The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Connecticut college football spotlight
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
⏩ Justin Moffat, Coast Guard: Set single game team record with 256 receiving yards in 338 win over Maine Maritime. Moffat had 13 receptions including touchdown catches of 56 and 58 yards.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
⏩ DJ Exilhomme, Central Connecticut: Returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown for the Blue Devils’ fourth defensive touchdown this season and added five tackles and two pass breakups to help CCSU hold Bryant to 75 yards of total offense in the second half.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
⏩ AJ Repollet, New Haven: Freshman linebacker blocked two punts, one recovered by Josiah Shumaker for a touchdown and the other one for a safety in 2320 win over rival Southern Connecticut.
HOMETOWN FOCUS
⏩ AJ Dillon, Boston College: Junior running back from New London ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns in 4524 win over North Carolina State. It was his third career 200yard rushing game. With 3,665 rushing yards he needs 75 more to break Andre Williams’ career rushing record at BC.
BY THE NUMBERS
1: Connecticut teams still undefeated as WestConn is 60 after dominating win over Westfield St. 2: Thirddown conversions allowed in 25 attempts by New Haven and Southern Connecticut defenses.
2: Touchdown receptions of at least 30 yards by Kyren Petteway, first Central Connecticut player to accomplish that in same game since Nick Bacarella in 2011. 3: Consecutive 100yard rushing games for Trinity’s Tijani Harris who had 158 yards and three touchdowns in win over Colby.
4: Career games with at least 10 tackles for UConn’s Omar Fortt who led the Huskies with 11 tackles in 2417 loss to Houston.
4: 100yard rushing games this season for New Haven running back Shamar Logan who had 121 yards in win over SCSU.
8: Yards per rushing attempt in Central Connecticut’s win over Bryant.
8: Plays for no yards or negative yardage by Richmond after taking 277 lead as Bulldogs rallied for 2827 victory.
9: Seconds remaining when Reed Klubnik caught 16yard touchdown pass. Sam Tuckerman added extra point to complete Yale’s comeback. Klubnik became fourth Yale player with at least 2,000 career receiving yards on the play.
10: Consecutive games against FBS competition that UConn has failed to hold a lead in the second half. Last FBS game when the Huskies led after halftime was against UMass, their next opponent, when the teams met in 2018.
18: Tackles for Wesleyan’s Will Kearney in loss to Middlebury matching his total in first three games of the season.
41: Career touchdown passes for Yale’s Kurt Rawlings tying him with Alvin Cowan for the program record. Rawlings had four touchdown passes including two in the final 1:23 as Bulldogs rallied from 20point deficit in second half for 2827 win.
61: Yards for Julius Chestnut’s thirdquarter touchdown run, Sacred Heart’s only points in a loss to Duquesne.
73: Yards on DeVante Reid’s punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter. He also had a 64yard reception in Trinity’s 437 win over Colby.
125: Passing yards in fourth quarter by Southern Connecticut State quarterback Jackson Ostrowsky in 2320 loss to New Haven. 239: Yards in second quarter in Western Connecticut’s 6228 win over Westfield State as Colonials scored touchdowns on all four drives.
389: Yards of total offense by Central Connecticut’s Aaron Winchester who passed for 228 yards, ran for 161 in win over Bryant. 4145: Career passing yards for Coast Guard’s Ryan Jones, 353 coming against Maine Maritime on Saturday.
SATURDAY’S GAMES
LIU (06) at Central Connecticut (61), noon; Penn (23) at Yale (41), noon; Sacred Heart (34) at Saint Francis (43), noon; Western Connecticut (60) at Framingham St. (42), noon; Southern Connecticut (25) at Saint Anselm (25), 1 p.m.; Wesleyan (51) at Amherst (42), 1 p.m.; MIT (32) at Coast Guard (52), 1:30 p.m.; Williams (51) at Trinity (42), 1:30 p.m.; UConn (16) at UMass (16), 3:30 p.m.