Thoughts on Bates

In a seesaw game in which 4 of 5 combined PAT’s were unsuccessful and the lead changed hands 4 times, Bates defeated a tough visiting Williams football team last Saturday 19 – 12 (after leading 13 – 12 at the half).  The game wasn’t decided until the final minute when a Williams drive that began on the Williams 40 with 2:17 left that potentially could have won or tied the game stalled on the Bates 31 yard line when the Ephs turned the ball over on downs with 53 seconds left. Bates then ran out the clock to secure the victory. 

 

Bates scored first, followed by 2 Williams TD’s, to put Williams up 12 – 6 with 1:43 left in the first half.  Unfortunately, the Eph defense couldn’t keep the Bobcats out of the endzone, and the half ended with Bates taking a 13 – 12 lead (which they never gave up).
The Ephmen had trouble getting on the board in the 2nd half as the Bates defense tightened up.   Williams had second half drives of TOOD (turn over on downs) in Bates territory, followed by 3 punts, a FGA that was blocked (that would have given Williams the lead), and a final drive – immediately following the Bates TD that increased the Bates lead from 1 to 7 points – that stalled on the Bates 31 with 0:53 seconds left.
It was a TOUGH loss for Williams who pretty much split the statistical battle with Bates, but came out on the bad end of the scoring stat (which is the only statistic that counts).

Williams was again led offensively by the passing of Austin Lommen (22 of 35 for 206 but 2 picks), the receiving of Steven Kiesel (6 for 68), the running of captain AlexScyocurka (19 for 59 and both TDs), and the special teams play of return man Connor Harris who averaged 38 yards/return for 3 KO returns.

 

Defensively the Ephs were lead by Etienne Aduya and James O’Grady who each recorded double digit tackles.

 

In summary… TOUGH loss for our Ephmen.  The effort was there, and we had the opportunities….. we just came up slightly short.

 

Anyway, for your conveniences I’ve included the two respective schools’ write-ups below:
Bates writeup:

 

Williams writeup:

 

The stats for this past weekend’s game are below and available at the below link:

 

 

Williams vs. Bates at Lewiston, Maine
10/4/2014 at 1:00
Williams
12		 Bates
19
SCORING 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Williams (1-2) 0 12 0 0 12
Bates (1-2) 6 7 0 6 19
Lewiston, Maine | Garcelon Field
PRD TIME SCORING SUMMARY WILLIAMS – BATES
1 01:02 Bates – T. Janssen 7 yd run. (D. Korn kick blocked).
Drive: 17 plays, 75 yards in 7:41.		 0 – 6
2 06:36 Williams – Alex Scyocurka 6 yd run. (2pt conversion rush by Joseph Mallock failed).
Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards in 3:29.		 6 – 6
2 04:45 Williams – Alex Scyocurka 2 yd run. (Joseph Mallock kick failed).
Drive: 3 plays, 28 yards in 1:01.		 12 – 6
2 00:25 Bates – M. Riley 18 yd pass from M. Cannone. (D. Kornkick is good).
Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 1:18.		 12 – 13
4 02:28 Bates – M. Cannone 1 yd run. (D. Korn kick failed).
Drive: 14 plays, 95 yards in 7:45.		 12 – 19
WILLIAMS STATISTICS BATES
12 FIRST DOWNS 15
7
4
1		 Passing
Rushing
Penalty		 7
7
1
18% (2 of 11) THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 37% (7 of 19)
0% (0 of 2) FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 50% (1 of 2)
260 TOTAL OFFENSE 281
61
4.3		 Total Offensive Plays
Average gain per play		 75
3.7
206 NET YARDS PASSING 162
22-35
5.9
1-2
2		 Completions-Attempts
Net yards per pass play
Sacked: Number-Yards
Had intercepted		 15-23
7.0
1-8
0
54 NET YARDS RUSHING 119
26
2.1		 Rushing Attempts
Average gain per rush		 52
2.3
6-236 PUNTS: Number-Yards 8-354
39.3 Average 44.2
161 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 74
5-33
4-128
0 0		 Punt Returns: Number-Yards
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards
Interception Returns: Number-Yards		 1-5
2-48
2-21
7-61 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-69
0-0 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2
1-8 SACKS: Number-Yards 1-2
0 0 INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards 2-21
26:41 TIME OF POSSESSION 33:19
Williams Bates
PASSING C-A YDS TD INT
Austin Lommen 22-35 206 0 2
PASSING C-A YDS TD INT
Matt Cannone 12-19 161 1 0
Patrick Dugan 3-4 1 0 0
RUSHING ATT YDS