is obviously skilled, but also confident and sometimes the benefit of youth is ignorance. They don't know what they're getting into. I think that may have been a lot of Greg's situation on Saturday."

Patton made his presence felt early against Cornell, carrying the ball on Dartmouth's fifth play from scrimmage and picking up 16 yards. He had seven carries of more than 10 yards in the game, including the two TD runs along with a 45-yarder and a 27-yard run.

"He was just so excited to have an opportunity to play he went out and just was able to relax and not really dwell or focus on pressure," he said. "He was just having fun playing football and I think that's really important."

Patton's performance left Cornell head coach Jim Knowles shaking his head after his team's loss and provided Brown coach Phil Estes some troubling thoughts heading into this weekend's contest against the Big Green.

"They had a freshman quarterback who did a great job," Knowles said. "They blocked us well. They were able to make a lot of hay out of the Wildcat formation."

"It's amazing the way Patton ran and made some plays on some quarterback counters and sweeps," Brown said. "He's a terrific football player."

Special moment

Schmidt, a sophomore, was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after his performance against Cornell.

Schmidt, from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., missed a kick early in the contest but connected from 26 yards out to send the game into overtime and his 40-yarder in the second OT session proved to be the game-winner.

Schmidt could have put Dartmouth up early in the second quarter but missed a 39-yard attempt wide right.

That miss didn't affect Schmidt's later efforts, as he was he was good from 26 yards with 2:17 left in regulation before his 40-yarder in the second OT.

"When we needed him later he was just dead on," Teevens said. "He's as good a kicker as we have in the league in my opinion."

Schmidt hasn't been busy for the Big Green this season with just seven attempts and five successful field goal tries.

"He's a very competitive young man," Teevens said. "He's an athlete, not just a kicker."
Schmidt was the first Dartmouth player to win the Special Teams Player of the Week award since Tyler Lavin earned the honor on Sept. 28, 2002.

Taking notice

Estes said Dartmouth's progress this season has been impressive.

"(It's a) much-improved Dartmouth football team," he said. "Each week there's something new that they add to the repertoire. They've had some injuries but they've been finding some young players to step up and make big plays for them.

"Defensively they seem to improve each week. We seem to have our hands full every time we face Dartmouth."

Of note

Dartmouth's ability to block kicks saved the Big Green at the end of regulation as Pete Pidermann blocked a 35-yard attempt by Cornell's Brad Greenway to force overtime. ... Dartmouth sophomore wide receiver Michael Reilly (nine receptions, 76 yards) and junior linebacker Pat Scorah (nine tackles, forced fumble, interception) were named to the Ivy League honor roll. ... Estes said Brown running back Zach Tronti is done for the season after tearing two ligaments in his knee against Yale. Sophomore Spiro Theodhosi replaced Tronti and ran for 167 yards and a touchdown. ... Brown freshman defensive back A.J. Cruz was the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week with nine tackles, three passes broken up and an interception in the end zone late in the Bears' 35-21 win over Yale. ... Dartmouth's win vaulted the Big Green into a tie for fourth place at 2-3 in the Ivy League standings with Yale. Brown (3-2 in the league) is alone in third place. ... Dartmouth's 483 offensive yards were the most for the Big Green since it had 492 against Harvard seven years ago. ... Kempe was 23-for-39 for 208 yards through the air for Dartmouth.