University of Massachusets Athletics

Saturday, November 23
Kingston, R.I.
12:00 PM

University of Massachusetts

8-4 , 6-3

48
at
21

Rhode Island

3-9 , 1-8

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Massachusetts
7
14
7
20
48
Rhode Island
7
14
0
0
21
Raunny Rosario leaps over a fallen teammate while being chased by a Rhode Island defender in first half action.

Cobbs Leads UMass To Win

November 23, 2002 | Football

Nov 23, 2002

Final Stats

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - R.J. Cobbs rushed for 187 yards and five touchdowns Saturday as Massachusetts pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 48-21 victory over Rhode Island.

Cobbs tied the school-record for touchdowns in a game and also became just the third freshman in Atlantic 10 history to reach 1,000 yards rushing in a single season, finishing with 1,067 yards.

Massachusetts (8-4, 6-3 Atlantic 10) trailed 21-14 in the second quarter, before scoring five unanswered touchdowns.

Cobbs scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter and added a 17-yard TD run at 4:37 of the third quarter to put the Minutemen up for good, 28-21.

Greg Scott connected with Adrian Zullo on a 49-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter before Cobbs added a pair of 1-yard scoring runs for the final margin.

Luther Green led Rhode Island (3-9, 1-8) with 117 yards rushing and Braxton Poitier rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown. Rhode Island's Wendall Williams scored on a 47-yard touchdown run in the opening quarter and added a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter.

Jeff Krohn, 19-of-39 for 243 yards, found Joe Bruce on an 8-yard TD pass for the Minutemen in the second quarter. UMass had 500 yards of total offense.

Team Stats

UMASS
URI
Total Yards
500
338
Pass Yards
292
18
Rushing Yards
208
320
Penalty Yards
20
75
1st Downs
30
16
3rd Downs
8
5
4th Downs
1
0
TOP
29:58
30:02
1st Quarter
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UMASS 0, URI 7

URI - W. Williams 47 yd run (Shane Laisle kick), 8 plays, 77 yards, TOP 2:43

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UMASS 7, URI 7

UMASS - R.J. Cobbs 2 yd run (Doug White kick), 7 plays, 21 yards, TOP 2:16

2nd Quarter
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UMASS 7, URI 14

URI - B. Poitier 30 yd run (Shane Laisle kick), 4 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:36

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UMASS 14, URI 14

UMASS - Joe Bruce 8 yd pass from Jeff Krohn (Doug White kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:14

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UMASS 14, URI 21

URI - W. Williams 92 yd kickoff return (Shane Laisle kick)

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UMASS 21, URI 21

UMASS - R.J. Cobbs 4 yd run (Doug White kick), 4 plays, 32 yards, TOP 0:57

3rd Quarter
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UMASS 28, URI 21

UMASS - R.J. Cobbs 17 yd run (Doug White kick), 6 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:23

4th Quarter
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UMASS 35, URI 21

UMASS - Adrian Zullo 49 yd pass from Greg Scott (Doug White kick) 1 plays, 49 yards, TOP 0:05

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UMASS 42, URI 21

UMASS - R.J. Cobbs 1 yd run (Doug White kick), 7 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:55

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UMASS 48, URI 21

UMASS - R.J. Cobbs 1 yd run (Doug White kickfailed), 2 plays, 29 yards, TOP 0:21

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