Saturday, September 28, 2013

Lehigh does it again, rallies to beat New Hampshire 34-27

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/

FROM KEITH GROLLER


The comeback didn't happen nearly as late and wasn't nearly as dramatic, but the Lehigh football team capped an amazing month of Septemeber with its fourth straight come-from-behind victory on Saturday at Goodman Stadium.
This time, they fought back from deficits of 19-3 and 27-13 to stun No. 7 ranked New Hampshire 34-27 before close to 9,000 fans who saw a terrific battle between two of the nation's best FCS teams.
Lehigh (ranked No. 17 and now 4-0) scored scored 21 unanswered points after falling behind by 14 with 10:23 left in the third quarter.
Sean Farrell capped a pair of long 77 and 74-yard drives to tie the game in the third quarter and Derek Knott hauled in a 15-yard TD pass from Brandon Bialkowski for what proved to be the game-winning points with 12:19 left.
The rest of the day belonged to a Lehigh defense that shook off a slow start and registered its best overall performance of the season.
Bialkowski passed for over 300 yards for the fourth straight game, completing 31 of 52 passes for 359 yards and two TDs. Lee Kurfis had another 100-yard receiving day, catching 11 passes for 117 yards.
Lehigh plays at unbeaten Fordham next Saturday and returns to New York City to play Columbia the following week before returning home to play Georgetown.
New Hampshire -- 12 - 7 - 8 -- 0 -- 27
Lehigh              --  3 - 10 - 14 -- 7 -- 34
SCORING SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER
UNH -- Mike MacArthur 31 FG, 12:22 (Drive: 9 plays, 70 yds, 2:38)
LEH -- Ryan Pandy 19 FG, 7:40 (Drive 11 plays, 51 yds, 4:35)
UNH -- Chris Setian 5 pass from Andy Vailas (run failed), 6:09 (Drive: 5 plays, 80 yds, 1:26)
UNH -- MacArthur 35 FG, 2:44 (Drive: 7 plays, 13 yds, 3:05)
SECOND QUARTER
UNH -- Andy Vailas 1 run (MacArthur kick), 13:54 (Drove: 10 plays, 64 yds, 2:34)
LEH -- Keith Sherman 13 pass from Brandon Bialkowski (Pandy kick), 10:48 (Drive 8 plays, 55 yds, 2:55)
LEH -- Pandy 19 FG,0:00 (Drive: 18 plays, 71 yds, 4:34)
THIRD QUARTER
UNH -- Chris Setian 4 run (Setian run), 10:23 (Drive: 9 plays, 80 yds, 3:34)
LEH -- Sean Farrell 1 run (Pandy kick), 8:25 (Drive: 9 plays, 77 yds, 1:53)
LEH --  Sean Farrell 1 run (Pandy kick), 5:35 (Drive: 3 plays, 74 yds, 0:51)
FOURTH QUARTER
LEH -- Derek KNott 15 pass from Bialkowski (Pandy kick), 12:19 (Drive: 17 plays, 80 yds, 7:25)



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