NEW HAVEN (Interstat) — Dante Reno threw for 325 yards and two touchdowns, Jaxton Santiago caught 13 passes for 147 yards and two scores, and Yale defeated Dartmouth 28-7 in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Yale Bowl on Saturday. Visiting Dartmouth, known as the Big Green, dropped to 1-3. Home-standing Yale, known as the Bulldogs, improved to 3-1. Attendance was 6,320 at Yale Bowl.

Yale built an early lead with two first-quarter touchdowns. H. Djeumeni Kemeni opened the scoring with a 9-yard run up the middle, and Noah Piper added the extra point. Reno then found Santiago on a short right pass for a 2-yard touchdown, and Piper’s kick made it a two-score game. Dartmouth answered when Grayson Saunier connected with Ky’Dric Fisher on a deep right pass for a 30-yard touchdown. Owen Zalc kicked the extra point.

The Bulldogs later extended their advantage with special teams and a late scoring drive. Piper made a 43-yard field goal, then added a 25-yard field goal. Reno capped the scoring with a 9-yard pass to Santiago on a short left route, and Reid Jones completed a successful pass attempt on the two-point conversion. Dartmouth’s offense could not produce another touchdown.

Reno completed 28 of 37 passes for 325 yards and two touchdowns. The quarterback from Sturbridge, Mass., who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 205 pounds, had recently completed 22 of 39 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns and rushed five times for 39 yards in Yale’s previous game against Merrimack. Santiago, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound receiver, was Reno’s top target, finishing with 13 receptions for 147 yards and two touchdowns. He also had one punt return for minus-3 yards.

Saunier completed 10 of 26 passes for 156 yards and one touchdown for Dartmouth. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound quarterback found Fisher for the Big Green’s only score. Fisher finished with four receptions for 72 yards and one touchdown. Cameron Bates added two catches for 51 yards, Kareem Fisher had two for 21, and Nick Lemon had two for 12. Myles Craddock led Dartmouth’s running game with 16 carries for 55 yards, while Chris Roper added eight carries for 23 yards.

Lucius Anderson contributed eight receptions for 95 yards, two rushes for 4 yards and one punt return for 2 yards. Reid Jones caught two passes for 36 yards. Garon Kemp had one catch for 31 yards. Brady Wagner had one reception for 4 yards, and Graham Smith had one for 3 yards. Vann Hopping ran three times for 14 yards.

Yale’s defense limited Dartmouth throughout. Brandon Webster, a 6-foot, 188-pound defensive back, recorded three tackles. Phoenix Grant, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound defensive back, had eight tackles and two quarterback hurries. Jaylin Tate, a 6-foot-4, 275-pound defender, also had eight tackles. James Cave added six tackles, Billy Eastep had five, and Abu Kamara finished with four tackles, two quarterback hurries and one interception. Mack Johnson had four tackles. Jesse Schutzman, Charles Barkley-Smith and Osize Daniyan each had three tackles. Chris White, Cooper Austin, Babawale Fadeyibi, Steven Partin, JP Schmidt, Lota Ugokwe and Xavier Coleman each had two tackles. Partin added one quarterback hurry. Xavier Rivers had one tackle and one quarterback hurry, and Lucas Price had one tackle. Reese Keeney punted three times for 111 yards. Charles Hewitt and Noah Piper were also listed among Yale’s participants.

Dartmouth’s defense was led by Cameron Best-Alston and Harrison Keith, who each made 12 tackles. Steve Simpkins Jr. had 10 tackles. Johnny Stephens, a 6-foot, 182-pound defensive back, recorded nine. Matthew Boydell, a 6-foot-2, 221-pound linebacker, had eight, and No’Koi Maddox, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound defensive back, had seven. Chris Chol and Bruce Williams each had six tackles. Joshua Johnson added five tackles and two quarterback hurries. Jorden Barnes and Taylor Faalele each had four tackles. Niquis Ratcliff, a 190-pound cornerback, finished with three tackles. Dartmouth also received contributions from defensive backs and linebackers throughout the afternoon, but the Big Green could not slow Yale’s passing game enough to mount a comeback.

Dartmouth entered the game after a 14-10 home win over Penn and losses to Monmouth and Lehigh. The Big Green will next host Merrimack, then visit Columbia, host Harvard, visit Princeton, visit Cornell and host Brown. Yale had beaten Merrimack, lost to Cornell and beaten Holy Cross before Saturday’s win. The Bulldogs will next host Rhode Island, then visit Penn, visit Columbia, host Brown, host Princeton and visit Harvard.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Yale 37, Dartmouth 28. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Yale with an 83.4 percent probability to win. Dartmouth had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +6. The total score of 35 went over the over/under line of 52.5.