Gameday 10/12/02 - Game #6 Buffalo St.

Rowan Beats Buff St. 28-7 Buffalo St. Game 6 Play WGLS-FM audio highlights By Tom Wilson After forcing Rowan to punt on the opening series, Buffalo St. went on a 14 play, 77 yard drive for a TD. This put the Bengals up 7- 0 midway through the first quarter. The Prof offense was having trouble kicking into gear, until a sideline offensive meeting run by a fired up Tony Racioppi appeared to waken the Rowan offense. The Profs went on an 80 yard, 5 play drive capped off by two successive running plays. RB Patrick Thompson scampered 32 yards to put Rowan on the Buff St. 20 yard line. Then RB Creg Bethea took over running the ball in for the TD on a 20 yard run. A failed extra point left Buff St. up 7-6 with 6:19 left in the second quarter. The Profs went on to score the next 22 points, while forcing four turnovers. With 11 seconds left in the half, Rowan scored its second TD of the game on a 21 yard pass to WR Jon Berry from Racioppi, going up to stay at 13-7. In the second half, the Profs took their first possession 84 yards for another TD. WR Michael Osborne hauled in an 18 yard TD pass from Racioppi. Rowan converted the 2 point conversion, after two successive Buff St. penalties put the ball on the 1 yard line. Racioppi ran it in from the one, putting Rowan up 21-7. WR Tyree Jackson caught a 2 yard TD pass from Racioppi to put the Profs up 28-7 as time expired in the third quarter. A fumble by the Bengals on their own 31 yard line, put Rowan in position for the final score of the game. Racioppi (21-30, 259 yards, 3 TD, 1 int) spread the ball around to nine different receivers, including five wide receivers. WR Jon Berry had 3 catches for 80 yards and 1 TD. WR Michael Osborne had 7 catches for 77 yards and 1 TD. WR Joe D'Imperio had 4 catches for 63 yards. LB Nick Lopez led the defense with 9 tackles, 6 solo.

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