NCAAF

Villanova Wildcats at Monmouth Hawks

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8-3, 3-3 Away
Final
33 - 40
5-6, 3-3 Home

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.

How To Watch

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Scoring Summary

MONM TD 1st Period 10:55 Sone Ntoh 6 Yd pass from Derek Robertson (Michael Calton Jr. PAT failed)
VILL TD 1st Period 2:19 Connor Watkins 2 Yd Run (Ethan Gettman Kick)
MONM TD 2nd Period 13:52 Josh Derry 32 Yd pass from Derek Robertson (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)
MONM TD 2nd Period 10:44 Max James 19 Yd pass from Derek Robertson (Michael Calton Jr. Kick)
VILL TD 2nd Period 6:26 David Avit 25 Yd Run (Ethan Gettman Kick)
MONM TD 3rd Period 10:21 Rodney Nelson 26 Yd Run (Michael Calton Jr. Kick)
VILL FG 3rd Period 6:50 Ethan Gettman 26 Yd Field Goal
MONM TD 3rd Period 5:01 Sone Ntoh 7 Yd Run (Michael Calton Jr. Kick)
VILL TD 4th Period 14:50 Connor Watkins 6 Yd Run (Connor Watkins Run for Two-Point Conversion)
MONM TD 4th Period 9:31 Sone Ntoh 1 Yd Run (Michael Calton Jr. Kick)
VILL TD 4th Period 6:03 Devin Smith 17 Yd pass from Connor Watkins (Connor Watkins Run for Two-Point Conversion)

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Venue: Kessler Stadium

Location: West Long Branch, NJ
Capacity:
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