Football Uses Strong Defense and Healthy Rushing Attack to Record 27-6 NEC Victory

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Football Uses Strong Defense and Healthy Rushing Attack to Record 27-6 NEC Victory

Loretto, Pa. - Senior tailback David McCarty rushed for a season-high 170 yards and two touchdowns in leading UAlbany to a 27-6 Northeast Conference victory over Saint Francis, Pa. on Saturday, Oct. 3 at DeGol Field. The Great Danes extended their conference win streak to 15 in a row, the nation's longest at the Division I FCS level.

     UAlbany (3-2, NEC 2-0) played a dominating style of defense for the third consecutive game by holding Saint Francis (1-4, NEC 0-2) to 255 total yards, including 79 on the ground, and forcing three turnovers. The Great Danes have held their opponents without a touchdown for 10 straight quarters.

     "I thought we came into the game focused," said UAlbany coach Bob Ford, whose defense has limited NEC opposition to less than 100 rushing yards in six of its last seven outings. "The defense played superb and ran aggressively to the football. I thought this was the first time (this season) that the offensive line was dominant at the line of scrimmage."

     The Great Danes scored on their opening three possessions and stopped Saint Francis inside their own 5-yard line en route to a 17-6 halftime advantage. UAlbany marched 74 yards in 11 plays with the opening kickoff. Quarterback Vinny Esposito completed a third-down pass to wide receiver Tim Bush to set up a first-and-goal situation. McCarty then blasted through the middle on a 5-yard touchdown run.

     After the teams traded field goals, the Red Flash drove from their own 28 deep into UAlbany territory. Freshman quarterback John Kelly, a Penn State transfer, hooked up with Omar Winston on a third-down, 23-yard completion to keep the series alive. But on fourth-and-one at the five-yard line, Kelly's quarterback sneak was stopped short by outside linebacker Rich Duff and defensive end Tony Sparano.

     "We saw on flim that they liked to sneak in that situation," explained Duff, who had a team-high nine tackles, including the 100th of his career. "I read it and dove for him. The goal-line stand against Maine has motivated our defense. We are always trying to slow down the run game and not give up big plays."

     The Great Danes then put together a 14-play, 95-yard scoring drive that featured McCarty's running and Esposito's passing. The senior quarterback finished off the sequence when he tossed a 9-yard scoring pass to Bush, who was wide open in the left flat, for a 17-3 lead midway through the second quarter. Saint Francis' Josh Thiel added his second field goal of the game when he connected on a 18-yarder with 3:30 to play before the intermission.

     UAlbany's defense helped extend its team's margin late in the third quarter when outside linebacker Dave Nicomini forced a fumble after a completed pass and defensive end Marc Wargo fell on the ball at the Saint Francis' 22. The Great Danes staying on the ground to push out to a 24-6 lead. On third-and-two, McCarty bounced around left end and sprinted to the end zone untouched on a 14-yard score. Herb Glass added his second field goal, a 27-yarder, with 10:50 to play in the final period.

     "We were a little worried about Saint Francis coming into the game," offered McCarty, who reached the 100-yard rushing mark for the third straight contest and 22nd time as a collegian. "Their defense and team are certainly better than they have been. Everyone was focused and didn't take them lightly."

     UAlbany's Justin Gannon, a senior tailback, added a career-high 72 rushing yards on 11 attempts. Esposito completed 13 of 25 passes for 132 yards, while free safety Dave Casale recorded his 11th career interception. Saint Francis' Kelly threw for 176 yards, but had two passes picked off.. The Red Flash, who has respectable showings against nationally-ranked opponents in non-league play, was coming off a triple-overtime loss last week.

UAlbany 27, Saint Francis 6 (10/03/2009)


 

Scoring Summary

 
Scoring Summary (Final)
2009 UAlbany Football
Albany vs St. Francis (10/03/2009 at Loretto, Pa.)

