Box Score CASTINE, Maine – Plymouth State made a late goal line stand to preserve a 13-7 win over Maine Maritime Academy in New England College Football conference inter-divisional play on Saturday. The middle of the Panthers' line held as Mariners fullback Billy Wetherbee (Veazie, Maine) attempted to punch in on fourth and goal from the one in the waning seconds of the contest, giving Plymouth its first win of the season to move to 1-2. Maine Maritime slides to 0-2.
The late-game drama was set up by freshman Michael Fahey's (Union, Conn.) 32-yard toss to Spencer Bowring (S. Portland, Maine). Bowring out-jumped a pair of Panthers before falling to the Plymouth one-yardline. Ryan O'Neal (Higganum, Conn.), who rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown in the game, punched into the end zone on the next play with 55 seconds showing, but a controversial illegal shift call took the points off the board and put the pigskin back on the Panthers' six. A Fahey botched snap was followed by a Wetherbee four-yard plunge before he was wrestled to the ground by Mark Hennessy (Westford, Mass.) at the one, setting up the Mariners' ill-fated, fourth down attempt.
Plymouth's Andrew Foglia (Montauk,N.Y.), who rushed for 98 yards on the day, broke through the left side of the Mariners' defense for 21 of them to give his team the 13-7 lead late in the second quarter. The defenses held the rest of the way. The Mariners piled up 321 yards of offense to Plymouth's 258, and recorded 17 first downs to the Panthers' dozen, but Plymouth's defense answered the bell at every ring.
The Mariners' started in Plymouth territory on consecutive possessions in the third quarter, stalling out on downs on the Panthers' 35 and 14. A Joel Chadbourne (Westbrook, Maine) interception set Maine Maritime up on the Panthers' 28, but after gaining only two yards after a pair of Hennessy-stopped plays, William Alsbrooks (Mobile, Ala.) 42-yard field goal attempt missed just wide right.
Hennessy recorded eight tackles including one for a loss. Plymouth's Ray Boulay (Keene, N.H.) posted 11 tackles, including nine solo stops to go with an interception and a pass breakup. Josh Morgan (Foster, R.I.) had eight solo tackles and an assisted stop.
Chadbourne led all tacklers with 13 stops, including 10 solos. He recovered a fumble to go with his pick on the afternoon. Brock Lawrence (Benton,Maine) recorded nine tackles, with one for a loss of two yards, while John Regis (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) had seven tackles and a forced fumble. Alex Hermes (Fallsington, Pa.) forced a fumble and tipped the pass that ended up in Chadbourne's hands. Christopher Hale (Standish, Maine) also recorded an interception.
Plymouth's Dustin Matthews (Elliot, Maine), started the day's scoring with a one-yard plunge to cap an 11-play, 71-yard drive on the Panthers' first possession. The fullback finished the day with 50 yards on nine attempts. The Mariners' answered with O'Neal, cashing in on a Plymouth fumble that gave Maine Maritime possession on the Panthers' 35. O'Neal punched in on his second 12-yard run on the drive. He averaged 7.1 yards on his 15 carries.
Maine Maritime returns to action next Saturday at Fitchburg State to open Bogan Division play. Plymouth heads to Mass.-Dartmouth to start its Boyd Division slate.
| Score by Quarters |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Score |
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| Plymouth St. |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Record: (1-2) |
| Maine Maritime |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Record: (0-2) |
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| Scoring Summary |
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| 1st |
07:13 |
PSU |
Dustin Matthews 1 yd run (Nick Cavallo kick failed), 11-71 6:03, PSU 6 - MEM 0 |
| 2nd |
12:17 |
MEM |
Ryan O'Neal 12 yd run (William Alsbrooks kick), 7-35 3:08, PSU 6 - MEM 7 |
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03:50 |
PSU |
Andrew Foglia 21 yd run (Ryan Bentley kick), 15-63 8:27, PSU 13 - MEM 7 |
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PSU |
MEM |
| FIRST DOWNS |
12 |
17 |
| RUSHES-YARDS (NET) |
50-189 |
59-237 |
| PASSING YDS (NET) |
69 |
84 |
| Passes Att-Comp-Int |
12-6-2 |
9-4-1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS |
62-258 |
68-321 |
| Fumble Returns-Yards |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Punt Returns-Yards |
0-0 |
1-3 |
| Kickoff Returns-Yards |
2-35 |
3-62 |
| Interception Returns-Yards |
1-8 |
2-11 |
| Punts (Number-Avg) |
3-35.7 |
3-36.3 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
3-3 |
4-1 |
| Penalties-Yards |
4-44 |
6-35 |
| Possession Time |
34:01 |
25:59 |
| Third-Down Conversions |
8 of 16 |
7 of 17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions |
3 of 3 |
2 of 5 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances |
1-1 |
1-4 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards |
0-0 |
0- |
RUSHING: Plymouth St.-Andrew Foglia 21-98; Dustin Matthews 9-50; Jake Tyler 15-49; Jordan Daignault 1-2; Andrew Vollaro 1-1; Bemnet Banks 3-minus 11. Maine Maritime-Ryan O'Neal 15-107; Bradley Reed 14-57; Billy Wetherbee 14-33; Joseph DiBiase 5-27; Michael Fahey 10-13; Matthew Ball 1-0.
PASSING: Plymouth St.-Jake Tyler 6-12-2-69. Maine Maritime-Bradley Reed 2-6-1-40; Michael Fahey 2-3-0-44.
RECEIVING: Plymouth St.-Zac Iovanella 4-51; Dustin Matthews 2-18. Maine Maritime-Spencer Bowring 2-40; Joseph DiBiase 1-32; Jordan Hevey 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS: Plymouth St.-Ray Boulay 1-8. Maine Maritime-Christopher Hale 1-7; Joel Chadbourne 1-4.
FUMBLES: Plymouth St.-Dustin Matthews 1-1; Andrew Foglia 1-1; Bemnet Banks 1-1. Maine Maritime-Michael Fahey 3-0; Bradley Reed 1-1.
SACKS (UA-A): Plymouth St.-None. Maine Maritime-None.
TACKLES (UA-A): Plymouth St.-Ray Boulay 9-2; Josh Morgan 8-1; Matt Bailey 7-2; Mark Hennessy 6-2; Louis Montegari 5-3; Chris Smith 6-1; Matt Fiore 3-1; Paul Capaldo 2-2; Zac Iovanella 2-0; Wyatt Huston 0-2; Jake Matthews 0-2; Eric Rajkowski 1-0; Peter LaBreck 1-0; Andrew Foglia 1-0. Maine Maritime-Joel Chadbourne 10-3; Brock Lawrence 3-6; John Regis 4-3; Christopher Hale 4-2; Chase Hutchinson 4-1; Alex Hermes 3-1; Johnny Weymouth 3-1; John Ashman 1-3; Andrew Hammond 2-1; Frank True 1-2; Tyler Chamberlain 1-2; Gavin Cote 0-3; Joseph DiBiase 1-0; Matthew Ball 1-0.
