The Hobart College Statesmen opened their 127th season with a dominating 35-3 win on Friday night at Alfred University. The Statesmen (1-0) rushing attack tallied 5 TDs and the defense picked off the Saxons (0-1) 4 times on the night.
SR OLB, co-captain and preseason All-American Emmett Forde set the tone with a TFL and an INT on the 1st and 3rd plays of the game. From there the Hobart OL and RBs took over, rushing for 237 yards on the night (net).
SO RBs Tim Denham, Jr. and Rayshawn Boswell had big nights with Denham rushing for a game high 15 carries, 115 yards and 2 TDs. Boswell had one less carry and added 74 rush yards and 2 TDs.
That said my favorite of the game was when SR RB Drew Walsh scored the 5th and final TD of the night. As a guy who wore #36 in 1992, I can tell you no other Hobart player has scored wearing this number since before my days in Geneva. I know my friend and Norwich, NY native Matt Smith '94 was equally proud of Drew.
The only real bad news from tonight's game was JR WR Shahkyle Matthews having to leave the game with an apparent knee injury. Hobart also missed a short FG, but the game was well in hand.
While the Statesmen didn't pass the ball a lot, JR QB David Krewson was an efficient 10-13 for 149 yards tonight. He did have one bad exchange with SR OL Lunder Mercy that led to a fumble but the turnover ultimately didn't hurt Hobart.
Players such as JR WR James Miele and Alex LaBella notched their first career receptions as did SO WR Chris Bartosic. He actually led the young WR corps with 3 catches, including a nifty one-handed catch in the game.
The Statesmen's Week 2 opponent, Morrisville State, will play tomorrow against #15/19 Union College at 1 PM ET. You can check out the game via this link.
This was about as good an opener as we could have hoped for, notwithstanding the Matthews injury, which hopefully isn't a major one.
I will have more on Mo' State early next week. Enjoy the win Statesmen fans. We waited a LONG time (650 days) for it!
Go 'Bart!
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