THROGGS NECK, N.Y. – This Saturday the Maritime football team will be on the road for the first time in over a month, when the team travels to Paxton, Massachusetts to take on the Anna Maria AMCATs from AMCAT Field with the start time set for 2 p.m.
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Live Coverage: Live stats and live video of the game will be available at
MaritimeAthletics.com/coverage.aspx
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Head-to-Head:
Series History: Maritime has seven wins, in seven all-time games against the AMCATs. Last season, Maritime upended Anna Maria at home by a score of 44-7 on Reinhart Field. In the matchup, the Privateers had 29 first downs on 455 yards of total offense. Defensively, Maritime turned the ball over twice on a pair of interceptions, and also had two sacks in the game.
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Maritime Last Game Recap: Maritime enters off of its conference opener against Husson a week ago, where the Privateers fell by the score of 33-12. The Privateers led in passing yards per completion with an 18.3 yard average on their 11 completions. Maritime also connected on the only field goal of the contest.
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Anna Maria Last Game Recap: Anna Maria opened up ECFC play with a 23-13 loss to Castleton last week. The AMCATs fell behind early with by 17 points, but added a last-second touchdown in the first half to trim the deficit to 10. Anna Maria's second touchdown of the game came on a 61-yard fumble recovery late in the fourth quarter.
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Pick-Six: The last time the Privateers had an interception returned for a touchdown came in 2014 against the AMCATs in Paxton, Mass. Chris Klass '14 had a 60-yard return for a touchdown late in the third quarter to put Maritime ahead 30-6 before going on to the 40-12 victory.
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Around the ECFC: In addition to Maritime travelling to Anna Maria at 2:00 p.m.;
Gallaudet makes the longest trip in the league to Husson at 1:00 p.m.;
Mount Ida hosts Castleton at 1:00 p.m.; while
Norwich visits Becker at 2:00 p.m.
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