Football 10/27/2007 12:00:00 AM UAlbany Sports Information

UAlbany Moves Into First Place in Northeast Conference Standings Following 24-10 Victory

Staten Island, N.Y. -- Sophomore tailback David McCarty rushed for 125 yards and one touchdown in leading UAlbany to a 24-10 Northeast Conference victory over Wagner on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Wagner College Stadium. The Great Danes, who have strung together four straight wins, moved into first place in the conference standings after Central Connecticut State fell from the unbeaten ranks in league play.

UAlbany (5-3, NEC 3-0) put the game away late in third quarter when cornerback Ross Bertrand picked off Wagner quarterback Matt Abbey and returned the ball 36 yards to the Seahawks' 21. Omar Johnson, who ran for 53 yards, all in the second half, later powered over left guard on a three-yard run for a 24-3 lead on the second play of the final period.

Wagner (5-3, NEC 3-2) closed within two touchdowns with 3:56 remaining on a two-yard blast by fullback Richard Parker. Senior tailback Jason Butler, who ran for 100-plus yards for the eighth time this season, set up the TD with a 47-yard scamper. UAlbany sacked Abbey twice on his team's last series to end any threat.

"We felt that first down was critical,” said UAlbany head coach Bob Ford. “We wanted to take the run away and make them throw the ball. As the game wore on, our ability to run the football took its toll on their defensive line."

In an opening half that featured several gadget plays, a faked punt by Wagner backfired. UAlbany took advantage of a short field to break a 3-3 tie early in the second quarter. Vinny Esposito fired a 15-yard scoring pass to flanker Mike Wall, who hauled in the ball over the shoulder of cornerback Tavares Lee with 13:19 left in the stanza.

The Great Danes took a 17-3 lead by marching 69 yards for a touchdown. Esposito hit Wall with a boot-leg pass for 19 yards, before scrambling for another first down. David McCarty then cut over left guard and into the end zone untouched on a 14-yard scamper with 3:03 remaining before halftime.

Both teams used several trick plays in the first quarter. Wagner's Matt Abbey connected with Lon Woods for 46 yards off a flea-flicker on his team's first offensive set. Piotr Czech's 29-yard field goal tied the contest at three apiece. Wall's 58-yard return with the opening kickoff led to Jason Fralicker's 37-yard field goal.

"I told the line to make the holes and lead the way and I will follow them,” said McCarty, who toppled the 100-yard rushing mark for the fourth time this season. “It's good to know that there are backs like (Colin) Simmons and (Omar) Johnson behind me. There's no jealously about who gets the most carries."

Wagner's Abbey completed 21 of 30 passes for 218 yards, but was intercepted twice. Butler finished with 116 rushing yards in 24 carries. Esposito threw for 91 yards and added 20 on the ground for the Great Danes, who ran for 240 against a defense that was ranked among the best in the Division I FCS ranks heading into the contest.

"We played team defense today,” said UAlbany's Michael Dungey, who had seven tackles, including four solo and a half-sack. “No one tried to do things that they were not supposed to; we stayed in our gaps. It's nice but it doesn't matter that we are in first place. You only get a trophy at the end of the season."

UAlbany 24, Wagner 10 (10/27/07)

Box Score


                               Box Score (Final)
                Albany vs WAGNER (10/27/07 at Staten Island, NY)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Albany..............  3 14  0  7  - 24       Record: (5-3,3-0)
WAGNER..............  3  0  0  7  - 10       Record: (5-3,3-2)



Scoring Summary:
1st 11:30 ALBANY - Fralicker, Jason 37 yd field goal, 8-16 3:30, ALBANY 3 - WAGNER 0
    09:44 WAGNER - CZECH, Piotr 29 yd field goal, 5-46 1:41, ALBANY 3 - WAGNER 3
2nd 13:17 ALBANY - Wall, Mike 15 yd pass from Esposito, Vinny (Fralicker, Jason kick), 5-40 2:36, ALBANY 10 - WAGNER 3
    03:03 ALBANY - McCarty, David 14 yd run (Fralicker, Jason kick), 5-69 1:03, ALBANY 17 - WAGNER 3
4th 14:25 ALBANY - Johnson, Omar 3 yd run (Fralicker, Jason kick), 3-21 0:56, ALBANY 24 - WAGNER 3
    03:56 WAGNER - PARKER, Richard 2 yd run (CZECH, Piotr kick), 10-98 2:39, ALBANY 24 - WAGNER 10



