Madison, NJ (November 16)- In their final regular season game of the season, the FDU-Florham Football Team (6-4, 5-4 MAC) hosted second year program the Eastern University (5-5, 5-4 MAC) and was stunned in the final quarter as the Eagles scored 20 points to come from behind and seal the 37-33 conference win over the Devils.


Ryon Thomas (Mattapoisett, Mass.) recorded 303 passing yards and two touchdowns on 26 of 38 completions. The Senior also notched one rushing touchdown, with 35 yards on 10 carries. FDU-Florham saw many players in the backfield including top running back Kwanir Edwards (Trenton, NJ) who recorded two touchdowns on 21 carries for 65 yards. Aidan Clowry (Pawling, NY) and Brendan Godfrey (Plainedge, NY) both were targeted in the endzone for a touchdown, had 10 and 3 receptions for 125 yards and 59 yards.


The defense was put to work as Anthony Cuzzocrea (Staten Island, NY) had nine total tackles, including eight solos and one interception. Aaron Smith ( Naugatuck, Conn.) added seven tackles of his own and Jimmy Agresta (Totowa, NJ) captured the final interception of the day.

FDU-Florham was the team who received the ball after the initial kick-off they were able to string together 10 plays to march 75 yards downfield for a touchdown. The first extra point of the game was blocked by an Eastern player, resulting in a 6-0 score. It was not until Eastern's second drive when they were able to convert for a passing touchdown and the extra point to take the slight lead, 7-6. The Devils took back possession of the ball and were able to get to the EUE49 before the end of the quarter.
 
With the ball in FDU's hands, a short pass to Clowry and a rush up the middle from Edwards, allowed another six points to be added. Thomas was able to rush the ball in for the extra two points to make it a traditional one-score game, 14-7.
 
Eastern was not able to convert for the first before Agresta intercepted the pass at the EUE26, revealing a great field position for the Devils. It only took two first-down conversions for FDU to run the ball in for another touchdown. Eastern saw another successful drive to keep the game within a touchdown and extra point.
 
The Devils upped the score even more after Thomas rushed the ball in again, this time for six points. Chris Maida (Red Bank, NJ) extra point kick was unfortunately blocked, but redemption was served after the Eagles turned the ball back over on downs. With 17 seconds remaining in the quarter, a 25-yard pass to Clowry allowed a 19-point difference heading into the half.
The beginning of the third quarter resulted in a defensive show as each team was able to stop a score on each team's first drive. Eastern scored the only points of the quarter with a 30-yard field goal, 33-17.
 
The Eagles found their offensive momentum in the final quarter and was able to stop the Devils and convert on each of their drives for a touchdown, 37-33. FDU made a final attempt to reclaim their lead the game with two minutes remaining. A final effort from the Devils was intercepted at the FDU25, resulting in Eastern running out the clock for a 37-33 MAC win.
 
FDU-Florham will now look to the postseason for their next game, as they received word that they will face Dickinson on Saturday, November 23 as a Centennial-MAC Bowl Match-up as the third seed for each team. Kick-off is set for 12:00pm.
 

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