Hampton University
5-4 , 3-3
Maine
2-8 , 1-6
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Maine | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Hampton Scores Last 21 Points for Come-from-Behind Win Over Maine
11.4.23 | Football
The Black Bears marched 65 yards in 12 plays culminating in a 19-yard pass from Robertson to Rohan Jones for the game's first score. But Hampton responded on a five-play, 86-yard drive highlighted by Darran Butts who dashed 68 yards to the nine-yard line and teammate Elijah Burris then scored on a one-yard run. Brian Csehoski booted the extra point to tie the score, 7-7, with 2:57 to go in the first quarter.
Maine struck again as Robertson again connected with Jones, with a 10-yard TD pass to give the Black Bears a 14-7 lead.
Burris set up the game-tying score on a 60-yard run and quarterback Chris Zellous scored from four yards out to knot the score, 14-14, with 11:12 to go before halftime.
Robertson hit Jamie Lamson with a 49-yard TD pass to give Maine a 21-14 lead midway through the second quarter and tossed his fourth touchdown pass of the half, a one-yard strike to Cooper Heisey, to make the score 28-14 at intermission.
Burris dashed 80 yards untouched up-the-middle 19 seconds into the second half for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 28-21. But the Black Bears roared back. A fake punt led to a first down inside the red zone setting up Maine's next score. Robertson tossed a nine-yard TD pass to Jones making the score 35-21. Zellous brought the Pirates back with a 55-yard pass to Romon Copeland with :51 left in third quarter closed the gap to 35-28 in the final minute of the third quarter.
A pair of long runs by Zellous set up a seven-yard scoring run by Burris and Csehoski's extra point to tie the score at 35-35 with 8:51 to go in the contest. A Maine fumble gave Hampton the ball at the Maine 38 yard line with 5:49 to go.
Hampton turned a Maine fumble into the game-winning score when Burris bulled in from the four-yard line with 1:48 to go and the Pirate defense held in the final minute for the win.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Ham 0, Mai 7
Mai - Jones,Rohan 19 yd pass from Robertson,Derek (Williams,Cody kick) 13 plays, 65 yards, TOP 06:57
Ham 7, Mai 7
Ham - Burris,Elijah 1 yd run (Csehoski,Brian kick), 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:36
Ham 7, Mai 14
Mai - Jones,Rohan 10 yd pass from Robertson,Derek (Williams,Cody kick) 9 plays, 72 yards, TOP 05:08
Ham 14, Mai 14
Ham - Zellous,Chris 4 yd run (Csehoski,Brian kick), 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:30
Ham 14, Mai 21
Mai - Lamson,Jamie 49 yd pass from Robertson,Derek (Williams,Cody kick) 5 plays, 94 yards, TOP 02:33
Ham 14, Mai 28
Mai - Heisey,Cooper 1 yd pass from Robertson,Derek (Williams,Cody kick) 8 plays, 45 yards, TOP 02:55
Ham 21, Mai 28
Ham - Burris,Elijah 80 yd run (Csehoski,Brian kick), 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:19
Ham 21, Mai 35
Mai - Jones,Rohan 9 yd pass from Robertson,Derek (Williams,Cody kick) 9 plays, 71 yards, TOP 04:45
Ham 28, Mai 35
Ham - Copeland,Romon 40 yd pass from Zellous,Chris (Csehoski,Brian kick) 6 plays, 67 yards, TOP 02:40
Ham 35, Mai 35
Ham - Burris,Elijah 7 yd run (Csehoski,Brian kick), 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 02:40
Ham 42, Mai 35
Ham - Burris,Elijah 7 yd run (Csehoski,Brian kick), 8 plays, 38 yards, TOP 04:01
