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Andre Eden
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35
Bowdoin BOW 1-6 , 1-6
42
Winner Middlebury MID 2-5 , 2-5
Bowdoin BOW
1-6 , 1-6
35
Final
42
Middlebury MID
2-5 , 2-5
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
BOW Bowdoin 0 6 7 22 35
MID Middlebury 7 12 3 20 42

Game Recap: Football |

Late Rally Comes Up Just Short For Football at Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Bowdoin College football team scored twice in the final six minutes, but couldn't find the equalizer in a high-scoring 42-35 loss at Middlebury on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Polar Bears (1-6) and Panthers (2-5) combined for 77 points and 980 yards of total offense on the day, in the highest scoring game between the teams since 2009.
 
Game Highlights
  • Bowdoin trailed 19-6 at halftime with their lone score coming on a five-yard pass from Andrew Boel to Colton Fahey midway through the second quarter.
  • The Polar Bears closed the gap to 22-20 early in the fourth quarter as a 64-yard touchdown run by Andre Eden was followed by another TD run, from ten yards out by Eden, with 14:55 remaining.
  • The fourth quarter was wild, with the Panthers scoring 20 unanswered points to take a commanding 42-20 lead with ten minutes remaining.
  • Bowdoin wouldn't go away,  driving 75 yards, ending with the third touchdown of the afternoon from Eden on a three-yard run, and cutting the margin to 42-28.
  • Following a Middlebury punt, the Polar Bears again moved the chains, cashing in on a 15-yard scoring strike from Boel to Fahey with 1:04 remaining, making it a 42-35 game.
  • Bowdoin recovered the onside kick at the Middlebury 45, but Boel's first pass of the drive was picked off by Muldoon at the Middlebury one-yard line, sealing the Panther victory.
By The Numbers
  • Andre Eden finished with 160 yards rushing and three touchdowns to lead the Bowdoin offense against Middlebury.
  • Andrew Boel went 22-42 for 243 yards and two touchdowns, both to Fahey, who hauled in seven passes for 135 yards.
  • Dan Fiore led Bowdoin with 12 tackles while Joey Brink had nine.
  • Will Jernigan had a hand in five Middlebury touchdowns, passing for 200 yards and rushing for 214 to lead the way for the Panthers.
  • Middlebury rushed for 384 yards on the day, a new school record.
Up Next
  • Bowdoin enters the homestretch of its season with CBB (Colby-Bates-Bowdoin) action beginning next week when the Polar Bears host Bates under the lights at Whittier Field, Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. In the first game of the CBB series this afternoon, Colby defeated Bates, 10-2, in Lewiston.
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