Maine Football Falls to Sacred Heart 24-16

The Maine Black Bears fell to Sacred Heart 24-16 on Saturday afternoon, October 3rd on Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. 

Maine took a 6-0 lead in the 1st Quarter as Samuel Trembay booted a 42-yard and a 45-yard field goal. 

The Black Bears made it 9-0 in the 2nd Quarter as Tremblay kicked a 37-yard field goal. 

But Sacred Heart scored a pair of touchdowns, on a 3-yard run and then a 11-yard pass with 19 seconds left in the 1st Half. 

Sacred Heart led 14-9 at the end of the 1st Half.  

Sacred Heart scored again with a 6-yard touchdown pass in the 3rd  Quarter to take a 21-9 lead.  

Maine scored their 1st touchdown of the game, with 12:03 left to play in the 4th Quarter on a Nick Laughlin run. The extra point was good, and Maine trailed 21-16. 

Sacred Heart kicked a 40-yard field goal with 6:48 left to play to make the final score 24-16. 

Maine had a chance to score but couldn’t punch it in on their final drive of the game with 1:16 left. 

Sacred Heart outrushed Maine 175-105 yards. They also out-passed Maine, 207-154 yards. Sacred Heart had the advantage in total yards 382-259. 

Caden Drezek was 12-28 for 141 yards passing, and Eddie Buehler was 1-5 for 13 yards passing for Maine. 

Rashawn Marshall was Maine’s leading rusher, running the ball 13 times for 67 yards. 

Corey Rideout was Maine’s leading receiver, catching the ball 3 times for 47 yards. 

Jeremiah McGill and Sam Oppenheimer each had 10 tackles ( 4 solo and 6 assists). 

Sacred Heart is now 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the CAA. 

Maine is 1-5 overall and 1-2 in the CAA.  

The Black Bears are off net week. They are back in action on Saturday, October 17th, when they will host Bryant at 1 p.m.  

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