                                 ALBANY   WAGNER
FIRST DOWNS...................       21       15
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   50-240    38-93
PASSING YDS (NET).............       91      218
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........   18-9-1  30-21-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   68-331   68-311
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      2-1     2-25
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     1-58     4-71
Interception Returns-Yards....     2-44     1-20
Punts (Number-Avg)............   6-37.3   4-37.5
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-0      1-0
Penalties-Yards...............     8-64     8-81
Possession Time...............    29:07    30:53
Third-Down Conversions........  4 of 12  5 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 1   0 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      4-6      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-25     3-14

RUSHING: Albany-McCarty, David 23-125; Johnson, Omar 8-53; Simmons,
Colin 8-42; Esposito, Vinny 11-20. WAGNER-BUTLER, Jason 24-116; DAVIS,
Rodney 4-8; PARKER, Richard 2-2; CZECH, Piotr 1-minus 8; KINARD, Joe 1-minus
11; ABBEY, Matt 6-minus 14.

PASSING: Albany-Esposito, Vinny 9-18-1-91. WAGNER-ABBEY, Matt
21-30-2-218.

RECEIVING: Albany-DeAraujo, Irani 3-19; Wall, Mike 2-34; Bush, Tim
2-15; Bocanegra, Daniel 1-14; McCarty, David 1-9. WAGNER-WOODS, Lon 6-105;
BUTLER, Jason 5-31; KINARD, Joe 4-26; BARTHELEMY, C. 3-29; COLLINS, Tyrone
2-20; LINDSLEY, Ryan 1-7.

INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-Bertrand, Ross 1-36; DuPont, Trevor 1-8.
WAGNER-PHILLIPS, Al 1-20.

FUMBLES: Albany-Esposito, Vinny 1-0. WAGNER-ABBEY, Matt 1-0.

Stadium: Wagner Stadium        Attendance: 688
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm   End of Game: 3:52      Total elapsed time: 2:52
Officials: Referee: Robert Webb Jr.; Umpire: Nick Pergine;
Linesman: Frank Miranda; Line judge: Tom Meehan Sr.; Back judge: James Reif;
Field judge: Joe Benda; Side judge: James Snyder; Scorer: Bob Beckoff;
Temperature: 66        Wind:           Weather: Overcast / Showers



                Albany vs WAGNER (10/27/07 at Staten Island, NY)

SACKS (UA-A): Albany-Scott, Aaron 1-0; Dungey, Michael 0-1; Volpe,
Jon 0-1; Anderson, Trevor 1-0. WAGNER-BRAND, Bryan 1-1; THORNTON, Jowan 1-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-DuPont, Trevor 5-2; Nicomini, Dave 4-3;
Dungey, Michael 2-5; Brancaccio, Justin 3-2; Krajacic, Nick 4-0; McCloskey,
L.B. 3-1; Disch, Colin 2-2; Scott, Aaron 2-2; Anderson, Trevor 3-0; Casale,
Dave 3-0; Volpe, Jon 2-1; Duff, Rich 2-1; West, Dave 2-1; Juste, Jean 2-0;
Bertrand, Ross 1-1; Pandolf, Tom 0-2; Bayer, Ben 1-0; Sparano, Tony 1-0;
McCarty, David 1-0; Peretore, Mark 0-1. WAGNER-BRAND, Bryan 7-7; LEE,
Tavares 3-6; PHILLIPS, Al 5-1; JOSEPH, Jorel 3-3; HASKINS, Jason 2-4;
SPINKS, Jeremy 2-4; THORNTON, Jowan 2-3; CHARLTON, Dario 3-1; ABDUL, Patrick
1-3; GEDIN, Kory 1-1; BETTS, Aliga 1-1; HARKINS, Joseph 0-2; NOLEN, Brandon
1-0; GAGE, Stefen 1-0; LINEHAN, Tyler 1-0; BROWN, Robert 1-0; DAVIS, Thomas
1-0; JOHNSON, Joe 1-0; WOODS, Lon 1-0; ABBEY, Matt 1-0.


