Football 10/18/2008 12:00:00 AM UAlbany Sports Information

UAlbany Football Rallies to Defeat Previously Unbeaten Sacred Heart, 26-21, in NEC Play

Fairfield, Conn. ? David McCarty rushed for 207 yards and one touchdown, as UAlbany came from behind in the second half for a 26-21 Northeast Conference victory over previously unbeaten Sacred Heart on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Campus Field.

UAlbany (4-3, NEC 3-0) reversed a 14-10 halftime deficit with 16 unanswered points. The Great Danes marched 80 yards in 14 plays with the second-half kickoff to score the go-ahead touchdown. McCarty, a junior tailback, pounded over right guard on a 2-yard blast for the lead. UAlbany then consumed six minutes and 38 seconds of the clock with a 16-play drive that resulted in Herb Glass' 34-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter. Quarterback Vinny Esposito twice connected on third-down throws to keep the sequence alive.

The Great Danes, who have won nine straight and 13 of their last 14 against conference opposition, scored on their third consecutive possession, driving 80 yards in eight plays for a 26-14 margin. Esposito, who passed for 184 yards on 17-of-25 through the air and ran for a career-high 65, used several option runs to advance the ball. He scored on an 18-yard run around left end when he broke free at the line of scrimmage and raced up the sideline.

Sacred Heart (6-1, NEC 2-1) tried to rally when quarterback Dale Fink, who completed 24 of 35 attempts for 247 yards, drilled a 19-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Tedesco. But the Great Danes, behind their big offensive line, consumed the final 4:40 of the contest. After the Pioneers used all three timeouts, McCarty broke clean for 35 yards, on third-and-three from the SHU 36, to decide the outcome.

“The offensive line wore them down,” said UAlbany coach Bob Ford, whose team last faced an unbeaten team in the second half of the season five years ago to the day. “Vinny (Esposito) had some big plays on the option. The safeties creep up, then you get outside the tight end, and you have a pretty good result. Sacred Heart has a good offensive unit and (Dale) Fink throws the ball on time.”

In the first half, UAlbany marched 85 yards in 12 plays to take a 7-0 lead. The Great Danes converted two fourth downs during the series, including a 45-yard scamper by McCarty to the SHU 9. Esposito would later reach the end zone on second effort in a fourth-and-goal quarterback sneak with 3:08 left in the first quarter.

Sacred Heart responded on its next possession with a long drive, aided by a roughing-the-quarterback penalty. Fink, last year's NEC offensive rookie of the year, rifled a 23-yard pass to Tedesco, who worked his way inside the cornerback on the route. Evin Jones slanted off the left side on a 2-yard touchdown run.

The Great Danes settled for Glass' 22-yard field goal the next time their offense touched the ball. Esposito hooked up with wideout Daniel Bocanegra on a third-down completion, but Colin Simmons' touchdown run was wiped out by a penalty. Sacred Heart answered with a 73-yard drive to take a 14-10 lead. Jones moved his team into UAlbany territory after hauling in a 29-yard screen pass. Fink would eventually throw a quick out to freshman Jared Kemp, who used a host of blockers to reach paydirt on an 8-yard completion.

Both teams had big plays wiped out by mistakes in the closed minutes of the opening half. SHU's Rich Marrone intercepted a pass that went off the hands of receiver Jason Poore, but then fumbled near the left pylon on the return and the ball rolled out of the end zone for a toucback. UAlbany's McCarty danced 63 yards with a screen pass to the Pioneers' 3-yard line; however, the play was nullified by a holding call.

“The offensive line was pushing guys around in the second half,” said McCarty, who toppled the 200-yard mark for the third time in his career. “They dominated up front, the defense stepped up, and we finally put the ball in from the red zone. When they give me a crease, I just try to squeeze in there and keep my feet moving.

The Great Danes, who have played nine of their last 10 games on the road, accounted for a season-best 504 total yards, including 320 on the ground. Sacred Heart's Jones, the nation's seventh-leading rusher, was held to 46 yards on 16 carries.

UAlbany 26, Sacred Heart 21 (10/18/08)

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
Albany vs Sacred Heart (10/18/08 at Fairfield, Conn.)

