A more perfect upset The East Region map was rearranged by a slew of upsets, but none bigger than what the Union Dutchmen pulled off in their season opener on Saturday afternoon. Chris Coney ran for 155 yards, including a touchdown with 17 seconds left to help lift Union over No. 8 Ithaca 24-21. Photo gallery. The Bombers had rallied with two fourth-quarter touchdowns before the Dutchmen got the last laugh. Week 2 scores.
Dickinson thoroughly handled No. 17 Hobart in the Statesmen's opener, improving to 2-0 with a 26-3 win behind Gregory Lord's 117 yards on 14 carries. Wilkes walloped No. 18 Montclair State 37-10 by forcing five turnovers. No. 25 Central (2-0) finished a touchdown drive with 1:05 left to knock off No. 7 UW-Stevens Point in the Pointers' opener, winning 22-21. Highlights below: No. 11 St. John's blocked a game-tying extra-point attempt with 1:39 left, then scored an easy TD with 54.5 seconds left but still had to hold on to knock off UW-Eau Claire 35-27. Photo gallery. The Blugolds missed on two shots from the 9-yard line in the closing seconds. No. 5 Wheaton (Ill.) escaped Bethel with a 29-26 victory, scoring on the last play of the game. Photo gallery. Division I non-scholarship Butler had little trouble with Franklin, beating the Grizzlies 49-19. Freshman Chris Haupt threw a 4-yard touchdown to Justin Horning with 1:41 left, but Widener needed every last second and inch to hold on, stuffing two Curry runs from the 1-yard line, the last as time ran out in a 22-17 road victory. RPI opened its new stadium in style with an easy 28-0 win against Endicott. Hampden-Sydney and Gettysburg didn't disappoint in a predicted shootout as the Tigers edged the Bullets 46-43 in overtime, but Carthage beat Hope 26-19 after the two combined for 116 points in last season's meeting. Tommy Secky hit Ryan Thon with 27 seconds left in the game to lift Alfred past FDU-Florham 33-28. Trinity (Texas) needed a last-second field goal to beat Texas Lutheran 22-21. Hartwick scored twice in the final two and a half-minutes to rally and beat Salve Regina 28-27. And for the second week in a row Lebanon Valley nearly coughed up a big lead, but held on to beat Ursinus 27-20. Austin College rolled up 528 yards of total offense and emerged on top after a wild fourth quarter, beating McMurry 30-27. Chicago topped Kenyon 37-36 in double overtime after blowing an 18-point third quarter lead. Freshman Brian Widing completed five of nine passes for 164 yards, including an 86-yard scoring strike to Scott Schoettgen as Willamette held off California Lutheran 20-13. | |||
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