Game Starters:
Albany

POS  ## OFFENSE
FL   1  Wall, M.
TE   89 Archer, D.
LT   79 Tougas, J.
LG   65 Pagano, S.
C    62 Sparano, A.
RG   68 Wentzell, J.
RT   74 Nguti, R.
SE   18 DeAraujo, I.
QB   7  Esposito, V.
FB   47 Beigel, D.
TB   3  McCarty, D.

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   95 Dungey, M.
DT   94 Pandolf, T.
DE   98 Volpe, J.
OLB  24 Peretore, M.
ILB  52 Disch, C.
ILB  54 Brancaccio, J.
OLB  10 DuPont, T.
CB   5  McCloskey, L.
CB   25 Juste, J.
S    21 Nicomini, D.
FS   22 West, D.

WAGNER

POS  ## OFFENSE
WR   2  WOODS, Lon
LT   67 FERIOZZI, Joe
LG   77 MCGOWAN, Brian
C    63 GONZALEZ, Chazz
RG   74 BARTON, Neil
RT   73 MARTIN, Matthew
TE   85 BARTHELEMY, C.
WR   14 KINARD, Joe
QB   4  ABBEY, Matt
FB   41 PARKER, Richard
HB   27 BUTLER, Jason

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   94 THORNTON, Jowan
DT   99 ADDERLEY, A.
DT   90 HARKINS, Joseph
DE   91 BROWN, Robert
FS   20 JOSEPH, Jorel
ILB  44 SPINKS, Jeremy
ILB  43 HASKINS, Jason
OLB  42 BRAND, Bryan
LCB  7  PHILLIPS, Al
RCB  23 CHARLTON, Dario
S    8  LEE, Tavares


Player participation:


Albany: 2-Joseph, D., 4-Lynch, C., 6-Van Zelfden, C., 11-Bocanegra, D., 13-Fralicker, J., 17-Smith, J., 20-Simmons, C.,
23-Scott, A., 30-Blais, C., 31-Casale, D., 32-Williams, G., 33-Bertrand, R., 34-Johnson, O., 36-Morris, D., 37-Kenneally, C.,
38-Askew, G., 39-Bright, C., 43-Genovesi, T., 45-Bayer, B., 50-Duff, R., 51-Simpson, C., 53-Krajacic, N., 72-Schultz, N.,
75-Richards, K., 76-Leible, J., 81-Duclos, T., 82-Miles, M., 83-Bush, T., 88-St. Nicholas, A, 90-Kelly, M., 91-Anderson, T.,
96-Sheehan, M., 97-Sparano, T..

WAGNER: 1-COLLINS, Tyrone, 3-PLACIDE, Frantz, 5-LINDSLEY, Ryan, 6-TRUEBLOOD, Kyle, 9-LARSEN, Thomas, 10-GEDIN, Kory,
11-O'REILLY, Sean, 13-BETTS, Aliga, 17-CZECH, Piotr, 22-LYNCH, Peter, 24-DAVIS, Rodney, 26-WITTER, Mario, 29-NOLEN, Brandon,
30-PANIK, John, 34-ZIEGLER, Adam, 35-GAGE, Stefen, 40-JAEGER, Chris, 60-DUQUESNE, G., 61-SALINGER, Riley, 88-PENTZ, Ryan,
89-LINEHAN, Tyler, 92-ABDUL, Patrick, 95-DAVIS, Thomas, 97-HERNANDEZ, K., 98-JOHNSON, Joe.

Team Statistics



                            Team Statistics (Final)
                             2007 UAlbany Football
                Albany vs WAGNER (10/27/07 at Staten Island, NY)

