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#38 Anthony Johnson at last Saturday's game. Photo from Stony Brook Athletics

Stony Brook football fell behind early and was unable to recover as the Seawolves fell to FBS foe Arkansas State 31-7 at Centennial Bank Stadium on Sept. 16. The team fell to 0-3 on the season while the Red Wolves picked up their first win, improving to 1-2. A-State enjoyed a big advantage on the ground, holding a 345-90 advantage in the rushing game.

 Redshirt freshman Anthony Johnson had a big day in the receiving game, catching nine passes for 127 yards. Graduate student Rahmon Hart Jr. hauled in two catches for 23 yards and a score. Quarterback Casey Case passed for 221 yards, while completing 21-of-33 (63.6%) passes with the touchdown to Hart. Stony Brook finished with a 221-140 advantage in receiving yards.

 Redshirt sophomore Shakhi Carson and redshirt junior Ross Tallarico split the majority of the carries, with Carson gaining 45 yards on 12 carries while Tallarico gained 42 on six attempts on the ground.

 On defense, graduate student Aidan Kaler finished with 10 tackles, seven of them solo, adding 1.0 sack. Redshirt junior Brandon Higgs added seven tackles, four of them solo. On special teams, Clayton Taylor hit five punts for 223 yards, averaging 44.6 yards per kick and putting one punt inside the 20.

For Arkansas State, Ja’Quez Cross rushed for 164 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a 66-yard score. Jeff Foreman led the Red Wolves in receiving with 42 yards, all on one reception. The quarterback tandem of Jaxon Dailey and Jalen Raynor combined for 140 yards, with Raynor adding a passing touchdown.

“After we struggled to execute on the first couple drives, we punched back from the end of the first quarter through the end of the quarter and could have cut into the lead or even tied the game, we’ve just got to figure out how to capitalize. I think we figured out the speed of the game defensively and executed some of the things we practiced in that stretch, credit to the kids there,” said Stony Brook head coach Chuck Priore.

Stony Brook returns home and to CAA play, taking on Richmond at LaValle Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m. Streaming for the Week 4 matchup returns to FloSports.

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The Stony Brook University football team (4-6, 3-4 CAA) was topped by No. 8/11 Villanova (8-2, 6-1 CAA), 33-14, on Saturday, Nov. 13 at Villanova Stadium in Pennsylvania.

Both teams battled through inclement weather condition in the first half as rain and wind affected the pace of play over the first 30 minutes of the contest. After an all but even first half, Villanova pulled away in the second half by outscoring Stony Brook, 19-7, en route to sealing the result in its favor.

After Villanova scored the first touchdown of the game with 5:17 to play in the first quarter, Stony Brook responded immediately as it put together a 12-play, 71-yard drive that resulted in a touchdown to tie the game up at 7-7.

Graduate quarterback Tyquell Fields faked a handoff to redshirt junior running back Ty Son Lawton, pulled the ball down, and rushed it into the end zone from nine yards out. The rushing touchdown was Fields’ seventh of the season, which are the second-most on the team.

The Wildcats were able to find the end zone with 26 seconds to play in the second quarter and they took a 14-7 lead into the halftime break. An 83-yard run by Justin Covington sparked Villanova in the second half as it capitalized on the big play and scored a touchdown on its second drive of the third quarter.

Villanova scored 19 unanswered points in the second half until redshirt freshman running back Jayden Cook punched in a one-yard touchdown run for the Seawolves with 17 seconds to play in the game. The drive was setup by a pair of completions by redshirt junior quarterback Joshua Zamot.

Fields found the end zone with a nine-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The touchdown run marked his seventh of the season and 13th of his career.

Lawton recorded 19 carries and rushed for 71 yards. The Staten Island, N.Y. native has rushed for 70 yards or more in six out of 10 games played this season. Cook registered five carries for 27 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown run was his first of the season and the second of his career. Both of Cook’s touchdown runs have come against Villanova. As a team, Stony Brook rushed for 106 yards. It marked the ninth time this season and the 34th time in their last 38 games dating back to the start of the 2018 season that the Seawolves rushed for over 100 yards as a team in a game.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Tyler King finished with a game-high tying 11 tackles (four solo, seven assists) and 1.0 tackles for loss. It marked the fourth time this season that King recorded 10 or more tackles in a game. Through 10 games played, King has tallied 89 total tackles (48 solo, 41 assists) and 11.0 tackles for loss. Graduate defensive back Carthell Flowers totaled seven tackles (five solo, two assists) and 1.0 tackles for loss. It was the fifth time this season that he finished a game with seven or more tackles. Redshirt senior linebacker Reidgee Dimanche recorded seven tackles (four solo, three assists) and one fumble recovery.

