Columbia Scores 20 Straight Late to Beat Marist 41-28
Take the 85-yard blocked field goal return, the 44-yard fumble recovery and the safety away from Columbia, and the Lions have 25 points against Marist's 28. Sixteen of the 41 came without the offense on the field. Marist outgained them 458 yards to 369 and lost anyway.
It was a ping-pong game for three quarters. Carter McCray's return put Columbia up 7-0, Marist's Sonny Mannino answered with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Jayden Taylor, and Jeremy DeCaro's 16-yard run made it 14-7 Red Foxes. Chase Goodwin hit Beckett Robinson from 38 yards to tie it, AJ George's fumble recovery with 33 seconds left in the half put Columbia up 21-14, and Mannino sent a 55-yarder to Zach Garmont early in the third to make it 21-21. Then it was 21-21 going into the fourth, and Marist went in front on Mannino's 1-yard run with 14:18 left, 28-21.
That was the last time Marist scored. Griffin Johnson ran one in from a yard out (27-28, the extra point failed), Goodwin found Hutch Crow from 19 yards with 8:21 left (33-28, another failed extra point), and a Marist holding penalty in the end zone gave Columbia a safety and a 35-28 lead. Goodwin then hit Bryce Coleman from 13 yards with 2:19 to go. All three of those touchdowns missed the extra point, and it did not matter.
Mannino threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns but lost two fumbles. Each team gave it away twice (Columbia a fumble and an interception, Marist two fumbles), so the turnover count was even. Columbia is 3-1, Marist 2-3.
Fantasy managers got a lot from the losing side: Mannino was the top scorer of the game at 32.5 points, ahead of Goodwin at 28.1.