La PLUME, Pa. – Keystone football's inaugural season is nearing the end as the Giants will look to notch win No. 1 with Saturday's finale in New York against SUNY Maritime College.
The Privateers hold a 2-2 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference record and are still in contention to claim the conference title with four other teams tied atop at 3-1. ECFC determines its champion by regular season records, and with the Giants record at 0-5 (0-9 overall), they are out of the title picture.
Kickoff is set for Nov. 6, 1 p.m. at Reinhart Field in Throggs Neck, N.Y.
Coverage
Live Stats — https://maritimeathletics.com/sidearmstats/football/summary
Video Stream — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV2IpjdVRjc
Offense
- The past two games saw the Giants split quarterback reps between junior Noah Hulslander (Fawn Grave, Pa./Kennard-Dale) and freshman Nick Wasyln (Owego, N.Y./Owego Free Academy).
- Freshman running back Mujaheed Muhammad (Philadelphia, Pa./Paul Robeson) leads Keystone with 574 rushing yards and five touchdowns, while junior Kevin Lewis' (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) seven scores puts him top three of the conference's leaders. Both ball carriers have protected the rock with zero fumbles on the season.
- The offensive line is coming off a clean sheet with zero sacks given up last week.
- On third down, Keystone ranks with the best of the ECFC, having the most conversions for first downs with 55 at a 40 percent success rate.
Defense
- Defensively, the Giants have been limiting opposing offenses to an average of just 144.0 passing yards per game during conference play — good for second best in the ECFC.
- Keystone has also been the best in the conference when it comes falling on the loose rock, corralling a ECFC-best eight fumble recoveries. Linebacker Carlos Perez (Reading, Pa./Reading) leads the conference with three. Fellow linebacker Frankie Vega (Edison, N.J./Edison) follows with a pair of scoops.
Special Teams
- Josue Hernandez (Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex) is still perfect on PAT kicks, hitting 18 for 18.
Maritime Privateers
- Maritime has ECFC wins over Castleton (19-16) and Dean (31-27) with losses to Alfred State (35-20) and Gallaudet (23-9).
- The Privateers have had the lowest point output total during conference play with only 79 points scored against an allowed 101. Only one touchdown has been scored on the ground with nine TDs coming through the air.
- Quarterback David Keogh ranks in the top three of many ECFC passing statistical categories as the fifth-year player has totaled 1,684 passing yards, 11 touchdowns against nine interceptions overall on the season.
- Two players are fresh from receiving ECFC Weekly Honors with freshman receiver Ian Derda earning Rookie of the Week and senior kicker/punter getting the nod at Special Teams Player of the Week.
- Defensively, Maritime ranks atop the conference with keeping opposing offenses to only 128.0 passing yards per game, albeit sitting second-to-last with an average of 214.3 rushing yards allowed.
What's Next
- The rest of the ECFC teams have one more week of regular-season play while the Giants will be on a "bye week."
- Thank you for all your support in Keystone's inaugural football season. We will see you all in 2022.
