Gallaudet Rumbles Past Hawks

Leicester, Mass. – Gaullaudet University rushed for 305 yards and scored 33 first half unanswered points as the Bison defeated Becker College 40-12 in Eastern Collegiate Football Conference action today at Alumni Field. Gaullaudet improves to 2-4 (2-3 ECFC) while Becker drops to 1-7 (1-4 ECFC).

Gaullaudet scored 16 points in the first six minutes of the game. The Bison scored a team safety to open the scoring followed by a 49 yard touchdown rush by Phillip Hayes (Baton Rouge, La.) on their first offensive play of the day. Cole Johnson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) scored on a 43 yard touchdown on the Bison's next possession. Kicker Justin Wilson (Carmichael, Calif.) connected on a 43 yard field goal to make the score 19-0 to end the first quarter.

The Hawks got on the scoreboard late in the second half on an Ezequiel Torres (Ledyard, Conn.) 5 yard touchdown scamper to cut the score to 33-6 at halftime.

The Bison and Hawks traded scores in the third quarter. Cole Johnson scored his second touchdown of the day with a 13 yard rushing touchdown. Hawks quarterback Curtis Ludden (Leominster, Mass.) hit Joe Marchese (Staten Island, NY) in the endzone for a 21 yard touchdown with just seven seconds left in the quarter.

GU's top runners were Mike Gimeli (Deerpark, NY), 77 yards and one touchdown, Johnson who finished with 65 yards and Hayes who rushed for 51 yards. Quarterback Jimmy Gardner (St. Augustine, Fla.) had 135 passing yards on the day.

Becker's Ludden finished 14 for 29 with 184 yards, 1 touchdown and an interception. Torres had 64 yards receiving. On defense Jesse Fusco (Billerica, Mass.) and Melvin Booker (Roxbury, Mass.) each had 8 tackles.

Becker returns to action next Saturday when they travel to Castleton State College for a noon kickoff.