ALBANY, N.Y. – In an ending that Hollywood would not ever have been able to dream up, the Stony Brook football team lost in heartbreaking fashion to UAlbany, 25-23, in the fourth annual "Battle for the Golden Apple" on Saturday afternoon in the regular season finale at Casey Stadium.
 
The Seawolves (7-4, 5-3 CAA Football) scored a go-ahead touchdown with 0:17 left in the fourth quarter when senior QB Joe Carbone (Wethersfield, Conn.) found senior WR Julius Wingate (Englewood, N.J.) in the end zone from 41-yards away on a 4-and-10 play. That play gave Stony Brook a 23-22 lead.
 
The Great Danes (3-8, 1-7 CAA Football) were then able to attempt a 48-yard field goal with 0:04 left on the clock. The kick bounced off the cross bar and over as time expired to give UAlbany the victory.

SCORING

• UAlbany struck first when K Ethan Stark connected on a 43-yard field goal with 9:13 left in the first quarter. The drive was seven plays for 18 yards and took 4:11 off the clock.
• Stony Brook tied it up when K Alex Lucansky hit a 29-yard field goal with 7:21 left in the first quarter. The drive was five plays for 42 yards and took 1:48 off the clock.
• The Great Danes got into the end zone with 1:33 left in the opening quarter when QB Jeff Undercuffler hit WR Juwan Green from 49 yards out for the score. The PAT by K Ethan Stark was good. The drive was two plays for 60 yards and lasted 0:44.
• RB Jordan Gowins got the Seawolves into the end zone with 7:40 remaining in the second quarter with a seven-yard rushing touchdown. The PAT by K Alex Lucansky was good. The drive was six plays for 61 yards and took 2:39 off the clock.
• The Seawolves took the lead for the first time in the game when QB Joe Carbone sprinted 17 yards into the end zone for the touchdown. The PAT by K Alex Lucansky was good. The drive was nine plays for 29 yards and took 4:24 off the clock. The drive began with DB Augie Contressa's 47-yard interception return.
• UAlbany got the fourth quarter scoring started when WR Donavan McDonald pulled in an 81-yard pass from QB Jeff Undercuffler with 5:32 left in the quarter. The PAT was no good to make it a 17-16 Seawolves' lead. The drive was one play for 81 yards and lasted 11 seconds.
• The Great Danes retook the lead when RB Karl Mofor scored on a 16-yard run. The two-point conversion failed. The drive was five plays for 63 yards and took 2:06 off the clock.
• With 17 seconds on the clock and a fourth-and-10 play, QB Joe Carbone found WR Julius Wingate in the end zone from 41 yards away to give Stony Brook the lead. The two-point conversion failed. The Drive was eight plays for 74 yards and took 0:55.
• UAlbany won the game with a 48-yard field goal by K Ethan Stark that hit off the crossbar and bounced through as time expired. The drive was two plays for 11 yards and took 0:13.

THE NUMBERS

• Stony Brook gained 332 yards of total offense on 66 plays. UAlbany had 333 yards of total offense on 59 plays.
• The Seawolves had the ball for 28:54 minutes of the game.
• PASSING: Stony Brook: 7-23-1 for 123 yards, one touchdown. UAlbany: 10-20-2 for 170 yards, two touchdowns.
• RUSHING: Stony Brook: 44 carries for 209 yards, 2 touchdowns. UAlbany: 39 carries for 163 yards, one touchdown.
• QB Joe Carbone had 123 passing yards with a touchdown and added a rushing touchdown.
• WR Julius Wingate had four catches for 68 yards and a touchdown.  
• RB Donald Liotine collected 74 rushing yards on 23 carries.
• DB Augie Contressa had 10 total tackles, a 1.0 TFL and one interception.

QUOTING THE SEAWOLVES
Head Coach Chuck Priore
"Both teams were just awesome to be able to do what they did. At the end of the day there is going to be a winner and a loser. You respond the next day or the next year and move it forward."
 
"Albany won. They deserved to win. I felt bad for the seniors. They have worked hard. Talk about the emotions of what happened with 17 seconds left on the clock and then when time expired. It is pretty tough to swallow."
 
NOTES

• RB Jordan Gowins scored his eighth rushing touchdown of the season in the second quarter. It also marked his 16^th of his career.
• DB Synceir Malone pulled down the second interception of his career and the season in the second quarter.
• DB Augie Contressa's interception in the third quarter was the first of his career.
• WR Julius Wingate pulled down a touchdown reception in the fourth quarter for his fifth of the season and his career.
• RB Donald Liotine finished the regular season with 1,099 rushing yards this season and sits ninth on Stony Brook's single-season rushing list.
• RB Donald Liotine finished the regular season with 3,948 career all-purpose yards (4^th) and 2,777 career rushing yards (4^th) to go with 566 career rushing carries (3^rd).
• QB Joe Carbone tossed a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to WR Julius Wingate for his 42^nd TD pass of his career. He sits fourth on Stony Brook's all-time list for touchdown passes. 
• QB Joe Carbone collected 123 yards passing on 7-of-22 passing and finished the regular season with 5,777 career passing yards (3^rd), 489 pass completions (3^rd) and 919 pass attempts (3^rd) in his career.
• LB Shayne Lawless collected four total tackles against UAlbany to move his career total to 281 and move him into fifth on Stony Brook's career list. Lawless also now has 39.0 career TFLs (4^th).
• LB Noah McGinty collected nine total tackles against the Great Danes to bring his career total to 281 and move him into fifth on Stony Brook's career list.
• Captains for today's game were QB Joe Carbone, TE Cal Daniels, DE John Haggart, LB Noah McGinty and LB Shayne Lawless.

 
UP NEXT
Stony Brook will turn in to the NCAA Division I Football Championships selection show on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU to determine if they will be selected to participate for the second straight season.