Albany, N.Y. ? David McCarty rushed for 208 yards and one touchdown and Vinny Esposito ran for the go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter, as UAlbany rallied in the second half for a 35-17 victory over Monmouth in a battle for first place in the Northeast Conference standings on Saturday, Nov. 1 at University Field.
UAlbany (6-3, NEC 5-0) reversed a 14-0 deficit at the intermission by reaching the end zone on two of its opening three possessions in the third period. Justin Gannon returned the second-half kickoff 37 yards to midfield. Esposito, a junior quarterback, finished off the 10-play march by rolling to his left and connecting with wide receiver Tim Bush on a 6-yard touchdown pass. The Great Danes drew even when Bush reached paydirt on a 17-yard reverse, a scoring play that set up by wideout John Lullen's downfield block.
Monmouth (5-4, NEC 4-1) later went ahead 17-14 on Fred Weingart's 27-yard field goal after both teams had turnovers on back-to-back plays. The Hawks' David Sinisi fumbled as he was stripped by free safety Dave Casale following a 37-yard run. The Great Danes returned the favor when Bush coughed up the ball after hauling in a 9-yard reception at his own 20-yard line.
The Great Danes then reeled off 21 unanswered points as Gannon jump-started that outburst with a 51-yard kickoff return. Esposito, who eventually scored on a 1-yard sneak over the left side on the first play of the final stanza for a 21-17 lead, kept the short drive alive with a third-down completion to Bush at the Monmouth 10. Bush had a career-high eight receptions for 83 yards.
The Hawks, who had won five straight entering the contest, moved into UAlbany territory on their next series, but the sequence stalled due to Trevor Anderson's sack of quarterback Brett Burke and two penalties. UAlbany then went to work on the ground, as McCarty ripped off runs of 35 and 30 yards to move his team into the red zone. On third-and-one at the Monmouth 14, the junior tailback was stopped near the line of scrimmage, but then broke free on second effort and into the end zone untouched with 6:14 remaining.
McCarty, who rushed for 185 yards after halftime and reached the 200-mark for the fourth time in his career, was featured on his team's next possession. He ran on seven of the scoring drive's nine plays, including a 28-yard burst to the Monmouth 25. Esposito, who connected on 13 of 20 passes for 107 yards in the contest, capped the comeback with a 1-yard sneak on third-and-goal.
“Our special teams made some great plays, the defense got a number of three-and-outs, and you would have to say (David) McCarty is quite a franchise player,” said UAlbany coach Bob Ford, whose team has won 11 in a row against conference opponents. “We are riding an emotional high, but now you have to be careful because this just puts us in the driver's seat. We have two more games to win.”
Monmouth dominated the opening half and reached paydirt on its first possession with a 10-play, 60-yard march. Burke, who completed 17 of 28 attempts for 141 yards, fired a 21-yard touchdown strike, off play-action, to flanker Nick Romeo. The Hawks took a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter when Burke delivered a 15-yard scoring pass to tight end John Nalbone, who leaped above three defenders to make the catch. Monmouth could have increased its margin when Dave Ogden recovered Gannon's fumbled punt return with 3:44 left in the quarter. But Sinisi lost hold of the ball on a fourth-down run and UAlbany linebakcer Mark Peretore came up with the turnover.
“I got down on myself at halftime and I normally never do,” offered McCarty, who has gained 100 or more rushing yards in 14 of his last 15 starts. “In the second half, the offensive line absolutely moved them around and that just makes me look good.”
Sinisi, a Walter Payton Award candidate and the nation's leading rusher, finished with 118 yards on 27 carries. The Hawks, who have won or shared five NEC titles in their history, held the ball for 20-plus minutes in the first half, were limited to 113 total yards after the break. The two teams entered their annual meeting with unbeaten league records for the first time since 2003.
“We were complacent in the first half and they shoved it down our throat,” stated UAlbany safety Dave West, who had six tackles, including one for a loss. “That's the most we have blitzed in six weeks (in the second half) and we changed up to man-to-man coverage. When we play Monmouth we know that the game will make a difference on who is going to win our conference.”
