Villanova Wildcats at Monmouth Hawks
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Monmouth tops Villanova in 40-33 shootout and remains unbeaten against Wildcats
Monmouth (5-6, 3-4 Colonial Athletic Association) scored touchdowns on consecutive drives with Robertson throwing a 32-yard touchdown to Josh Derry. The two-point conversion attempt failed and the Hawks led 12-7.
Villanova (8-3, 5-2) went three-and-out before Robertson threw a 19-yard touchdown to Max James for a 19-7 lead. On its following drive, Villanova got within 19-14 on David Avit's 25-yard touchdown run.
In the third quarter, Monmouth again scored consecutive touchdowns on drives when Rodney Nelson posted a 26-yard touchdown run and Ntoh ran it in from the 7 for a 33-17 lead.
The Wildcats got within 33-25 with 14:50 remaining on Connor Watkins' 6-yard touchdown run.
Monmouth tacked on another a little more than five minutes later when Ntoh ran it in from the 1 for 40-25 advantage. Watkins ended the scoring with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Devin Smith.
With 6:03 left, Monmouth ran 11 plays, drove 73-yards and forced Villanova to use all its timeouts and took a knee to end it.
Watkins threw for 235 yards and a touchdown and ran for 24 yards and two scores.
Monmouth remained unbeaten (3-0) in program history against Villanova.
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Scoring Summary
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TD | 1st Period 10:55 | Sone Ntoh 6 Yd pass from Derek Robertson (Michael Calton Jr. PAT failed) |
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TD | 1st Period 2:19 | Connor Watkins 2 Yd Run (Ethan Gettman Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 13:52 | Josh Derry 32 Yd pass from Derek Robertson (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) |
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TD | 2nd Period 10:44 | Max James 19 Yd pass from Derek Robertson (Michael Calton Jr. Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 6:26 | David Avit 25 Yd Run (Ethan Gettman Kick) |
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TD | 3rd Period 10:21 | Rodney Nelson 26 Yd Run (Michael Calton Jr. Kick) |
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FG | 3rd Period 6:50 | Ethan Gettman 26 Yd Field Goal |
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TD | 3rd Period 5:01 | Sone Ntoh 7 Yd Run (Michael Calton Jr. Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 14:50 | Connor Watkins 6 Yd Run (Connor Watkins Run for Two-Point Conversion) |
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TD | 4th Period 9:31 | Sone Ntoh 1 Yd Run (Michael Calton Jr. Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 6:03 | Devin Smith 17 Yd pass from Connor Watkins (Connor Watkins Run for Two-Point Conversion) |
Statistics
 VILL |
 MONM |
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|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1st Downs | 18 |
| 7-15 | 3rd down efficiency | 7-11 |
| 4-4 | 4th down efficiency | 2-2 |
| 328 | Total Yards | 502 |
| 235 | Passing | 358 |
| 20/32 | Comp/Att | 22/23 |
| 7.3 | Yards per pass | 15.6 |
| 93 | Rushing | 144 |
| 32 | Rushing Attempts | 29 |
| 2.9 | Yards per rush | 5.0 |
| 7-71 | Penalties | 4-55 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
| 0 | Interceptions thrown | 0 |
| 32:49 | Possession | 27:11 |
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