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HARTFORD, Conn. - The Bowdoin College football team put a scare
into New England's top-ranked team, but allowed two touchdowns in
the final eight minutes in a 45-31 loss to Trinity on Saturday. In
the defeat, Oliver Kell became Bowdoin's all-time leader in
touchdown passes, connecting on four scoring strikes for the Polar
Bears (2-3). Trinity (5-0) has won their last 34 home games at
Jesse-Miller Field.
Trinity led, 21-7, at intermission thanks to one touchdown pass by
Drusbosky to freshman Drew Grombala and scoring tosses of 35 and 22
yards to Michael Galligan. Grombala's 22-yard strike with
7:31 remaining in the first quarter gave Trinity a 7-0 lead and was
the first in Grombala's collegiate career. Bowdoin scored its
first-half touchdown on a 12-yard pass by Kell to classmate Justin
Starr to cut Trinity's lead to 14-7 with 2:05 remaining in
the half, but the Bantams answered immediately with its third
touchdown 1:02 later. The Polar Bears fumbled the ensuing kickoff,
and the ball was recovered by Bantam sophomore Mark Snyder, but
Drusbosky's first-down pass was picked off by Bowdoin's Will
McIver inside his own 10-yard line to avoid another Trinity
score.
Trinity struck again with 10:07 left in the third quarter on a
24-yard field goal by sophomore Tim Costello, but 17 unanswered
Bowdoin points in a 6:07 span tied the game at 24-24 with 
2:38 remaining in the third. Kell found sophomore Pat Noone on
26-yard touchdown pass and, after a Drusbosky lost a fumble on a
sack by Bowdoin sophomore Ian Vieira, threw to senior Kevin
Sullivan on a scoring toss from 11 yards away. Bowdoin kicker Bill
Donahue connected on a 32-yard field goal to tie the game, but the
Bantam offense answered the challenge with a quick 61-yard drive
that culminated in a five-yard touchdown run by senior Oliver
Starnes as time expired in the third stanza.
The Polar Bears tied the game again at 31-31 with a 10-play,
62-yard drive the ended on a three-yard touchdown pass from Kell to
freshman Jon Gren with 10:33 to go.
The Trinity defense kept the visitors off the scoreboard the rest
of the way, however, and the offense put together scoring drives of
61 and 67 yards in the fourth quarter to earn the victory. Bantam
sophomore Herman Brito recovered a fumble by Kell on a shotgun snap
to end one Bowdoin possession and Trinity held the ball for 10:36
in the fourth quarter.
Drusbosky completed 23 passes in 37 attempts for 381 yards but had
three passes intercepted, while Galligan finished with eight
catches for a game-high 165 yards.
Kell racked up 358 passing yards on 28 completions and 48 attempts
with four touchdown passes and no interceptions. He now has 32
touchdown passes for his career, surpassing the mark formerly held
by Hayes MacArthur '99. Kell also tied the single-season touchdown
passes record of 12, set by MacArthur in 1998. Starr had eight
receptions for 124 yards in his second-straight 100-yard outing.
Running back Nick Tom carried the ball 16 times for 81 yards. Tyler
Tennant had a team-high eight tackles for the Polar Bears and
Vieira added two sacks.
