Seawolves Overcome Slow Start For Homecoming Win; Record Crowd At LaValle Stadium On Stony Brook Campus
– Stony Brook Athletics
Stony Brook – Stony Brook’s football team overcame a slow offensive start and were carried by the legs of cousins Stacey Bedell and Jordan Gowinsin the second half to get past visiting Rhode Island 14-3 on Saturday afternoon in front of a record crowd of 12,221 for Homecoming at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
Bedell and Gowins each rushed for over 100 yards and both scored touchdowns for the Seawolves (4-2, 3-0 CAA Football). The defense held the Rams (1-6, 0-4 CAA Football) to just 134 total yards and the three points.
Scoring
- Rhode Island cracked the scoreboard first with a 32-yard field goal off the foot of Justin Rohrwasser. The kick capped a 16-play, 68-yard drive in the first quarter.
- Stony Brook broke the two-plus quarter scoring drought with a one-yard rush by RB Stacey Bedell in the fourth quarter. Przemyslaw Popek‘s PAT was good. The drive of six plays and 36 yards began after a 28-yard punt return by WR Sherman Alston Jr.
- RB Jordan Gowins gave Stony Brook some insurance with a two-yard run late in the fourth quarter that capped an eight-yard, 56-play drive. Przemyslaw Popek‘s PAT was good.
The Numbers
- Stony Brook gained 306 yards of total offense on 69 plays. Rhode Island had 134 yards of total offense on 58 plays.
- RB Stacey Bedell led the ground game with 138 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries.
- RB Jordan Gowins had 108 yards rushing and one touchdown on 21 carries.
- QB Joe Carbone was six-of-16 for 64 yards.
- WR Sherman Alston Jr. had a pair of punt returns for a total of 41 yards, including a 28-yarder in the fourth quarter.
- DB Tyrice Beverette had a team-high 11 tackles, including a sack, four tackles-for-a-loss and a forced fumble.
Quoting the Seawolves
Head coach Chuck Priore
“It was a great defensive effort. They had that one drive against us and other than that drive we shut them down. We had way to many penalties and inefficient plays on the offensive side, but at halftime I told the team to find a way to win and we pretty much played the game that way in the second half. We gave the ball to our two horses in the backfield and we got it done.”
Notes
- Stony Brook snapped a two-game Homecoming losing streak with today’s win and improved to 9-2 on Homecoming under head coach Chuck Priore.
- The Seawolves are 3-0 in the CAA for the first time since joining the league in 2013.
- Today’s crowd of 12,221 is the largest to see a college football game in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, breaking last’s Homecoming mark of 12,177.
- RB Stacey Bedell scored a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter, his seventh of the season and 20thof his career.
- Bedell also gained 138 yards for his third 100-yard game of the season and his 11th of his career.
- RB Jordan Gowins scored a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter, his second of the season. Gowins also rushed for a career-high 108 yards, his first career 100-yard game.
- Stony Brook had two 100-yard rushers (Bedell and Gowins) in one game for the first time since a win over Central Connecticut on Sept. 12, 2015 when Bedell and Isaiah White each surpassed the milestone.
- Mason Zimmerman made his first career collegiate start today at right guard.
- Captains for today’s game were WR Tim Keith, RB Stacey Bedell, DB Tyrice Beverette and DB Jaheem Woods.
- Today’s honorary captain was Jophiel Philips ’04.
Up Next
Stony Brook hits the road again, this time down I-95 to Newark, Del., to face Delaware next Saturday. The Blue Hens and Seawolves will kickoff at 1 p.m. at Delaware Stadium.
Photos: Stony Brook Athletics-Jim Harrison | Cover Photo: The Seawolves take the field on Saturday afternoon. Story Photo: Freshman defensive lineman Sam Kamara (Cartaret, NJ) during a timeout.
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