BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Ithaca College football team ran its winning streak to seven straight games and stayed perfect in the Liberty League with a dominant, 65-14, win at Buffalo State on Halloween. Ithaca heads into its final Liberty League game with an overall record of 7-1 and 6-0 in the conference.
The Bombers built a 21-0 lead after the first quarter and increased that advantage to 35-7 at intermission. IC scored twice more in the third quarter to make it 49-14 and tacked on 16 more points in the fourth quarter to account for the 65-14 final.
IC compiled 508 yards of offense on 228 yards rushing and 280 yards passing as the Bombers picked up 29 first downs. Ithaca also went 8-for-9 scoring in the red zone.
The defense held Buffalo State to 246 yards with 6.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks.
In the first quarter,
Chase Myers scored the opening touchdown of the contest on a 19-yard run just over three minutes into the game. A little over seven minutes later,
Ahmad Taylor scored from 14 yards out on a completion from
Michael Reed and then Reed connected with
Nicholas Herskowitz for a 42-yard score three minutes later.
Midway through the second quarter, Reed found the end zone on an 8-yard run to make it 28-0 and
Nicholas Lang followed with a 3-yard reception from Reed with 1:29 to go. Buffalo State scored with five seconds remaining in the half for the 35-7 difference.
Gavin Bickford opened the scoring in the second half with a 1-yard run nearly five minutes into the third quarter, but the Bengals answered seven minutes later for a 42-14 disparity.
Myers scored his second touchdown of the game with 1:24 on the clock in the third quarter, and the fourth period was all Bombers with a 15-yard run from
Ryan Turner, a safety on a blocked punt by
Andrew Mendel and a 26-yard reception from
Tyler Wolfe to
D'Adj Love.
Ithaca hosts RPI for the Liberty League title on Senior Day on November 7 at 1 p.m.
