Massachusetts 26, Northeastern 22

 

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	18
Total Yards	390	313
Passing	187	165
Rushing	203	148
Penalties	9-75	8-74
3rd Down Conversions	7-14	4-12
4th Down Conversions	1-2	0-0
Turnovers	1	0
Possession	31:47	28:13

Individual Leaders

Massachusetts Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Day 17/31 187 2 1	Northeastern Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Brady 12/19 165 1 0
Massachusetts Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Baylark 29 181 1 49 Day 3 18 0 12 Demers 3 10 1 5	Northeastern Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Murray 23 104 1 14 West 13 40 0 11 Mitchell 1 3 0 3
Massachusetts Receiving   REC YDS TD LG London 5 61 1 29 Stewart 4 35 0 13 Peebler 3 35 1 23 Baylark 2 15 0 13	Northeastern Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Parks 4 81 1 31 Mitchell 4 54 0 28 French 2 7 0 4 Graham 1 17 0 17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MASS	NE
	TD	11:08	BRANDON LONDON 5 YD PASS FROM TIM DAY (MICHAEL TORRES KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 69 yards.	7	0
	FG	5:28	MIRO KESIC 21 YD FG Drive info: 11 plays, 46 yards.	7	3
	TD	2:44	CORY PARKS 30 YD PASS FROM SHAWN BRADY (MIRO KESIC KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 62 yards.	7	10
SECOND QUARTER				MASS	NE
	TD	10:45	MAURICE MURRAY 4 YD RUN (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 69 yards.	7	16
	FG	2:15	MIRO KESIC 23 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 1 yards.	7	19
	TD	0:34	JASON PEEBLER 23 YD PASS FROM TIM DAY (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 61 yards.	13	19
THIRD QUARTER				MASS	NE
	TD	6:16	RICH DEMERS 2 YD RUN (MATT GOLDSTEIN KICK) Drive info: 13 plays, 53 yards.	20	19
FOURTH QUARTER				MASS	NE
	FG	13:23	MIRO KESIC 21 YD FG Drive info: 16 plays, 78 yards.	20	22
	TD	10:07	STEVE BAYLARK 1 YD RUN (FAILED 2PT PASS) Drive info: 6 plays, 70 yards.	26	22

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) -- Tim Day threw two touchdown passes on Saturday to give Massachusetts a 26-22 win over Northeastern in the first meeting between the teams since Don Brown left the Huskies to coach the Minutemen.

Northeastern players felt betrayed and officials were angered by the move, claiming Brown was under contract and the Massachusetts athletic department had been denied permission to talk to him.

The issue ended up in court and UMass reimbursed Northeastern $150,000 and Brown was required to sit out the first three games of the season.

"This is a game between two great schools and let's keep it that way," Brown said. "Any emotions should be on the playing field among the players. I respect my players as well as the NU players I coached the past few years."

Day completed 17 of 31 passes for 187 yards, including a 5-yard scoring pass to Brandon London and a 23-yard touchdown strike to Jason Peebler.

The Minutemen (5-5, 3-4 Atlantic 10) trailed 22-20 early in the fourth quarter, but Steve Baylark scored the winning touchdown on a 1-yard run with 10:07 to play, capping a 70-yard drive. Baylark carried 29 times for 181 yards.

Northeastern (3-6, 2-4), which lost its fourth straight game, was led by Maurice Murray with 104 yards rushing and a touchdown. Miro Kesic kicked three field goals and linebacker Liam Ezekiel made seven tackles to bring his career total 481, an NCAA Division 1-AA record.