In a muddy and rainy game in Rhode Island, junior running back Karekin Brooks rushed for 246 yards on 34 carries in Penn’s 13-7 victory.
Junior running back Karekin Brooks had 34 rushes for 246 yards— sixth-most in school history.
On Penn’s first play from scrimmage on Saturday versus Brown, Red & Blue running back Karekin Brooks fumbled and the Bears recovered near midfield.
Brooks, a junior, responded with 34 careers for 246 yards—7.2 yards per carry and sixth-most in school history—and propelled the Quakers to a muddy, hard-fought 13-7 win in Rhode Island.
Following his turnover, Brooks burst through the line on the next series for a 63-yard run to set up Jack Soslow’s 21-yard field goal.
In the second quarter, Brooks broke open a 47-yard run to put the Quakers inside Brown’s 5-yard line, but junior running back Abe Willows coughed it up at the 2 and the Bears recovered.
After the Penn defense forced the Bears to punt from their own 30-yard line, junior quarterback Nick Robinson moved the Red & Blue down the field and connected with senior wide receiver Steve Farrell on a 10-yard score to put Penn up 10-0.
Senior linebacker Nick Miller had a critical strip-sack in the fourth quarter.
Soslow, a senior, chipped in a 23-yard field goal before the break and the Quakers entered halftime with a 13-0 lead.
Penn’s defense was stout in the second half, forcing three turnovers, including two on consecutive possessions. Freshman defensive back Mohammed Diakite intercepted a pass in the third, and junior defensive back Tayte Doddy forced a fumble on the next series. Senior linebacker Nick Miller added a timely strip-sack in the fourth.
Brown scored a touchdown with 27 seconds left in the game, but the Quakers recovered the onside kick.
Robinson finished the game 6-7 passing for 46 yards and a touchdown, and rushed 8 times for 25 yards. Farrell caught 7 passes for 41 yards and a touchdown. Miller had 3 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 forced fumble.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
