WASHINGTON –The Georgetown football team fell 42-37 to Patriot League foe Lafayette on Cooper Field on Saturday afternoon. The Hoyas are now 2-1 on the season and 0-1 in conference action.

ON THE RECORD
"That was a great way to start the Patriot League schedule. Playing a competitive back and forth game with a talented Lafayette team. I don't think that we played to our full potential for the whole game but I am extremely proud of how our kids fought and kept coming back after being down early in the game. There are a lot of things we need to improve on as we get ready for back-to- back Ivy League games." - Head Coach Rob Sgarlata on today's contest. 

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS 

• Quarterback Danny Lauter completed 27-45 passes for 319 yards and two touchdowns. 
• Savion Hart recorded 140 all-purpose yards, including two rushing touchdowns. 
• GianCarlo Rufo led the defense with seven tackles (4 solo, 3 assists). 
• Naiteitei Mose returned a fumble recovery 90 yards for a touchdown. 
• Michael Bonsu recorded three pass breakups. 
• Cooper Blomstrom led GU in sacks with 1.5 while Chigozie Oge-Evans recorded one and John Caramonico earned 0.5. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hoyas scored on the opening drive of the game. Isaiah Grimes caught a 19-yard touchdown pass to put GU up 7-0 at the 9:18 mark. Lafayette responded on the following drive with a 70-yard rushing touchdown by Kente Edwards. At the end of the first quarter the Hoyas and the Leopards were tied 7-7. 
• Lafayette started the second quarter on the Hoyas' 16-yard line. Leopards quarterback Dean Denobile completed a nine-yard pass to give Lafayette its first lead of the afternoon (14-7). Lafayette extended its lead to 21-7 with a 48-yard touchdown reception at the 10:59 mark. At the 2:17 mark of the second quarter, Mose recovered a fumble and returned it for a 90-yard touchdown to bring the Hoyas within one score 21-14. GU closed out the quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown by Hart to tie the contest 21-21 at halftime. 
• At the 6:42 mark of the third quarter, Thomas Anderson kicked a 32-yard field goal to regain the lead for the Blue & Gray (24-21). The Leopards responded on the following drive with a 28-yard touchdown reception. The Hoyas closed out the third quarter with a rushing touchdown from Hart to take over the lead 31-28. 
• The Leopards took the lead back early in the fourth quarter with Edwards' third touchdown of the contest. Edwards widened Lafayette's lead 42-31 after a 51-yard rushing touchdown at the 6:17 mark of the fourth quarter. Georgetown earned one final score after Grimes caught a 10-yard touchdown reception to bring the Hoyas within five (42-37). 

UP NEXT

• The Hoyas will hit the road next week to face Brown in Providence, Rhode Island. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. on September 13.