HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College football team, coached by Jeff Devanney (17th Season, 109-20), will host the Williams College Ephs as part of the college's Family Weekend on Saturday, October 22 at 2:30 p.m.  The Bantams, which downed previously-undefeated Middlebury on the road, 27-21, last weekend, is currently alone in first place in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) at 5-0.  Trinity and Williams will be meeting for the 80th time on Saturday and Trinity trails the all-time series against the Mammoths by a single game, 39-38-2, including a 42-3 setback in Williamstown last fall.  Saturday is also Trinity Athletics Community Day.  The athletic department is inviting our neighbors in the Hartford Community to campus for a full day of athletic events. Hartford residents will receive free admission to today's game when entering through the southwest gate of Tansill Muldoon Stadium.  

Trinity junior RB Colin McCabe (Madison, Conn.) scored two touchdowns, including the game-winner late in the fourth quarter at Middlebury. Senior QB Spencer Fetter (Winter Park, Fla.) added touchdown passes to both WR DeVante Reid (London, England) and TE Thomas Walsh (Pelham, N.Y.), and the Trinity defense held Middlebury to -16 rushing yards.  Fetter finished 21-for-27 for 198 yards and two touchdowns, including five to sophomore Sean Clapp (Wyckoff, N.J.) for a team-high 87 yards.  Junior RB Will Kirby (Darien, Conn.) rushed for 98 yards and McCabe added 48 yards on the ground.  On the other side of the ball, LB Brian Casagrande (Madison, Conn.) and a team-high seven tackles, while DE Noah Glantz (Scarsdale, N.Y.) added five tackles and 2.5 sack, and senior Wigs Crowley (Milton, Mass.) intercepted a pass..  In the secondary, senior CB Justin O'Neil-Riley (Dorchester, Mass.) broke up three passes and classmate Hunter Tully (Taunton, Mass.) recovered a fumble.  

Trinity tops the NESCAC in scoring defense (10.8 ppg), total defense (237.4), rushing defense (27.8), first downs allowed (59), first downs (114), and time of possession (34:33 per game).  Fetter ranks second in the league in passing in terms of both yards (1,241) and efficiency (148.0), and in total offense (250.6 ypg), while Kirby is third in the conference with 348 rushing yards.  Clapp is tied as the sixth-leading receiver in the league with 24 catches for 338 yards (7th in NESCAC), while  Reid and McCabe are both tied for fourth in the conference with four touchdowns.  Kirby also ranks seventh in all-purpose yards with 431.  On defense, Glantz is the top pass rusher in the league with 5.5 sacks while O'Neil-Riley and senior Darren Warren (West Haven, Conn.) are tied for second and fourth, respectively in the NESCAC with seven and six passes defensed, respectively.  Casagrande leads the Bantams in tackles with 33 (26 solo) and junior Hampton Trout (Belmont, Mass.) tops the NESCAC in both punting at 45.4 per attempt and kickoffs at 59.1 per try.  

The Williams College football team, coached by Mark Raymond, lost its third game in a row, 15-13, at home against Hamilton on Saturday.  The Ephs lead the league in rushing, however, but are last in passing offense.  Defensively, three Ephs have combined for 9.5 sacks, led by Ian Devine with four.  The Bantams are currently ranked No. 2 in the New England Football Writers Division III Poll: 1. Endicott (6-0), 2. TRINITY (5-0), 3. Mass.-Dartmouth (6-1), 4. Springfield (4-2), 5. Middlebury (4-1), 6. Plymouth State (5-1), 7. Wesleyan (4-1), 8. Salve Regina (4-2), 9. Tufts (3-2), 10. New England (4-2).