THE BASICS:
 
- Score: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 28, MIT 14
 
- Records: MIT (1-5, 0-4 NEWMAC); U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (5-1, 3-1 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Kings Point, N.Y. (Brooks Stadium and Captain James Harvey Tomb Field)
 
- The Lead: Led by a three-touchdown afternoon from Caesar Gonzalez, the Merchant Marine football team defeated MIT by a 28-14 final on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Kings Point. The game was the lone NEWMAC contest of the weekend as the rest of the conference was on a bye week.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- On the first drive of the game, MIT converted three straight first downs behind the running of senior Brady Klein (Washington, Ill.) as he quickly moved the Engineers into USMMA territory. After picking up another first down on a USMMA penalty, sophomore Chase Harmon (West Linn, Ore.) converted a fourth down and nine to move MIT to the 10-yard line. On third down, graduate student Theo Dawson (Jackson, Wyoming) got the visitors on the scoreboard as he scored off the right side from four yards out to make it 7-0 with 8:48 left in the first.
 
- The Mariners answered on the next drive as Gonzalez scored on a toss sweep to the left side from five yards out, knotting the score at 7-7 with 4:57 left in the first. Gonzalez put the hosts in front at the 12:05 mark of the second when he found the end zone from 11 yards to cap a 67-yard drive for the 14-7 lead.
 
- After the two teams traded interceptions in the second quarter, Gonzalez scored for the final time as his one-yard TD run made it a 21-7 USMMA lead at the half.
 
- Talsen Smith directed the Mariners on a 10-play, 72-yard drive over a span of 4:16 in the third, capped by a 12-yard TD pass to Gervy Alota to make it 28-7 heading to the fourth. MIT closed out the scoring with 9:40 remaining in the game when Dawson scored up the middle from one yard out on third down to account for the 28-14 final and his second touchdown of the day.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Klein went over the 100-yard mark for the first time this season with 106 yards on a season-high 27 rushing attempts. First-year Michael Dennison (Beaufort, S.C.) was the top receiver for the Engineers as he had four catches for 53 yards.
 
- The Mariners were led by 100-yard rushing days from both Gonzalez with 132 yards and three touchdowns, along with 124 yards by Cole Simmons as the team finished with 300 yards on the ground.
 
- Defensively, first-year Eric Anderson (Vienna, Va.) was the MIT leader in tackles in 14, including eight assisted stops. Junior Jack Grier (Cornelius, N.C.) posted 10 total tackles, while junior Ryan Hourican (Staten Island, N.Y.) had a pair of interceptions on the day. Teddy Brunger led USMMA with nine tackles, including a tackle for loss and one quarterback hurry.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers are back in action on Saturday, October 21st when the team travels to Maritime College for a Noon start in Throggs Neck, N.Y.
 
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