NH College Football: Plymouth State prevails on the road, moves to 4-0

The New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
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Oct. 1—Manny Sanchez's 6-yard touchdown run in the third quarter put Plymouth State ahead and the Panthers' defense made it stand in a 14-9 victory at Framingham State on Saturday.

The Panthers improved to 4-0 overall, 2-0 in MASCAC play. Framingham dropped to 2-3 and 1-2.

PSU also received a 1-yard TD run from Thanos Boulukos in the second quarter.

Statistics favored the hosts, who picked up 20 first downs to PSU's 13 and outgained the Panthers in total offense, 344-158.

Bentley 41, Franklin Pierce 0: In Rindge, the Ravens dropped to 1-4 overall, 1-2 in the Northeast 10. EJ Burgess led FPU rushers with 46 yards on 15 carries.

Bentley (3-2, 1-1) led 20-0 at halftime.

Penn 23,Dartmouth 17, 2 OTs: Trey Flowers's 1-yard TD run in the second overtime gave Penn a victory over Dartmouth in the teams' Ivy League opener on Friday night at Memorial Field in Hanover.

The play ended a defensive battle that the Big Green led until Graham Gottlieb's 35-yard field goal on the last play of regulation, forcing overtime.

In the first overtime, starting from the Dartmouth 25, Penn (3-0, 1-0) scored first on Josh Casilli's 5-yard TD reception from quarterback Aidin Sayin.

Also starting from the opponents' 25, Dartmouth answered on Nick Howard's 4-yard TD rush.

The next possession proved crucial. The Big Green (1-2, 0-1) were stopped on third down and settled for a field goal attempt by Ryan Bloch that was low and was blocked.

Needing only a field goal, Penn then went the distance in four plays — all runs by Flowers.

Howard finished with 108 yards on 24 carries, including an 11-yard TD in the fourth quarter that gave the Big Green a 10-7 lead.

The loss was the second straight in overtime for Dartmouth, which fell at Sacred Heart last Saturday, 38-31 in overtime.