Bears beat MMA in offensive blitz

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BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Andy Brems rushed for 261 yards and four touchdowns as Bridgewater State beat Maine Maritime 56-44 Saturday at Swenson Field.

Bridgewater State (3-1, 2-0 NEFC) rallied from a 37-36 second-half deficit on the strength of a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown runs by Brems, including a 53-yard score with 6:56 left that gave Bridgewater State a 49-37 lead.

Paul Bryant threw for 148 yards and a touchdown and rushed for three touchdowns on 10 carries for the Bears.

Maine Maritime (0-4, 0-1 NEFC) remains winless despite scoring 27 points during a first quarter that saw the teams combine for 48 points. Don Thibodeau rushed for 134 yards and a score, Patrick Bard rushed for 125 yards and a score, and Mark Googins rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries for Maine Maritime.

The game saw 1,098 yards of total offense.

Maine Maritime 27?3?0?14-44

Bridgewater State 21?7?8?20-56

MMA – Labbe 40 run (kick failed)

BSC – Brems 46 run (Mead kick)

MMA – Googins 36 run (Googins rush)

BSC – Bryant 3 run (Mead kick)

MMA – Thibodeau 47 run (Dunlap kick)

MMA – Schmidt 18 pass from Bard (kick failed)

BSC – Hull 39 pass from Braynt (Mead kick)

BSC – Bryant 2 run (Mead kick)

MMA – FG Dunlap 31

BSC – Bryant 1 run (Rosca pass from Bryant)

MMA – Googins 25 run (Dunlap kick)

BSC – Brems 7 run (rush failed)

BSC – Brems 53 run (Mead kick)

MMA – Labbe 42 pass from Bard (Dunlap kick)

BSC – Brems 23 run (Mead kick)

Amherst 31, Colby 0

WATERVILLE – Marsh Moseley completed 16 of 22 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Amherst beat Colby 31-0 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference game.

Matt Monteith led the Lord Jeffs (3-1, 3-1 conference) with 132 yards rushing on just 11 carries, including scoring runs of 15 and 63 yards. For the game, Amherst gained 424 total yards, to just 123 for Colby (2-2, 2-2).

Colby’s Mike Civitello led the Colby defense with 11 tackles and three blocked extra-point attempts.

Amherst 6?12?7?6?- 31

Colby 0? 0?0?0?- 0

A – Ladd 1 run (kick blocked)

A – Monteith 15 run (pass failed)

A – Devine 20 pass from Moseley (kick blocked)

A – Monteith 63 run (Bodner kick)

A – Wagstaff 18 pass from Moseley (kick blocked)

Wesleyan 23, Bates 20

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Quarterback Brennan Carney threw for a single-game record 396 yards and senior wide receiver Pat Moffett caught 11 passes for a team-record 282 yards as Wesleyan defeated Bates 23-20 on Saturday.

Carney, who leads the NESCAC in passing yards this season with 1,205 in four games, completed 21 of 43 passes.

Wesleyan (3-1) took the lead for good on Mofett’s 38-yard TD catch on the left sideline. Freshman Phil Banks added a two-yard run to cap an 11-play, 73-yard march late in the first half, giving Wesleyan a 17-7 cushion at intermission.

Bates (1-3) added two Nat Carr field goals to narrow the margin to 17-13, but Brennan Carney sneaked in from a yard out for the clinching TD with 4:48 remaining.

Bates 7? 0?6?7 – 20

Wesleyan 3?14?0?6 – 23

W – FG Balsamo 41

B – Adams 58 pass from Gwozdz (Carr kick)

W – Moffett 38 pass from Carney (Balsamo kick)

W – Banks 2 run (Balsamo kick)

B – FG Carr 20

B – FG Carr 38

W – Carney 1 run (kick failed)

B – Gwozdz 1 run (Carr kick)

Hamilton 21, Bowdoin 20

BRUNSWICK – Brandon Holtslag passed for 177 yards and ran for 93 more as Hamilton hung on to defeat Bowdoin 21-20 and snap an 11-game losing streak.

Hamilton (1-3) took the lead for good on Holtslag’s 1-yard run midway through the third quarter. He scored on a 10-yard run in the second quarter.

Bowdoin (0-4) was led by Rob Patchett, who rushed for 156 yards on 34 carries and scored a 4-yard touchdown. Tom Duffy passed for 135 yards, but was intercepted four times, including three times in the fourth quarter.

Hamilton 7? 7?7?0?- 21

Bowdoin 3?14?3?0?- 20

B – FG Rock 22

H – Trummer 37 run (Simon kick)

H – Holtslag 10 run (Simon kick)

B – Patchett 4 run (Rock kick)

B – Duffy 2 run (Rock kick)

B – FG Rock 20

H – Holtslag 1 run (Simon kick)