A few minutes later, Tejada's 80-yard punt return set up Bliss for the game-tying run. Miles hit Guaragno on a 13-yard touchdown pass three plays later and Cortland led 17-10.Ĭortland missed a chance to extend its lead when Lang missed a 45-yard field goal on the final play of the third quarter. The Red Dragons drove 72 yards in 12 plays, prolonged by a pass interference call on a 4th-and-9 incompletion from the Montclair 27-yard line. Joseph's) 18-yard field goal with 12 seconds left and the teams were tied 10-10 at halftime.Ĭortland regained the lead on the opening possession of the third quarter. A Bliss run around right end on third down was stopped by Cortland safety Chris Hanlon (Patchogue/Patchogue-Medford) at the 1-yard line and the Red Hawks settled for a MARCO CAPOZZOLI (Bloomfield, NJ/St. With 1st-and-goal on the 6-yard line, Boysen threw an incomplete pass on first down and ran for four yards on second down. Late in the first half, the Red Hawks drove from their own 20-yard line deep into Cortland territory. Cortland started its next possession at midfield and scored two plays later on a 47-yard pass from Miles to Hajnos over the Montclair secondary. OMAR SEVILLA (North Bergen, NJ) turned a short pass into a 21-yard gain to the 1-yard line to set up Bliss' first touchdown run.Ĭortland freshman Bryan Davey (Amsterdam) returned the ensuing kickoff 42 yards into Montclair territory to set up a 31-yard drive that culminated with a Jeffrey Lang (Dryden) 33-yard field goal. The guests struck first with a 9-play, 64-yard drive on their second possession of the game. Bliss, who entered the game averaging 104.2 yards per game, was held to 58 yards. Cortland, with the help of the five sacks, limited Montclair to 67 rushing yards on 36 attempts (1.9 per carry). Montclair held Cortland to 55 rushing yards on 31 attempts (1.8 per attempt), including only 40 yards on 23 carries for Giuliano, who entered the game averaging 162.5 yards per game. Both teams effectively stopped the other's rushing attacks. Junior defensive lineman CHRIS MERKLE (Nutley, NJ) led the team with 10 tackles, 1.5 for lost yardage, and senior linebacker DAN KRAINSKI (Sayreville, NJ) finished with seven stops, six solo.Ĭortland outgained Montclair in total offense, 357-215. Peter's Prep), making his first start at quarterback for the Red Hawks, passed for 148 yards, although he completed only 12-of-29 passes. Montclair sophomore RYAN BOYSEN (Freehold, NJ/St. Joseph's (Palisades)) returned a punt 80 yards to the Cortland 7-yard line. That touchdown came on the first play after freshman YESSY TEJADA (Weehawken, NJ/St. He scored the first touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run and tied the game with a 7-yard run with 11:03 remaining. Junior JEFF BLISS (New Milford, NJ) rushed for two touchdowns for Montclair State. Senior defensive end Ben Nagle (Rochester/Aquinas Institute) recorded 1.5 of Cortland's five sacks, finished with six tackles and blocked a field goal midway through the fourth quarter to keep the game tied. Francis) led the Red Dragons with nine tackles each. Graduate student linebacker Josh Jablonski (West Seneca/West Seneca West) and sophomore linebacker Brian Haas (East Aurora/St. Senior Eric Hajnos (Grand Island) caught six passes for 119 yards and a touchdown and senior Zacc Guaragno (Lansing) finished with six receptions for 112 yards and a score. He finished two yards short of his career single-game high. Montclair, ranked 21st by the AFCA and among the "others receiving votes" in 's poll, drops to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the NJAC.Ĭortland senior Ray Miles (Port Byron) completed 19-of-30 passes for 302 yards and two touchdowns. The Red Dragons, ranked 10th nationally in Division III by the AFCA and 14th by, improved its record to 5-0, both overall and in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Cortland, NY (10/11/08) – Senior Andrew Giuliano's (Thornwood/Westlake) 8-yard touchdown run broke a 17-17 tie with one minute, 38 seconds remaining as Cortland edged Montclair State, 23-17, in a battle of unbeaten teams.
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