The Hobart College football team will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., for its final non-conference game of the season. The Statesmen, ranked 16th in the nation in the latest D3football.com poll, will take on the 24th-ranked Ithaca College Bombers at 1 p.m. at Butterfield Stadium.
 
The game will be broadcast by WEOS-FM (89.5/90.3 in Geneva).
 
Hobart (2-0) is coming off a 28-17 win over Endicott College. The Statesmen offense struggled at times and managed just 204 yards against the Gulls, but reached the end zone on a 36-yard run by junior Bradley Burns and on a 16-yard pass play from sophomore quarterback Shane Sweeney to sophomore wide receiver Brandon Shed. Hobart's scoring efforts got a boost from the defense, when junior defensive end Zach Thornton recovered a fumble in the end zone for a first quarter TD. Special teams capped the Statesmen scoring when Sean Cunningham returned a punt 59 yards for a touchdown.
 
Burns' scoring run was the D3football.com Play of the Week. He hurdled a would-be tackler on his way to the end zone.

Defensively, senior linebacker Trayvon Toney had a team-high eight tackles against Endicott, while junior cornerback Todd Collier notched four stops, three pass breakups and two interceptions.
 
Ithaca (1-0) was off last week following a 38-23 season-opening win at Union. Junior quarterback Wolfgang Shafer completed 76 percent of his passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Josh Oliver caught eight passes for 80 yards and completed a 32-yard pass for a touchdown. Defensively, senior defensive back Malik Morris and sophomore linebacker Dan Loizos produced 11 and 10 tackles repectively. Morris also had a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown.
 
The game will be a rematch of the 2014 NCAA Division III Football Championship first round game played at Hobart's Boswell Field. The Bombers led 15-7 early in the fourth quarter, but the Statesmen put together two 72-yard scoring drives in the waning minutes to eke out a 22-15 win. Hobart took its only lead of the game with 12.4 seconds remaining, when Patrick Conlan '15 scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak.
 
Saturday's game will be the 29th gridiron meeting between the Statesmen and Bombers. Ithaca has dominated the series, posting a 24-4 record, but Hobart has won three of the past five contests.