Seawolves Drop First Road Contest of Season
Orono, Maine - Stony Brook scored the first touchdown of the game, but Maine held the Seawolves to negative yards in the second quarter and got three touchdown passes of 30 or more yards as it took a 28-13 victory at Alfond Stadium. Junior Conte Cuttino (Uniondale, N.Y.) led the Seawolves with 75 yards rushing while freshman Dayne Hoffman (Ada, Mich.) threw for 199 yards and one score.
"I congratulate Jack and his team on playing an excellent game," said Stony Brook head coach Chuck Priore. "Early in the game they out played us physically and emotionally. We did come back and play well enough in the second half to stay in the game."
Getting a 34-yard punt return from junior Dayton Guillory (Bossier City, La.) that put Stony Brook (1-2) in good field position at the Maine 48, the Seawolves wasted no time on their first drive of the game. Hoffman hit a key third down pass for 28 yards to senior Dwayne Eley (Bowie, Md.), then finished the drive off on 3rd and goal with a four-yard TD pass to junior tight end Melaquan Saffold (Syracuse, N.Y.). Maine (2-1) came back on its next possession, however, hitting on a 30-yard TD pass from Adam Farkes to Tyrell Jones on a fourth and 12 play to tie things up at 7-7 with 6:09 left in the first.
Hoffman fumbled on Stony Brook's next possession and Maine made the Seawolves pay for the turnover when Farkes hit Derek Buttles on a 26-yard TD pass on the Black Bears first play after the miscue. Stony Brook cut the lead down to four when senior Luke Gaddis (East Patchogue, N.Y.) hit his first field goal of the season, a 32-yarder at the 12:57 mark of the second quarter. For the rest of the half it was all Maine, however, as the Black Bears held SBU to minus-12 yards of offense while Farkes hit on two more touchdown passes; one to Landis Williams and another to Jones with just 1:21 left in the half that pushed Maine's lead to 28-10. Maine's lead could have been 31-10, but junior Chris Richards (Quartz Hills, Calif.) blocked a field goal attempt on the final play of the half.
"I congratulate Jack and his team on playing an excellent game," said Stony Brook head coach Chuck Priore. "Early in the game they out played us physically and emotionally. We did come back and play well enough in the second half to stay in the game."
Getting a 34-yard punt return from junior Dayton Guillory (Bossier City, La.) that put Stony Brook (1-2) in good field position at the Maine 48, the Seawolves wasted no time on their first drive of the game. Hoffman hit a key third down pass for 28 yards to senior Dwayne Eley (Bowie, Md.), then finished the drive off on 3rd and goal with a four-yard TD pass to junior tight end Melaquan Saffold (Syracuse, N.Y.). Maine (2-1) came back on its next possession, however, hitting on a 30-yard TD pass from Adam Farkes to Tyrell Jones on a fourth and 12 play to tie things up at 7-7 with 6:09 left in the first.
Hoffman fumbled on Stony Brook's next possession and Maine made the Seawolves pay for the turnover when Farkes hit Derek Buttles on a 26-yard TD pass on the Black Bears first play after the miscue. Stony Brook cut the lead down to four when senior Luke Gaddis (East Patchogue, N.Y.) hit his first field goal of the season, a 32-yarder at the 12:57 mark of the second quarter. For the rest of the half it was all Maine, however, as the Black Bears held SBU to minus-12 yards of offense while Farkes hit on two more touchdown passes; one to Landis Williams and another to Jones with just 1:21 left in the half that pushed Maine's lead to 28-10. Maine's lead could have been 31-10, but junior Chris Richards (Quartz Hills, Calif.) blocked a field goal attempt on the final play of the half.
Stony Brook started the second half by driving 67 yards in 11 plays, getting a 22-yard field goal from Gaddis that made it 28-13. Maine also had a long drive in the quarter, but came up empty when Brian Harvey missed a 27-yard field goal.
Early in the fourth quarter Stony Brook had a drive snuffed out when Hoffman was sacked for a 13-yard loss back to the Maine 41-yard line on third down. Maine then drove the ball into Stony Brook territory, but its drive stalled as well and the Seawolves took over at their own 20-yard line. Stony Brook again drove into Maine territory, but Hoffman lofted a pass towards the end zone that was picked off at the three-yard line.
Stony Brook had two more possessions after that, but the Seawolves could not come up with any more points as the Black Bears took the win.
Early in the fourth quarter Stony Brook had a drive snuffed out when Hoffman was sacked for a 13-yard loss back to the Maine 41-yard line on third down. Maine then drove the ball into Stony Brook territory, but its drive stalled as well and the Seawolves took over at their own 20-yard line. Stony Brook again drove into Maine territory, but Hoffman lofted a pass towards the end zone that was picked off at the three-yard line.
Stony Brook had two more possessions after that, but the Seawolves could not come up with any more points as the Black Bears took the win.
