Albany, N.Y. - The Stony Brook football team fell to Albany, 27-17, in the 2014 season finale for both teams.
The Seawolves (5-7, 4-4) scored 14 fourth-quarter points, but the Great Danes answered both of Stony Brook's touchdowns with scores of their own.
In a game with a combined 16 points scored through three quarters, 28 points were scored in the first 11 minutes and 27 seconds in the fourth.
Trailing 13-3 early in the fourth quarter, Stony Brook went to work through the air. Senior John Kinder (Inwood, N.Y.) hit senior Adrian Coxson (Baltimore, Md.), who was wide open in the middle of the field, for a 79-yard score. It was Kinder's first pass attempt since week four at North Dakota.
Coxson finished the game with 117 yards, his third game with at least 100 yards this season.
Albany (7-5, 3-5) answered with a 70-yard drive capped by Josh Gontarek's 13-yard end around with 8:11 left in the fourth.
Kinder and the Seawolves answered right back. He hit senior Donavin Washington (Glendora, Calif.) on a deep post pattern for 48 yards to the 1-yard line. Two plays later, senior Marcus Coker punched it in for the score.
Omar Osbourne added a 68-yard touchdown run with 3:23 left in the fourth.
Senior Davonte Anderson (Corona, Calif.) picked off Albany's Will Fiacchi late in the second quarter to record his fourth interception of the season and the 16th of his career to pass Chad King '05 for the most in the program's Division I history.
Fiacchi completed only 12 of 27 passes for 135 yards.
Scoring Drives
• 2nd UA 8:06 King 33 yd pass from Fiacchi (Toole kick), 9-80, 4:20, 0-7
• 2nd SBU 4:50 Popek 33 yd field goal, 4-0, 0:54, 3-7
• 3rd UA Toole 28 yd field goal, 10-48, 4:51, 3-10
• 3rd UA Toole 39 yd field goal, 4-5, 1:01, 3-13
• 4th SBU Coxson 79 yd pass from Kinder (Popek kick), 3-95, 1:17, 10-13
• 4th UA Gontarek 13 yd run (Toole kick), 11-76, 5:56, 10-20
• 4th SBU Coker 2 yd run (Popek kick), 7-75, 3:11, 17-20
• 4th UA Osbourne 68 yd run (Toole kick), 3-75, 1:37, 17-27
Quotes . . .
Head Coach Chuck Priore - "I thought John (Kinder) did a nice job. He made the plays we needed him to make. His competitiveness and ability to stay focused throughout the year was a credit to him as a person. I'm glad John ended his career on a high note. Our defense kept us in the game; we just didn't make enough plays."
News & Notes
• After being picked to finish ninth in the preseason, Stony Brook can finish in a tie for 5th (pending the outcome of the rest of the CAA slate today).
• Chuck Priore, Albany class of 1982, is 3-2 against his alma mater.
• Sophomore Stacey Bedell became the sixth player in program history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season with a 10-yard rush on the first play from scrimmage. He finished with 76 yards on 17 carries.
• Redshirt freshman Marvin Hart recorded his third kick return of at least 40 yards in the first quarter.
• Coxson finished the season with touchdown catches of 61, 83 and 79 yards.
• Stony Brook had more yards of total offense in the fourth quarter than through the first three quarters combined (198-131).
• Kinder was 7 of 10 for 178 yards and a touchdown. He entered tonight's game with 356 yards passing and a score.
• Each team had two fumble recoveries.
• Stony Brook had two interceptions negated by penalties.