UAlbany 35, Monmouth 17 (Nov 01, 2008)
Scoring Summary (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
Monmouth vs Albany (Nov 01, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
Monmouth (5-4,4-1) vs. Albany (6-3,5-0)
Date: Nov 01, 2008 ? Site: Albany, N.Y. ? Stadium: University Field ? Attendance: 3526
| Score by Quarters |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Score |
| Monmouth |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
| Albany |
0 |
0 |
14 |
21 |
35 |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
MU -ALBANY |
| 1st |
09:46 |
MU |
ROMEO, Nick 21 yd pass from BURKE, Brett (WEINGART, Fred kick) |
| |
|
|
10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 5:14 |
7 - 0 |
| 2nd |
10:23 |
MU |
NALBONE, John 15 yd pass from BURKE, Brett (WEINGART, Fred kick) |
| |
|
|
14 plays, 80 yards, TOP 6:53 |
14 - 0 |
| 3rd |
10:52 |
ALBANY |
Tim Bush 6 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick) |
| |
|
|
10 plays, 51 yards, TOP 4:08 |
14 - 7 |
| |
06:26 |
ALBANY |
Tim Bush 17 yd run (Herb Glass kick) |
| |
|
|
3 plays, 48 yards, TOP 0:59 |
14 - 14 |
| |
04:20 |
MU |
WEINGART, Fred 27 yd field goal |
| |
|
|
4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:38 |
17 - 14 |
| 4th |
14:55 |
ALBANY |
Vinny Esposito 1 yd run (Herb Glass kick) |
| |
|
|
9 plays, 31 yards, TOP 4:25 |
17 - 21 |
| |
06:14 |
ALBANY |
David McCarty 14 yd run (Herb Glass kick) |
| |
|
|
6 plays, 89 yards, TOP 2:50 |
17 - 28 |
| |
02:00 |
ALBANY |
Vinny Esposito 1 yd run (Herb Glass kick) |
| |
|
|
9 plays, 56 yards, TOP 3:19 |
17 - 35 |
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm ? End of Game: 3:43 pm ? Total elapsed time: 2:43
Referee: Raymond Skold ? Umpire: Rick Shavensky ? Linesman: Peter Ciriello ? Line judge: Kevin D'Angelo ? Back judge: Ron Roberts ? Field judge: Mark McCarter ? Side judge: Doug Donnelly ? Scorer: Matthew Chmura ?
Temperature: 50 ? Wind: NNW 9mph ? Weather: Partly cloudy. |
Team Statistics (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
Monmouth vs Albany (Nov 01, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
| Team Totals |
MU |
ALBANY |
| FIRST DOWNS |
14 |
23 |
| Rushing |
7 |
13 |
| Passing |
7 |
7 |
| Penalty |
0 |
3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING |
137 |
273 |
| Rushing Attempts |
32 |
47 |
| Average Per Rush |
4.3 |
5.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns |
0 |
4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing |
153 |
278 |
| Yards Lost Rushing |
16 |
5 |
| NET YARDS PASSING |
141 |
107 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
17-28-0 |
13-20-0 |
| Average Per Attempt |
5.0 |
5.3 |
| Average Per Completion |
8.3 |
8.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns |
2 |
1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS |
278 |
380 |
| Total offense plays |
60 |
67 |
| Average Gain Per Play |
4.6 |
5.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost |
3-2 |
2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards |
5-51 |
6-68 |
| PUNTS-YARDS |
6-219 |
3-134 |
| Average Yards Per Punt |
36.5 |
44.7 |
| Net Yards Per Punt |
34.3 |
38.0 |
| Inside 20 |
0 |
2 |
| 50+ Yards |
0 |
0 |
| Touchbacks |
0 |
1 |
| Fair catch |
2 |
1 |
| KICKOFFS-YARDS |
4-219 |
6-355 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff |
54.8 |
59.2 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff |
24.2 |
46.0 |
| Touchbacks |
0 |
0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD |
0-0-0 |
3-13-0 |
| Average Per Return |
0.0 |
4.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD |
5-79-0 |
