Three times this season, an opponent has tried to add a blemish to Lafayette’s record.
Three times this season, those opponents failed to do so.
Savannah was hoping to be the first team to do it, and in a fashion that would spoil the Fighting Irish’s 2021 home debut.
“It was what I expected,” Savannah coach Kevin Kopecky said. “I tell you what, Lafayette’s a really good football team. Our record doesn’t show, but I think we have a good football team, too. It was just a great matchup.”
The Savages found similar results, though, and Lafayette picked up a 56-49 win Friday night on a last-minute touchdown by Jaron Saunders at Alumni Stadium.
“I mean, it was an entertaining game to watch,” Lafayette coach Ryan Shroyer said. “However, one side is heartbroken, and the other side dang near got heartbroken. As for the game itself, being football, it was incredible.”
With 6 seconds left in the game, Savannah (1-3) had a chance to send it to overtime. From Lafayette’s 32-yard line, Savages junior quarterback Ethan Dudeck took the snap and ran to his left, where he handed the ball off to senior wideout Heisman LaFave.
To avoid a defender, LaFave did a spin move to his left before looking down field in hopes of seeing a target for a desperation pass to the end zone.
LaFave’s pass eventually found its way to the grass of Scott Marriott Field, and with it went Savannah’s hopes of being the first team to knock off the Irish.
“This is two weeks in a row that it’s come down to the wire and came out on the short end of the stick,” Kopecky said. “We just gotta keep working hard, believing in ourselves, and one of these nights it’s going to go our way.”
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