ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Jojo Uga scored the first touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter, and Jayden Estes had an interception with 1:33 remaining for Albany in a 13-10 win over Cornell in their Coastal Athletic Conference season opener on Saturday night.
Uga's 43-yard touchdown run came with 6:09 remaining. He rushed for 126 yards on 18 attempts.
Cornell scored its first touchdown on the following possession, from a six-yard pass from quarterback Devin Page to Ryder Kurtz with 3:38 remaining.
Cornell had the ball at midfield at the two-minute warning and completed another pass to put the offense on Albany's 37-yard line. Page underthrew the ball, and Estes picked it off to secure the Great Danes' (1-3) first win of the season.
Page was 8-for-12 for 90 yards.
The only points scored until the final half of the fourth quarter were field goals.
Albany kicker James Bozek hit 32- and a 37-yard field goals, and Cornell's Alan Zhao made one from 25 yards out.
Albany quarterback Colin Parachek replaced starter Jack Shields in the second half. Parachek was 6-for-11 for 45 yards. Shields passed for 70 yards with one interception.
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