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Merrimack vs Yale

Final · Week 6 · Sat Oct 3 · 12:00 PM ET · Yale Bowl

Merrimack WarriorsMerrimack
24
FinalOct 3, 2026
Yale BulldogsYale
41
StreamESPN+

Recap

Yale beat Merrimack 41-24 at Yale Bowl on Oct 3, 2026.

Yale came back from 14 points down, trailing 21-7 in the second quarter. They scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.

Score by quarter

Merrimack Warriors and Yale Bulldogs, score by quarter
Team1234T
MER1473024
YALE71071741

Scoring plays

First Quarter

  1. YALETouchdown · 11:37Jaxton Santiago 9 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)0-7
  2. MERTouchdown · 10:44Kenyon Massey 79 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)7-7
  3. MERTouchdown · 2:21Will Claude 75 Yd Interception Return (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)14-7

Second Quarter

  1. MERTouchdown · 7:14Dennis Morgan 40 Yd pass from AJ Hairston Jr (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)21-7
  2. YALEField Goal · 4:15Noah Piper 37 Yd Field Goal21-10
  3. YALETouchdown · 1:56Jaxton Santiago 10 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)21-17

Third Quarter

  1. YALETouchdown · 10:59Graham Smith 2 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)21-24
  2. MERField Goal · 5:16Guytano Bartolomeo 25 Yd Field Goal24-24

Fourth Quarter

  1. YALETouchdown · 12:50Garon Kemp 20 Yd pass from Dante Reno (Noah Piper Kick)24-31
  2. YALEField Goal · 9:30Noah Piper 38 Yd Field Goal24-34
  3. YALETouchdown · 4:07Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni 9 Yd Run (Noah Piper Kick)24-41

Team stats

MERYALE
1st Downs
12
26
Total Yards
322
476
Passing
188
298
Rushing
134
178
3rd down efficiency
2-12
7-15
Turnovers
2
2
Possession
23:51
36:09

Top performers

Merrimack WarriorsYale Bulldogs

Passing

AJ Hairston Jr11/26, 192 YDS, 2 TD
Dante Reno22/39, 298 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

AJ Hairston Jr10 CAR, 69 YDS
Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni30 CAR, 132 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving

Kenyon Massey2 REC, 89 YDS, 1 TD
Lucius Anderson7 REC, 116 YDS

Tackles

Micah Green11
Phoenix Grant10

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Game details updated Oct 3, 5:27 PM ET. How game pages are made