Omar Robinson
9
Buffalo St. BUFF 0-2
58
Winner Cortland CORTLAND 3-0
Buffalo St. BUFF
0-2
9
Final
58
Cortland CORTLAND
3-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
BUFF Buffalo St. 0 0 6 3 9
CORTLAND Cortland 20 24 7 7 58

Game Recap: Football |

Football returns to action with loss at Cortland

CORTLAND, N.Y.— Cortland jumped out to a big lead in the first half, as the Buffalo State football team returned to action with a 58-9 loss to the Red Dragons, in non-league action Saturday afternoon from the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Cortland 58, Buffalo State – 9
LOCATION:  SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex (Stadium Red) – Cortland, N.Y.
RECORDS:  Cortland (3-0), Buffalo State (0-2)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
  • Senior running back Omar Robinson (Arverne, N.Y./Abraham Lincoln) scored the lone touchdown on the afternoon for the Bengals, finishing with 69 yards on 19 carries.
  • Junior quarterback Cam Sionko (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) threw for 122 yards on 17 of 30 attempts.
  • Junior wide receiver Cam Crosier (Kenmore, N.Y./Kenmore West) led the way with six catches for 48 yards.
  • Sophomore defensive back Ethan Biscaro (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia) led the defense with nine tackles.
  • Freshman linebacker Mike Glinski (Buffalo, N.Y./West Seneca West) added six tackles, three for loss, adding a sack and a forced fumble.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Cortland jumped out to a 21-0 lead, scoring on each of its first drives in the first quarter, punctuated by rushing touchdowns by Brees Segala and Ashton Capone, and a 38-yard touchdown pass to Jake Quosig.
  • Buffalo State snapped the streak on Cortland's fourth drive, as Glinski came up with a sack on 2nd-and-4, leading to a Cortland punt.
  • On the third play of the ensuring drive, Sionko's third-down pass was intercepted by Stone Murray, who returned it 61 yards for a Cortland touchdown.
  • Cortland made a heady special teams play later in the second, blocking a Thomas Dupee (Brownville, N.Y./General Brown) punt. The punt was recovered by Carl Greene, who brought it back for a Cortland touchdown to take a 37-0 lead.
  • Cortland finished the quarter with Segala's second passing touchdown, finding Trevor Ash for 16 yards.
  • Cortland scored first midway through the third quarter, as Segala found JJ Lapp for a 26-yard touchdown pass.
  • Buffalo State got on the board on the ensuing drive, a 7-play, 75-yard drive capped off by a 15-yard touchdown run by Robinson on 3rd-and-1.
  • Buffalo's defense made a big play on Cortland's ensuring drive, as Glinski forced a Zac Boyes fumble, as Seth Penn (Angola, N.Y./Lake Shore) recovered.
  • Buffalo scored again, this time with a 29-yard field goal by Nick Sciandra (North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda), capping off a 13-play, 40-yard drive.
  • Dom Gombetto finished the scoring for Cortland with a one-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.
FOR THE FOES
  • Segala completed 15 of 21 passes for 233 yards and three touchdowns. Boyes completed 4 of 5 passes for 98 yards in relief.
  • Capone tallied 45 yards on nine carries, scoring once on the ground. Segala and Gombetto also scored rushing touchdowns.
  • Lapp caught five passes for 102 yards and a touchdown.
  • Zack Thuesen led the Red Dragon defense with seven tackles.
  • Murray added four tackles to go along with the aforementioned pick-6.
  • Cortland out-gained Buffalo State by a 456-218 margin.
 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will finish the two-game road trip with a visit to Morrisville State, this Saturday in a 2 p.m. start.
 
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