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COLORADO SPRINGS – The Stony Brook football team could not get past Air Force's triple option offensive attack and a pair of first-half weather delays in Saturday's 38-0 loss at Falcon Stadium on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy.  
 
SCORING

• Air Force cracked the scoring column first on their opening possession when QB Arion Worthman ran it in from seven yards out with 10:21 left in the first quarter. The PAT was good by Matt Philichi.
• The Falcons added to their lead when Kyle Johnson returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown. The PAT by Matt Philichi was good.
• Matt Philichi tacked on a field goal from 48 yards out with 12:36 left in the second quarter.
• Air Force FB Cole Fagan scored a touchdown on a 16-yard rush with 6:37 left in the opening half. The PAT by Matt Philichi was good.
• The Falcons tacked on a fourth-quarter score with 13:45 left in the game when QB Isaiah Sanders scored on a one-yard run. The PAT by Matt Philichi was good.
• Air Force finished the scoring with a five-yard run by DJ Hammond with 2:40 left in the game. The PAT was good by Jake Koenkle.

 
THE NUMBERS

• Stony Brook gained 75 yards of total offense on 50 plays. Air Force had 362 yards of total offense on 85 plays.
• The Seawolves had the ball for 19:33 minutes of the game.
• PASSING: Stony Brook 7-20-1 for 45 yards. Air Force: 2-8-0 for 29 yards.
• RUSHING: Stony Brook: 30 carries for 30 yards. Air Force: 77 carries for 333 yards, 4 touchdowns.
• RB Donald Liotine gained 31 yards on 12 carries.  
• LB Noah McGinty had 14 tackles DL John Haggart has 11 tackles.
• DB EJ Fineran recorded two fumble recoveries.

 
QUOTING STONY BROOK
Head Coach Chuck Priore
"I'm certainly disappointed with the outcome. I think we were focused and ready to play, but we did not execute correctly. If you don't execute, specifically on offense, it is going to be a problem. We had some opportunities, but once we lost some confidence we did not really perform correctly."
 
NOTES

• DB EJ Fineran made the most of his first career start with a career-high seven tackles and a pair of fumble recoveries.
• LB Noah McGinty recorded a career-best afternoon with 14 tackles. His previous best was 13 against Maine and James Madison last season.
• DL John Haggart tied his career-best with 11 tackles. His other 11-tackle game was at Delaware in 2016.
• DL Sam Kamara also recorded a career-high in tackles on Saturday with seven. His previous high was five at USF last season.
• LBs Shayne Lawless and Noah McGinty extended their start streaks to 24 straight games. TE Cal Daniels extended his consecutive start streak to 16 games.
• Today's first-time players for Stony Brook were: RB Kameron Pickett, WR Marshall Ellick, TE Peter McKenzie, TE Tyrone Wheatley Jr., DB Kareem Gaulden, DB CeQuan Jefferson, OL Kyle Nunez, DL Casey Williams, WR JP Roane, K Jack Pruban and OL Cameron Lucas
• Today's first-time starters for Stony Brook were: RT Chris Infantino; WR Marshall Ellick, RG Jaelen Vazquez; CB TJ Morrison; S EJ Fineran; DT Brandon Lopez.
• 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 return to Long Island to host Bryant in the home opener next Saturday (Sept. 8) at 6 p.m. in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. Buy Season Tickets | Buy Single Game Tickets