VILLANOVA, Pa. – Redshirt senior K Nick Courtney's (East Meadow, N.Y./WT Clark) 22-yard field goal as time expired lifted the Stony Brook football team to a 36-35 come-from-behind victory over fifth-ranked Villanova on Saturday afternoon at Villanova Stadium in a CAA Football game.
 
The Seawolves (5-3, 2-2 CAA Football) scored a touchdown with 1:32 remaining to cut the deficit to two points and then forced the Wildcats (6-2, 3-2 CAA Football) to punt the ball away with 0:21 on the clock. Stony Brook proceeded to march down the field with no time outs remaining to set up the field goal.
 
Redshirt junior QB Tyquell Fields (Yonkers, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) completed his 21^st pass of the game to redshirt senior WR Nick Anderson (Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood) 40-yards down the field to the Villanova five-yard line with seconds remaining to set up the kick.
 
Stony Brook trailed Villanova 28-10 at halftime and outscored the Wildcats 26-7 in the second half to pull off the program's second victory over a Top 5 team.
 
SCORING

• Stony Brook cracked the scoring column first when QB Tyquell Fields scrambled 15 yards into the left corner of the end zone with 10:15 left in the first quarter. The PAT by K Nick Courtney was good. The drive was five plays for 44 yards and too 2:03 off the clock. The drive started when DB EJ Fineran blocked a Villanova punt that was recovered at the 44-yard line.
• Villanova evened the score with a trick play that saw WR Jason Hayek complete a pass to QB Daniel Smith and Smith ran 68 yards to the end zone with 2:34 left in the first quarter. The PAT by K Drew Kresge was good. The drive was eight plays for 99 yards and took 3:39 off the clock.
• The Wildcats took the lead when RB TD Ayo-Durojaiye scored on a 24-yard run with 13:32 left in the second quarter. The PAT by K Drew Kresge was good. The drive was five plays for 77 yards and took 2:26 off the clock.
• K Nick Courtney tacked on a 28-yard field goal for the Seawolves with 10:41 remaining in the second quarter. The drive was eight plays for 67 yards and took 2:46 off the clock. A 36-yard pass from QB Tyquell Fields to WR Nick Anderson helped set up the scoring play.
• Villanova extended their lead with a touchdown pass from QB Daniel Smith to WR Jason Hayek from 21 yards out. The PAT by K Drew Kresge was good. The drive was three plays for 83 yards and took 1:16 off the clock.
• VU added another touchdown in the second quarter when RB TD Ayo-Durojaiye scored threw a 24-yard pass to WR Changa Hodges with 1:27 left in the half. The PAT by K Drew Kresge was good. The drive was 11 plays for 80 yards and took 5:54 off the clock.
• K Nick Courtney nailed a 25-yard field goal with 13:39 remaining in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 15 points. The drive was five plays for 16 yards and began when DB Randy Pringle recovered a Villanova fumble of the kickoff to start the second half.
• Stony Brook chipped seven more off of Villanova's lead when RB Ty Son Lawton scored on a 10-yard run up the middle with 9:48 left in the third quarter. The PAT by K Nick Courtney was good. The drive was five plays for 34 yards and took 2:20 off the clock. The drive started when DB Gregory Young II pulled down an interception in Wildcats territory.
• Villanova added to the lead with a two-yard rushing touchdown by RB DeeWil Barlee with 9:14 remaining in the fourth quarter. The PAT by K Drew Kresge was good. The drive was 12 plays for 80 yards and took 5:24 off the clock.
• The Seawolves found the end zone once again, this time QB Tyquell Fields hit WR Shawn Harris Jr. from 10 yards out with 4:45 left in the fourth quarter. The PAT by K Nick Courtney was good. The drive was 24 plays for 73 yards and took 4:24 off the clock. 
• QB Tyquell Fields punched it into the end zone from one yard out with 1:32 remaining in the fourth quarter to climb closer to Villanova. The two-point conversion failed. The drive was five plays for 75 yards and took 1:10 off the clock.
• K Nick Courtney nailed a 22-yard field goal at time expired to give Stony Brook the victory. The  drive was five plays for 59 yards and took 0:21 off the clock. WR Nick Anderson's 40-yard reception from QB Tyquell Fields set up the game-winner.

THE NUMBERS

• Stony Brook gained 478 yards of total offense on 76 plays. Villanova had 509 yards of total offense on 68 plays.
• The Seawolves had the ball for 27:41 minutes of the game.
• PASSING: Stony Brook: 21-40-1 for 320 yards, one touchdown. Villanova: 19-31-1 for 341 yards, three touchdowns.
• RUSHING: Stony Brook: 36 carries for 158 yards, three touchdowns. Villanova: 37 carries for 168 yards, two touchdowns.
• QB Tyquell Fields had 320 passing yards with one touchdown.
• WR Nick Anderson had eight catches for 137 yards.  
• RB Ty Son Lawton collected 121 rushing yards on 25 carries with one touchdown.
• DB Synceir Malone recorded 10 total tackles.

QUOTING THE SEAWOLVES
Head Coach Chuck Priore


K Nick Courtney


NOTES

• The victory improved Stony to 3-1 all-time against Villanova.
• The win over the fifth-ranked team in the county marked the second for Stony Brook over a Top 5 team. The Seawolves also defeated No. 2 Richmond in 2016.
• QB Tyquell Fields scampered for his third and fourth rushing touchdowns of the season and his career. One in the first quarter and other late in the fourth quarter at Villanova.
• DB EJ Fineran blocked a Villanova punt for Stony Brook's first block of the season and the first since Oct. 13, 2018 at New Hampshire.
• K Nick Courtney made a career-high three field goals on Saturday at Villanova that included the game-winner as time expired.
• RB Ty Son Lawton scored his seventh  rushing touchdown of the season and his career on Saturday night. 
• RB Ty Son Lawton collected his third straight 100-yard rushing game with 121 yards against Villanova
• DB Gregory Young II pulled down the first interception of his career in the third quarter on Saturday in Villanova.
• QB Tyquell Fields tossed his 10th touchdown pass of the season and his 12th of his career on Saturday night. The scoring pass went to WR Shawn Harris Jr. 
• QB Tyquell Fields recorded 21 completions and 320 passing yards on Saturday, both career highs.
• WR Shawn Harris Jr. pulled down the first receiving touchdown of his career with a fourth quarter catch.
• With Harris Jr.'s TD catch, seven Seawolves have now scored their first career touchdowns his season. 
• WR Nick Anderson pulled down over 100 yards receiving on Saturday to make his third 100-plus yard game of his career and this season. He also recorded a career-high eight receptions against Villanova.
• TE Thomas Dutton picked up his first career start on Saturday. He is the 15^th different Seawolves player to start for the first time this season.
• OL Mason Zimmerman extended his consecutive starts streak to 38 games, while DB Gavin Heslop extended his streak to 32 straight games. DB Augie Contressa extended his consecutive start streak to 19 games. DL Casey Williams extended his streak to 15, while OL Kyle Nunez and DL Brandon Lopez added to their streak to make it 13 straight starts now.
• Villanova won the toss and deferred to the second half.
• Captains for Saturday's game were RB Isaiah White, DB Gavin Heslop and DL Sam Kamara.

UP NEXT
Stony will travel to Virginia next Saturday to face Richmond at 3 p.m. in Robins Stadium. Don't miss your chance to catch the Seawolves in action when they return to LaValle Stadium on Nov. 9 to face Towson at 2 p.m. (GET YOUR TICKETS NOW).