FRANKLIN, MASS -- The Bucs faced off against Dean College for the first time in the regular season and as a conference opponent this week on the road. After losing to SUNY Maritime in week one, the Buccaneers were on the hunt for their first victory and they got it against the Bulldogs, 28-0.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 28, Bulldogs 0

Records: Maritime 1-1 (1-0)

               Dean 0-2 (0-2)

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Quarterback Evan Pierce completed three of his five passes in the game for 78 yards and a touchdown.
• Brooks Moss and Zach Proctor each had a rushing touchdown in the game. Moss ran the ball four times for 71 yards and a 36-yard touchdown. Proctor ground out 69 yards on 20 carries in the win.
• Brennan Keefe caught his first score of the year from Pierce on a 59-yard pass and catch. He had one catch for 59 yards and the touchdown.
• Defensively, Ian Gauch made 10 total tackles, recorded a half sack, and had a tackle for loss.
• Jackson Mahoney tallied eight tackles, a sack, and two tackles for loss. John Shields had six total tackles, 1.5 sacks, and 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Freshmen Colin Bower and Stephen Jurbala showed out in the game for Maritime. Bower recorded four tackles, 2.5 sacks, and three tackles for loss, while Jurbala had six solo tackles, a forced fumble, and three pass breakups.
• On special teams, Santiago Martinez was the story of the game as he rushed for a 56-yard touchdown on a fake punt in the second quarter. He also punted twice for 58 yards.
• Freshman placekicker Grayson Smith converted all four of his PATs in the win.

Dean

• Quarterback Nick Levine completed 13 of 26 passes for 73 yards in the loss. 
• Esquivel Mendez was the only Bulldog in the positive on the ground with two yards on one carry.
• Brayden Prasse caught five passes for a team-high 31 yards.
• Defensively, Chris Donalson recorded a game-high 16 tackles, had a half sack, and a half tackle for loss. 
• Jerney Price was in double digits in tackles with 11 and had a tackle for loss and two forced fumbles. 
• On special teams, Jacob Karras punted eight times for 229 yards, an average of 28.6 yards, and pinned the Bucs inside their 20-yard line once. 

How It Happened

The first quarter between the Bucs and Bulldogs was mostly about the teams finding their footing, as there were multiple turnovers and three-and-outs for both teams. 

In the second quarter, the Buccaneers got rolling as they opened the quarter with a fake punt on 4th and one yard to gain at their own 44-yard line. Martinez proceeded to take the snap and take off. Looking for the first down, he got so much more as he rumbled 56 yards to the end zone for the touchdown to put the Bucs up 7-0 less than 30 seconds into the second quarter. After two Bulldogs punts and a turnover by the Buccaneers, the Bucs got the ball back with a little over 11 minutes left in the half in Dean territory. From the Bulldogs 36 on second down and 25 to go after a penalty, Moss ran around the left edge and in to the endzone to give Maritime a two-score advantage. Dean punted again on their next drive, and the Buccaneers once again took over with great field position at their own 35. Backed up on second and 18 to go, Pierce found Keefe up the right side for a 59-yard touchdown. The Buccaneers went up 21-0 and took that lead into the halftime break.

Much like the first quarter, the teams got bogged down by turnovers and punts, and neither team was able to score points. 

In the fourth, on their first drive of the quarter, the Bucs went 51 yards on 12 plays, taking seven minutes off the clock, and scored one more time on a one-yard run up the middle by Proctor to go up four scores, 28-0. The Buccaneers kept the Bulldogs off the board for the remainder of the game and left Franklin with a 28-0 win over Dean for their first win of the season, moving to 1-1, and 1-0 in conference play.

What's Next

The Buccaneers host Anna Maria in conference play on Saturday, September 20th, at 1pm as part of Massachusetts Maritime Academy Homecoming Weekend.