WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Marques DeShields scored a 98-yard touchdown run, which marked the longest run in Saint Francis football history. It is also currently the longest run in the FCS during the 2021 season.
» Bryant scored two touchdowns in the final 3:18 of the game to win 18-17.
» Defensive back Gregory Reddick had an interception inside the red zone with 1:22 remaining in the first quarter, the first of his career.
» Kahtero Summers scored his NEC-leading sixth touchdown of the season.
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
Saint Francis had a fourth and goal opportunity at the one-yard line stopped with 8:18 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Red Flash held a 14-3 lead, but quarterback Justin Sliwoski's sneak opportunity was denied.
 
On the ensuing drive, Bryant produced a five-minute, 99-yard touchdown drive, aided by back-to-back roughing the passer calls. The Bulldogs' two-point conversion was successful and they cut the Red Flash lead to 14-11.
 
After an onside kick was nearly recovered by Bryant, Saint Francis drained just over one minute off the clock before an Alex Schmoke 45-yard field goal.
 
Bryant trailed 17-11 and received the ball with 2:05 remaining in the fourth quarter and no timeouts. The Red Flash stopped the Bulldogs on a fourth and 10 run by quarterback Zevi Eckhaus, but they were penalized for a facemask. Five plays later, Bryant took an 18-17 lead with a five-yard touchdown catch and converted extra point.

FLASH MOMENTS
The Red Flash scored the game's first touchdown in the third quarter after the punt coverage unit recovered a fumble, recovered by Willie O'Hara, and Kahtero Summers scored a two-yard touchdown.
 
After Bryant punter Ethan Gettman booted a school-record 82-yard punt to the Saint Francis two-yard line, Marques DeShields scored a 98-yard touchdown. His rushing yards were the most in one play in Saint Francis football history and the longest run this season in the FCS.
 
After holding a 14-3 lead, Saint Francis surrendered its first touchdown of the game on a nine-yard touchdown pass and two-point conversion. The 14-play, 99-yard drive was aided by two Red Flash roughing the passer calls.
 
With the lead cut to 14-11, Alex Schmoke kicked a 45-yard field goal that gave Saint Francis a 17-11 lead. Bryant responded with a go-ahead 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that sealed its 18-17 victory.

FLASH NUGGETS
Running back Marques DeShields set a Saint Francis football record for most rushing yards in one play with his 98-yard touchdown run. It also marked the longest run of the 2021 FCS season at the time of his run, later broken by Stony Brook's Ty Son Lawton's 99-yard touchdown run.
 
Kicker Alex Schmoke converted his fourth field goal of 40-plus yards this season.
 
Redshirt freshman Gregory Reddick had his first-career interception inside the five-yard line at the end of the first half.

UP NEXT
The Red Flash have their bye week before returning to the field at Duquesne on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m.