Poffenbarger at Monmouth Oct. 8 2022
Monmouth Athletics
31
UAlbany ALB 1-4 , 0-2
38
Winner Monmouth MON 4-2 , 2-1
UAlbany ALB
1-4 , 0-2
31
Final
38
Monmouth MON
4-2 , 2-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
ALB UAlbany 7 3 7 14 31
MON Monmouth 14 10 7 7 38

Game Recap: Football |

Football Falls on the Road to Monmouth

Score: Monmouth 38, UAlbany 31
 
Location: Kessler Stadium in West Long Branch, New Jersey
 
Records: UAlbany (1-4, 0-2 CAA) | Monmouth (4-2, 2-1 CAA)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany football team fought back from an early 24-7 deficit to bring the game within a single score but was unable to overcome the early hole. Quarterback Reese Poffenbarger and running back Todd Sibley led the offense with a combined four touchdowns. On the defensive side of the ball, Isaac Duffy recorded the team's first interception of the year.
 
Key Stat Lines How it Happened:
  • On the first drive of the game, the UAlbany defense came up big with an Isaac Duffy interception.
  • On UAlbany's first drive, the team found the end zone with a 2-yard run from Todd Sibley. The TD capped off a 9-play, 51-yard drive for the Great Danes.
  • The very next drive for the Hawks was just one play - a 75-yard TD run from Jaden Shirden to even the score at 7-7.
  • Monmouth scored another TD with 3:13 remaining in the first quarter. Jaden Shirden completed the drive with another TD run, this time from 30 yards out.
  • At the start of the second quarter, the Great Danes were able to drive the ball to the Monmouth 1-yard line. After a controversial non-TD call, the Great Danes were scoreless after going for it on 4th and goal from the 1-yard line.
  • On the ensuing drive for Monmouth, Owen Wright scored on a 99-yard rush up the middle to push the score to 21-7.
  • With 8:14 remaining in the second quarter, a costly UAlbany fumble gave Monmouth the ball back at their own 34-yard line.
  • Monmouth's Eric Bernstein hit a 30-yard FG with 5:07 left in the first half, making it 24-7.
  • Just before the end of the second quarter, the Great Danes finished off a 13-play, 90- yard drive with a 19-yard FG from John Opalko. The FG made the score 24-10 as the teams went to the locker room.
  • On the opening drive of the second half, UAlbany pushed the ball down the field and into the end zone behind an 8-play, 76-yard drive. Todd Sibley scored his second TD of the day on a 19-yard rush.
  • Monmouth found the end zone with 3:42 remaining in the third quarter behind a 16-yard pass from Tony Muskett to Jack Neri. That play capped off a 5-play, 53-yard drive, making it 31-17.
  • On the ensuing drive, UAlbany responded with a 12-play, 70-yard effort resulting in a 1-yard rush by Reese Poffenbarger, making the score 31-24.
  • Answering back, the Hawks punched it into the end zone with 6:28 left in the fourth quarter, marching down the field on an 11-play, 66-yard drive, with the TD being credited to Owen Wright by way of a 1-yard rush up the middle.
  • The Great Danes followed by spending little time driving down the field and putting another 7 points on the board. Their 9-play, 76-yard drive was finished off with an 8-yard TD pass from Poffenbarger to Roy Alexander, making the score 38-31.

Next: The Great Danes return to Tom and Mary Casey Stadium next Saturday for Homecoming against new CAA foe Hampton. Keep up with all of the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany football by following the team on Twitter and Instagram and by using the hashtags #UAUKNOW and #WinTheDay. 
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