PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Dartmouth recovered from a 14-point, second-half deficit to the game, only to fall to the defending Ivy League champs, Penn, in overtime on Saturday afternoon, 35-28.

The Quakers (2-1, 1-0 Ivy) amassed 427 yards of offense to defeat the Big Green for the 12th time in the last 13 meetings, while Dartmouth (2-1, 0-1 Ivy) lost its fourth overtime contest in its last five dating back to the 2007 season.

Junior quarterback Conner Kempe matched a season and career high by tossing three touchdown passes while completing 17 of 32 passes for 239 yards. More than half of those yards (134) went to junior Michael Reilly, who made five receptions, including the game-tying score near the end of the fourth quarter. Junior tight end John Gallagher hauled in a pair of passes in the end zone as well.

The Penn offense, meanwhile, was based on a strong running game that averaged 5.1 yards per carry and timely passing with Billy Ragone running for 57 yards and three touchdowns. He also connected on 15 of 24 passes for 132 yards and another score to go along with two interceptions.. Halfback Jeff Jack led the Quakers' ground game with 95 yards on 17 carries, while Colavita covered 62 yards and reached the end zone once on just nine rushes.

The coin toss for overtime was won by Dartmouth, which elected to play defense first. Penn faced a 3rd-and-8 right off the bat, but Ragone completed his most important pass of the day to David Wurst, who made a diving grab at the one. Two plays later, Ragone pushed just far enough to get over the goal line, and Andrew Samson booted the PAT for a 35-28 lead.

The Big Green went for the end zone on their first play with a fade pattern to Reilly, but the pass was off the mark. After junior Nick Schwieger ran for 7 yards, Kempe lofted another pass to the other side of the field to senior Tanner Scott, but it also fell to the ground. On fourth and four, Kempe had his throw tipped at the line, causing it to come up short of its target and allowing heavily favored Penn to escape with the win.