HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College football team, coached by Jeff Devanney (17th Season, 110-20), will host the Bowdoin College Polar Bears on Saturday, October 29 at 1 p.m.  The Bantams are alone in first place in the NESCAC at 6-0 after a 32-13 victory over Williams last weekend.  The Polar Bears are 2-4 after snapping a four-game losing skid with a 24-14 triumph over Wesleyan last Saturday.  Trinity leads all-time series against Bowdoin, 39-6-2 including a 38-14 drubbing in Brunswick, Maine a year ago.  The Bantams are currently ranked No. 2 in the New England Football Writers Division III Poll: 1. Endicott (7-0), 2. TRINITY (6-0), 3. Mass.-Dartmouth (7-1), 4. Springfield (5-2), 5. Middlebury (5-1), 6. Plymouth State (6-1), 7. Salve Regina (5-2), 8. Western Connecticut 5-3, 9. Wesleyan (4-2), 10. Bridgewater State (4-3).

Trinity junior RB Colin McCabe (Madison, Conn.) rushed 18 times for 177 yards, all in the second half, against Williams.  Trinity scored on the game 's opening drive, while junior RB Will Kirby (Darien, Conn.) scored the game's first touchdown, and rookie RB Tyler DiNapoli (West Haven, Conn.) added one running and one receiving score.  Senior QB Spencer Fetter (Winter Park, Fla.) threw two touchdowns, the second to WR DeVante Reid (London, England), and sophomore K Matt Jumes (Franklin, Mass.) drilled a pair of 27-yard field goals.  McCabe was honored as the NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week for his outstanding performance. 

Trinity ran for 217 yards and held Williams to 77 yards on the ground.  Fetter finished 16-for-24 passing for 220 yards and Reid was the leading receiver in the game with 78 yards on four catches and sophomore WR Sean Clapp (Wyckoff, N.J.)added six grabs for 65 yards.  Defensively, Trinity LB Brian Casagrande (Madison,Conn.) notched a game-high 11 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss, and broke up a pass, while DE Noah Glantz (Scarsdale, N.Y.) added six tackles and 2.5 sacks, and senior Hunter Tully (Taunton, Mass.) blocked an extra point.

Trinity tops the NESCAC in scoring defense (11.2 ppg), total defense (230.3), rushing offense (168.5), rushing defense (36.0, 2nd in nation), passing defense (194.3), pass efficiency defense (109.9) first downs allowed (72), first downs (114), and time of possession (33:58 per game).  Fetter ranks second in the league in passing in terms of both yards (1,461) and efficiency (151.0), and in total offense (247.5 ypg), while Kirby and McCabe are third and fifth in the conference with 369 and 345 rushing yards, respectively.  Clapp is the seventh-leading receiver in the league with 30 catches for 403 yards (7th in NESCAC), and Reid ais tied for fifth in the conference with five touchdowns.  

On defense, Glantz is the top pass rusher in the league with eight sacks while seniors Justin O'Neil-Riley (Dorchester, Mass.) and Darren Warren are tied for third and seventh, respectively in the NESCAC with seven and six passes defensed, respectively.  Casagrande is ninth in the NESCAC in tackles with 44 (32 solo) and tied for fourth in tackles for loss with 7.5.  Jumes is the top scoring kicker in the conference with 35 points (league-high 6 FG, 17/20 PAT), while junior Hampton Trout (Belmont, Mass.) tops the NESCAC in both punting at 43.8 per attempt and kickoffs at 58.9 per try.  

The Bowdoin College football team, coached by B.J. Hammer, has already won more games in a season than any year since 2015.  Andre Eden leads the NESCAC in rushing with 420 yards and has six touchdowns, while Andrew Boel has 1,364 passing yards but six interceptions against just five touchdown passes.  Drew Ortiz is a top pass risher for Bowdoin with 6.5 sacks and Koy Price is solid in the secondary with two interceptions and six pass breakups.