                                 ALBANY   WAGNER

FIRST DOWNS...................       21       15
  Rushing.....................       12        5
  Passing.....................        7        9
  Penalty.....................        2        1
NET YARDS RUSHING.............      240       93
  Rushing Attempts............       50       38
  Average Per Rush............      4.8      2.4
  Yards Gained Rushing........      265      151
  Yards Lost Rushing..........       25       58
NET YARDS PASSING.............       91      218
  Completions-Attempts-Int....   9-18-1  21-30-2
  Average Per Attempt.........      5.1      7.3
  Average Per Completion......     10.1     10.4
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      331      311
  Total offense plays.........       68       68
  Average Gain Per Play.......      4.9      4.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      1-0      1-0
Penalties: Number-Yards.......     8-64     8-81
PUNTS-YARDS...................    6-224    4-150
  Average Yards Per Punt......     37.3     37.5
  Net Yards Per Punt..........     33.2     37.2
  Inside 20...................        1        2
  50+ Yards...................        1        0
  Touchbacks..................        1        0
  Fair catch..................        0        1
KICKOFFS-YARDS................    5-286    2-134
  Average Yards Per Kickoff...     57.2     67.0
  Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     43.0     38.0
  Touchbacks..................        0        1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.    2-1-0   2-25-0
  Average Per Return..........      0.5     12.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD   1-58-0   4-71-0
  Average Per Return..........     58.0     17.8
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..   2-44-0   1-20-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    0-0-0    0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0
Possession Time...............    29:07    30:53
  1st Quarter.................     7:27     7:33
  2nd Quarter.................     6:48     8:12
  3rd Quarter.................     9:11     5:49
  4th Quarter.................     5:41     9:19
Third-Down Conversions........  4 of 12  5 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 1   0 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      4-6      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-25     3-14
PAT Kicks.....................      3-3      1-1
Field Goals...................      1-3      1-1

Individual Statistics



                                 Individual Statistics (Final)
                                     2007 UAlbany Football
                        Albany vs WAGNER (10/27/07 at Staten Island, NY)


Albany

Rushing              No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
-------------------------------------------------
McCarty, David       23  127    2  125  1 14  5.4
Johnson, Omar         8   53    0   53  1 22  6.6
Simmons, Colin        8   42    0   42  0 15  5.2
Esposito, Vinny      11   43   23   20  0 14  1.8
Totals...            50  265   25  240  2 22  4.8

Passing              Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
-------------------------------------------------
Esposito, Vinny        18-9-1     91  1   19    3
Totals...              18-9-1     91  1   19    3

Receiving             No.  Yds   TD Long
----------------------------------------
DeAraujo, Irani         3   19    0    8
Wall, Mike              2   34    1   19
Bush, Tim               2   15    0   12
Bocanegra, Daniel       1   14    0   14
McCarty, David          1    9    0    9
Totals...               9   91    1   19

Punting               No.  Yds   Avg Long In20
----------------------------------------------
Wall, Mike              1   20  20.0   20    0
Lynch, Chris            5  204  40.8   51    1
Totals...               6  224  37.3   51    1

                       Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept
All Returns          No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
--------------------------------------------------
Wall, Mike            0   0  0  1  58 58  0   0  0
Bocanegra, Daniel     2   1  1  0   0  0  0   0  0
DuPont, Trevor        0   0  0  0   0  0  1   8  8
Bertrand, Ross        0   0  0  0   0  0  1  36 36
Totals...             2   1  1  1  58 58  2  44 36

Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------
Fralicker, Jason     1st 11:30  37 yds - Good
Fralicker, Jason     2nd 00:00  40 yds - Missed
Fralicker, Jason     3rd 00:34  45 yds - Missed

FUMBLES: Albany-Esposito, Vinny 1-0. WAGNER-ABBEY, Matt 1-0.


WAGNER

Rushing              No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
-------------------------------------------------
BUTLER, Jason        24  128   12  116  0 47  4.8
DAVIS, Rodney         4    8    0    8  0  5  2.0
PARKER, Richard       2    2    0    2  1  2  1.0
CZECH, Piotr          1    0    8   -8  0  0 -8.0
KINARD, Joe           1    0   11  -11  0  0 -11.0
ABBEY, Matt           6   13   27  -14  0 13 -2.3
Totals...            38  151   58   93  1 47  2.4

Passing              Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
-------------------------------------------------
ABBEY, Matt            30-21-2   218  0   46    3
Totals...              30-21-2   218  0   46    3

Receiving             No.  Yds   TD Long
----------------------------------------
WOODS, Lon              6  105    0   46
BUTLER, Jason           5   31    0   12
KINARD, Joe             4   26    0   11
BARTHELEMY, C.          3   29    0   18
COLLINS, Tyrone         2   20    0   16
LINDSLEY, Ryan          1    7    0    7
Totals...              21  218    0   46

Punting               No.  Yds   Avg Long In20
----------------------------------------------
CZECH, Piotr            4  150  37.5   48    2
Totals...               4  150  37.5   48    2

                       Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept
All Returns          No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
--------------------------------------------------
BUTLER, Jason         0   0  0  3  56 26  0   0  0
PHILLIPS, Al          2  25 15  0   0  0  1  20 20
PARKER, Richard       0   0  0  1  15 15  0   0  0
Totals...             2  25 15  4  71 26  1  20 20

Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------
CZECH, Piotr         1st 09:44  29 yds - Good

FUMBLES: Albany-Esposito, Vinny 1-0. WAGNER-ABBEY, Matt 1-0.

