For much of the afternoon on Saturday, the Collegiate Sprint Football League contest at Sodexo Field could be labeled as sloppy, with weather to match enveloping the Granite State. Tied at 8-8, the Franklin Pierce University sprint football team took a timeout with six seconds to play in regulation and took one more shot at the end zone. The 39-yard pass by junior quarterback Jose Melo was deflected at the goal line and ricocheted to the waiting arms of freshman running back Ahzir Turner three yards into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown as time expired, with Franklin Pierce pulling out a 14-8 win over visiting Chestnut Hill.
With the win, Franklin Pierce improves to 3-3.
When all was said and done, Franklin Pierce finished with 236 yards of total offense, to 204 yards for Chestnut Hill. Franklin Pierce went for 112 yards on the ground and added 124 more through the air, while Chestnut Hill mustered just 48 rushing yards to go with 156 passing yards.
The Ravens return to the field on Friday, at Cornell. Opening kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y.