December 7, 2013 • vs. Memphis UConn Individual Leaders
Game #1 • August 29, 2013
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Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Conn. Towson (1-0) 7 6 6 14 - 33 UConn (0-1) 7 3 0 8 - 18 First Quarter WR 85 Davis DE 56 Pruitt UC - Phillips 31 yd pass from Whitmer (Christen kick) 4:55 (9-92, 4:01) TE 96 Parker DT 59 Stephen TU - Phifer 23 yd pass from Athens (Soven kick) 2:51 (4-66, 2:04) LT 72 Bennett DT 90 Campenni Second Quarter LG 69 Greene DE 51 Willman TU - Phifer 5 yd run (PAT failed) 7:04 (2-29, 0:36) C 73 Mateas LB 52 Donohue UC - Christen 22 yd field goal 1:48 (11-71, 7:35) RG 65 Cruz LB 33 Smallwood Third Quarter TU - Athens 1 yd run (PAT Failed) 5:09 (13-95, 7:35) RT 75 Hemingway LB 2 Stewart Fourth Quarter QB 10 Whitmer CB 16 Jones TU - West 6 yd run (Evangelista kick) 5:14 (10-68, 6:02) TB 43 McCombs S 15 Brown UC - Phillips 21 yd pass from Whitmer (Parker pass from Whitmer) 3:29 (7-68, 1:45) WR 4 Foxx S 20 Melifonwu TU - West 5 yd run (Evangelista kick) 0:16 (6-30, 2:40)
UConn Starters
Offense Defense
WR 8 Phillips
CB 29 Mack
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Towson running back Terrance West ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns and the Tigers defeated the University of Connecticut football team by a 33-18 score before a crowd of 30,689 at Total Participants (46): 32 Ashiru, 1 Rentschler Field on Thursday night. It was Towson’s first win against an Bradley, 13 Christen, 44 DeLorenzo, 28 opponent from the bowl subdivision. Floyd, 47 Frank, 78 Gifford, 7 Green, 25 Towson put up 393 yards of total offense while holding UConn to just 287. Hyppolite, 91 Joseph, 23 Lee, 84 Lemelle, Quarterback Peter Athens threw for 192 yards and another score and running back Sterlin Phifer caught a 23-yard touchdown and ran for another. 19 Marder, 49 McQuillan, 67 Mueller, 92 West carried the ball a career-high 36 times, and broke the 100-yard mark Myers, 76 Rugg, 60 Samra, 41 Steg, 3 Ste- for the 12th time in his career. The junior’s two fourth-quarter scores put the game away. venson, 36 Vann, 86 Wagner, 36 Walsh, UConn junior wide receiver Shakim Phillips (Paterson, N.J.) had two touch6 Williams down catches for Connecticut and redshirt junior wide receiver Geremy Davis (Lawrenceville, Ga.) caught five balls for 100 yards in the losing effort. Team Statistics The Tigers were up 13-10 at halftime and trailed just once, at 7-0. The TOWSON UCONN Huskies were held scoreless in the second half of this one until junior FIRST DOWNS 17 15 Rushing 9 3 quarterback Chandler Whitmer (Newnana, Ga.) hit Phillips with a 21-yard Passing 7 9 touchdown pass with 3:29 left in the game that cut the deficit to 26-18. Penalty 1 3 NET YARDS RUSHING 201 81 But on UConn’s next opportunity, freshman Brian Lemelle (Harrisburg, Pa.) Rushing Attempts 50 27 fumbled a punt. West, who now has 46 career touchdowns, then put the Average Per Rush 4.0 3.0 Rushing Touchdowns 4 0 finishing touches on the upset, scoring from 5 yards out with 16 seconds Yards Gained Rushing 213 109 left in the game. Yards Lost Rushing 12 28 NET YARDS PASSING 192 206 Connecticut took an early lead after a 92-yard drive that was set up with a Completions-Att.