Box Score NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The Apprentice School football team
made a fourth quarter rally, but a late touchdown put any hopes
away as Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham knocked off the Builders 28-14
on Homecoming at Apprentice Field.
The visiting Devils scored first after taking advantage of a
short field. After gaining possession on the Builder 39, they
marched in six plays to score the first touchdown as Bayshawn Wells
scored on a three-yard run. Travis Mullen's extra-point put the
visitors ahead 7-0 with 1:35 left in the first quarter.
Apprentice School's defense put the first points on the board
for the hosts on Saturday as sophomore Marlon Lane
stepped in front of a Matt Jeffers pass and ran 75 yards for a
touchdown with 9:01 left in the half. Nick Foor hit
the extra-point attempt to tie the game 7-all.
The Builders then pinned the Devils on their 29 with 71 seconds
left in the half. Jeffers engineered a 71-yard scoring drive
connecting with Joe Tauriello for a 20-yard scoring pass with 24
seconds left to put the visitors ahead 14-7 heading into
halftime.
In the third quarter, the Devils took advantage of a short field
again to score on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Jeffers to Andrew
Scamporino with 6:36 left. The scoring drive took 94 seconds
in five plays as the extra-point attempt hit the upright for a 20-7
FDU lead.
Apprentice School cut the lead to 20-14 as freshman Trey
Tillman threw his first collegiate touchdown pass hitting
senior Bryan Cain on
a 55-yard scoring strike with 4:27 remaining. Tillman, who
came in relief of starter Bryan
Shahlamian, was 6-of-12 for 84 yards passing.
The defense of the Devils provided the final margin as Joe
Pivinski caught a deflected pass of Tillman in the end zone for a
touchdown with 2:01 left. Ryan Cushman converted the
two-point attempt for the 28-14 lead and eventual win.
Sophomore Aaron
Finley spearheaded a Builder defense as he recorded nine
tackles and had a fumble recovery. Senior Ramone
Jones added eight tackles, one tackle for loss and a pass
breakup. Freshmen Brock
Bullock, Kyell
Collins and sophomore Johnathan
Jones had seven tackles apiece. Collins had four tackles
for loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble.
Apprentice School now starts Atlantic Central Football
Conference action on October 2 when they host Salisbury University
in a 1:30 pm kickoff at Apprentice Field.
FDU-FLORHAM 28, APPRENTICE SCHOOL 14
FDU-Florham
7
7
6
8--
28
Apprentice
0
7
0
7--
14
First Quarter
FDU-Wells 3 run (Mullen kick), 1:35
Second Quarter
APP-Lane 75 interception return (Foor kick),
9:01
FDU-Tauriello 20 pass from Jeffers (Mullen kick),
:24
Third Quarter
FDU-Scamporino 14 pass from Jeffers (kick failed),
6:36
Fourth Quarter
APP-Cain 55 pass from Tillman (Foor kick), 4:27
FDU-Pivinski 0 interception return (Cushman run),
2:01
Att: 703
FDU
APP
First
Downs
22
6
Rushes-Yds 48-189
24-(-4)
Passing
Yds 201
122
Att-Cmp-Int
34-17-1
23-10-2
Return
Yds 71
204
Punts-Avg 4-37.2
9-25.3
Fumbles-Lost
2-1
3-0
Penalties-Yds
4-45
5-35
Time of
Possession
36:00
24:00
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: FDU, Griffin 18-61; Jeffers 8-50; Cushman 5-35;
Wells 8-26; Norton 7-23; Team 2-(-6). Apprentice, Fedd 9-13;
Roundtree 8-10; Tillman 2-(-13); Shahlamian 5-(-14).
PASSING: FDU, Jeffers 17-34-1-201; Apprentice, Tillman
6-12-1-84; Shahlamian 4-11-1-38.
RECEIVING: FDU, Scamporino 5-59; Grey 4-49; Van Orden
3-16; Reed 2-41; Tauriello 1-20; Fruncillo 1-17; Griffin 1-(-1);
Apprentice, Cain 5-90; Johnson 2-23; Little 2-7; Roundtree
1-2.