Redshirt junior defensive lineman Makye Smith recorded a pair of tackles and forced a fumble. Smith chased down Covington and stripped him from behind. Dimanche was there to fall on the football to give Stony Brook its 11th turnover of its last four games. Graduate punter Mitchell Wright totaled nine punts for an average of 40.8 yards per punt. He had three punts of over 50 yards and three punts inside Villanova’s 20-yard line. His longest punt on the day went for 62 yards.

“The game was really two different halves. The first half was quite interesting with the weather and I thought both teams struggled with the weather at times – it was a field position battle. We gave them a score off of a turnover and other than that each team had a drive and it was a pretty even game at the end of the first half with the exception of the turnover. We came out in the second half, the weather cleared up a little bit, still had the wind issue, and they got a big play in a crucial situation early in the second half, but it certainly changed the tide of the game,” said head coach Chuck Priore.

Up next, the team returns to LaValle Stadium for the regular season finale on Saturday, November 20, at 1 p.m., when it hosts UAlbany in the Golden Apple game. Before the game, the Seawolves will honor their senior class for all of their hard work and dedication to the program. The game is set to air on FloFootball. Be sure to purchase tickets now to be a part of the action!

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SBU Coach Chuck Priore on right. Photo by Jim Harrison/Stony Brook Athletics

The Stony Brook football team is set to play an untraditional season this spring. And head coach Chuck Priore is bullish on the Seawolves’ potential during a six-game CAA schedule that begins in March.
 
“Overall, as a team, I’m excited,” Priore said on a kickoff CAA Football conference call on Wednesday.

The Seawolves, who begin official practices Feb. 5, return a dozen starters from a 2019 squad that produced its signature win against fifth-ranked Villanova.

That includes quarterback Tyquell Fields, running back Ty Son Lawton, center Anthony Catapano and right guard Kyle Nunez on the offensive side.

Fields engineered three game-winning or game-tying fourth-quarter drives last season en route to one of the best seasons from a quarterback in school history. He recorded a program single-season-record 2,809 yards of total offense. His 2,471 passing yards ranked second most, trailing only T.J. Moriarty (2,495 in 2004). Fields also tossed 16 touchdowns and rushed for four more. He accumulated 338 rushing yards.

“The interesting thing was he had the opportunity all spring and summer to study himself. He got drill work when he was home from our quarterback coach to do,” Priore said. “The biggest thing ended up becoming his accuracy — and his improvement in that [area of the] game. His play-action game was lights out for us, his ability to throw the ball up the field, yards per reception. But he needed to become more accurate. And I think those are the things we worked on. We saw great improvement.

“He’s been part of the team now as a starter. He’s captain. And he knows he has the fall [2021 season too], which he is coming back for us. It’s a win for all of us.”

Lawton earned Freshman All-American honors from Phil Steele in 2019 after tallying 648 yards and seven touchdowns on 152 carries.

Nunez already has been tabbed a second-team Preseason All-American from HERO Sports and Stats Perform as well as first-team Preseason All-CAA Football by Phil Steele.

Catapano has been selected a co-captain after seeing action in all 12 games and making nine starts in 2019.

On the other side of the ball, defensive linemen Casey Williams, Sam Kamara and Brandon Lopez all are returning starters as well as linebacker Reidgee Dimanche and defensive backs Augie Contressa, Justin Burns and TJ Morrison.

Morrison actually is moving to free safety to anchor the defense because Priore felt the squad had great depth at the corner position.

On special teams, Aussie punter Mitchell Wright returns as the first-stringer.
 
Kamara was granted an additional year of eligibility by the NCAA after suffering a season-ending injury five games into the 2019 schedule.

“We think he’s a next-level guy,” Priore said.

Kamara, Burns and Dimanche have been tabbed second-team Preseason All-CAA Football by Phil Steele.Contressa is first-team Preseason All-CAA Football by that same publication.

“Defensively we have six linebackers — two by transfer, two by freshmen getting older and two who were in the program last year,” Priore said. “We’re really excited about that position.”

The Seawolves also will be bolstered by tight end Tyler Devera (Maryland transfer) and wide receivers Hunter Hayek (Rutgers) and Malik Love (New Hampshire).

The season consists of six conference games, with the CAA split into North and South divisions.

“This has been a team that has attacked it with a passion for success,” Priore said. “I think it built great team morale when we got back here in the fall after being apart.”

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