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Despite putting up 28 points, the Seawolves Defense was gashed by the University of Maine early and often as the Black Bears would put Stony Brook in a quick four touchdown hole.
Tristan Keenan opened the scoring up for Maine with a one yard rush to make it 7-0. The Black Bears would see another rushing touchdown by Trevon Ewing, this time of thirty yards, and Quarterback Devin Robertson complete two touchdown passes over 40 yards – one caught by Montigo Moss and another by Joe Gillete – to put Stony Brook down early.
Stony Brook got on the board in the second quarter thanks to a Jayden Cook 47 yard touchdown reception from Casey Case to cap off a 91 yard drive, making it a 28-7 game.
Maine would answer immediately as Maine capped off a 98 yard drive with a 34 yard touchdown catch by Joe Gillete to make it a 35-7 game.
The Seawolves were keeping pace as Casey Case once again came through for Stony Brook as he found tight end Cal Redmon for a 51 yard touchdown to make it 35-14 with 2:56 to go in the second quarter.
Unfortunately, the Seawolves momentum they thought they would have was short lived as Maine saw Montigo Moss score his second touchdown of the game right before the end of the half to give Maine 42 total points in the first half, making the Stony Brook defense look like a middle school unit playing a Division One group.
Maine kept their foot on the gas pedal and turned this game into a laugher as Tristen Keenan once again found paydirt for a two yard rushing touchdown to make the score 49-14 Maine.
For Maine in this contest, Derek Robertson threw for five touchdowns and 394 yards. He was far and away in control throughout this contest. He would be lifted from the game in the third quarter due to the game being out of reach and not risking injury during a blowout.
The Seawolves would score two more times as Casey Case would find Jayden Cook for a 36 yard touchdown pass and senior captain RJ Lamarre also got in on the action with a 6 yard reception to finish the game with a 56-28 loss.
Despite losing, Casey Case becomes the first Seawolf Quarterback to throw for four touchdowns in a game since 2012 against Charleston Southern. The 479 yards of total offense is also the most since 2019 when they played the University of Rhode Island.
The offensive breakthrough is nice to see for an abysmal unit, but that was all negated by a horrific defensive unit that allowed 512 yards to Maine and was unable to keep Maine out of the endzone all day.
Another loss like this is a prime example of why Athletic Director Shawn Heilbron made a poor choice of extending head coach Chuck Piore’s contract prior to this season.
Heilbron announced the extension at the end of last season. He then said to the perplexed and confused fanbase and donors that a season like last year “won’t happen again,” and here the Seawolves are once more as they are almost certainly not going to make the postseason and the current core looks like they won't win a single game this season.