Football | 11/14/2026 5:15:00 PM
MORRISVILLE, NY – The Alfred University football team ended its season with a 27-24 victory over SUNY Morrisville on the road on Saturday in Empire 8 action. The Saxons (3-7, 2-5 Empire 8) scored the majority of their points in the third quarter, scoring 20 unanswered. The Mustangs (1-9, 0-7 Empire 8) scored 12 in each of the first and fourth quarters.
The Mustangs opened up the scoring with an 18-yard passing touchdown just under five minutes into the game. The Saxons responded with a
Steven Bidwell (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy), four-yard score just five minutes after.
Dominic Bronco (Rochester, NY/Aquinas) tacked on the point after to take a 7-6 lead. Morrisville ended the quarter with a six-yard rushing TD with 14 seconds remaining to take a 12-7 lead. Neither team would score in the second quarter.
AU came out of the half with a
Tommy Nyquist (Warren, PA/Warren Area) one-yard touchdown, retaking the lead, 13-12. After a blocked PAT,
Owen Bishop (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan Academy) had a 56-yard kick that, while on the return, was fumbled by Morrisville's
Chaunsey Gilbert and it was recovered by
Tyler Lucas (Akron, NY/Akron), having the Saxons start their next drive in Mustang territory on the 39-yard line.
On the ensuing drive, Nyquist rushed three times, followed by a
Matt Parker (Middletown, DE/Gilman School) pass to
Joe Littlejohn (Buffalo, NY/Match Science Technology Preparatory) to bring it within the redzone. Nyquist gained another four yards before he took it in for a 13-yard touchdown.
The Saxons scored what would go down as the game-winning touchdown when Parker connected with
Benjamin Staneart (Arlington, TX/Grace Preparatory Academy) for a 10-yard score.
Nyquist rushed 25 times for a net total of 120 yards. Parker went 11-for-20 for 145 yards and a long of 41 yards to
Jack Buchsbaum (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy) in the third quarter to set up the first Nyquist score. Buchsbaum had the most receiving yards with 55.
Defensively, both
Jack Bestpitch (Buffalo, NY/St. Mary's of Lancaster) and
Ryan Waddell (Windsor, NY/Windsor Central) recorded double-digit tackles. Bestpitch totaled 12 from four solo stops and eight assisted. Waddell had nine assisted and two solo tackles for 11 total.
Martin Flanders Jr (Schuylerville, NY/Schuylerville) totaled eight tackles and three were solo, but four of his tackles were tackles for a loss of 14 yards with two of them being sacks for a loss of 11 yards. He added three quarterback hurries to his resume on the day as well.
Auben Marcus Jr (Ridge, NY/Longwood) had two blocked PATs with the last being the final score for the Mustangs.