Ethan Biscaro
42
Winner Rensselaer RPI 4-2 , 2-0
14
Buffalo St. BSC 0-5 , 0-2
Winner
Rensselaer RPI
4-2 , 2-0
42
Final
14
Buffalo St. BSC
0-5 , 0-2
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
RPI Rensselaer 14 0 14 14 42
BSC Buffalo St. 0 7 0 7 14

Game Recap: Football | | Athletic Communications Intern Jason Guth

Football Falls to RPI 42-14

BUFFALO, NY – The visiting Engineers built an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter, while the Bengals were able to narrow the gap to 14-7 with a second quarter pick-six, but were never able to get closer as the Engineers won 42-14.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: RPI – 42, Buffalo State – 14

LOCATION: Coyer Field – Buffalo, NY

RECORDS: RPI (4-2, 2-0 Liberty League), Buffalo State (0-5, 0-2 Liberty League)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

· Darion Jones (Buffalo, NY/Hutch Tech) led the Bengals' receiving unit, hauling in four passes for 75 yards and his first career touchdown.

· Ethan Biscaro (Batavia, NY/Batavia) had his first two interceptions of the season, including one returned for the first touchdown of his career to lead the Bengal defense.

· Cam Sionko (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) completed 9 of 17 passes for 131 yards and a score.

HOW IT HAPPENED

· The Bengals punted on each of their first two possessions, while RPI was unable to get anything going on its first drive.

· RPI's second drive was 8 plays and 55 yards and ended with a Dylan Burnett 16-yard rushing touchdown.

· The next Bengal drive resulted in a pick-six for RPI's Carlos Davis, a 30-yard score to give the Engineers a 14-0 lead before the end of the first quarter.

· Neither team found much success in the second quarter until Buffalo State's Biscaro returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown with just under three minutes remaining in the first half. The Bengals trailed 14-7 at halftime.

· RPI added two more touchdowns in the third quarter to push its lead to 28-7, including a 6-yard touchdown reception for Shane Allison after the Bengals turned the ball over on downs.

· Dameon Ming added a 3-yard dash to the endzone midway through the fourth to increase the Engineers' lead to 35-7.

· The Bengals responded with a 5-play, 58-yard drive, capped off by a 38-yard touchdown grab for Jones from Sionko.

· RPI's Joshua Ahrens ended the scoring with an 8-yard rushing touchdown with just over one minute remaining in the game.


FOR THE FOES

· Burnett rushed for 188 yards and two scores.

· Gil Goldsmith reeled in 8 passes for 70 yards.


UP NEXT

The Bengals hit the road for a matchup with the University of Rochester next Saturday (Oct. 15) at noon.

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