Box Score Nov. 20, 2010
Box Score
Sean Patterson threw for two touchdowns, ran for one and caught a fourth and Larry McCoy rushed for 160 yards in leading Duquesne to a 37-29 season-ending win at Bryant.
The victory clinched third place in the Northeast Conference for the Dukes (7-4, 5-3), who were picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll of league coaches. Bryant, which saw its home win streak snapped at seven, finished 7-4 overall and 4-4 in the NEC.
Senior Dave Williams added four catches for 112 yards for the Dukes.
Bryant's Mike Croce threw for 314 yards in a losing effort.
Duquesne trailed 8-3 late in the first quarter before Patterson faked a handoff and raced 56 yards for a score to put the Dukes up two. Dionte Wade forced a fumble that was recovered by Chris Oliver on the ensuing kickoff, setting up a 27-yard Patterson-to-Sean Bunevich touchdown pass that gave Duquesne two scores in 16 seconds and a 17-8 lead.
Bryant's Mike Canfora scored on a one-yard run to cut the lead to two before Eric Duale, who opened the scoring with a 39-yard field goal, kicked a 33-yarder to put the Dukes up 20-15 at the half.
Patterson hit Williams with a 48-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter to put the Dukes up 13. Patterson then caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from halfback Bill Bair nine seconds into the fourth quarter to make the score 34-15.
Canfora added a four-yard run before Duale tied the school record for field goals in a game for the third time this season with a 20-yarder with 6:51 to go.
Croce hit Matt Tracey with a 21-yard TD pass with 1:43 remaining, but Duquesne recovered the ensuing on side kick and ran out the clock to preserve the win.
With his 160 yards rushing, McCoy finished the year with 1,291 yards, good for the sixth-highest single-season total by a Duquesne back at the FCS level.
Duale finished the year with a school record 14 field goals.
Patterson finished with 258 yards of total offense (197 passing and 61 rushing) to go along with his 26-yard touchdown catch.
Bryant, which ran 25 more plays than Duquesne, only outgained the Dukes by 24 yards (469-445). Defensive backs Garrett Heron and Devin Duggan led the Dukes with nine tackles each. Alex Inda, Zach Richert and Ashton Burno all recorded sacks.
Scoring by Quarters
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| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL
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| DUQUESNE | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 37
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| BRYANT | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 29
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SCORING SUMMARY1st 5:50 DU - Duale, Eric 39 yd field goal, 6-28 (1:47) --- 3-0 2:36 BU - Tracey, Matt 12 yd pass from Croce, Mike (Canfora, Mike run), 7-60 (3:09) --- 3-8 0:55 DU - Patterson, Sean 56 yd run (Duale, Eric kick), 4-67 (1:45) --- 10-8 0:39 DU - Bunevich, Sean 27 yd pass from Patterson, Sean (Duale, Eric kick), 1-27 (0:03) --- 17-82nd 9:31 BU - Canfora, Mike 1 yd run (Bird, Chris kick), 2-42 (0:18) --- 17-15 6:58 DU - Duale, Eric 33 yd field goal, 7-54 (2:33) --- 20-153rd 13:23 DU - Williams, Dave 48 yd pass from Patterson, Sean (Duale, Eric kick), 5-73 (1:29) --- 27-154th 14:51 DU - Patterson, Sean 26 yd pass from Bair, Bill (Duale, Eric kick), 7-60 (2:48) --- 34-15 11:57 BU - Canfora, Mike 4 yd run (Tracey, Matt pass from Croce, Mike), 11-60 (2:54) --- 34-23 6:51 DU - Duale, Eric 20 yd field goal, 10-62 (5:05) --- 37-23 1:43 BU - Tracey, Matt 21 yd pass from Croce, Mike (Bird, Chris kick blocked), 3-38 (0:16) --- 37-29
LEADERSRushing (Att./Yds./TD): DU - McCoy (27-160-0); BU - Brown (21-99-0)Passing (Att./Comp./Int./Yds./TD): DU - Patterson (9-25-1-192-2); BU - Croce (25-38-1-314-2)Receiving (Att./Yds./TD): DU - D.Williams (4-112-1); BU - Tracey (7-113-2)Tackles (Tot./Solo): DU - Duggan (9/5), Herron (9/5); BU - Lynch (7/5)
GAME NOTES --
This was Bryant's first loss to an NEC team from the state of Pennsylvania ... the Bulldogs entered the game 8-0 against Robert Morris, Saint Francis and Duquesne since 2008 ... BU, which was coming off a 27-21 home win over No. 25 Robert Morris, was 6-0 at home ... the loss ended a seven-game Bryant home win streak dating back to last season ... Duquesne held NEC leading rusher Jordan Brown to 99 yards on 21 carries ... Brown entered the game averaging 131.1 ypg. ... this was the sixth loss, against 22 wins, for Bryant at home since 2006 ... Duquesne outgained Bryant 222-155 on the ground ... Bryant came into the game averaging 185.6 yards rushing per game ... the Duquesne offensive line did not surrender a sack ... sophomore running back Larry McCoy (Wytheville, Va./George Wythe) carried 27 times for 160 yards ... it was his sixth 100-yard game on the season and 10th of his career ... all six of the 100-yard games came in conference play ... the last DU back to post more 100-yard games in a season was Mike Hilliard who had seven in both 2002 & 2003 ... McCoy's 1,291 yards on the season is the sixth-highest total in school history ... only three backs have run for more: Hilliard (1,310 in 2002 & 1,544 in 2003), all-time leading rusher Donte Small (1,309 in 1999 & 1,294 in 2000) and Bill Green (1,427 in 1995) ... sophomore quarterback Sean Patterson (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit), who threw for a career high five touchdowns (79, 44, 10,10 & 9) and ran for another in last week's win over Saint Francis, threw for two scores (27, 48), ran for one (a career-long 56-yarder) and caught a 26-yard TD pass from halfback Bill Bair ... Patterson finished the year with 2,050 yards passing and 20 TD passes ... he is the fifth DU quarterback to throw for 2,000 yards in a season ... sophomore kicker Eric Duale (Hinckley, Ohio/Highland) converted field goals of 39, 33 and 20 yards, giving him a school record 14 for the season ... the old record of 12 was set by Mark Troyan in 2007 ... Duale tied the school record of three field goals in a game three times this season ... Duale, who converted 6-of-14 field goal attempts as a freshman, staked his claim as one of the most improved players in the NEC by making good on 14-of-18 attempts (and 31-of-32 extra points) in setting a new DU record for points by a kicker with 73 ... senior Dave Williams (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) finished with four catches for 112 yards ... it was the fifth career 100-yard game for Williams (fourth this season) he had 100 or more yards in three of DU's last four games ... senior linebacker Nathan Totino (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-La Salle) had seven tackles bringing his final career total to 369 ... the 369 stops are the fourth-most in school history and most since Harry Carter's 394 from 2002-05 ... his 197 career solo tackles also rank fourth on DU's all-time list ... Totino finished his career with 19 double-digit tackle games.