Albany (4-3,3-0) vs. Sacred Heart (6-1,2-1)

Date: 10/18/08 ? Site: Fairfield, Conn. ? Stadium: Campus Field ? Attendance: 3369

Score by Quarters	1	2	3	4	Score
Albany	7	3	7	9	26
Sacred Heart	0	14	0	7	21

SCORING SUMMARY				ALBANY -SHU
1st	03:08	ALBANY	Vinny Esposito 1 yd run (Herb Glass kick)
			12 plays, 85 yards, TOP 5:14	7 - 0
2nd	14:31	SHU	JONES, Evin 2 yd run (SCHROEDER, Joe kick)
			9 plays, 77 yards, TOP 3:28	7 - 7
	09:14	ALBANY	Herb Glass 22 yd field goal
			10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:07	10 - 7
	04:39	SHU	KEMP, Jared 8 yd pass from FINK, Dale (SCHROEDER, Joe kick)
			8 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:30	10 - 14
3rd	09:52	ALBANY	David McCarty 2 yd run (Herb Glass kick)
			14 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:08	17 - 14
4th	14:55	ALBANY	Herb Glass 34 yd field goal
			16 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:38	20 - 14
	10:18	ALBANY	Vinny Esposito 18 yd run (Vinny Esposito pass failed)
			8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:22	26 - 14
	04:40	SHU	TEDESCO, Steve 19 yd pass from FINK, Dale (SCHROEDER, Joe kick)
			12 plays, 81 yards, TOP 5:30	26 - 21

Kickoff time: 1:02 pm ? End of Game: 3:43 pm ? Total elapsed time: 2:41
Referee: Jim Winterberg ? Umpire: Rick Shavensky ? Linesman: A. Solimine ? Line judge: John Wilson ? Back judge: M. DeBerdine ? Field judge: Bill Surdovel ? Side judge: Eric Cantell ? Scorer: Bill Peterson ?
Temperature: 56 deg. ? Wind: NNE13mph ? Weather: Sunny, Clear skies

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
Albany vs Sacred Heart (10/18/08 at Fairfield, Conn.)

Team Totals	ALBANY	SHU
FIRST DOWNS	24	17
Rushing	16	2
Passing	7	14
Penalty	1	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	320	51
Rushing Attempts	52	19
Average Per Rush	6.2	2.7
Rushing Touchdowns	3	1
Yards Gained Rushing	330	54
Yards Lost Rushing	10	3
NET YARDS PASSING	184	247
Completions-Attempts-Int	17-25-2	25-34-1
Average Per Attempt	7.4	7.3
Average Per Completion	10.8	9.9
Passing Touchdowns	0	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	504	298
Total offense plays	77	53
Average Gain Per Play	6.5	5.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost	0-0	1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-65	6-45
PUNTS-YARDS	1-44	3-115
Average Yards Per Punt	44.0	38.3
Net Yards Per Punt	44.0	38.0
Inside 20	0	1
50+ Yards	0	0
Touchbacks	0	0
Fair catch	0	1
KICKOFFS-YARDS	6-356	4-257
Average Yards Per Kickoff	59.3	64.2
Net Yards Per Kickoff	43.2	46.8
Touchbacks	0	1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-1-0	0-0-0
Average Per Return	0.5	0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	3-50-0	6-97-0
Average Per Return	16.7	16.2
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	1-0-0	2-36-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	33:50	26:10
1st Quarter	5:57	9:03
2nd Quarter	8:05	6:55
3rd Quarter	11:41	3:19
4th Quarter	8:07	6:53
Third-Down Conversions	10 of 16	6 of 10
Fourth-Down Conversions	2 of 2	0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	5-6	3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards	0-0	1-0
PAT Kicks	2-2	3-3
Field Goals	2-2	0-0

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
Albany vs Sacred Heart (10/18/08 at Fairfield, Conn.)

Albany

Sacred Heart

RUSHING	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
David McCarty	32	215	8	207	1	45	6.5
Vinny Esposito	8	65	0	65	2	18	8.1
Colin Simmons	6	34	0	34	0	10	5.7
Justin Gannon	5	16	0	16	0	7	3.2
TM	1	0	2	-2	0	0	-2.0
Totals...	52	330	10	320	3	45	6.2

RUSHING	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
JONES, Evin	16	47	1	46	1	11	2.9
FRIEDMAN, Brian	1	6	0	6	0	6	6.0
FINK, Dale	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.0
TEAM	1	0	2	-2	0	0	-2.0
Totals...	19	54	3	51	1	11	2.7

PASSING	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Vinny Esposito	17-25-2	184	0	36	1
Totals...	17-25-2	184	0	36	1

