Box Score COLLEGE
FOOTBALL FINAL SCORE
Williams 30, Tufts 7
At Williamstown, MA
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Game
Statistics
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Senior Alex Perry led the Tufts defense with
nine tackles, including a sack
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WILLIAMSTOWN -- Matt Coyne passed for two touchdowns to Bryce
Bennett and ran for another, while the Williams College defense
allowed just 135 total yards in a 30-7 Ephs victory against Tufts
University in NESCAC football action on Saturday afternoon.
The Ephs improved to 4-1 with the win. Williams limited the
Jumbos to 78 yards passing, 57 yards rushing and seven first downs.
Tufts, down just 17-7 entering the fourth quarter, dropped its
second straight and is now 2-3 overall.
Williams opened the scoring with a 47-yard drive for a field
goal in the middle of the first quarter. Three completions by
junior quarterback Pat Moffitt for 20 yards to Nick Caro and then
for 15 and eight yards to Bennett put the Ephs on the Tufts
eight-yard line. A holding penalty and the Tufts defense kept
Williams out of the end zone, and Scott Sobolewski kicked a
27-yarder for a 3-0 lead.
Later in the quarter, a Williams punt from midfield by Will
Cronin pinned Tufts at its own seven-yard line. The Eph defense
forced a three-and-out, and after a punt the offense took over at
the Tufts 34-yard line. Coyne completed an eight-yard pass to
Bennett on fourth and five as the first quarter ended. An 11-yard
rush by Ryan Lupo brought Williams down to the three-yard line.
Three plays later, Coyne took it in from one yard out for a 10-0
lead.
While the Williams defense continued to stymie Tufts, the Jumbos
came up with a stop late in the first quarter. Williams had the
ball first and 10 on the Tufts 29, but a tackle for no gain by
senior quad-captain Dan Stebbins (Wilton, CT) and
a fourth-down incompletion by Williams helped the Jumbos get the
ball back.
They didn't have it for long however, and Williams got another
chance starting on their own 30 with 1:56 to go until halftime. A
15-yard personal foul penalty on Tufts pushed the Ephs up to near
midfield. Moffitt completions to Caro, Bennett and J.C. Stickney
set up first and 10 on the Tufts 13. On the next play, Coyne
connected with Bennett from 13 yards out with 33 seconds to go in
the half and Williams led 17-0.
Tufts finally found some life offensively after getting the ball
with 7:52 remainig in the third quarter. Junior Michael Durkin (Eden Prairie, MN) came on and carried the ball
five straight times for gains of 43 yards. Two more penalties set
them back, but senior quarterback Tom McManama (Wakefield,
MA) passed for 31 yards to junior Steve Cusano
(Waltham, MA) to the Williams 2. Junior running back
Pat Bailey (Beverly, MA) brought it in on a
third-down play and the Jumbos were within 17-7.
Williams had an answer, beginning with a 31-yard kickoff return
to the 50-yard line by Bennett that started a scoring drive late in
the third. The result would be a 20-yard touchdown pass from Coyne
to Bennett with 11:34 remaining in the fourth. The Ephs were in
charge at 24-7.
The Jumbos moved the ball again on their next possession.
McManama converted a fourth and one from the Williams 44 with a
two-yard run. A 22-yard McManama to Cusano pass set Tufts up first
and 10 on the Ephs' 20. That was followed by a 14-yard McManama
toss to junior Billy Mahler (Milwaukee, WI) down
to the six. However, Tufts failed to score when they couldn't get
the ball into the end zone and sophomore kicker Adam Auerbach (Glen Rock, NJ) missed a 22-yard field goal.
The Ephs added on another touchdown with a 14-play, 80-yard
drive that was finished with a 13-yard rush by Tom Wohlwender with
1:40 remaining.
Lupo finished with 100 yards rushing on 32 carries as the Ephs
gained a total of 339 yards. Moffitt completed 12 of 20 passes for
132 yards, while Coyne was good on three of his four attempts, two
for the touchdowns. Bennett had 66 yards on seven receptions and
the two scores. Dylan Schultz led the Ephs with nine tackles, while
Chris Cameron had two sacks.
Senior Alex Perry (Danvers, MA) had nine
tackles to lead Tufts, including a nine-yard sack. Stebbins and
fellow defensive end Donnie Simmons (Houston, TX)
both finished with eight tackles. Cusano, back after a finger
injury, made four receptions for 58 yards.
The Jumbos will look to get back to .500 next Saturday when they
host undefeated Amherst. Williams hosts Hamilton that day.
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