Lippert, Murray power Mules past Polar Bears

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BRUNSWICK – Robert Lippert threw for 171 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead Colby College past Bowdoin College 41-13 in the 113th football game between the teams.

Joe Murray ran for 101 yards and a touchdown and Denny Noyes caught nine passes for 118 yards and a touchdown as Colby (4-4) scored early in the first quarter in building a 31-0 halftime lead.

Bowdoin (1-7) fell behind 41-0 before scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including a 57-yard pass from quarterback John Clifford to Brian Durant.

The game was the season finale for both teams. Bowdoin has a 62-42-9 lead in the rivalry, which is the third-longest in Division III history.

Colby 10 21 7 3-41

Bowdoin 0 0 0 13-13

Col-Murray 10 run (Jonassen kick), 9:47.

Col-FG Jonassen 31, 3:48

Col-Conley 6 run (Jonassen kick), 7:24.

Col-Noyes 15 pass from Lippert (Jonassen kick), 5:33.

Col-Cunnane 20 pass from Lippert (Jonassen kick),47.

Col-Stepka 6 run (Jonassen kick), 6:17.

Col-FG Jonassen 31, 14:06.

Bow-Durant 57 pass from Clifford (kick failed), 8:45.

Bow-Patchett 8 run (Rock kick), :54.

Hamilton 22, Bates 13

CLINTON, N.Y. – Chris Weeden ran for two scoring runs to lead Hamilton to a 22-13 victory over Bates Saturday.

Weeden put Hamilton (1-7) on the board first when he capped off a seven-play drive with a 3-yard run at 12:27 in the first. He scored again on a 1-yard run with less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter. Weeden finished the game with 160 yards on 41 carries.

Chris McCarthy gave the Continentals a 13-7 lead over Bates (1-7) with 3 seconds left in the first quarter when he scored on a 65-yard punt return.

After a scoreless second quarter, Bates’ Kane Jankoski threw a 4-yard pass to Paul Tenney, who ran it in for the score, tying the game at 13-13. Jankoski, who completed 17 of 29 pass for 92 yards, also threw a 6-yard scoring pass to Owen Miehe at 3:35 in the first quarter.

Bates 7 0 6 0-13

Hamilton 13 0 3 6-22

Ham-Weeden 3 run (kick failed), 12:27.

Bates-Miehe 6 pass from Jankoski (Ranks kick), 3:35.

Ham-McCarthy 65 punt return (Simon kick), :03

Bates-Tenney 4 pass from Jankoski, 11:09.

Ham-FG Simon 24, :48

Ham-Weeden 1 run (kick blocked), :00.