PASSING	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
FINK, Dale	25-34-1	247	2	28	0
Totals...	25-34-1	247	2	28	0

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Tim Bush	5	47	0	19
David McCarty	3	31	0	17
Jason Poore	3	24	0	11
Daniel Bocanegra	2	62	0	36
John Lullen	2	9	0	6
Jason Smith	1	9	0	9
Justin Petersen	1	2	0	2
Totals...	17	184	0	36

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
TEDESCO, Steve	8	101	1	23
JONES, Evin	7	70	0	28
PATTERSON, Tony	3	28	0	13
COLES, Garry	3	25	0	10
KEMP, Jared	3	14	1	8
STRIPE, Tom	1	9	0	9
Totals...	25	247	2	28

PUNTING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Chris Lynch	1	44	44.0	44	0	0
Totals...	1	44	44.0	44	0	0

PUNTING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
MARKS, Derek	3	115	38.3	45	1	0
Totals...	3	115	38.3	45	1	0

	Punts			Kickoffs			Intercept
ALL RETURNS	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Dave Casale	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Justin Gannon	2	1	1	2	35	22	0	0	0
Colin Simmons	0	0	0	1	15	15	0	0	0
Totals...	2	1	1	3	50	22	1	0	0

	Punts			Kickoffs			Intercept
ALL RETURNS	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
JONES, Evin	0	0	0	2	25	14	0	0	0
COLES, Garry	0	0	0	1	17	17	0	0	0
KEMP, Jared	0	0	0	2	42	22	0	0	0
MARRONE, Rich	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	25
HODGES, Jeff	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	10
FRIEDMAN, Brian	0	0	0	1	13	13	0	0	0
Totals...	0	0	0	6	97	22	2	36	25

ALL PURPOSE	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
David McCarty	207	31	0	0	0	238
Vinny Esposito	65	0	0	0	0	65
Daniel Bocanegra	0	62	0	0	0	62
Justin Gannon	16	0	35	1	0	52
Colin Simmons	34	0	15	0	0	49
Tim Bush	0	47	0	0	0	47
Jason Poore	0	24	0	0	0	24
John Lullen	0	9	0	0	0	9
Jason Smith	0	9	0	0	0	9
Justin Petersen	0	2	0	0	0	2
TM	-2	0	0	0	0	-2
Totals...	320	184	50	1	0	555

ALL PURPOSE	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
JONES, Evin	46	70	25	0	0	141
TEDESCO, Steve	0	101	0	0	0	101
KEMP, Jared	0	14	42	0	0	56
COLES, Garry	0	25	17	0	0	42
PATTERSON, Tony	0	28	0	0	0	28
MARRONE, Rich	0	0	0	0	26	26
FRIEDMAN, Brian	6	0	13	0	0	19
HODGES, Jeff	0	0	0	0	10	10
STRIPE, Tom	0	9	0	0	0	9
FINK, Dale	1	0	0	0	0	1
TEAM	-2	0	0	0	0	-2
Totals...	51	247	97	0	36	431

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Herb Glass	2nd	09:14	22 yards	Good
Herb Glass	4th	14:55	34 yards	Good

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

KICKOFFS	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Herb Glass	6	356	0	0	59.3

KICKOFFS	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
SCHROEDER, Joe	4	257	1	0	64.2

FUMBLES: Albany-None. Sacred Heart-MARRONE, Rich 1-1.

Box Score

Box Score (Final)
Albany vs Sacred Heart (10/18/08 at Fairfield, Conn.)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Albany..............  7  3  7  9  - 26       Record: (4-3,3-0)
Sacred Heart........  0 14  0  7  - 21       Record: (6-1,2-1)



Scoring Summary:
1st 03:08 ALBANY - Vinny Esposito 1 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 12-85 5:14, ALBANY 7 - SHU 0
2nd 14:31 SHU - JONES, Evin 2 yd run (SCHROEDER, Joe kick), 9-77 3:28, ALBANY 7 - SHU 7
    09:14 ALBANY - Herb Glass 22 yd field goal, 10-80 5:07, ALBANY 10 - SHU 7
    04:39 SHU - KEMP, Jared 8 yd pass from FINK, Dale (SCHROEDER, Joe kick), 8-73 4:30, ALBANY 10 - SHU 14
3rd 09:52 ALBANY - David McCarty 2 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 14-80 5:08, ALBANY 17 - SHU 14
4th 14:55 ALBANY - Herb Glass 34 yd field goal, 16-75 6:38, ALBANY 20 - SHU 14
    10:18 ALBANY - Vinny Esposito 18 yd run (Vinny Esposito pass failed), 8-80 3:22, ALBANY 26 - SHU 14
    04:40 SHU - TEDESCO, Steve 19 yd pass from FINK, Dale (SCHROEDER, Joe kick), 12-81 5:30, ALBANY 26 - SHU 21



