Villanova 56, Northeastern 7

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	16	29
Total Yards	241	552
Passing	144	142
Rushing	97	410
Penalties	7-74	4-35
3rd Down Conversions	5-15	9-13
4th Down Conversions	1-1	1-1
Turnovers	3	1
Possession	28:13	31:47

Air/Ground Leaders
Northeastern Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dulski 16/31 138 1 3 Carroll 1/1 6 0 0	Villanova Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Whitney 7/11 84 1 0 Young 4/6 58 1 0
Northeastern Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Griffin 11 32 0 15 Torres 9 25 0 7	Villanova Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ball 7 109 1 36 Whitney 10 98 1 45
Northeastern Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Batts 7 92 1 48 Conway 4 24 0 11	Villanova Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Harvey 7 102 0 27 White 1 19 0 19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NE	VILL
	TD	14:08	Aaron Ball 31 Yd Run (Nick Yako Kick)	0	7
	TD	08:22	Angelo Babbaro 1 Yd Run (Nick Yako Kick)	0	14
	TD	01:40	Tony Canci 1 Yd Pass From Antwon Young (Nick Yako Kick)	0	21
SECOND QUARTER				NE	VILL
	TD	01:26	Tony Canci 14 Yd Pass From Chris Whitney (Nick Yako Kick)	0	28
THIRD QUARTER				NE	VILL
	TD	13:26	Jordan Batts 48 Yd Pass From Alex Dulski (Mat Johnson Kick)	7	28
	TD	12:54	Chris Whitney 45 Yd Run (Nick Yako Kick)	7	35
	TD	00:33	Antwon Young 1 Yd Run (Nick Yako Kick)	7	42
FOURTH QUARTER				NE	VILL
	TD	09:55	Lawrence Doss 5 Yd Run (Nick Yako Kick)	7	49
	TD	04:18	Lawrence Doss 14 Yd Run (Nick Yako Kick)	7	56

VILLANOVA, Pa. -- Aaron Ball scored the first of Villanova's four touchdowns to open the game and the Wildcats defeated Northeastern 56-7.

Ball had 109 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries to lead a rushing attack that totaled 410 yards.

The Wildcats rushed for six touchdowns, including two by Lawrence Doss. Doss rounded out the Wildcats' scoring on a 5-yard run with 9:55 remaining and a 14-yard run with 4:18 left.

Chris Whitney added 98 yards on 10 carries for Villanova (4-0) in the conference opener for both teams.

Whitney also was 7-for-11 with 84 yards and a passing and rushing touchdown as Villanova moved to 7-1 all-time against Northeastern (0-4).

Alex Dulski was 16-for-31 with 138 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions for the Huskies.