4-122-0 |
| Average Per Return |
15.8 |
30.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD |
0-0-0 |
0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD |
0-0-0 |
0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards |
20 |
0 |
| Possession Time |
31:21 |
28:39 |
| 1st Quarter |
9:50 |
5:10 |
| 2nd Quarter |
8:40 |
6:20 |
| 3rd Quarter |
4:05 |
10:55 |
| 4th Quarter |
8:46 |
6:14 |
| Third-Down Conversions |
7 of 15 |
11 of 16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions |
0 of 1 |
0 of 0 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances |
2-2 |
5-5 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards |
1-4 |
1-7 |
| PAT Kicks |
2-2 |
5-5 |
| Field Goals |
1-1 |
0-1 |
Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
Monmouth vs Albany (Nov 01, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
|
Monmouth |
|
Albany |
| RUSHING |
No. |
Gain |
Loss |
Net |
TD |
Lg |
Avg. |
| SINISI, David |
27 |
127 |
9 |
118 |
0 |
37 |
4.4 |
| GILES, Bobby |
4 |
26 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
11 |
6.5 |
| BURKE, Brett |
1 |
0 |
7 |
-7 |
0 |
0 |
-7.0 |
| Totals... |
32 |
153 |
16 |
137 |
0 |
37 |
4.3 |
| |
| | |
|
|
| |
| PASSING |
Cmp-Att-Int |
Yds |
TD |
Long |
Sack |
| BURKE, Brett |
17-28-0 |
141 |
2 |
21 |
1 |
| Totals... |
17-28-0 |
141 |
2 |
21 |
1 | |
|
| PASSING |
Cmp-Att-Int |
Yds |
TD |
Long |
Sack |
| Vinny Esposito |
13-20-0 |
107 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
| Totals... |
13-20-0 |
107 |
1 |
20 |
1 | |
| |
| RECEIVING |
No. |
Yds |
TD |
Lg |
| KILEY, Chris |
4 |
37 |
0 |
13 |
| YUDIN, Troy |
4 |
27 |
0 |
13 |
| NALBONE, John |
3 |
37 |
1 |
18 |
| ROMEO, Nick |
2 |
26 |
1 |
21 |
| SINISI, David |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| SALOMON, Rodney |
1 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
| D'URSO, Mike |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Totals... |
17 |
141 |
2 |
21 | |
|
|
| |
| PUNTING |
No. |
Yds |
Avg |
Long |
In20 |
TB |
| DANIELS, Jack |
6 |
219 |
36.5 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals... |
6 |
219 |
36.5 |
44 |
0 |
0 | |
|
| PUNTING |
No. |
Yds |
Avg |
Long |
In20 |
TB |
| Chris Lynch |
3 |
134 |
44.7 |
49 |
2 |
1 |
| Totals... |
3 |
134 |
44.7 |
49 |
2 |
1 | |
| |
| |
Punts |
Kickoffs |
Intercept |
| ALL RETURNS |
No |
Yds |
Lg |
No |
Yds |
Lg |
No |
Yds |
Lg |
| AVENT, Michael |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
79 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals... |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
79 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
|
| |
Punts |
Kickoffs |
Intercept |
| ALL RETURNS |
No |
Yds |
Lg |
No |
Yds |
Lg |
No |
Yds |
Lg |
| Justin Gannon |
3 |
13 |
8 |
4 |
122 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals... |
3 |
13 |
8 |
4 |
122 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
| |
| ALL PURPOSE |
Rush |
Rcv |
KR |
PR |
IR |
Total |
| SINISI, David |
118 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
121 |
| AVENT, Michael |
0 |
0 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
| KILEY, Chris |
0 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| NALBONE, John |
0 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| YUDIN, Troy |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
| ROMEO, Nick |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
| GILES, Bobby |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
| SALOMON, Rodney |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| D'URSO, Mike |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| BURKE, Brett |
