Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Field goal with 0:04 left lifts Robert Morris past Dayton

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Nick Bisceglia kicked a field goal with four seconds remaining and Robert Morris edged visiting Dayton, 13-10, in the season opener for both teams.

The winner capped a sixplay, 20-yard drive which started after Dayton turned it over on a fumble at its 27. Devon DeFrances forced the fumble and Ryan Richards Jr. covered the loose ball. Robert Morris tied it at 10-10 in the third quarter on Jimmy Walker’s 72-yard touchdown pass to Tavin Allison.

Dayton built a 10-0 firsthalf lead. Matt Tunnacliff­e hauled in a 16-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Kaparos in the first quarter and Patrick Sandler added a 25-yard field goal in the second. Bisceglia’s 28-yard field goal with 34 seconds left made it 10-3 at intermissi­on.

Walker finished 14 of 29 for 198 yards and Allison had two catches for 76 yards. Cole Blake carried 16 times for 69 yards.

Florida Atlantic

Lane Kiffin’s debut at Florida Atlantic lasted nearly six hours, featured three lightning delays and ended with almost no one left in the stands. It was unforgetta­ble. It was also unsuccessf­ul. Navy spoiled the start of Kiffin’s tenure at FAU by topping the Owls, 42-19, in a bizarre game that ended at 1:47 a.m. Saturday. It took more than three hours to play the fourth quarter with the delays — and when the game ended, even the cheerleade­rs were long gone and cleaning crews were already at work inside the stadium.

Saint Francis, Pa.

Bear Fenimore threw for three touchdowns and 280 yards and Saint Francis rolled over Division II Lock Haven, 69-3. Jymere Jordan-Toney rushed for two scores as defending Northeast Conference champion gained 502 yards of total offense.

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