Football Falls At Sacred Heart

The Central Connecticut football team fell to Northeast Conference host Sacred Heart, 31-24, Saturday afternoon in Fairfield, CT.

After not recovering an on-side kick the CCSU defense forced a three-and-out and the Blue Devils got the ball back on their own 35-yard line. Two completions moved the ball to the Pioneers 27, but a last gasp pass as time expired fell incomplete.

Elijah Howard ran for 119-yards, his second straight game and fourth overall, with 100 or more yards on the ground.

Harold Miles III had a career-high 13 tackles for the Blue Devils defense. He recorded eight solo stops, 1.5 TFL and a sack on Saturday.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score:  SHU 31, CCSU 24
Records: CCSU (3-6, 1-4, NEC), SHU (2-8, 2-5 NEC)
Location: Campus Field | Fairfield, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• SHU took the opening kickoff and drove 75 yards on nine plays to open the scoring on a four-year run by Rob McCoy
• The Blue Devils answered on their first drive when Jack Barnum made a 46-yard field goal
• Tyler Boatwright intercepted McCoy on the third drive of the first quarter, giving CCSU the ball on a drive that ended with a missed 54-yard field goal
• Malik Grant scored from 10 yards out on the opening play of the second quarter, giving the Pioneers a 14-3 advantage
• Two plays later Howard took a handoff on second down and broke it for a 70yard touchdown run, his third score of 70 or more yards on the season
• SHU finished the first half scoring with a Sam Renzi 28-yad field goal with 1:54 to play in the half, to take a 17-10 lead into the break
• Ricky Ortega scored the lone points of the third quarter, on a drive kept alive on a 4^th and nine pass by Aiden Clark that went for 27 yards and a first down
• That conversion set up Ortega's three-yard TD run to cap the 11-play, 81-yard drive that tied the game 17-17
• SHU would score the next 14 points, first on an 18-yard Grant run and the second, with 4:10 to play, when McCoy found Aboraa Kwarteng for a 17-yard TD pass
• The Blue Devils scored on their next drive, with a three-yard run from Howard, with 99 seconds to play
• SHU recovered the ensuing on-side kick on their 43-yard line and the Blue Devils forced a punt and got the ball back with 34 seconds to play
• Matt Jenner completed two passes around a false start that put the Blue Devils in position for a final play, but that pass fell short

NUMBER TO KNOW

12 – Field goals made this season by Jack Barnum, one shy of the school's single-season record

NOTES

• Malachai Wright record 10 tackles in the game, a season-high
• CCSU record 6.0 TFL, with 1.5 apiece from Miles and Jack Stoll
• Jenner completed 15-22 passes for 157 yards on Saturday
• Three Blue Devil receivers caught four passes apiece, led by Delvin Attafah who finished with 69 receiving yards
• Howard made four catches for 54 yards, with 49 YAC to finish with 173 all-purpose yards
• The pass completion is the first of Clark's career

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils travel to Merrimack on November 11