WATERVILLE, Maine -- After nine straight losses dating back to last fall, the Colby College football team celebrated its home opener with a 34-18 trouncing of Middlebury.
Thomas Keblin (Bolton, Mass./Nashoba Reg.) put Colby on the board early, capping a 15-play, 78-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run with 7:41 left in the first quarter. Colby then increased its lead on the first play of the second quarter, when Nathan Bradley (Norridgewock, Maine/Skowhegan) found a wide open David McGeehan (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) in the back corner of the end zone.
With 6:50 left in the first half, Keblin again scored as he finished off a 5-play, 83-yard drive with a 4-yard plunge, pushing the Colby lead to 21-0. After the White Mules' stiffling defense pinned Middlebury deep in its own end, Joe Kingsbury (Concord, N.H./Concord) blocked Zac Cambell's (Cape May, N.J./Middle Township) punt and recovered the loose ball for a tounchdown pushing the score to 28-0.
The Panthers added two late scores, including a 6-yd TD reception from John Wenner (St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis Country) to A.J. Husband (Springfield, Vt./Springfield). The catch was one of Husband's 10 receptions on the day, and the 95th of his career, breaking Middlebury's all-time school mark.
Keblin was the offensive star for the White Mules, as he carried 29 times for 177 yards, including a 60-yard run that set up one of Keith Jonassen's (Albion, Maine/Lawrence) two field goals on the day. Bradley completed 10 of 17 pass attempts for 145 yards as he filled in for the injured Matt Smith (Middlebury, Vt./Middlebury Union) at quarterback for Colby.
The White Mules' defense allowed only 199 total yards, and recorded six sacks on the day.
Middlebury (0-2) 0 0 0 16 - 16 Colby (1-1) 7 21 3 3 - 34 Tm. Time (Qtr.) Score C 7:41 (1st) Thomas Keblin 2-yd run (Keith Jonassen kick) C 14:56 (2nd) David McGeehan 7-yd pass from Nathan Bradley (Jonassen kick) C 6:40 (2nd) Keblin 4-yd run (Jonassen kick) C 3:20 (2nd) Joe Kingsbury blocked punt and recovery (Jonassen kick) C 4:39 (3rd) Jonassen 33-yd field goal M 4:23 (4th) A.J. Husband 6-yd pass from John Wenner (Jeff Sengle rush) M 14:57 (4th) Brian Coates 1-yd run (A.J. Husband pass) C 10:21 (4th) Keith Jonassen 37-yd field goal Midd. Colby First Downs 16 20 Rushes-Yds. 37-40 50-253 Passing Yds. 159 145 Return Yds. 91 61 Passes-Comps.-Int. 31-17-0 17-10-0 Punts-Avg. 8-27.9 6-32.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yds. 7-60 12-100 Time of Possession 27:38 32:22 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing Player Att. Yds. TD Thomas Keblin (C) 29 177 2 Don Gage (C) 8 36 0 Miguel Gonzalez (C) 1 12 0 Joseph Murray (C) 4 11 0 Nate Bradley (C) 4 11 0 David McGeehan (C) 1 7 0 Kelly Falsani (C) 2 1 0 David Hurle (C) 1 -2 0 Adam Pasqual (M) 11 48 0 Bryan Sanchez (M) 10 24 0 Jeff Sengle (M) 1 3 0 Von Craig (M) 5 1 0 John Wenner (M) 1 -10 0 Brian Coates (M) 9 -26 1 Passing Player Att. Comp. Yds. TD-Int. Nathan Bradley (C) 17 10 145 1-0 Brian Coates (M) 20 11 107 0-0 John Wenner (M) 11 6 52 1-0 Receiving Player Rec. Yds. TD David McGeehan (C) 4 90 1 Andrew Tripp (C) 4 36 0 Jon Hiltz (C) 2 19 0 A.J.Husband (M) 10 104 1 Bryan Sanchez (M) 3 12 0 Adam Pasqual (M) 1 15 0 Zac Cambell (M) 1 12 0 Devon O'Neil (M) 1 9 0 Anthony LoSauro (M) 1 7 0
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