COLLEGE FOOTBALL

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

⏩ Aaron Winchester, Central Connecticut: Threw for 299 yards and a touchdown and added 94 rushing yards including 62yard touchdown run in 2414 win over Columbia.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

⏩ Matthew Weiss, Southern Connecticut: Senior defensive lineman had his second consecutive game with two quarterback sacks as the Owls defeated Bentley 3117 for their second straight win. He also led the Owls with five solo tackles.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

⏩ Jordan D’Onofrio, Western Connecticut: Averaged 47.5 yards on four punts, had a 27yard field goal and was 5 for 5 on extra points in 3821 win over Mass. Maritime.

HOMETOWN FOCUS

⏩ Koby Quansah, Duke: Senior linebacker from Manchester had his third straight doubledigit tackle game in a 4123 win over Georgia Tech. He also had 11⁄2 tackles for loss as Duke improved to 42. He ranked third in the ACC with 59 tackles this season.

BY THE NUMBERS

2: Scoring drives of longer than 90 yards in Western Connecticut’s 3821 win over Mass. Maritime.

2: Sacks by Central Connecticut’s Luquay Washington in win over Columbia. They were the first two sacks of the season for the freshman linebacker.

6: Seconds remaining when Matthew Simco caught gamewinning 29yard touchdown pass in Wesleyan’s 2013 win over Tufts. He finished with eight catches and 130 receiving yards.

6: Catches by Yale’s Melvin Rouse who led the Bulldogs with 65 receiving yards in loss to Dartmouth. Rouse began the game as starting cornerback before switching over to receiver early in the game.

8: Tackles by UConn freshman linebacker Jackson Mitchell of Ridgefield in loss to Tulane.

9: Tackles by Wesleyan’s Danny Banks and Will Kearney with Kearney adding one of Cardinals’ four sacks in win over Tufts.

10: Receptions by Southern Connecticut’s Brandon SwainPrice and Julian Chung in win over Bentley.

16: Players with at least two tackles in Trinity’s 510 win over Bates as Bantams allowed only 105 yards of total offense.

120: Season high receiving yards by Coast Guard’s Justin Moffat in loss to Springfield.

139: Rushing yards by Tijani Harris in Trinity’s win over Bates. He also had a 13yard receiving touchdown.

155: Receiving yards by Western Connecticut’s Nick Kimball in win over Mass. Maritime.

175: Rushing yards for New Haven’s Shamar Logan in loss to Saint Anselm.

180: Yards from scrimmage for Sacred Heart’s Julius Chestnut in loss to Penn.

405: Passing yards by Southern Connecticut’s Jackson Ostrowsky in win over Bentley.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (ALL GAMES ON SATURDAY)

Coast Guard (42) at Maine Maritime (06), noon; Duquesne (32) at Sacred Heart (33), noon; Houston (24) at UConn (15), noon; Bryant (25) at Central Connecticut (51), 1 p.m.; Colby (05) at Trinity (32), 1 p.m.; Wesleyan (50) at Middlebury (50), 1 p.m.; New Haven (33) at Southern Connecticut (24), 2:30 p.m.; Westfield State (06) at Western Connecticut (50), 4 p.m.; Yale (31) at Richmond (33), 6 p.m.