STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University football team (1-1, 0-1 CAA) put together a dominant effort on all sides of the ball as it defeated Colgate (0-2, 0-0 Patriot), 24-3, on Saturday afternoon. The Seawolves were paced by an offensive attack that controlled the ground game with 287 rushing yards.
Redshirt junior running back
Ty Son Lawton rushed for a career-high tying 134 yards and a touchdown. Lawton eclipsed the 1,000 career rushing yard mark in the win. Redshirt senior running back
Seba Nekhet ran for 96 yards of his own on 15 carriers.
On the defensive end, the Seawolves limited the Raiders to 240 yards and a first quarter field goal. The Stony Brook defense caused havoc all day long by generating stifling pressure at the line of scrimmage, which resulted in three sacks and a pair of interceptions.
After going down, 3-0, after the first quarter, the Seawolves locked in and outscored the Raiders, 24-0, over the final three quarters of the game. The momentum shifted in Stony Brook's favor at the 13:45 mark in the second quarter. Graduate quarterback
Tyquell Fields faked a handoff out of the shotgun and threw a perfect ball to redshirt sophomore
Shawn Harris Jr., who hauled the pass in and went for a 64-yard touchdown.
From that moment forward, Stony Brook controlled the pace of play as well as the momentum of the contest. The Seawolves added to their lead as the final seconds ticked off in the first half. Redshirt sophomore kicker
Mike Boyle converted a 26-yard field goal, which put Stony Brook up 10-3 going into the halftime break.
Stony Brook picked up where it left off as the second half got underway. With 10:47 to go in the third quarter, graduate
Dajon Owens stepped in front of a pass and recorded an interception. Owens' interception led to a Seawolves' 14-play, 81-yard drive that was capped off with a one-yard touchdown run by Fields with 2:13 to go in the third quarter.
Stony Brook closed out the game in the fourth quarter by going up three touchdowns with 14:33 to go. Lawton found the end zone for the second time this season with a 10-yard run to put the Seawolves up, 24-3. The redshirt junior carried two defenders on his back and broke the goal line for Stony Brook's third touchdown of the afternoon.
STATS AND NOTES
- Lawton carried the ball 16 times and rushed for a career-high tying 134 yards and a touchdown in the win. The running back has found the end zone in each of the first two games this season and has 12 rushing touchdowns in his career. He went over 1,000 rushing yards for his career in the win.
- Nekhet ran for 96 yards on 15 carries as he and Lawton provided the Seawolves with a dominant one-two punch at the running back position. The 96 rushing yards were the most that he recorded in a game since he ran for 97 yards against Maine on March 20, 2021.
- Fields went 7-11 and threw for 140 yards and one touchdown. Fields found Harris Jr. with a perfect pass for a 64-yard touchdown in the second quarter. The graduate also ran for 26 yards and a touchdown.
- Harris Jr. caught his first touchdown pass of the season and first since October 26, 2019, at Villanova. The 64-yard reception marked his career long.
- Redshirt senior Reidgee Dimanche and graduate defensive lineman Brandon Lopez each finished with a team-high tying seven tackles. Lopez recorded 2.5 tackles for loss and half a sack.
- Graduate defensive back Carthell Flowers tallied five tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks on the day.
- Redshirt senior defensive lineman Casey Williams had four tackles and a sack, while redshirt junior defensive lineman Makye Smith totaled five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and half a sack.
- Owens and redshirt sophomore Jordan Jackson each finished the game with four tackles and an interception apiece.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"From the beginning of the game we did not allow them to get comfortable in the pocket and applied pressure, which directly caused two turnovers, and a number of sacks. It's obviously important to generate pressure," said head coach
Chuck Priore as he discussed the play of the defense.
"We needed to establish the run to control the clock and keep the ball away from their offense. I thought we did that successfully throughout the game, we had some penalties on some large gains in the run game that would have added to the statistics that we had, but overall, I thought we physically handled the line of scrimmage," said coach Priore as he shared his thoughts on the rushing attack.
"It means a lot to me. I give all the credit to the offensive line because if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have been able to accomplish this, so I really appreciate them. I am thankful for my coaches for trusting me and allowing me to make plays for the team," said Lawton as he discussed recording over 1,000 career rushing yards.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves return to the field on Saturday, September 18, when they travel cross country to play Oregon at 7:30 p.m. (ET) on Pac 12 Network. The game marks the first-ever meeting between the schools and it will be the Seawolves' 12
th time in program history that they take on an FBS opponent. Stony Brook fell to Utah State in its last contest against an FBS opponent on September 7, 2019.
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