STONY BROOK, N.Y. –
Elijah Elliott ran in for three touchdowns and tallied 122 yards of total offense in the Bryant University football team's 35-28 road loss against Stony Brook in the final game of the regular season.
Grant Robinson ran in for a score, while
Tristen Riley led the Bulldogs with a career-high 79 yards receiving.
Michael Otty had his fifth game of two-plus tackles for loss, while
Drake Lusk recorded his first career sack.
Lonnie Rice led the team with 10 tackles, his fourth game this year with 10+ tackles.
Game Information
Stony Brook 35, Bryant 28
Records: Bryant (3-9, 1-7), Stony Brook (6-6, 4-4)
Location: LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook, N.Y.)
Key Moment
- Stony Brook scored a touchdown and was successful on the two-point conversion with under a minute left, regaining the lead from the Bulldogs (35-28).
How it Happened
- The Bulldogs threw an interception and then stopped Stony Brook and began the next drive on their own three-yard line. Bryant would then produce an 11-play 97-yard drive that saw Ridge Docekal hit Tristen Riley on a 48-yard deep ball up the middle. The drive was capped off by a one-yard Elijah Elliott touchdown (7-0).
- Stony Brook would counter with a ten-play drive that started on the Bulldogs' side of the field due to a kickoff return. The Sea Wolves would tie the game at seven with 15 seconds left in the first quarter on a three-yard quarterback scramble.
- Stony Brook would take the lead at the beginning of the second quarter, due to an eleven-play drive that was capped off by a one-yard rushing TD (14-7).
- On the ensuing kickoff, the Black and Gold would fumble, and Stony Brook recovered on the Bryant 31-yard line. On the third play of the drive the Seawolves would score on 23-yard passing TD (21-7).
- The Bulldogs would counter with a nine-play drive, which saw a 15-yard completion to Riley and a one-yard rushing TD for Grant Robinson (21-14).
- Bryant would score again with a fast three-play drive, where Docekal hit Zyheem Collick for 39 yards on the right sideline, setting up Elliott for a three-yard rushing TD, his second of the half (21-21).
- The Seawolves began the second half with the ball, and produced a 12-play drive that was stopped by the Bulldogs' defense in the red zone, resulting in a 22-yard field goal (24-21).
- Stony Brook would kick another FG, increasing the deficit to six with under eleven left in the game (27-21).
- The Bulldogs would counter with a seven-minute, 72-yard drive that was highlighted by a dazzling catch by Aldrich Doe for 34 yards and then Elliott's third TD of the day to give Bryant a one-point lead with four minutes left (28-27).
- The Seawolves then recorded a 12-play drive that resulted in a six-yard passing TD to the tight-end with 55 seconds left. Stony Brook would convert the two-point conversion, making it a seven-point game with under a minute left (38-25).
- The Bulldogs threw an interception on the final drive, ending the game.
Stats
- Elliott ran for three touchdowns and 80 yards. He also had 44 yards receiving for a total of 124 yards of total offense.
- Riley led the Bulldogs with 79 yards receiving.
- Collick and Doe each eclipsed 40+ yards receiving.
- Lonnie Rice recorded ten tackles and a half a sack.
- Drake Lusk posted one sack and seven tackles.
- Dorian Helm tallied seven tackles and a tackle for loss.
- Azarel Juste and Olatunde Mkparu recorded nine tackles each.
- Michael Otty finished with four tackles and two tackles for loss.
- Robinson tallied his second rushing touchdown of the year.
- Nathan LaPlante had one and a half tackles for loss.
- Docekal threw for 218 yards.
- The Bulldogs totaled 344 yards of offense.
Game Notes
- Elliott recorded his first game of three rushing touchdowns and his second this season of three total touchdowns.
- He finishes the season with five games of 100+ yards of total offense.
- Elliott ends the year with 14 total touchdowns, which ties Ricardo McCray for fourth most in DI program history. His mark of 12 rushing touchdowns is the third most in the DI era. Only Jordan Brown (19 and 15) has more rushing touchdowns in a season.
- Otty ends the year with 17 tackles for loss, which is tied for sixth in DI program history with Thomas Costigan and Jeff Covitz for a season. He finishes his career with 38.5, which places him fifth in DI program history in a career.
- Collick registered his seventh game with a reception of 35+ yards and ended the season with a reception of 35+ yards in four consecutive games.
- Collick ends the year with a team-leading 670 yards, a career-high.
- Rice tallied his fourth 10+ tackle game of the season and ended the year with a team-high 92 tackles, also a career-high.
- Riley recorded a career-high 79 yards receiving. He concludes the year with a career-high 483 yards and 56 receptions.
- Riley posted seven games of 40+ yards this season.
- Lusk posted his first career sack.
- The Bulldogs end the year going 3-2 in one-possession games.
- The Black and Gold had eight games this year, tallying 300+ yards of total offense.