The 2024 Hobart College Statesmen season came to an end Saturday, in a NCAA Playoff Round 2 shootout against the Landmark Conference Champions and #6 ranked Susquehanna River Hawks. Hobart (9-2, 6-0) matches the 2016 season with a Liberty League Championship (first outright title since 2014), nine-win regular season and playoff berth.
Susquehanna (10-1, 6-0) jumped out to a quick lead, scoring on four first half possessions, and held what could have seemed like an unsurmountable 28-7 halftime advantage. Credit the Statesmen however, who scored four of their own second half TDs and held the River Hawks to 14 points after the break.
The Hobart offense actually outgained Susquehanna by a 438-379-yard margin, but ultimately River Hawk JR QB Josh Ehrlich looked much the part of a D1-transfer, passing for three and running for two TDs in the game.
SO RB E.J. Taylor and the Statesmen OL would keep Hobart in the game, rushing for 217 total yards. Taylor had TD runs of 74, 82 and 1-yards in the game. He ended the day with 12 carries for 194 yards, one of the best postseason performances in Statesmen football history.
You can read the HWSAthletics.com recap of the game here. The Finger Lakes Times wrote a recap you can also review here.
I'll be back later this week or next with a season retrospective, but after a busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend, need to attend to a few other things first. Hard to believe this is the end of year 15 of the blog, but I feel like I've got a few more left in me, for now.
Thanks as always for reading - hard to believe the view counter is north of 460K. Maybe we'll get to 500,000 before the fall of 2025. Time will tell.
As always, go 'Bart!