 Team Totals  ALBANY  SFU 
FIRST DOWNS  21  15 
   Rushing  12 
   Passing  10 
   Penalty 
NET YARDS RUSHING  257  79 
   Rushing Attempts  47  30 
   Average Per Rush  5.5  2.6 
   Rushing Touchdowns 
   Yards Gained Rushing  279  105 
   Yards Lost Rushing  22  26 
NET YARDS PASSING  132  176 
   Completions-Attempts-Int  13-25-0  17-29-2 
   Average Per Attempt  5.3  6.1 
   Average Per Completion  10.2  10.4 
   Passing Touchdowns 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS  389  255 
   Total offense plays  72  59 
   Average Gain Per Play  5.4  4.3 
Fumbles: Number-Lost  1-1  1-1 
Penalties: Number-Yards  6-77  1-5 
PUNTS-YARDS  5-199  5-199 
   Average Yards Per Punt  39.8  39.8 
   Net Yards Per Punt  35.4  27.2 
   Inside 20 
   50+ Yards 
   Touchbacks 
   Fair catch 
KICKOFFS-YARDS  6-359  3-199 
   Average Yards Per Kickoff  59.8  66.3 
   Net Yards Per Kickoff  35.2  37.0 
   Touchbacks 
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD  4-63-0  2-2-0 
   Average Per Return  15.8  1.0 
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  2-68-0  5-128-0 
   Average Per Return  34.0  25.6 
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD  2--9-0  0-0-0 
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0 
Miscellaneous Yards 
Possession Time  29:37  30:23 
   1st Quarter  6:01  8:59 
   2nd Quarter  9:25  5:35 
   3rd Quarter  6:05  8:55 
   4th Quarter  8:06  6:54 
Third-Down Conversions  5 of 13  4 of 13 
Fourth-Down Conversions  0 of 0  0 of 2 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances  4-4  2-4 
Sacks By: Number-Yards  4-24  4-13 
PAT Kicks  3-3  0-0 
Field Goals  2-2  2-2 

 

Individual Statistics

 
Individual Statistics (Final)
2009 UAlbany Football
Albany vs St. Francis (10/03/2009 at Loretto, Pa.)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Albany.............. 10  7  7  3  - 27       Record: (3-2,2-0)
St. Francis.........  3  3  0  0  -  6       Record: (1-4,0-2)



Scoring Summary:
1st 11:43 ALBANY - David McCarty 5 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 11-74 3:17, ALBANY 7 - SFU 0
    07:31 SFU - THIEL, Josh 30 yd field goal, 8-31 4:12, ALBANY 7 - SFU 3
    05:11 ALBANY - Herb Glass 38 yd field goal, 8-59 2:20, ALBANY 10 - SFU 3
2nd 09:16 ALBANY - Tim Bush 9 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick), 14-95 6:08, ALBANY 17 - SFU 3
    03:30 SFU - THIEL, Josh 18 yd field goal, 6-19 2:48, ALBANY 17 - SFU 6
3rd 01:04 ALBANY - David McCarty 14 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 3-22 1:20, ALBANY 24 - SFU 6
4th 10:50 ALBANY - Herb Glass 27 yd field goal, 10-41 3:57, ALBANY 27 - SFU 6



                                 ALBANY      SFU
FIRST DOWNS...................       21       15
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   47-257    30-79
PASSING YDS (NET).............      132      176
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  25-13-0  29-17-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   72-389   59-255
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     4-63      2-2
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     2-68    5-128
Interception Returns-Yards....     2--9      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-39.8   5-39.8
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-1      1-1
Penalties-Yards...............     6-77      1-5
Possession Time...............    29:37    30:23
Third-Down Conversions........  5 of 13  4 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      4-4      2-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     4-24     4-13


RUSHING: Albany-David McCarty 25-170; Justin Gannon 11-72; Andrew Smith
4-23; Frank Blasinsky 1-minus 2; Vinny Esposito 6-minus 6. St. Francis-YEARWOOD,
Jude 13-34; KELLY, John 11-16; HARBRIDGE, Kyle 4-15; CONLEY, Daniel 2-14.

PASSING: Albany-Vinny Esposito 13-25-0-132. St. Francis-KELLY, John
17-29-2-176.

RECEIVING: Albany-Tim Bush 5-51; Ryan Kirchner 2-27; Jason Poore 2-20;
Andrew Smith 2-10; John Lullen 1-19; Devin Wooten 1-5. St. Francis-WINSTON, Omar
7-67; RIVERA, Antoine 4-47; HOWZE, Anthony 3-23; ZARNICH, Ryan 1-21; YEARWOOD,
Jude 1-15; CONLEY, Daniel 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS: Albany-Rashad Head 1-0; Dave Casale 1-minus 9. St.
Francis-None.

FUMBLES: Albany-Vinny Esposito 1-1. St. Francis-WINSTON, Omar 1-1.

