Saturday’s homecoming football game was supposed to be an opportunity for the Red to make a statement in front of its largest home crowd of the year. Instead, Fordham’s senior quarterback John Skelton silenced Cornell.

Skelton threw for 420 yards and five touchdowns in leading the Rams to a 39-27 victory over the Red. He also rushed for a touchdown to cap off his impressive performance.

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Fordham 39, Football 27

Fordham quarterback John Skelton picked apart Cornell's defense on Saturday afternoon, throwing for 421 yards and five touchdowns on 21-of-27 attempts. Jason Caldwell caught four of the touchdown passes, a school record, but Asa Lucas had the play of the game. Facing a third-and-nine from his own two-yard line on the first snap of the second quarter, Skelton found Lucas about 40 yards downfield, and the wideout took it to the end zone to put the Rams up, 13-3.

He has the size, gaudy statistics and already holds every school passing record. The early word on senior John Skelton is that he has the makeup to be a potential NFL quarterback. Tomorrow, he will direct the nation’s second-ranked offense in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as Cornell hosts Fordham for Homecoming.