Rhode Island Rallies Past Brown 31-21 in Governor’s Cup

Saturday, October 12

Kingston, R.I.

1 p.m.

Brown University

2-2 , 1-0

Rhode Island

5-1 , 2-0

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2nd

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Brown

Rhode Island

Photo by: Jon Ratner

Rhode Island Rallies Past Brown 31-21 in Governor’s Cup

10/12/2024 5:19:00 PM | Football

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KINGSTON, R.I. – A fourth quarter rally helped give the University of Rhode Island a 31-21 victory over the Brown football team on Saturday afternoon in a hard-fought 42nd Governor's Cup matchup.

Brown held a 21-14 lead late in the third quarter before URI scored the game's final 17 points over the final 14 minutes for the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Twelve different receivers caught a pass for Brown, led by freshman Matt Childs with three catches for 52 yards and senior Samuel Baddoo with four catches for 25 yards.
Brown rushed for 133 yards, led by Childs with 48. Senior Jordan DeLucia added 36 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown.
Quarterback Jake Willcox was 20-for-30 for 160 yards and rushed for 31 yards and a score.
Junior Qwentin Brown had a rushing touchdown.
Senior Tim Malo had a career-high 10 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss and a key interception in the end zone late in the first half.
Senior Caleb Moorhead had a career-high nine tackles, including 2.0 TFLs.
Sophomore Max Malo had a career-best eight stops with 1.0 TFLs.
Senior Noble Cooper had a career-high seven tackles and grabbed his first career interception on the game's first drive.
URI outgained Brown 434-298 in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Rams faced a 3rd-and-long on their first sequence when Cooper came away with a huge interception and returned it 41 yards to the four-yard line. On the first play, DeLucia rushed it up the middle four yards for the score to stake the Bears the early lead at 13:46.
URI tied up the score at the 6:52 mark on a 16-yard touchdown pass, which was setup by a 44-yard QB run.
Rhody strung together a long drive and took the lead on a 4th-and-1 rush up the middle for the touchdown with 28 seconds left in the first quarter.
Willcox drew the Bears even with 5:20 left until halftime on a beautiful play fake, spinning off a tackler and taking it untouched to the right pylon to tie it at 14. The drive was highlighted by a big 4th-and-2 completion to Mark Mahoney for nine yards, which set up 1st-and-goal.
Tim Malo came away with a huge interception in the end zone with just over a minute to go, thwarting a URI scoring attempt and keeping the game tied headed into halftime.
Brown started the second half much like the first, scoring a touchdown to take the lead. Qwentin Brown rushed it in from a yard out to give the Bears the 21-14 lead at 9:02, capping a 14-play, 75-yard drive. The Bears converted a trio of third downs on the drive.
The Brown defense knuckled down inside the five and held URI to a 20-yard field goal on their ensuing drive which cut it to 21-17 with 1:38 left in the third.
After URI got a huge stop on 4th-and-inches from the 34, Rhody needed only two plays to take the lead, scoring on a 45-yard jet sweep to take a 24-21 lead with 12:22 to play.
Brown's ensuing drive stalled out at the URI 19-yard line, prompting a 37-yard field goal attempt that was blocked.
URI drove 80 yards after the missed field goal on nine plays and capped it off with a five-yard touchdown run by quarterback Devin Farrell to take their largest lead of the day, 31-21 with 2:49 to go.
An interception and fumble on Brown's final two possessions helped seal the win for Rhody, Brown's only two turnovers of the game.

UP NEXT
Brown will jump back into Ivy League play for the final six games of the season, starting this Friday, October 18 with a showdown at Princeton. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in front of a nationally televised audience, exclusively on ESPNU.

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