Brown turned a 4th-and-3 play into a 33-yard touchdown on Michael Daugherty's pass to Paul Raymond late in the third quarter to give the Bears a 21-10 lead en route to a 28-17 victory against the visiting Duquesne Dukes yesterday.

Daugherty completed 17 of 31 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns and Dereck Knight carried 33 times for 208 yards and a score for the Bears (1-0).

For Duquesne (0-2), Kevin Rombach came off the bench to replace starter Scott Knapp and completed 18 of 28 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown. Scott was 4 of 12 for 71 yards. Conrad Carter had eight catches for 134 yards and Bruce Hocker had six catches for 72 yards and a 14-yard touchdown. Greg Hough carried 10 times for 73 yards.

Knight's 61-yard run gave Brown a 7-0 lead and after Duquesne's Mark Troyan kicked a 35-yard field goal Daugherty threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Colin Clougherty to make it 14-3 after the first quarter.

Hocker's touchdown reception made it 14-10 at halftime, setting up the Daugherty's touchdown pass to Raymond.

Other games

Washington & Jefferson 50, Hanover 14: The Presidents (2-0), ranked 16th in NCAA Division III, led 33-0 after the first quarter and 43-0 at halftime.

Bobby Swallow tied a school record with six touchdown passes -- 2, 30 and 29 yards to David Ravida, 14 yards to Ryan Church, 43 yards to Luke Espe, and 16 yards to Kevin Mathews. Swallow completed 20 of 25 passes for 307 yards and Ravida had eight catches for 137 yards.

Mathews carried 13 times for 145 yards as the Presidents had 34 first downs and 675 yards. Hanover (0-3) had seven first downs and 105 yards.

Edinboro 42, Bloomsburg 41: Trevor Harris threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Burr with 1:07 left and then threw a pass to Ryan Rybicki for the 2-point conversion as the visiting Fighting Scots (2-1) rallied to defeat Bloomsburg (1-2), ranked No. 25 in Division II. It was Bloomsburg's first regular-season loss at home since 2004.

Harris completed 29 of 42 passes for 329 yards and four touchdowns. His 29 completions tied a school record. Bloomsburg led 24-14 at halftime and Edinboro led 34-31 after three quarters.

Hobart 27, Carnegie Mellon 26: The visiting Tartans (2-1), ranked 22nd in Division III, scored on Travis Sivek's 1-yard run with 1:32 left but running back Colby Whitman couldn't hang on to Doug Facemeyer's pass in the corner of the end zone on an attempted 2-point conversion. The Tartans had a 12-game, regular-season winning streak ended.

Carnegie Mellon led 13-0 at 5:15 of the second quarter on touchdown runs of 1 and 3 yards by Sivek, who carried 26 times for 105 yards. Robert Gimson carried 26 times for 170 yards and scored on a 14-yard run to give the Tartans a 20-13 lead early in the fourth quarter. The Tartans rushed for 308 of their 329 total yards.

West Liberty State 39, Concord 6: Zach Amaedro completed 10 of 14 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown and Nick Rocchio completed 8 of 9 passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns and the Hilltoppers (3-0-1) rushed for 238 yards to defeat visiting Concord (1-2, 0-1) in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Alonzo Banks had six catches for 97.

Thiel 13, Albion 10: Dan Hess scored on a 2-yard run with 6:05 remaining to cap a 13-play, 80-yard drive as the visiting Tomcats (1-2) defeated Albion (0-3). Hess rushed for 166 yards on 35 carries and also scored on a 1-yard run.

Geneva 37, Westminster 14: Brian Wilson returned a blocked punt 35 yards for a touchdown, Richard Kolesar return an interception 32 yards for a touchdown and Bradley Roman returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown as the visiting Golden Tornadoes (2-1) defeated the Titans (2-1). Geneva also scored on runs of 5 yards by Matt Dean and 3 yards by Bobby Bondi.

California 57, Cheyney 0: Brandon Lombardy rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns to lead the visiting Vulcans (4-0), ranked 15th in Division II, over Cheyney (0-3).