Bryant Football Hosts Sacred Heart on Saturday
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Bryant Football Hosts Sacred Heart on Saturday
Bryant is 2-7 on the season, while Sacred Heart is 4-4 overall.
Game time is set for 1 p.m.
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The Bulldogs and Pioneers are meeting for the 12th time in program history.
Sacred Heart leads the all-time series 6-5 after beating Bryant 49-26 last year.
Bryant’s last win in the series came in 2017.
Bryant Offense
The Bryant offense comes into the contest averaging 16 points and 287 total yards per game on the year.
Quarterback Kory Curtis has completed 137 fo 239 passes for 1,345 yards and seven touchdowns on the year.
He enters Saturday’s game having completed at least 70 percent of his passes in each of his last two outings.
Vincent Nisivoccia leads all receivers with 52 catches for 390 yards and two touchdowns on the year, while grad student Hunter Hill had four touchdown catches on the season.
Bryant Defense
The Bulldogs defense heads into Saturday’s matchup giving up an average of 30 points and 394 total yards per game.
The defense is led by Tomas Wright, who enters the week with 28.5 career sacks. He is one sack shy of tying the program record and 2.5 sacks shy of tying the new NEC record.
Jesse Nemerowicz became Bryant's all-time leader in tackles last week, surpassing Thomas Costigan. Nemerowicz now has 289 career tackles.