Stadium: DeGol Field           Attendance: 1591
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm   End of Game: 3:28      Total elapsed time: 2:28
Officials: Referee: Steven Keller; Umpire: Tim Linnartz; Linesman: Joseph Cook;
Line judge: Mark Tarleton; Back judge: Frank Usseglio; Field judge: Joseph Consenza;
Side judge: Doug Donnelly; Scorer: Bob Volkert;
Temperature: 65        Wind: SSW 8     Weather: Sunny

UA's Justin Gannon career high 72 yards rushing


Albany vs St. Francis (10/03/2009 at Loretto, Pa.) SACKS (UA-A): Albany-Jon Morgan 1-0; Tony Sparano 0-1; Justin Brancaccio 0-1; Wil Moushey 1-0; Marc Wargo 1-0. St. Francis-LEWIS, Scott 1-1; JACKSON, Lindse 0-1; ADAMS, Zackary 1-0; FISHER, Russel 0-1; RIVERA-ORTIZ, R 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Albany-Rich Duff 1-8; Justin Brancaccio 0-7; Jon Morgan 3-3; Emerson Kinsey 1-5; Dave Casale 2-3; Dave Nicomini 2-3; Ross Bertrand 1-4; Jake Ciccarello 0-5; Zach Gallo 0-4; Jean Juste 0-4; Rashad Head 2-1; Dave Plungas 1-2; Tony Sparano 0-3; Eddie Delaney 0-3; Marc Wargo 2-0; Kareem Cooper 1-1; Justin Hassan 0-2; Trevor Anderson 0-2; Chris Simpson 0-2; Chris Wilk 0-2; Garrett Askew 1-0; Wil Moushey 1-0; Duane Harper 1-0; Marc Holloway 0-1; Ocieka Bakou 0-1; Raymond Dorcely 0-1; Bryon King 0-1. St. Francis-LEWIS, Scott 4-15; PARKER, Matthew 2-10; HARPER, Jordan 1-11; SHEPARD, Ryan 0-10; LAVALA, Siafa 1-6; BENTLEY, Joshua 2-4; RIVERA-ORTIZ, R 1-5; FISHER, Russel 0-6; SANDERS, Brent 2-2; HORNE, Mike 1-3; REVTAI, Ryan 2-1; GILLMEN, Tyler 0-3; RIVERA, Antoine 2-0; HARBRIDGE, Kyle 1-1; ARMSTEAD, Tony 0-2; JACKSON, Lindse 0-2; SHEPARD, Christ 0-2; ADAMS, Zackary 1-0; HOLBY, Taylor 0-1; BURKE, Tyrone 0-1; HOUSTON, Willia 0-1. Game Starters: Albany POS ## OFFENSE TE 32 Paul Booker LT 64 Vince Gonzales LG 55 Kyle O'Keefe C 75 Kevin Richards RG 62 Andy Sparano RT 71 Keith Peifer WR 1 Tim Bush WR 85 Jason Poore QB 7 Vinny Esposito FB 25 Chris Kenneally TB 3 David McCarty POS ## DEFENSE DE 56 Marc Wargo DT 91 Trevor Anderson DE 97 Tony Sparano OLB 50 Rich Duff ILB 54 J. Brancaccio ILB 51 Chris Simpson OLB 21 Dave Nicomini CB 18 Ross Bertrand S 28 Emerson Kinsey FS 31 Dave Casale CB 2 Jean Juste St. Francis POS ## OFFENSE QB 10 KELLY, John RB 32 YEARWOOD, Jude FB 27 CONLEY, Daniel WR 1 WINSTON, Omar WR 4 RIVERA, Antoine TE 15 ZARNICH, Ryan LT 70 PETERSON, Nick LG 55 BUZAS, Christop C 56 KEKIPI, Cody RG 75 KELLY, Jordan RT 60 HALL, William POS ## DEFENSE DE 99 FISHER, Russel DT 51 ADAMS, Zackary DE 91 SHEPARD, Christ OLB 33 GILLMEN, Tyler ILB 31 PARKER, Matthew ILB 40 SHEPARD, Ryan OLB 44 LEWIS, Scott CB 7 BENTLEY, Joshua SS 5 LAVALA, Siafa FS 8 HORNE, Mike CB 20 LONG, Terrance Player participation: Albany: 4-Jake Ciccarello, 5-Justin Gannon, 6-C. Van Zelfden, 8-Devin Wooten, 9-Frank Blasinsky, 10-Andrew Smith, 11-Jon Morgan, 13-Herb Glass, 17-Ryan Kirchner, 19-Rashad Head, 22-Justin Hassan, 30-Marc Holloway, 34-Duane Harper, 35-Dean Mercuris, 37-Kareem Cooper, 38-Garrett Askew, 41-Alfred Pryor, 42-Chris Bouchard, 43-Raymond Dorcely, 45-Dave Plungas, 47-Ben Carl, 57-Chris Wilk, 59-Michael Longo, 61-Chaz Mitchell, 66-Matt Faughnan, 68-Bobby Woods, 70-Justin Anderson, 72-Sean Kenny, 78-Andrew Stevens, 79-A. Bazzoffi, 80-Luke Weaver, 86-Bryon King, 87-John Lullen, 92-Bennett Marquis, 93-Ocieka Bakou, 95-Zach Gallo, 96-Eddie Delaney, 99-Wil Moushey. St. Francis: 2-HOWZE, Anthony, 6-SANDERS, Brent, 9-SIPE, Colton, 11-DIXON, Darnell, 14-THIEL, Josh, 16-PRICE, Grant, 18-MERRICKS, Dontr, 19-CAMPBELL, Zak, 21-WILLIAMS, Calvi, 22-HARBRIDGE, Kyle, 23-MEHALL, Scott, 25-RIVERA-ORTIZ, R, 28-HARPER, Jordan, 34-BURKE, Tyrone, 35-ARMSTEAD, Tony, 42-DRAGO, Christop, 45-PARKER, Kevin, 48-IACHINI, Chad, 49-GRIMES, Daniel, 54-REVTAI, Ryan, 65-SMITH, Jake, 67-GOODWIN, David, 68-RUSH, Scott, 77-HERNANDEZ, Kevi, 81-WASILEWSKI, Jef, 82-HOLBY, Taylor, 86-LADUKE, Ryan, 88-JOHNSON, Matt, 90-JACKSON, Lindse, 97-PRINT, Paul, 98-HOUSTON, Willia.