                                 ALBANY      SHU
FIRST DOWNS...................       24       17
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   52-320    19-51
PASSING YDS (NET).............      184      247
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  25-17-2  34-25-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   77-504   53-298
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      2-1      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     3-50     6-97
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-0     2-36
Punts (Number-Avg)............   1-44.0   3-38.3
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0      1-1
Penalties-Yards...............     6-65     6-45
Possession Time...............    33:50    26:10
Third-Down Conversions........ 10 of 16  6 of 10
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   2 of 2   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      5-6      3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      0-0      1-0


RUSHING: Albany-David McCarty 32-207; Vinny Esposito 8-65; Colin Simmons
6-34; Justin Gannon 5-16; TM 1-minus 2. Sacred Heart-JONES, Evin 16-46;
FRIEDMAN, Brian 1-6; FINK, Dale 1-1; TEAM 1-minus 2.

PASSING: Albany-Vinny Esposito 17-25-2-184. Sacred Heart-FINK, Dale
25-34-1-247.

RECEIVING: Albany-Tim Bush 5-47; David McCarty 3-31; Jason Poore 3-24;
Daniel Bocanegra 2-62; John Lullen 2-9; Jason Smith 1-9; Justin Petersen 1-2.
Sacred Heart-TEDESCO, Steve 8-101; JONES, Evin 7-70; PATTERSON, Tony 3-28;
COLES, Garry 3-25; KEMP, Jared 3-14; STRIPE, Tom 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-Dave Casale 1-0. Sacred Heart-MARRONE, Rich 1-26;
HODGES, Jeff 1-10.

FUMBLES: Albany-None. Sacred Heart-MARRONE, Rich 1-1.

Stadium: Campus Field          Attendance: 3369
Kickoff time: 1:02 pm   End of Game: 3:43 pm   Total elapsed time: 2:41
Officials: Referee: Jim Winterberg; Umpire: Rick Shavensky; Linesman: A. Solimine;
Line judge: John Wilson; Back judge: M. DeBerdine; Field judge: Bill Surdovel;
Side judge: Eric Cantell; Scorer: Bill Peterson;
Temperature: 56 deg.   Wind: NNE13mph  Weather: Sunny, Clear skies



             Albany vs Sacred Heart (10/18/08 at Fairfield, Conn.)

SACKS (UA-A): Albany-None. Sacred Heart-FLUMERE, Brian 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-Tom Pandolf 2-6; Justin Brancaccio 2-5; Dave
Casale 3-3; Dave West 3-2; Eddie Delaney 2-3; Mike Kelly 0-5; L.B. McCloskey
3-1; Mark Peretore 2-2; Jean Juste 1-3; Ross Bertrand 2-1; Rich Duff 2-0; Jake
Ciccarello 0-2; Trevor Anderson 0-2; Garrett Askew 1-0; Chris Bouchard 1-0; Kyle
O'Keefe 1-0; Daniel Avery 1-0; Marc Wargo 1-0; Chris Van Zelfden 1-0; Daniel
Bocanegra 1-0; Tim Bush 1-0; Chris Blais 0-1. Sacred Heart-FLUMERE, Brian 4-7;
ISLA, Andre 4-5; VEIX, Will 3-6; MARRONE, Rich 2-7; BROWN, Rishard 4-4; O'BRIEN,
Bill 3-4; DAVIS, Chansler 4-2; MANDAS, Chris 4-1; HODGES, Jeff 3-2; BRANCHINI,
V. 2-2; GRAZIADEI, Paul 1-3; YOUNG, Steve 2-1; UNDERWOOD, R. 2-1; MORTALI, Mike
0-3; DIXON, Elijah 0-3; EYRES, Cody 0-2; MORTALI, A. 0-2; STRIPE, Tom 1-0;
COSTANTINO, A. 1-0; GERHARD, S. 1-0; ZAMBARANO, M. 1-0; DOYLE, DJ 0-1; BARCHE,
Rich 0-1; EMBLER, Justin 0-1.


