NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Last year it was Brown that was on the losing end of the Ivy League's most improbable finish. Saturday, it was Yale's turn.

With 14 seconds remaining, Brown quarterback James Perry (38-for-57, 279 yards) connected with tight end David Brookman on a seven-yard touchdown pass to pull the Bears within one.

Mike Murawczyk's extra point attempt was blocked by Yale's Ben Blake. But Brown's Mike Powell scooped up the bounding ball and pitched it to Rob Scholl, who ran it in for two points to give the Bears (1-0) a 25-24 win over Yale (0-1).

``As soon as it happened I thought about last year,'' said Brown coach Phil Estes. ``Somebody was looking over our shoulder today.''

Last season, Yale's Jake Borden caught a 27-yard touchdown pass with no time remaining as the Bulldogs beat Brown in Providence, R.I.

``We made a play to win the game and then we lost on it,'' said Yale coach Jack Siedlecki. ``Like I said to the players, now I know how Brown felt last year.''

Yale had a chance to win the game in the closing seconds when Brown was tagged with two unsportsmanlike penalties following the two-point conversion. A Bears player was penalized for first taking his helmet off while still on the field and taunting the Yale bench.

Subsequently, Brown kicked off from its own 10-yard line and the Bulldogs took possession with 12 seconds left at their own 49-yard line.

Quarterback Joe Walland (12-for-22, 182 yards, one touchdown) connected with Tommy McNamara for a 31-yard strike with six seconds left. But Mike Murawczyk's 47-yard game-winning field goal attempt fell well short, landing in the middle of the end zone as time expired.

Yale staked a 17-3 halftime lead behind a pair of touchdown runs (1, 12 yards) by Rashad Bartholomew (19 carries, 42 yards).

Perry, meanwhile, was pressured repeatedly and completed 11 of 22 passes for 118 yards in the first half with one interception.

With Yale's best pass rusher Andy Tuzzolino sidelined because of dehydration in the second half, however, the potent Brown passing attack finally came alive. Perry completed his first seven passes of the second half for 88 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown pass to Powell in the third quarter to cut the deficit to seven.

Yale responded with a seven-play, 39-yard drive that ended with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Walland to Jake Fuller.

Brown cut the lead back to seven again at the 5:37 mark of the fourth quarter when Perry found Stephen Campbell in the end zone from 17 yards out. The 38 completed passes by Perry was a single-game school record.

``What goes around comes around,'' Walland said. ``Now I know how they felt last year. I was jumping up and down because I thought we won the game but it was like a dagger to our heart.''