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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Trinity College football team collected
five turnovers and racked up over 500 yards of total offense in a
40-16 victory of Bowdoin on Saturday. The Bantams remain the
NESCAC's lone unbeaten at 5-0 this season while the Polar Bears
drop their second-straight game and fall to 1-4 on the year.
The day began auspiciously for the Polar Bears, but turned
downhill quickly. Bowdoin won the opening coin toss and chose to
receive the opening kickoff. Returner Nick Tom broke through to
midfield, but was separated from the ball by Harryl Smith and
Trinity's Sam Viering recovered the fumble at the Bowdoin 48. It
took Trinity nine plays to score, with quarterback Eric McGrath
scampering the last five yards to give the visitors a 6-0 lead
after a missed PAT.
Bowdoin answered, but a 10-play, 54-yard drive was stymied
inside the Trinity 5, and the Polar Bears settled for a 19-yard
field goal from Nolan McNair to trim the lead to 6-3 midway through
the opening quarter.
The Bantams scored the next 34 points, however, racking up 522
yards of total offense in the
process. Trinity quickly replied with a pair of scores before the
end of the opening quarter - first on a 23-yard strike from McGrath
to Michael Galligan and then on a 20-yard pass from McGrath
to Connor Wells. McGrath would finish with 208 yards passing before
being replaced in the third quarter.
Oliver Starnes gave Trinity a 30-3 lead at halftime with a
one-yard scoring plunge right before the break, and added another
touchdown run from 11 yards out in the third quarter. Adam Cox
nailed a pair of field goals to extend the Bantams' lead to 40-3
early in the fourth quarter.
Oliver Kell scored a fourth-quarter touchdown on a 15-yard
run and James Lathrop added a late touchdown as well for the Polar
Bears. Kell finished 17-29 for 238 yards while Tim Kelleher caught
five balls for 89 yards to lead the Bowdoin offense. Chris Martin
was Bowdoin's leading tackler with 11 stops.
Trinity's Ben Sherry sparked the Bantams with a pair of
fake-punt rushes on fourth downs that accounted for 72 total yards.
Starnes led the Trinity tailbacks with 97 yards on the ground.
Galligan finished with 102 yards receiving while Harryl Smith had
four tackles, a forced fumble and an interception for Trinity.
Images courtesy of Brian Beard and Creative Images
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