FRANKLIN, Mass. – October 30, 2021 – The Dean College football team was defeated by Maritime College, 31-27, in an Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) game at rainy Lippert Field Saturday afternoon.  

Dean falls to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in the ECFC. The Bulldogs are off next week and will play a regular season finale on Nov. 13 at home against Alfred State. Maritime improves to 2-5 overall and 2-2 in the conference. The Privateers host Keystone next Saturday at 1 p.m.

Dean quarterback David Curry (Bethlehem, Ga.) finished 11-30 for 192 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He added 95 yards on the ground and a score. Junior Ki'sean Bullard (Miami Gardens, Fla.) rushed eight times for 34 yards and a touchdown. Junior Quintus Reid (New Haven, Conn.) caught five balls for 125 yards and two touchdowns.  

Junior Desmond Dias (Rochester, Mass.) posted a game best 14 tackles and added a half sack to lead the Bulldogs. Junior Tyzohn Poole (New Haven, Conn.) registered nine tackles and forced a fumble, while sophomore Dre Kidd (Manassas, Va.) added nine tackles.

Maritime quarterback David Keogh (Mahopac, N.Y.) went 18-37 for 248 yards and three touchdowns. Graduate student Christian Schiavone (White Plains, N.Y.) rushed 28 times for 138 yards and a score. He added four catches for 40 yards and a TD. Freshman Ian Derda (Guilford, Conn.) caught a 75-yard touchdown.

Senior Andrew Wierzbicki (Florida, N.Y.) recorded a team best 10 tackles for the Privateers. Junior linebacker Sean Hart (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had two sacks and six total tackles.

Schiavone put the visitors on the board first with a 6-yard receiving touchdown 2:40 into the contest.

Dean answered, less than four minutes later, with a 9-yard rushing score by Bullard.

Keogh hooked up with Pat Quinn (Rockville Center, N.Y.) for the lone score of the second quarter. Quinn broke loose for a 24-yard receiving touchdown to give Maritime a 14-7 lead heading into halftime.

The Bulldogs forced a fumble on Maritime's opening possession of the third and turned the chance into seven points. Curry found the end zone with a 14-yard scamper to tie the game at 14-14.

A Schiavone score from one yard out gave Maritime the 21-14 lead before Curry found Reid for a 25-yard touchdown catch and run to tie the game once again.

The Privateers got a 29-yard field goal from Joseph Gagliardi (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) to open the scoring in the fourth quarter and take a 24-21 advantage.

Maritime added to the lead when Derda ran away from the Dean defense to get open and score a 75-yard receiving touchdown.

Dean added a score late on a 7-yard TD connection from Curry to Reid, but Maritime was able to hold on for the 31-27 ECFC road victory.