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FTB TRIN 93023
0
Amherst Amh 1-2 , 1-2
49
Winner Trinity (CT) Tri 3-0 , 3-0
Amherst Amh
1-2 , 1-2
0
Final
49
Trinity (CT) Tri
3-0 , 3-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
Amh Amherst 0 0 0 0 0
Tri Trinity (CT) 21 21 7 0 49

Game Recap: Football |

Mammoths drop 49-0 decision to Trinity

HARTFORD, CT. -- Trinity College raced out to a 14-0 in the opening seven minutes Saturday and did not look back, topping the Amherst College football team 49-0 at Jesse Miller Field

Amherst fell to 1-2 on the season while Trinity remained unbeaten at 3-0. Amherst is at Bates on Saturday, October 7th for a 1 p.m. kick-off.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Trinity scored 2:04 into the contest, constructing a 5-play, 75-yard drive that was capped when Tyler Dinapoli found paydirt from 51 yards out. 

* Amherst's first play resulted in a 17-yard pass from John Collier to Carter Jung, but the Bantam defense stiffened and forced a Mammoths punt four plays later. After a Trinity punt pinned the Mammoths at their own 7-yard line, Collier found Cato Legaspi for a nine-yard pass play, but on the following play a fumble was recovered by the Bantams at the Mammoths' 16-yard line. 

* It took Trinity two plays to score, as Colin McCabe's 3-yard rush gave the Bantams a 14-0 lead 7:05 into the first quarter. 

* After a third Amherst punt, Trinity took over at its own 21 and drove 79 yards in 7 plays to take a 21-0 lead with 2:20 ;eft in tje opening stanza. Spencer Fetter tossed a 20-yard TD pass to Nicholas Zalankas to cap the drive. 

* The Mammoths drove to the Trinity 31 on its next possession, but a fumble at the end of a Collier 10-yard scramble turned the ball back to the Bantams. 

* Trinity led 42-0 at the half. 

BY THE NUMBERS: 

* Amherst had 5 turnovers in the defeat. Trinity did not have a turnover. 

* Trinity finished with 457 total yards of offense. The Mammoths finished with 145. Trinity had 20 first downs to the Mammoths 10. 

* Collier finished 15 of 29 for 95 yards and 2 interceptions. Owen Gaydos had 5 receptions for 45 yards. 

* Anthony Kelly led the Mammoths with 8 tackles, 3 solo. Luke Harmon, Trey Doyle and Damian Carrano had 6 each.
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