Towson University Athletics

TOWSON, Md. – True freshman Jacob Davis had a career day in his first collegiate start at quarterback, but the Towson University football team fell on Family Weekend to Stony Brook 31-24.
 
Towson (0-7, 0-3 CAA) looked to claw back from an early 17-point deficit, holding Stony Brook (4-2, 2-0 CAA) to four consecutive three-and-out drives and pulling to within one score three times, but could not bridge the final gap in the fourth quarter.
 
In Towson's five games against FCS opponents, the Tigers have fallen by one score in four of them and outgained their foe in total offensive yards in four contests as well.
 
Key Stats

• Towson outgained Stony Brook 433-320 on total offense, including 337 yards in the air to Stony Brook's 175.  Stony Brook countered by forcing two turnovers, having seven sacks plus notched a kickoff return touchdown.
• Jacob Davis turned in 403 yards of total offense, throwing 26-for-34 for 337 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, adding 66 rushing yards on 19 carries.  He found Cleveland Charlton for four catches for 142 yards and Aaron Enterline with seven receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown.
• Xavier Pugh scored two touchdowns off a six-yard run and an 18-yard catch.
• On defense, TJ Sands led Towson in tackles for the second straight game, having 10, sharing the lead with Seth Chestnut.  Zion Copeland notched seven tackles, including two for loss.
• For Stony Brook, Quinn Boyd was 15-for-24 passing for 175 yards and two touchdowns, adding 57 yards and a score on nine carries.  Seth Sweitzer made five catches for 56 yards and a touchdown.  Khalid Bueno tallied up eight tackles, including 4.5 for loss and three sacks, also forcing a fumble.

Key Situations

• 1^st quarter: A sack ended Towson's first drive around midfield, where Stony Brook scored on its opening drive with a 15-yard pass to James Dely.  After an exchange of drives, Towson lost the ball on a fumble, where Stony Brook capitalized on a short field with a 26-yard pass, with 25 yards gained after the catch, to Seth Sweitzer for a 14-0 Stony Brook lead.
• 2^nd quarter: The Seawolves used a 46-yard catch by Dely to get into Towson territory, later converting a 40-yard field goal by Michael Mannino.  After another exchange of drives, Towson got moving with Jacob Davis rushing and passing to the red zone for fourth down.  On fourth and six, Davis fired a dart to a diving Aaron Enterline in the back of the end zone for the touchdown to make it 17-7 Stony Brook, the eventual halftime score.
• 3^rd quarter: A David 33-yard scramble got Towson to the SBU24, where later, a fourth down conversion attempt ended on a dropped pass.  After an SBU three-and-out, Davis found Cleveland Charlton deep for 62 yards, where on the next play, a drop off pass to Xavier Pugh went for 18 yards and a touchdown to pull Towson within three at 17-14. The next play, DaMario Crawford returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown to rebuild Stony Brook's lead to 10.  Towson got the deficit right back to three minutes later, set up by another deep ball to Charlton for 49 yards.  Later, Pugh finished it with a two-yard touchdown run to make it 24-21 SBU.
• 4^th quarter: Building on an eventual seven-minute drive from the last period, Stony Brook went down the field with five third down conversions, finishing with a Quinn Boyd 13-yard scramble for the touchdown, getting the Seawolves up 31-21.  Davis was picked off in Stony Brook territory as the clock ticked down.  Towson put together a long final drive, seeing Zaydaan Faridi kick a 43-yard field goal to pull the Tigers within one score with 11 seconds left, but Stony Brook recovered the onside kick to win the game 31-24.

Inside the Numbers

• Jacob Davis is the first Towson freshman quarterback to throw for over 300 yards since redshirt freshman Ryan Stover passed for 303 yards at Elon on Nov. 4, 2017.  Davis's 337 passing yards are the most for a Towson freshman quarterback since then-redshirt freshman Sean Schaefer passed for 383 yards vs. Northeastern on Sept. 24, 2005.
• With a touchdown today, Aaron Enterline has at least one receiving touchdown in all seven Towson games this season.  He has nine receiving touchdowns on the season, tying for seventh all-time in Towson single season history.
• This is Towson's second 300+ yard passing game of the season, earning 365 yards passing vs. Morgan State on Sept. 19.
• Cleveland Charlton earns a career-high 142 receiving yards tonight for his second 100+ yard game of the season, having 136 yards vs. Maine on Aug. 27.

Next Game

• Towson heads south to North Carolina to play at Campbell, currently ranked in the top-20 nationally, on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 3:30 p.m.