Bowdoin gets 4th victory Polar Bears in best start since ’38; Husson, Bates win

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BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1938 with a 21-7 NESCAC football victory over Hamilton College Saturday.

The Polar Bears spotted Hamilton a 7-0 lead on a 25-yard run by Claudius Zorokong.

A 55-yard TD pass from Ricky Leclerc to Jeff Nolin tied the game, and a 75-yard interception return by Lamont White gave Bowdoin a 14-7 halftime lead.

Jeff Smith scored on a 7-yard run in the third quarter to round out the scoring.

Matt Boyd led Bowdoin’s offense with 119 rushing yards, while Leclerc passed for 141 yards.

Hamilton (1-3) 7 0 0 0 – 7

Bowdoin (4-0) 0 14 7 0 – 21

H-Zorokong 25 run (Kopp kick)

B-Nolin 55 pass from Leclerc (McNair kick)

B-White 75 interception return (McNair kick)

B-Smith 7 run (McNair kick)

Husson 40, SUNY-Maritime 0

At Bangor, Julius Williams rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns as Husson College defeated the club team from SUNY-Maritime.

Quarterback David Chase completed 10 of 12 passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns. Colby Horne and James Dobson each caught a touchdown pass.

Husson’s defense limited the first-year SUNY-Maritime team to 143 totals yards and forced three fumbles and one pass interception. Shane Rodgers led the Eagles defense with five tackles, three for losses.

Thirteen different ballcarriers helped Husson amass 277 rushing yards.

SUNY-Maritime 0 0 0 0 – 0

Husson 19 7 14 0 – 40

H-Charlton 6 run (kick failed)

H-Williams 1 run (pass failed)

H-Williams 6 run (Gauthier kick)

H-Horne 6 pass from Chase (Gauthier kick)

H-Dobson 38 pass from Chase (Gauthier kick)

H-Williams 3 run (Gauthier kick)

Fitchburg State 21, MMA 0

At Fitchburg, Mass., host Fitchburg State limited Maine Maritime Academy to 108 yards of total offense in New England Football Conference play.

MMA was unable to advance the ball into Fitchburg State territory until just 1:47 remained in the game, and running back Don Thibodeau, who entered the game ranked second among all NCAA Division III rushers, managed just 51 yards on 17 carries.

Fitchburg capitalized on an MMA turnover to take a 7-0 first-quarter lead on a 15-yard pass from Corey Hetherman to Bob Hirko. Ryan Miller made it 13-0 in the second quarter with a 1-yard run to cap a drive set up by another MMA fumble.

Hetherman capped off the scoring with a 4-yard TD pass to Justin Sleeper in the fourth quarter.

Hetherman finished 17 of 24 passing for 145 yards, while Brian Milleisen rushed for 151 yards on 36 carries.

Maine Maritime (4-2) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Fitchburg State (5-1) 7 6 0 8 – 21

F-Hirko 15 pass from Hetherman (Smith kick)

F-Miller 1 run (kick blocked)

F-Sleeper 4 pass from Hetherman (Tieu rush)

Amherst 28, Colby 9

At Waterville, Amherst College scored three touchdowns in the first 7:50 of the second half to knock host Colby from the ranks of the undefeated in NESCAC play.

The Lord Jeffs used a 78-yard pass from Nick Kehoe to Mark Hannon, a 46-yard end-around by Hannon and a 30-yard pass from Kehoe to Justin Maclone to turn a 9-0 halftime deficit into a 21-9 lead.

Colby took that lead on a first-quarter safety resulting from an errant center snap out of the end zone, and a 14-yard pass from Justin Smith to Roddy Ames.

But the Mules managed just three first downs in the second half in seeing their seven-game overall win streak snapped.

Aaron Stepka led the Mules offensively with 142 yards on 24 rushes.

Amherst (3-1) 0 0 21 7 – 28

Colby (3-1) 2 7 0 0 – 9

C-Safety, Amherst center snap out of end zone

C-Ames 14 pass from Smith (Goss kick)

A-Hannon 78 pass from Kehoe (Quirk kick

A-Hannon 46 run (Quirk kick)

A-Maclone 30 pass from Kehoe (Quirk kick)

A-NeSmith 7 run (Quirk kick)

Bates 30, Wesleyan 29 (OT)

At Hartford, Conn., Jamie Walker’s touchdown run and a failed two-point conversion run by Wesleyan lifted Bates to its first win.

The game was played at Trinity College, because Wesleyan’s field was flooded.

Walker scored from 25 yards out on the first play of overtime, and Tyler Schmelz kicked the extra-point to give Bates a 30-23 lead.

Wesleyan countered with a 2-yard run by Phil Banks, but the Cardinals faked the extra-point kick and threw an incomplete pass, giving Bates the win.

Walker finished with 100 rushing yards on 19 carries for Bates, while Brandon Colon hit 16 of 32 passes for 179 yards, including TD passes of 28 and 30 yards to Dylan MacNamara.

Bates (1-3) 0 6 7 10 7- 30

Wesleyan (0-4) 6 10 0 7 6 – 29

W-Banks 5 run (rush failed)

W-Librizzi 12 run (Heisel kick)

B-Bodger 12 fumble recovery (kick failed)

W-Heisel 29 field goal

B-MacNamara 28 pass from Colon (Schmelz kick)

B-Schmelz 23 field goal

B-MacNamara 30 pass from Colon (Schmelz kick)

W-Curry 2 pass from Librizzi (Heisel kick)

B-Walker 25 run (Schmelz kick)

W-Banks 2 run (pass failed)