-7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-7 |
| Totals... |
137 |
141 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
357 | |
|
|
| |
| FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS |
| WEINGART, Fred |
3rd |
04:20 |
27 yards |
Good | |
|
| FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS |
| Herb Glass |
2nd |
05:25 |
38 yards |
Blocked | |
| |
| KICKOFFS |
No. |
Yds |
TB |
OB |
Avg. |
| DELVENTO, Jake |
4 |
219 |
0 |
0 |
54.8 | |
|
| KICKOFFS |
No. |
Yds |
TB |
OB |
Avg. |
| Herb Glass |
6 |
355 |
0 |
1 |
59.2 | |
| |
Box Score (Final)
Monmouth vs Albany (Nov 01, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Monmouth............ 7 7 3 0 - 17 Record: (5-4,4-1)
Albany.............. 0 0 14 21 - 35 Record: (6-3,5-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 09:46 MU - ROMEO, Nick 21 yd pass from BURKE, Brett (WEINGART, Fred kick), 10-60 5:14, MU 7 - ALBANY 0
2nd 10:23 MU - NALBONE, John 15 yd pass from BURKE, Brett (WEINGART, Fred kick), 14-80 6:53, MU 14 - ALBANY 0
3rd 10:52 ALBANY - Tim Bush 6 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick), 10-51 4:08, MU 14 - ALBANY 7
06:26 ALBANY - Tim Bush 17 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 3-48 0:59, MU 14 - ALBANY 14
04:20 MU - WEINGART, Fred 27 yd field goal, 4-9 1:38, MU 17 - ALBANY 14
4th 14:55 ALBANY - Vinny Esposito 1 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 9-31 4:25, MU 17 - ALBANY 21
06:14 ALBANY - David McCarty 14 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 6-89 2:50, MU 17 - ALBANY 28
02:00 ALBANY - Vinny Esposito 1 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 9-56 3:19, MU 17 - ALBANY 35
MU ALBANY
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 23
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 32-137 47-273
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 141 107
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 28-17-0 20-13-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 60-278 67-380
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 3-13
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 5-79 4-122
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 6-36.5 3-44.7
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-2 2-2
Penalties-Yards............... 5-51 6-68
Possession Time............... 31:21 28:39
Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 15 11 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-2 5-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-4 1-7
RUSHING: Monmouth-SINISI, David 27-118; GILES, Bobby 4-26; BURKE, Brett
1-minus 7. Albany-David McCarty 31-208; Vinny Esposito 11-37; Tim Bush 1-17;
Colin Simmons 3-10; Justin Gannon 1-1.
PASSING: Monmouth-BURKE, Brett 17-28-0-141. Albany-Vinny Esposito
13-20-0-107.
RECEIVING: Monmouth-KILEY, Chris 4-37; YUDIN, Troy 4-27; NALBONE, John
3-37; ROMEO, Nick 2-26; SINISI, David 2-3; SALOMON, Rodney 1-9; D'URSO, Mike
1-2. Albany-Tim Bush 9-83; David McCarty 2-10; Dan Archer 1-8; Jason Poore 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS: Monmouth-None. Albany-None.
FUMBLES: Monmouth-SINISI, David 2-2; AVENT, Michael 1-0. Albany-Justin
Gannon 1-1; Tim Bush 1-1.
Stadium: University Field Attendance: 3526
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm End of Game: 3:43 pm Total elapsed time: 2:43
Officials: Referee: Raymond Skold; Umpire: Rick Shavensky; Linesman: Peter Ciriello;
Line judge: Kevin D'Angelo; Back judge: Ron Roberts; Field judge: Mark McCarter;
Side judge: Doug Donnelly; Scorer: Matthew Chmura;
Temperature: 50 Wind: NNW 9mph Weather: Partly cloudy.
