NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Dante Reno threw four touchdown passes and Yale beat visiting Merrimack 41-24 in an NCAA Football Championship Division game Saturday at Yale Bowl. The Bulldogs improved to 2-1, while the Warriors dropped to 2-4. Yale led 10-7 after the first quarter, 17-10 at halftime and 34-10 through three. Merrimack scored 14 in the fourth, while Yale added seven. Reno completed 22 of 39 passes for 298 yards and rushed five times for 39 yards. AJ Hairston Jr. completed 11 of 26 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns and ran 10 times for 69 yards. Merrimack’s Kenyon Massey caught a 79-yard touchdown pass from Hairston in the first quarter. Will Claude had five tackles and returned an interception 75 yards for a Merrimack touchdown. Micah Green made 11 tackles, Danny Simms nine and Rajahn Cooper eight for Merrimack. Phoenix Grant had 10 tackles for Yale. Graham Smith, Garon Kemp and Dennis Morgan caught touchdown passes.