The Husson University Eagles dropped a 51-0 loss to the Springfield College Pride at Husson's Winkin Complex.  The Pride rushed for 459 yards on the win to improve to 2-0 while the Eagles fall to 0-2 on the young season.

After Husson forced a three-and-out on the first Springfield possession, the Eagles strung together an 11 play 48 yard drive resulting in a missed field goal attempt by Doug Dieuveuil (Fy., Veazie, ME).   Another Springfield three-and-out was followed by a missed field goal for what would constitute Husson's best scoring opportunities of the game.

The first quarter ended a scoreless 0-0 but Springfield would quickly reach the scoreboard in the second quarter which began on the Husson 6-yardline.  Quarterback Josh Carter (Jr., Marlborough, MA) scored a rushing touchdown to put the Pride on the scoreboard. 

Springfield scored off an Alex Mendez (Jr., Cranston, RI) three yard rush with 2:16 left in the second quarter.  Mendez rushed for 58 yards in the series to give Springfield a 14-0 lead following the point after touchdown by Ricky Peacock (So., Tucker, GA).

The second half ended with a 14-0 Springfield lead over Husson.  In the opening drive of the second half, the Eagles strung together 9 plays for 65 yards but were forced to punt from their 48-yardline.    Springfield recovered and Antoine King (Sr., Boston, MA) rushed for 91 yards to score the game's third touchdown, pushing the Springfield lead to 21-0.

After recovering a Husson fumble, Springfield's Carter hit Mendez for a 25 yard pass to set up the next scoring drive for the Pride.  Peacock hit a 21 yard field goal bringing the score to 24-0.

Springfield's Joe Myhren (Sr., New Hampton, NY) returned a Justin Lindie (Sr., Winslow, ME) punt 43 yards to the Husson 10-yardline to set up a rushing touchdown for Erik Chiarella (Jr., West Long Branch, NJ).  With 23 seconds left in the third quarter, Carter hit Mark Safer (Jr., St. Johns, FL) with a 27 yard touchdown pass.  The third quarter would end with a Springfield lead of 38-0.

Springfield's Mendez scored his second rushing touchdown of the day with a 12 yard rush to push the score to 44-0.  With 3:45 left in the game, Austin Bateman (Fy., Gansevoort, NY) scored a one yard rushing touchdown for what would be the last score of the game at 51-0.

For the Pride, Antoine King rushed for 125 yards on five carries, followed by Mendez with 104 yards and 20 carries.  Husson's Byron Jackson (So., Bridgeport, CT) managed 39 yards on 12 carries.  Quarterback Josh Carter was 7-4 with 73 yards and one touchdown for Springfield while Husson's Jack Hersom completed 4 of 12 attempts for 40 yards.  Defensively, Tom Hersom led the Eagles with 6.5 tackles, followed by Vanidestine with 6.0.  Chris Kulcsar recorded 8 tackles and one sack for Springfield.