Bowdoin Football Falls to Williams in Season Opener

Nick Vailas scored his first career touchdown on Saturday against Williams

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Williams College football team controlled the ball for over 38 minutes of game time on its way to a season-opening 27-7 win over Bowdoin at Whittier Field on Saturday.

The Ephs amassed 438 yards of total offense to improve to 1-0 on the season while the Polar Bears fall in the debut of head coach J.B. Wells and drop to 0-1.

How It Happened

• The Ephs took the opening kickoff and marched 76 yards in 11 plays, scoring on an 10-yard rush by tailback Connor Harris, who cut up the middle for the game's first score.
• Williams carried a 7-0 lead into the second quarter when they capped another long drive - 93 yards on 11 plays - with a 21-yard pass from Austin Lommen to Adam Regensburg in the left corner of the endzone to make it 14-0.
• Bowdoin cut short a Williams bid to add to the lead before halftime, stopping the Ephs on a fourth down at the Bowdoin 29 with under two minutes to go. 
• The Polar Bears drove to the Williams 37 with time expiring in the first half, but a Tim Drakeley pass was intercepted at the Williams 14 with 26 ticks left in the period.
• Williams forced a Bowdoin three-and-out to open the third quarter and marched 77 yards in eight plays, scoring on a 18-yard screen pass from Lommen to Gary Plumb.
• The Polar Bears got on the scoreboard with 2:24 remaining following a 10-play, 89-yard drive. Drakeley found Nick Vailas over the middle for a 21-yard strike and Bowdoin's first touchdown of the season.
• Bowdoin tried an unsuccessful onside kick and Williams added a late TD on a 34-yard touchdown run by Noah Sorrento to close out the scoring

By The Numbers

• Williams totaled 438 yards of offense for the day, including 288 yards from Lommen, who went 20-30 with two touchdowns.
• Regensburg caught a team-high five passes for 79 yards for Williams while Harris had 72 yards rushing on 20 carries.
• Bowdoin's Drakeley went 21-39 for 248 yards and his first career touchdown.
• Vailas had a career-high 93 yards receiving on seven catches and his first career touchdown catch while Tyler Grant had a team-best 64 yards rushing. 
• Williams finished with 38:12 time of possession to 21:48 for Bowdoin
• The Ephs went 9-15 on third down, including converting their first five in the opening half on their way to two scores.

Up Next

• Williams will travel to Trinity next weekend for a 1:30 p.m. start.
• Bowdoin will take to the road at Amherst next Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. kick-off.