POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University football team earned a 31-14 home triumph over New Haven on Friday night at Tenney Stadium in the season opener for both teams.
 

Summary

• Samer Layous' 35-yard field goal capped a 10-play, 59-yard opening drive.
• On Marist's next drive, the Red Foxes faced a fourth-and-one from their own 41. Tristan Shannon burst through a hole for a 59-yard touchdown as Marist went up 10-0 with 7:11 left in the first quarter.

TRISTAN SHANNON TO THE CRIB!!!!!!!!!!

Red Foxes lead 10-0#FoxholeGuys pic.twitter.com/O5X3oFXdwN

— Marist Football (@Marist_Fball) August 29, 2025

• Sonny Mannino connected with Connor Hulstein for a 17-yard touchdown as the Red Foxes went up 17-0 with 18 seconds left in the first quarter.
• In the second quarter, New Haven responded with a five-yard touchdown pass from AJ Duffy to Evan Chieca. This cut Marist's lead to 17-7, which remained the score at halftime.
• On New Haven's opening drive of the second half, Matt Bonczek and Garrett Carter combined to stop Brian Thomas for no gain on fourth-and-goal from the Marist 1.
• Tyrell Powell recovered a muffed punt at the New Haven 13 with 3:24 left in the third quarter. Three plays later, Mannino's four-yard rushing touchdown staked Marist to a 24-7 lead.
• Duffy's 21-yard touchdown pass to Logan Schmidt brought New Haven to within 24-14 with 12:32 to go.
• With Marist still leading by 10, Ethan Yuska's 50-yard punt was downed at the New Haven 2 with 2:37 to play. The Chargers drove to the Marist 27 on the ensuing drive, but it came to an end with a sack by Kade Werner on fourth down.
• Marist's next drive ended with a punt, but Yuska delivered a 52-yarder that was muffed and recovered by Rene Barber for a touchdown to close out the scoring.

 

Stats

• Marist had a pair of 100-yard rushers in Mannino (109) and Shannon (104).
• Powell and Carter led Marist with eight tackles apiece. Powell added a sack and a fumble recovery.
• Hatton finished with seven tackles, an interception, and a fumble recovery.
• Yuska averaged 44.0 yards on six punts.
• Marist was plus-3 in turnover differential, with three fumble recoveries and an interception.
• Marist held New Haven to 18 rushing yards on 19 attempts.
• Duffy finished 31-of-55 for 377 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception.

 

Notes

• This was Marist's first win in a season opener since 2012.
• This was Marist's first home non-league win since 2015.
• This was Marist's first non-league win at all since 2017.
• This was the first time Marist had two 100-yard rushers in a game since 2018 (Mekhai Johnson and Darryn Jordan at Morehead State).
• Mannino and Shannon both registered single-game career highs in rushing yards.
• The crowd of 3,955 was the seventh-largest in the history of Tenney Stadium.

And to all a good night ???? pic.twitter.com/BjQFObTdKG

— Marist Football (@Marist_Fball) August 30, 2025

 

Up Next

• Marist plays the second of its back-to-back home games to start the season on Saturday, Sept. 6 against Bucknell.
• Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.