Monmouth vs Albany (Nov 01, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
SACKS (UA-A): Monmouth-BRADY, Jeff 0-1; VALENTI, Joe 0-1. Albany-Trevor
Anderson 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Monmouth-STOLARZ, Jon 7-6; CELLA, Joe 3-6; MASTRANGELO,
C. 1-7; AMSEL, Kenny 6-1; VALENTI, Joe 1-5; VIRGIL, Shaquan 0-6; HALEY, Kendall
2-3; BONTURI, Nick 2-2; FALAE, Ayo 2-2; BRADY, Jeff 1-2; CULLOO, Garrett 1-2;
WALSH, Kevin 0-3; KENNEDY, David 1-1; CEREZO, T.J. 1-1; ARNETH, Joe 1-1; ROGERS,
Jon 1-0; BRIKOWSKI, B. 1-0; FOLSOM, Ryan 1-0; NALBONE, John 1-0; SINISI, David
1-0; BALTIMORE, J. 0-1; OGDEN, Dave 0-1. Albany-Dave Casale 3-5; Justin
Brancaccio 1-7; Chris Blais 3-4; Tom Pandolf 2-5; Dave West 4-2; Mark Peretore
1-4; Trevor Anderson 1-3; Rich Duff 1-3; Emerson Kinsey 1-2; Eddie Delaney 1-2;
Mike Kelly 0-3; Ross Bertrand 2-0; Chris Simpson 2-0; Justin Petersen 1-1; Jeff
Benway 1-1; L.B. McCloskey 1-0; Jean Juste 1-0; Kareem Cooper 0-1; Zach Gallo
0-1.
Game Starters:
Monmouth
POS ## OFFENSE
RT 74 STERLING, Kevin
RG 55 WRIGHT, Shawn
C 63 MUSICK, Andrew
LG 76 HURLEY, Joe
LT 77 LOCASTRO, Nick
TE 16 NALBONE, John
FL 31 KILEY, Chris
SE 44 YUDIN, Troy
FB 32 D'URSO, Mike
RB 30 SINISI, David
QB 11 BURKE, Brett
POS ## DEFENSE
DE 73 KENNEDY, David
DT 97 WALSH, Kevin
DE 93 CULLOO, Garrett
OLB 56 CEREZO, T.J.
ILB 57 CELLA, Joe
ILB 59 MASTRANGELO, C.
OLB 99 VALENTI, Joe
CB 1 FALAE, Ayo
CB 7 AMSEL, Kenny
FS 10 VIRGIL, Shaquan
SS 33 STOLARZ, Jon
Albany
POS ## OFFENSE
TE 89 Dan Archer
LT 74 Raphael Nguti
LG 78 Andrew Stevens
C 75 Kevin Richards
RG 72 Nik Schultz
RT 76 Jon Leible
WR 1 Tim Bush
WR 85 Jason Poore
QB 7 Vinny Esposito
FB 46 Justin Petersen
TB 3 David McCarty
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 2 Jean Juste
Player participation:
Monmouth: 2-MANDEVILLE, A., 3-ARNETH, Joe, 6-AVENT, Michael, 8-FOLSOM, Ryan, 9-DANIELS, Jack, 12-HALEY, Kendall, 13-CAPRIO, LJ,
17-SALOMON, Rodney, 19-ROMEO, Nick, 24-COLE, Bobby, 34-GILES, Bobby, 35-WEINGART, Fred, 39-MCCUTCHEON, E., 41-DELVENTO, Jake,
48-BURD, Ricky, 51-ROGERS, Jon, 52-BONTURI, Nick, 53-BUTLER, Troy, 54-STERNER, Matt, 58-BRADY, Jeff, 66-MURPHY, Mike,
67-SULLIVAN, Jim, 71-ROSINSKI, Derek, 75-BALTIMORE, J., 80-ROEDER, Mike, 84-LAUCH, Ron, 87-DOWENS, Steve, 91-OGDEN, Dave,
92-BRIKOWSKI, B..
Albany: 4-Chris Lynch, 5-L.B. McCloskey, 8-Devin Wooten, 11-D. Bocanegra, 13-Herb Glass, 19-Daniel Avery, 20-Colin Simmons,
25-Chris Kenneally, 26-Justin Gannon, 27-Jeff Benway, 29-Erasto Nova, 30-Chris Blais, 34-Duane Harper, 37-Kareem Cooper,
38-Garrett Askew, 40-Chris Bright, 43-Raymond Dorcely, 51-Chris Simpson, 53-Nick Krajacic, 55-Kyle O'Keefe, 57-Chris Wilk,
58-Jake Ciccarello, 62-Andy Sparano, 66-Matt Faughnan, 71-Keith Peifer, 80-Luke Weaver, 87-John Lullen, 91-Trevor Anderson,
93-Kyle Hussey, 95-Zach Gallo, 99-Wil Moushey.
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