Marist Football Thwarts Stetson, Moves to 2-0 in PFL

Red Foxes Turn in Solid Performance in All Three Phases

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist football team cruised to a 34-3 home victory over Stetson in a Pioneer Football League game at Tenney Stadium on Saturday.
 

SUMMARY

• Marist never trailed in the game, striking first with Luke Paladino's 29-yard field goal past the midpoint of the first quarter.
• Hunter Cobb then scampered into the end zone from one yard out with 1:33 left in the stanza, and two plays into Stetson's ensuing possession, Kyle Coffindaffer returned an interception 31 yards for a pick-six, his first-career interception, to put Marist on top 17-0 just 15 minutes in.
• Dwayne Menders caught a 13-yard touchdown from Austin Day in the second quarter to extend the Red Foxes' lead to 24-0 before Stetson's Cameron Gills kicked a 27-yard field goal to get the Hatters on the board.
• Marist's defense held Stetson off the scoresheet in the second half, while Brandon Lysick notched his first-career touchdown on a six-yard pass from Day 4:35 to go in the third quarter.
• Paladino's 41-yard field goal with 9:38 remaining closed out the scoring.
   

STATS

• Day threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns while completing 22 of 31 passes (76 percent). Menders caught 10 passes for 142 of those yards and a touchdown.
• Red-shirt junior linebacker Mike Arrington posted a team-leading 14 tackles, and had one of six Red Fox sacks. Arrington and Jayden Johnson (nine tackles) each posted two-and-a-half tackles for loss and a sack.
• Jordan Younge-Humphrey rushed 14 times for 93 yards for Stetson. John Seter completed 25 of 42 passes for 247 yards.
• Marist forced two Stetson turnovers, and did not commit a turnover.

 

NOTES

• Marist held an opponent without a touchdown for the first time since 2013.
• Marist did not commit a turnover for the second straight game. The Red Foxes have had just two turnovers in four games this season, and are plus-4 in turnover ratio.
• Arrington's 14 tackles are the most by a Red Fox this season.
• Marist is now 6-2 against Stetson all-time, including a 5-0 mark at Tenney Stadium.
• Coffindaffer became the first Red Fox to return an interception for a touchdown since Andrew McElroy at Valparaiso on Nov. 23, 2019.
• Menders has now had two games with 10-plus catches this year, after having 12 against Bryant two years ago.
   

RECORDS

• Marist is 2-2 overall and 2-0 in the PFL.
• Stetson is now 2-3 overall and 0-2 in league play.

 

UP NEXT

Marist hits the road for a date with Dayton on Saturday, Oct. 16 at noon.