-Int 13-20-1 16-28-1 diving interception by redshirt freshman safety Obi Melifonwu (South GrafAvg. Per Attempt 9.6 7.4 ton, Mass.). The redshirt freshman was pressed into a starting role when Avg. Per Completion 14.8 12.9 Passing Touchdowns 1 2 Andrew Adams (Fayetteville, Ga.) went down in camp with a shoulder TOTAL OFF. YARDS 393 287 injury. Nine plays after the pick, Whitmer found Phillips breaking toward the Total offense plays 70 55 Average Gain Per Play 5.6 5.2 left corner for a 31-yard catch-and-run. Fumbles: Total-Lost 1-0 2-1 Towson answered in just four plays. Phifer swung out of the backfield on Penalties: Total-Yards 7-70 5-32 PUNTS-YARDS 6-195 6-237 a delay pattern and Athens found him wide open for a 23-yard touchdown. Avg. Yards Per Punt 32.5 39.5 Phifer scored again in the second quarter on a five-yard run. That came Net Yards Per Punt 32.2 39.5 Inside 20 1 1 two plays after Jon Desir tipped and intercepted a Whitmer pass at the 50+ Yards 0 1 UConn 29-yard line, a ball that ended up between Desir’s legs. Touchbacks 0 0 Fair catch 1 5 Towson controlled the second half. Athens took the Tigers on a 13-play KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-348 4-246 95-yard drive in the third quarter, finishing it himself. His dive from a yard Avg. Yds Per Kickoff 58.0 61.5 gave the Tigers a 19-10 lead. Leon Kinnard, a transfer from UConn, made Net Yds Per Kickoff 39.7 39.2 Touchbacks 0 1 the big play of the drive, catching a 39-yard pass that set Towson up at the Punt returns: #-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-2-0 UConn 25-yard line. Average Per Return 0.0 1.0 Kickoff returns: #-Yds-TD 3-64-0 6-110-0 Connecticut drove into Towson territory, but fumbled on fourth-and-1 at the Average Per Return 21.3 18.3 33-yard line, giving Towson the ball back. Interceptions: #-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-0-0 Fumble Returns: #-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 The Tigers then drove 62 yards in 10 plays, with West going in from 6 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 yards out. The junior, who carried the ball a career-high 36 times, ran 1,051 Possession Time 36:23 23:37 1st Quarter 7:49 7:11 yards as a sophomore, after rushing for almost 1,300 yards and scoring 29 2nd Quarter 7:26 7:34 touchdowns as a freshman. 3rd Quarter 10:50 4:10 4th Quarter 10:18 4:42 UConn’s Whitmer completed 15 of 27 passes for 199 yards and the two Third-Down Conv. 7 of 16 4 of 13 touchdowns. Husky junior running back Lyle McCombs (Staten Island, Fourth-Down Conv. 2 of 3 1 of 2 N.Y.) had 76 yards rushing on 17 carries. RZ Scores-Chances 4-4 1-1 Touchdowns 4-4 0-1 UConn fell to 9-3 in season openers since making the jump to the FBS in Field goals 0-4 1-1 2002, including 9-2 at Rentschler Field. Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-23 0-0 PAT Kicks Field Goals
3-5 0-0
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg McCombs 17 80 4 76 0 22 Foxx 1 12 0 12 0 12 Whitmer 10 20 24 -4 0 7 Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Whitmer 16-28-1 206 2 31 Receiving Davis Phillips McCombs DeLorenzo Punting Wagner
No Yds TD Lg 5 100 0 24 5 77 2 31 5 18 0 8 1 11 0 11
No Yds Avg Lg In20 6 237 39.5 54 1
Field Goal Attempts Christen 1 1:48 22 yds Good Defense UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int Smallwood 2-14-16 Melifonwu 5-6-11 1.5 1 Mack 4-6-10 Donohue 1-9-10
Towson Individual Leaders Rushing West Phifer Athens
No Gain Loss Net TD Lg 36 161 5 156 2 23 8 42 3 39 1 24 3 7 0 7 1 4
Passing Com-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Athens 13-20-1 192 1 45 Receiving Wilkins Kinnard Dowling Phifer
No Yds TD Lg 5 55 0 17 4 61 0 39 1 45 0 45 1 23 1 23
Punting No Yds Avg Lg In20 Evangelista 4 150 37.5 41 0 Ryder 2 45 22.5 32 1 Field Goal Attempts None Defense Clark Barr Cheripko Gaddis
UT-AT-TT TFL Sk Int 7-6-13 1.0 1.0 2-6-8 1.5 0.5 4-2-6 1.0 1.0 2-3-5 0.5 0.5
1-1 1-1
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