Robert Morris rallies to beat Sacred Heart

Associated Press

FAIRFIELD -- Jeff Sinclair found Nick Groat for a 2-yard touchdown with 35 seconds to play to help rally Robert Morris past Sacred Heart 21-17 Saturday.

Trailing 17-6 in the fourth quarter, Jeff Sinclair found D.J. Pearson for a 4-yard touchdown to cut Robert Morris' (4-6, 3-4 Northeast Conference) deficit to 17-14.

Sacred Heart (2-8, 1-6) intercepted Sinclair for the fourth time with 4:24 seconds left in the game, but was forced to punt with 2:57 to play. Keshaudas Spence led Sacred Heart on the ground with 113 yards on 23 carries.

ROBERT MORRIS 21

SACRED HEART 17

ROBERT MORRIS..............................0 3 3 15--21

SACRED HEART.................................7 3 7 0--17

First Quarter

SH--Casey 4 pass from Wischnowski (Frizzell kick), 1:08.

Second Quarter

SH--FG Frizzell 18, 10:09.

RobM--FG Langer 24, 4:22.

Third Quarter

RobM--FG Langer 27, 10:15.

SH--Roussel 14 interception return (Frizzell kick), 7:44.

Fourth Quarter

RobM--Pearson 4 pass from Sinclair (Pearson pass from Sinclair), 9:32.

RobM--Groat 2 pass from Sinclair (Langer kick), :35.

A--1,336.

Robert Morris SHU

First downs 14 14

Rushes-yards 38-125 38-138

Passing 145 160

Comp-Att-Int 11-25-4 14-34-2

Return Yards 19 37

Punts-Avg. 8-36.1 10-38.7

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0

Penalties-Yards 1-10 9-85

Time of Possession 28:32 31:28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Robert Morris, E.Taylor 14-78, Jeter 1-38, Groat 3-8, Howard 5-7, Team 1-(minus 1), Sinclair 14-(minus 5). Sacred Heart, Spence 21-113, G.Moore 9-30, Casey 2-0, Team 1-(minus 1), Wischnowski 5-(minus 4).

PASSING: Robert Morris, Sinclair 11-25-4-145. Sacred Heart, Wischnowski 14-33-2-160, G.Moore 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Robert Morris, Jeter 3-25, Evans 2-60, D.Mitchell 2-24, Hayes 1-15, E.Taylor 1-15, Pearson 1-4, Groat 1-2. Sacred Heart, Tate 4-31, Dube 3-38, Jamiel 2-28, Casey 2-15, Goodwin 1-24, G.Moore 1-20, Spence 1-4.