POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist football team fell to Drake, 19-14, in a Pioneer Football League matchup on Saturday at Tenney Stadium. With the loss, the Red Foxes are 3-5 overall and 2-3 in PFL play. Drake improved to 4-3 and 3-1 in conference competition.
 
Junior wide receiver Juston Christian finished the day with 75 yards on five receptions to become Marist's all-time receiving yards leader. Christian surpassed James LaMacchia, who had held the record since 2010, on a 12-yard reception for a Red Foxes' first down late in the second quarter. LaMacchia had 2,485 receiving yards in his career, and Christian's career total currently stands at 2,525.
 
Key Plays

• Drake's first drive covered 18 plays, 87 yards and 9:20 of game time. It ended in a two-yard rushing touchdown from senior Brock Reichardt.
• Although that was Drake's only touchdown of the game, Danny Donley was 4-for-4 on field goal attempts, which covered 20, 30, 27, and 22 yards.
• The Red Foxes got in the board with a two-yard touchdown run by red-shirt senior running back Marcellus Calhoun with 5:54 left in the second quarter. It was set up by a 40-yard completion from red-shirt junior quarterback Mike White to senior wide receiver Lawrence Dickens.
• Trailing 19-7 with 1:23 to play, Marist took over at its own 35. White completed a 52-yard pass to Dickens, and then a 13-yard touchdown pass to Christian with 1:01 to play.
• However, Drake's Steven Doran recovered the ensuing onside kick. The Bulldogs then ran out the clock.

 
Key Stats

• Dickens had a game-high 112 receiving yards on four receptions.
• Calhoun led the Red Foxes with 54 rushing yards.
• White completed 20 of 35 passes for 268 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. He added 24 yards on the ground.
• Drake's Tyler Updegraff had a game-high 65 rushing yards on 15 carries. The Bulldogs' Mitch McFarlane had a game-high seven receptions for 67 yards.
• Defensively, red-shirt junior linebacker Willie Barrett had nine tackles, including three tackles for loss and half-a-sack. Red-shirt junior safety Wesley Beans had a team-high 10 tackles.
• Drake's Sean Lynch had both of the Bulldogs' interceptions in addition to a game-high 11 tackles and a tackle for loss.
• Marist had three turnovers. Drake had zero.
• The Red Foxes outgained the Bulldogs, 354-329.
• Drake held a 37:38-22:22 edge in time of possession, and ran 81 plays from scrimmage to Marist's 63. Four of Drake's scoring drives were at least 10 plays.

 
Notes
 

• Christian has amassed his total of 2,525 receiving yards in 28 games.
• Christian's fourth-quarter receiving touchdown was the 17^th in his career. He is now tied with Michael Rios for second place all-time in program history in receiving touchdowns, trailing only Armani Martin, who had 19.
• Calhoun's touchdown was the 22^nd of his career, which broke a tie with Ryan Dinnebeil and moved him into fourth place all-time in program history.

 
Quote of the Day
"I was proud of the way our guys fought until the end," head coach Jim Parady said. "I thought our defense bent a little bit, but once they got down in the Red Zone, they stiffened up. … We had too many penalties that cost us field position, and we had some opportunities that we left on the field."
 
Up Next
The Red Foxes will have their bye week before traveling to Dayton, Ohio, to face off against the Flyers. Kickoff for the PFL match-up will be 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4.