Picture Above: Junior running back Ryan Fulse (photo by jerseypics.com)

Final Stats (PDF)

Pittsburgh, PA – Boise State transfer Tommy Stuart completed 14-of-23 passes for 238 yards and four touchdowns to lead Duquesne to a 38-0 Northeast Conference (NEC) victory over injury-plagued Wagner this afternoon at Arthur J. Rooney Field.
 
Stuart's favorite target was wide receiver Nehari Crawford, who had six receptions for 156 yards and two scores.

With the win, the Dukes improve to 4-1 on the season, 1-0 in NEC play, while the Seahawks, who were minus their top two quarterbacks due to injury, fall to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the conference.
 
Already without All-NEC Preseason selection Alex Thomson (Keyport, NJ / Keyport), who suffered a season-ending shoulder injury at Saint Francis U back on September 9, Wagner was also without junior quarterback Luke Massei (Cary, NC / Green Hope) today.
 
During his career-high 205-yard passing day in last week's impressive 37-20 win over Patriot League member Lehigh, Massei injured his right, throwing hand and was unable to go today. Gaining his first career start in his stead was true freshman quarterback Donald Glenn (Middletown, NJ / Middletown North), who is less than one year removed from completing a highly-decorated scholastic career along the Jersey Shore. 
 
Seeing the first extended playing time of his young career, the 6-2, 195-pound Glenn completed 10-of-26 passes for 84 yards and was intercepted twice. Glenn completed three passes to junior tight end Chris Woodard, for 21 yards, while also connecting twice each with junior wide receiver D'Erren Wilson (Greeneville, TX / Greeneville/UCF) and senior wide receiver John Williams (Sewell, NJ / Washington Townshhip / Lackawanna CC, for 20 and 18 yards, respectively.
 
Offensively, the Seahawks were led by junior running back Ryan Fulse (Fort Meade, FL / Fort Meade), who rumbled for 118 hard-fought yards on a career-high 28 carries, as the Monroe College (NY) transfer topped the century mark for the third time in his six-game Seahawk career. Red-shirt junior running back Denzel Knight (Rochester, NY / Salisbury School), the reigning NEC Offensive Player of the Week, added 37 yards on 11 rushes.
 
The Seahawk defense, playing without its second-leading tackler in redshirt-sophomore linebacker, Santoni Graham (Arlington, VA / Bishop O'Connell / Fork Union), who suffered a lower leg injury last time out vs. Lehigh, performed well for a large portion of this game. But, in the end, the Green & White were largely undone by committing four turnovers on the afternoon, including a first-quarter muffed punt that led to Duquesne's first TD of the game.
 
Despite that early miscue, Wagner trailed by just a 14-0 count late in the second quarter, having forced the Dukes to punt the ball five times. After taking over on its own 44 following a Wagner punt, Duquesne marched 56 yards in six plays, capped by a 23-yard touchdown pass from Stuart to wide receiver Kellon Taylor, which gave the Dukes a 21-0 halftime bulge with just 1:00 left in the half. The Dukes then managed to outscore Wagner, 17-0, over the game's final two quarters.
 
Defensively, sophomore outside linebacker Cameron Gill (Douglasville, GA / Chapel Hill) paced a unit that held Duquesne 29 yards below its season average, finishing with six tackles, all solo, including a sack. Senior inside linebacker Randall May (Sparta, NJ / Sparta), still rounding into shape after suffering a preseason injury, had his top game of the season, coming up with five tackles (also all solo), including a pair of tackles for loss.
 
Meanwhile, sophomore outside linebacker Allaah Sessions (Elmira, NY / Elmira), and sophomore strong safety David Thomas (Buffalo, NY / South Park), the reigning NEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week, added four stops apiece.
 
Punter Eric Silvester (Lincolndale, NY / Somers) continued his fine freshman season, averaging 39.8 yards on five punts, three of which were downed inside the 20, highlighted by a magnificent 44-yard third-quarter boot that was downed at the Duquesne one-yard line.
 
Team-wise, the final statistics were much closer than the final score would indicate. In fact, Wagner out-rushed Duquesne, 153-142, and held a 32:59-27:01 edge in time of possession. Duquesne led by a scant 16-14 margin in first downs, in addition to outgaining the Seahawks, 380-237. The key stat was turnovers. While Wagner turned it over those four times, the Dukes played a clean offensive game, not turning the ball over one time.

The Seahawks are next in action on Saturday, October 14, when they return to to the friendly confines of Hameline Field to host Central Connecticut in a 6:00 p.m. tussle. In addition to being Homecoming, next Saturday's matchup vs. CCSU promises to be extra festive as Wagner will hold a reunion, welcoming back four of its greatest all-time teams (1967, 1987, 1992, 2012).

Follow us: #CHAOSonthehill
Wagner Athletics:       
Football:       
Head Coach Jason Houghtaling: