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Williams Football Team Wins on Homecoming Day
Williams Sports Information,
09:12PM / Saturday, November 06, 2021
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- For the first time since 2010, the Williams College football team is 8-0 after a 25-0 shutout of the Wesleyan Cardinals (6-2) in which Williams racked up 290 total rushing yards and prevented the Wesleyan offense from reaching the red zone for the entirety of the game.
 
This is the first time Williams has been 8-0 since 2010. Due to the NESCAC's expansion to a 9-game season in 2017, Williams has the opportunity to advance to 9-0 next week for the first time in the school's history.
 
"This feels great," coach Mark Raymond said. "I'm so proud of the players and coaches for their phenomenal effort and focus this whole season."
 
Against two formidable offenses in Trinity and Wesleyan in back-to-back weeks, Williams allowed just three combined points. While the offense got off to a slower start than usual and ended up with their lowest scoring output of the season, the defense put the clamps down on the Wesleyan offense, limiting dangerous dual-threat quarterback David Estevez, who had rushed for an even 400 yards in the last three games, to 80 rushing yards, 90 passing yards, and no scores.
 
"Our guys kept everything in front of them," Raymond said. "We were able to keep [Estevez] on the run, and keep him contained. They just did a fantastic job."
 
On a pivotal third-and-7 play at the beginning of the second half, quarterback Bobby Maimaron took the snap, rolled out to the right, and saw tight end Justin Burke wide open near the right sideline. After making the catch at the Wesleyan 40-yard line, Burke saw nothing but green grass in front of him, running untouched into the end zone to score the first touchdown of the day and give Williams a 15-0 lead.
 
Joel Nicholas played another spectacular game, picking up 176 yards on 26 carries (and consistently making chunk plays. Maimaron also enjoyed an excellent game on the ground, rushing for 127 yards on 16 attempts (8.0 YPC); he also completed 7 of 16 passes for 155 yards (9.7 YPA), including the long, 77-yard touchdown to Burke.
 
Next week, Williams will travel to Amherst to play the Mammoths (5-3), who lost 49-7 to Trinity earlier Saturday.
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