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Villanova Wildcats at Hampton Pirates

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7-2, 3-2 Away
Final
20 - 14
5-4, 2-3 Home

Bell's third quarter TD carries Villanova past Hampton, 20-14 in defensive battle

The Wildcats (7-2, 4-1) trail unbeaten conference leaders Rhode Island (8-1, 5-0) and Richmond (6-2, 4-0) with three games left in the regular season.

Chris Zellous fired a 6-yard touchdown pass to Kymari Gray to cap Hampton’s opening drive to give the Pirates a 7-0 lead but did not score again until Zellous squeezed in from a yard out with a minute left in the third quarter to cut the Villanova lead to the final margin.

Neither team found much success offensively. Villanova finished with just 241 yards of total offense, two more than Hampton. The Wildcats managed 11 first downs, one fewer than the Pirates.

Connor Watkins completed 9 of 22 pass attempts for 149 yards and Avit carried 26 times for 76 yards and a touchdown.

Zellous completed just five of his 11 passes for 79 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Ja’Quan Snipes carried 14 times for 85 yards.

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Scoring Summary

HAMP TD 1st Period 11:46 Kymari Gray 6 Yd pass from Chris Zellous (Brian Csehoski Kick)
VILL FG 1st Period 2:13 Ethan Gettman 29 Yd Field Goal
VILL TD 2nd Period 7:11 David Avit 1 Yd Run (Ethan Gettman Kick)
VILL FG 3rd Period 10:06 Ethan Gettman 40 Yd Field Goal
VILL TD 3rd Period 4:59 Brendan Bell 4 Yd Run (Ethan Gettman Kick)
HAMP TD 3rd Period 1:03 Chris Zellous 1 Yd Run (Brian Csehoski Kick)

Statistics

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12 1st Downs 12
3-16 3rd down efficiency 6-16
1-2 4th down efficiency 0-2
241 Total Yards 239
149 Passing 84
9/22 Comp/Att 7/19
6.8 Yards per pass 4.4
92 Rushing 155
42 Rushing Attempts 45
2.2 Yards per rush 3.4
8-70 Penalties 4-27
0 Turnovers 1
0 Fumbles lost 0
0 Interceptions thrown 1
31:44 Possession 28:16

Game Information

Venue: Armstrong Stadium

Location: Hampton, VA
Attendance: 1,454 · Capacity:
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