SBU Sports: Stony Brook football takes down Towson Tigers 52-24

Tyler Knoop threw for a career-high 387 yards and broke the program record with six passing touchdowns, while Roland Dempster put up 103 yards on the ground as the Stony Brook football team dominated Towson, 52-24, on the road on Oct. 19.

The Seawolves improved to 5-2 on the year and 2-1 in CAA play, while the Tigers fell to 3-4 and 1-2.

Jasiah Williams pulled in nine catches for 92 yards and three scores. Jayce Freeman made his presence felt in the passing game, recording five receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns.

Rushawn Lawrence paced the Stony Brook defensive effort, collecting three tackles, 2.0 TFL, two sacks, and two forced fumbles. Kris Caine added four tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one recovered fumble and Chayce Chalmers had six tackles, 0.5 TFL, and one recovered fumble in the win.

The Seawolves won the turnover battle in Saturday’s game, forcing three turnovers while avoiding any giveways, with Stony Brook turning those takeaways into 10 points. The defense also held the Towson passing attack to just 158 yards in the air. 

Stony Brook dominated offensively, racking up 512 total yards, 125 on the ground and 387 through the air, while averaging 6.4 yards per play and out-gaining Towson. The Stony Brook offense was prolonging drives consistently, converting on 50 percent of third-down attempts. The Seawolves also went 2-for-3 on fourth down. In the red zone, Stony brook scored six times on six trips inside Towson’s 20-yard line, picking up touchdowns on five of those trips.

“Proud of our team’s performance today,” head coach Billy Cosh said. “I was really proud of the offense and how we played today. We were waiting for this for a while. The pass game came alive and I thought Tyler and our receiving core played outstanding. Our defense created takeaways, which was huge. I was proud of our response, we were down seven, they could have easily cashed it in but we kept competing. We’ve got a lot more ball left, we gotta keep getting better.”

Up next, the team heads back to Long Island for their next battle as they host William & Mary for Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 26. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. and the contest will air live on SNY and stream live on FloFootball.

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