For the first time since the Maine small-college CBB series began in 1965, a two-way tie for the championship was the final outcome.
Bowdoin College quarterback Ramon Martinez scored his second rushing touchdown of the game with 6:29 left in the fourth quarter to secure a 21-21 tie with Colby in the championship game.
Both teams posted 1-0-1 records in the series which includes Bates College.
Also on Saturday, Hamilton defeated Bates 35-7.
Bowdoin 21, Colby 21
At Brunswick, Martinez scored his third touchdown on a 1-yard run with 6:29 left in the game as Bowdoin came from behind for a 21-21 tie against Colby.
Martinez, returning from an ankle injury suffered three weeks ago, accounted for 230 yards and all three touchdowns for Bowdoin, 3-4-1. Two of the scores came on 1-yard runs while the other came on a 18-yard pass to Jon Beedy.
Colby, 5-2-1, was led by Brad Smith who ran for touchdowns of 10 yards and 2 yards and caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Mannering.
Bowdoin 7 7 0 7 – 21 Colby 7 7 7 0 – 21
B – Beedy 18 pass from Martinez (McCormick kick)
C – Smith 10 run (Jordan kick)
B – Martinez 1 run (McCormick kick)
C – Smith 3 pass from Mannering (Jordan kick)
C – Smith 2 run (Jordan kick)
B – Martinez 1 run (McCormick kick)
Hamilton 35, Bates 7
At Clinton, N.Y., Mike Rahmer rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns to help Hamilton to its only victory of the season.
Rahmer ran 29 yards to give Hamilton, 1-7, its first score of the game. Lucas Watson connected with Dan Spitzen for an 11-yard scoring strike with 9:16 left in the second quarter to make it 14-0.
Bates, 0-8, scored its only touchdown on a 37-yard pass from Dan Hooley to Ron Hawkins.
Eric Marina scored two 1-yard TD runs for the Continentals in the second half to make it 28-7 in the third quarter.
Rahmer added a 27-yard run for the game’s final score.
Bates 0 7 0 0 – 7 Hamilton 7 7 14 7 – 35
H – Rahmer 29 run (Holden kick)
H – Spitzen 16 pass from Watson (Holden kick)
B – Hawkins 37 pass from Hooley (Irish kick)
H – Marina 1 run (Holden kick)
H – Marina 1 run (Holden kick)
H – Rahmer 27 (Holden kick)
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