Game Starters:
Albany

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   7  Vinny Esposito
RB   3  David McCarty
FB   46 Justin Petersen
WR   1  Tim Bush
LT   74 Raphael Nguti
LG   78 Andrew Stevens
C    75 Kevin Richards
RG   72 Nik Schultz
RT   76 Jon Leible
TE   89 Dan Archer
WR   85 Jason Poore

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   96 Eddie Delaney
DT   94 Tom Pandolf
DE   90 Mike Kelly
OLB  28 Emerson Kinsey
ILB  54 J. Brancaccio
ILB  24 Mark Peretore
OLB  50 Rich Duff
CB   18 Ross Bertrand
S    22 Dave West
FS   31 Dave Casale
CB   5  L.B. McCloskey

Sacred Heart

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   14 FINK, Dale
RB   3  JONES, Evin
FB   22 FRIEDMAN, Brian
WR   4  PATTERSON, Tony
LT   76 MALAE, Abel
LG   78 MARTIN, Will
C    70 SMITH, Justin
RG   72 PLUNKETT, Dan
RT   66 ARROYO, Ryan
TE   81 RAPP, Chris
WR   5  TEDESCO, Steve

POS  ## DEFENSE
NG   93 COSTANTINO, A.
DT   90 BRANCHINI, V.
DE   96 O'BRIEN, Bill
OLB  31 FLUMERE, Brian
ILB  42 MARRONE, Rich
ILB  43 VEIX, Will
OLB  58 DAVIS, Chansler
CB   28 ISLA, Andre
SS   48 YOUNG, Steve
FS   6  HODGES, Jeff
CB   2  BROWN, Rishard


Player participation:


Albany: 2-Jean Juste, 4-Chris Lynch, 6-C. Van Zelfden, 11-D. Bocanegra, 13-Herb Glass, 17-Jason Smith, 19-Daniel Avery,
20-Colin Simmons, 25-Chris Kenneally, 26-Justin Gannon, 29-Erasto Nova, 30-Chris Blais, 34-Duane Harper, 37-Kareem Cooper,
38-Garrett Askew, 42-Chris Bouchard, 43-Raymond Dorcely, 51-Chris Simpson, 55-Kyle O'Keefe, 56-Marc Wargo, 57-Chris Wilk,
58-Jake Ciccarello, 62-Andy Sparano, 66-Matt Faughnan, 71-Keith Peifer, 80-Luke Weaver, 82-Marcus Miles, 87-John Lullen,
91-Trevor Anderson, 93-Kyle Hussey, 95-Zach Gallo, 99-Wil Moushey.

Sacred Heart: 8-MARKS, Derek, 9-SCHROEDER, Joe, 11-ROSSI, Rich, 19-MORTALI, Mike, 20-MORTALI, A., 21-COLES, Garry,
23-KEMP, Jared, 24-UNDERWOOD, R., 25-GERHARD, S., 30-OSBORNE, Rod, 33-ZAMBARANO, M., 34-MANDAS, Chris, 35-SCHULTZ, Geoff,
38-DOYLE, DJ, 40-MOORE, James, 45-BARCHE, Rich, 50-EMBLER, Justin, 52-GRAZIADEI, Paul, 65-REHO, Mike, 82-STRIPE, Tom,
88-MAGUIRE, Matt, 98-DIXON, Elijah, 99-EYRES, Cody.

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Players Mentioned

#91 Trevor Anderson: DT; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#89 Dan Archer: TE; 6' 3"; Senior

#38 Garrett Askew: S; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#19 Daniel Avery: CB; 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman

#18 Ross Bertrand: CB; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#30 Chris Blais: OLB; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#11 Daniel Bocanegra: WR; 6' 1"; Senior

#42 Chris Bouchard: S; 6' 2"; Freshman

#54 Justin Brancaccio: ILB; 6' 0"; Junior

#1 Tim Bush: WR; 5' 9"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#91 Trevor Anderson
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: DT

#89 Dan Archer
: 6' 3"; Senior
: TE

#38 Garrett Askew
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: S

#19 Daniel Avery
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman
: CB

#18 Ross Bertrand
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: CB

#30 Chris Blais
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: OLB

#11 Daniel Bocanegra
: 6' 1"; Senior
: WR

#42 Chris Bouchard
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: S

#54 Justin Brancaccio
: 6' 0"; Junior
: ILB

#1 Tim Bush
: 5' 9"; Senior
: WR