FUMBLES: Albany-Esposito, Vinny 1-0. WAGNER-ABBEY, Matt 1-0.

Defensive Statistics



                                Defensive Statistics (Final)
                                   2007 UAlbany Football
                      Albany vs WAGNER (10/27/07 at Staten Island, NY)


Albany              
## Player               Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 DuPont, Trevor          5    2    7     .     .   .    1-8     .    .      /     .
21 Nicomini, Dave          4    3    7     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
95 Dungey, Michael         2    5    7  1.0/4    .   .     .      .    .   0.5/3    .
54 Brancaccio, Justin      3    2    5  2.0/4    .   .     .      .    .      /     .
53 Krajacic, Nick          4    .    4     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
5  McCloskey, L.B.         3    1    4     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
23 Scott, Aaron            2    2    4  1.0/14   .   .     .      .    .   1.0/14   1
52 Disch, Colin            2    2    4     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
91 Anderson, Trevor        3    .    3  2.0/16   .   .     .      .    .   1.0/5    .
31 Casale, Dave            3    .    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
22 West, Dave              2    1    3     .     .   .     .      1    .      /     .
98 Volpe, Jon              2    1    3  1.5/5    .   .     .      .    .   0.5/3    .
50 Duff, Rich              2    1    3  1.0/4    .   .     .      .    .      /     .
25 Juste, Jean             2    .    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
33 Bertrand, Ross          1    1    2     .     .   .    1-36    1    .      /     .
94 Pandolf, Tom            .    2    2  0.5/1    .   .     .      .    .      /     1
97 Sparano, Tony           1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
45 Bayer, Ben              1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
3  McCarty, David          1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
24 Peretore, Mark          .    1    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .

WAGNER              
## Player               Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
42 BRAND, Bryan            7    7   14  2.0/11   .   .     .      .    .   1.5/10   .
8  LEE, Tavares            3    6    9     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
7  PHILLIPS, Al            5    1    6     .     .   .    1-20    .    .      /     .
20 JOSEPH, Jorel           3    3    6     .     .   .     .      1    .      /     .
44 SPINKS, Jeremy          2    4    6     .     .   .     .      1    .      /     .
43 HASKINS, Jason          2    4    6     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
94 THORNTON, Jowan         2    3    5  2.0/5    .   .     .      1    .   1.5/4    .
23 CHARLTON, Dario         3    1    4     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
92 ABDUL, Patrick          1    3    4  1.0/2    .   .     .      .    .      /     .
10 GEDIN, Kory             1    1    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
13 BETTS, Aliga            1    1    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
90 HARKINS, Joseph         .    2    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
98 JOHNSON, Joe            1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
35 GAGE, Stefen            1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
95 DAVIS, Thomas           1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
4  ABBEY, Matt             1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
29 NOLEN, Brandon          1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
89 LINEHAN, Tyler          1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
2  WOODS, Lon              1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     .
91 BROWN, Robert           1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      /     3

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Players Mentioned

#33 Ross Bertrand: CB; 5' 11"; Freshman

#95 Michael Dungey: DT; 6' 2"; Senior

#7 Vinny Esposito: QB; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#13 Jason Fralicker: PK; 5' 10"; Senior

#34 Omar Johnson: TB; 6' 1"; Senior

#3 David McCarty: TB; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#1 Mike Wall: FL; 5' 8"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#33 Ross Bertrand
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: CB

#95 Michael Dungey
: 6' 2"; Senior
: DT

#7 Vinny Esposito
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: QB

#13 Jason Fralicker
: 5' 10"; Senior
: PK

#34 Omar Johnson
: 6' 1"; Senior
: TB

#3 David McCarty
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: TB

#1 Mike Wall
: 5' 8"; Senior
: FL