Box Score NEW LONDON, Conn. – Brady Klein rushed for a pair of touchdowns leading MIT to a 21-7 win over Coast Guard in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game.
MIT improves to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the conference while the Bears drop to 2-6 overall and 0-4 in the NEWMAC.
Coast Guard freshman Joe Armentrout made his first collegiate start and was 19 of 37 for 291 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions while rushing for a team-high 36 yards.
Damaso Jaime had three catches for a game-high 107 yards while Jared Colletti had six receptions for 58 yards and Jacob Wagner had five catches for 71 yards in the loss.
Armentrout threw his career touchdown pass a 12-yard strike to Tafari Wall and it was Wall's first career catch after starting the first seven games at quarterback.
The Bears offense moved the ball all day and finished with 364 yards (291 passing, 73 rushing), but a pair of blocked field goals and two fumbles would cost them.
MIT was held to 231 total yards (164 rushing yards, 67 passing yards). George Stultz led the Engineers with 14 carries for 64 yards while Klein had 10 carries for 41 yards and the two touchdowns. Oakley Dehning was 7 of 15 for 67 yards with a touchdown.
Sam Gozelski blocked a Coast Guard field goal late in the first quarter to keep the Bears off the scoreboard.
Coast Guard had 112 yards in the first quarter while MIT had just eight plays and seven yards.
The Engineers got on the board with just 20 seconds left in the half on a 40-yard touchdown pass from Dehning to Dennis Gastel on 3rd and 15 for a 7-0 halftime lead.
MIT would score on its first possession of the second half on a 10-yard run by Klein to make the score 14-0.
Coast Guard answered right back on the touchdown pass from Armentrout to Wall in the corner or the end zone with 8:42 left in the third cutting the deficit to 14-7.
Coast Guard would again come up empty as Gozelski blocked his second field goal of the game with 4:38 left in the third.
The Bears would march 67 yards pushing the ball inside the 10-yard line as they tried to tie the game, but a bad snap pushed the Bears back to the 28 where they would turn it over on downs with 14:49 left.
MIT would intercept Armentrout on the next two possessions as Adam Zimmerman intercepted him with 12:05 left before Grant Bordelon's interception with 6:58 remaining.
Coast Guard would fumble at its own five and Klein would score on a three-yard run with 2:05 left to put the game away.
The Bears are back in action at WPI on Saturday at noon.