Albany (3-2,2-0) vs. St. Francis (1-4,0-2)

Date: 10/03/2009  • Site: Loretto, Pa.  • Stadium: DeGol Field  •  Attendance: 1591

Score by Quarters  Score 
Albany   10  7  7  3  27 
St. Francis   3  3  0  0  6 

SCORING SUMMARY   ALBANY -SFU  
1st  11:43  ALBANY   David McCarty 5 yd run (Herb Glass kick) 
         11 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:17  7 - 0 
  07:31  SFU   THIEL, Josh 30 yd field goal 
         8 plays, 31 yards, TOP 4:12  7 - 3 
  05:11  ALBANY   Herb Glass 38 yd field goal 
         8 plays, 59 yards, TOP 2:20  10 - 3 
2nd  09:16  ALBANY   Tim Bush 9 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick) 
         14 plays, 95 yards, TOP 6:08  17 - 3 
  03:30  SFU   THIEL, Josh 18 yd field goal 
         6 plays, 19 yards, TOP 2:48  17 - 6 
3rd  01:04  ALBANY   David McCarty 14 yd run (Herb Glass kick) 
         3 plays, 22 yards, TOP 1:20  24 - 6 
4th  10:50  ALBANY   Herb Glass 27 yd field goal 
         10 plays, 41 yards, TOP 3:57  27 - 6 

Kickoff time: 1:00 pm  
  • End of Game: 3:28 Total elapsed time: 2:28
Referee: Steven Keller  
  • Umpire: Tim Linnartz Linesman: Joseph Cook Line judge: Mark Tarleton Back judge: Frank Usseglio Field judge: Joseph Consenza Side judge: Doug Donnelly Scorer: Bob Volkert
Temperature: 65  
  • Wind: SSW 8 Weather: Sunny
UA's Justin Gannon career high 72 yards rushing

 

Team Statistics

 
Team Statistics (Final)
2009 UAlbany Football
Albany vs St. Francis (10/03/2009 at Loretto, Pa.)

