Bangor, Maine — September 12, 2026 — The Springfield College football team picked up its first road win of the season as they defeated Husson 48-0 on Saturday afternoon.
The Pride improve to 2-0 overall while the Eagles drop to 0-2. Springfield entered today's contest receiving votes in both the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III national poll and the D3football.com national poll.
The Pride have now won five straight contests against the Eagles dating back to the 2022 campaign and have allowed seven or less points in four of the five meetings. Over the four game stretch, Springfield has outscored Husson by a 256-40 margin.
As a team, Springfield totaled 436 yards on the ground compared to 57 from the Eagles and posted 508 yards of total offense while possessing the ball for over 40 minutes with five different student-athletes scoring a touchdown. Stanford Davis (Montague, N.J.) led Springfield with 119-yards on the ground, averaging 7.4 yards per carry and scoring two touchdowns as Ian Wernik (Plymouth, Mass.) was 6-for-6 on extra points and was 2-for-2 on field goals with a long of 35-yards.
The Springfield defense held Husson to 220 yards of total offense, broke up eight passes and did not allow a single fourth down conversion. Mike Mendicino (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) led the Pride with eight tackles and Justin Smith (Cambria Heights, N.Y.) had seven.
Springfield started off the game with the ball and embarked on a six play, 66-yard drive that was capped off by a 27-yard rushing touchdown by Desmond Perezcastaneda (Brockton, Mass.) to put the Pride on the board. Springfield then forced a three-and-out from Husson before the Pride went on a ten play, 71-yard drive as Davis completed the drive with a touchdown to take a 14-0 lead.
Springfield got the ball back at the end of the first and continued to dominate as they opened up the second quarter with a 27-yard field goal from Wernik before Davis went on to score another touchdown later in the quarter to add to the lead, 24-0. Husson put together an impressive drive at the end of the quarter but did not have enough time to score before the haltime break.
To start the half, Wernik executed and recovered an onside kick to give Springfield the ball. Wernik then kicked a 35-yard field goal at the end of the first drive before Jayden Aziz (Washington, N.J.) scored and later AJ Vurchio (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) rushed five yards for the first touchdown of his career to take a 41-0 lead. Brady Vale (Ellington, Conn.) intercepted the ball with just under three minutes to play to allow Springfield to add to their lead as Bode Dunn (Stockton, N.J.) rushed just eight yards to score with a three seconds remaining in the game.
The Pride will host No. 4/4 Wisconsin-Platteville on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Stagg Field.
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