BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers welcomed in the 5-2 Framingham State Rams to Clean Harbors Stadium on on a cool and cloudy Saturday afternoon on the Cape Cod Canal. The competitive, hard-fought MASCAC contest finished in favor of the Rams, 23-14.

The Basics

Final: Framingham 23, Matitime 14

Records: Framingham 6-2 (6-0 MASCAC)

            Maritime 4-4 (3-3 MASCAC)

For The Bucs

• Curtis Cann (Easton, MA) threw for 74 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
• Jonah Mitchell (Sanford, FL) led all Buccaneer rushers with 77 yards on 17 carries. 
• Andrew Brightman (Wareham, MA) caught three passes for 39 yards. Evan Dyer (East Brigdewater, MA) caught the Cann touchdown pass.
• Defensively, Mack Brown (Harvey, LA) had a huge day for the Bucs with seven tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and he recovered two fumbles. 
• Kyle Rogers (Abington, MA) led all players with 11 tackles on the day.
• Andrew Longwater (Tybee Island, GA) made eight tackles, had a tackle for loss, forced a fumble and blocked a punt on Saturday. That is his third blocked punt of the season. 
• Hugh Wells (West Hartford, CT) made seven tackles, had a half sack, and 1.5 tackles for loss. 
• Cobey Williamson (North Easton, MA) made six tackles and broke up three passes in the game. 
• On Special teams, Thomas Garland (Weymouth, MA) picked up the Longwater blocked punt in the end zone for a Buccaneer touchdown.
• Kicker/Punter George Lampros (Bridgewater, MA) converted both of his extra point attempts and punted the ball seven times for 264 yards with a long of 60 yards. He averaged 37.7 yards per punt and pinned Framingham inside their 20 yard line on three occassions.

For The Rams

• Nicolas Goffredo completed 16-of-25 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown. 
• Running back Devaun Ford ran the ball 27 times for 183 yards and a touchdown that came on a 75-yard run. 
• Elijah Nichols led all receivers with seven catches for 70 yards. Ford caught four passes for 51 yards and the Goffredo touchdown.
• Defensively, Joshua Onujiogu made five tackles, two sacks, two tackles for loss and forced a fumble.
• Chase Buono led all Rams tacklers with seven total. 
• Gerell Boyce recovered the fumble Onujiogu forced and recturned it 39 yards for a Rams touchdown.
• On special teams, Henrique De Boni made 1-of-2 field goal attempts, a 36-yarder. 
• Matthew Farley converted 2-of-3 extra point attempts.

How It Happened

Maritime received the opening kick and gained 11 yards, all by Mitchell, and had to punt the ball away. Framingham took over and drove down field 61 yards on five plays, capped off with a Goffredo to Ford touchdown pass from 26 yards out. Down 7-0, the Buccaneers took the ball on their next drive 53 yards in eight plays which ended in a punt. On the ensuing drive, Maritime forced a three-and-out of the Rams. On 4th and 18 the Rams lined up to punt. Longwater found his way through the line, blocking De Boni's punt which rolled in to the end zone where it was picked up by Garland for the touchdown. Lampros converted the PAT to make it 7-7 with 3:40 to play in the first quarter. Each team had another possession in the first but could not do anything with the ball, both drives ending in punts. The score remained 7-7 at the end of one.

The second quarter featured a whole lot of defense and punts by both teams, including a 60-yard punt by Lampros. With 2:47 on the clock in the second, Framingham took the ball downfield 61 yards in 10 plays. With 14 seconds on the clock on a 4th and 2 from the Bucs 19, Framingham sent out De Boni for the field goal. He hit from 36 to make the score 10-7 Rams heading in to the halftime break.

In the third, the Buccaneers received the second half opening kick off. In their longest drive of the day, Cann led his team down the field 62 yards in 12 plays. On 3rd and Goal from the one, Cann found Dyer in the back of the end zone for the score. Lampros's extra point made it 14-10 Buccaneers with 9:11 remaining in the third. On the first play after the kickoff by Lampros that went through the end zone for a touchback, Ford found a lane around the right side of the defense and went the distance, 75 yards, for the score to put Framingham back on top. Farley missed the extra point and the score sat at 16-14 Framingham with 8:55 left in the quarter. The Buccaneers next drive started off well; a 15-yard pass from Cann to Dan Campbell (Peru, MA) for 15 yards game them a first down. After a one-yard run by Mitchell, on 2nd and 9, Onujiogu found his way in to the Buccaneer backfield, sacking Cann forcing him to fumble the ball. Boyce picked up the ball there and took it to the end zone for the touchdown. Farley's kick was good and the Rams now led 23-14 with 21 minutes left in the game. Neither team could move the ball for the remainder of the third quarter with both defenses grinding away. The Rams to keep the Bucs from coming back and the Buccaneers to try and get the ball back in good field position. The score remained 23-14 as the teams went to the fourth.

In the first drive of the fourth quarter, Framingham went 73 yards on 12 plays. Trying to get the first down on 4th and 1 from the Maritime 14, Noah Leonard fumbled the ball at the line of scrimmage. The fumble was picked up by Brown for the Bucs. Maritime went three and out on the next drive, being forced in to a punt. Framingham could not convert on 4th and goal on their next drive and again the Bucs had kept them out of the end zone. Unfortunately, the Buccaneers were unable to move the ball to get down field for any kind of score. Framingham took possession of the ball with two minutes to play and kneeled on it to run the clock out, securing the 23-14 win for hte MASCAC leading Rams.

What's Next

The Buccaneers travel to Plymouth, N.H. to take on Plymouth State in MASCAC Play on Saturday, November 6th at 12pm. Live stats and live stream of the game will be available at mmabucs.com.