Albany    St. Francis
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
David McCarty   25  170  170  33  6.8 
Justin Gannon   11  77  72  33  6.5 
Andrew Smith   23  23  11  5.8 
Frank Blasinsky  -2  -2.0 
Vinny Esposito   15  -6  -1.0 
Totals...  47  279  22  257  33  5.5 
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
YEARWOOD, Jude   13  35  34  2.6 
KELLY, John   11  40  24  16  23  1.5 
HARBRIDGE, Kyle  16  15  3.8 
CONLEY, Daniel   14  14  11  7.0 
Totals...  30  105  26  79  23  2.6 
  
 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Vinny Esposito   13-25-0  132  19 
Totals...  13-25-0  132  19 
  
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
KELLY, John   17-29-2  176  23 
Totals...  17-29-2  176  23 
 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Tim Bush   51  16 
Ryan Kirchner   27  14 
Jason Poore   20  12 
Andrew Smith   10  11 
John Lullen   19  19 
Devin Wooten  
Totals...  13  132  19 
  
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
WINSTON, Omar   67  23 
RIVERA, Antoine  47  21 
HOWZE, Anthony   23  14 
ZARNICH, Ryan   21  21 
YEARWOOD, Jude   15  15 
CONLEY, Daniel  
Totals...  17  176  23 
 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Bobby Woods   199  39.8  44 
Totals...  199  39.8  44 
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
PRICE, Grant   199  39.8  44 
Totals...  199  39.8  44 
 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Rashad Head  
Emerson Kinsey   68  40 
Dave Casale   -9 
Justin Gannon   63  24 
Totals...  63  24  68  40  -9 
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
RIVERA, Antoine 
SMITH, Jake  
HARBRIDGE, Kyle  124  49 
Totals...  128  49 
  
 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
David McCarty   170  170 
Justin Gannon   72  63  135 
Emerson Kinsey   68  68 
Tim Bush   51  51 
Andrew Smith   23  10  33 
Ryan Kirchner   27  27 
Jason Poore   20  20 
John Lullen   19  19 
Devin Wooten  
Frank Blasinsky  -2  -2 
Vinny Esposito   -6  -6 
Dave Casale   -9  -9 
Totals...  257  132  68  63  -9  511 
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
HARBRIDGE, Kyle  15  124  139 
WINSTON, Omar   67  67 
YEARWOOD, Jude   34  15  49 
RIVERA, Antoine  47  49 
HOWZE, Anthony   23  23 
ZARNICH, Ryan   21  21 
CONLEY, Daniel   14  17 
KELLY, John   16  16 
SMITH, Jake  
Totals...  79  176  128  385 
  
  
  
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
Herb Glass  1st  05:11  38 yards  Good 
Herb Glass  4th  10:50  27 yards  Good 
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
THIEL, Josh  1st  07:31  30 yards  Good 
THIEL, Josh  2nd  03:30  18 yards  Good 
 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Sean Kenny   359  59.8 
  
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
CAMPBELL, Zak   199  66.3 
 
FUMBLES: Albany-Vinny Esposito 1-1. St. Francis-WINSTON, Omar 1-1.

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Trevor Anderson

#91 Trevor Anderson

DT
6' 2"
Junior
Garrett Askew

#38 Garrett Askew

WR
6' 2"
Junior
Ocieka Bakou

#93 Ocieka Bakou

DT
6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
Ross Bertrand

#18 Ross Bertrand

CB
5' 11"
Junior
Frank Blasinsky

#9 Frank Blasinsky

QB
6' 0"
Senior
Paul Booker

#32 Paul Booker

TE
6' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
Chris Bouchard

#42 Chris Bouchard

OLB
6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
Justin Brancaccio

#54 Justin Brancaccio

ILB
6' 0"
Senior
Tim Bush

#1 Tim Bush

WR
5' 9"
Senior
Ben Carl

#47 Ben Carl

FB
6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

Trevor Anderson

#91 Trevor Anderson

6' 2"
Junior
DT
Garrett Askew

#38 Garrett Askew

6' 2"
Junior
WR
Ocieka Bakou

#93 Ocieka Bakou

6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
DT
Ross Bertrand

#18 Ross Bertrand

5' 11"
Junior
CB
Frank Blasinsky

#9 Frank Blasinsky

6' 0"
Senior
QB
Paul Booker

#32 Paul Booker

6' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
TE
Chris Bouchard

#42 Chris Bouchard

6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
OLB
Justin Brancaccio

#54 Justin Brancaccio

6' 0"
Senior
ILB
Tim Bush

#1 Tim Bush

5' 9"
Senior
WR
Ben Carl

#47 Ben Carl

6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
FB