After his team defeated No. 25 Delaware, 49-35, in Newark Saturday behind a devastating offensive display, Towson football coach Gordie Combs was asked an improbable question: What would it take for the Tigers to make the Division I-AA playoffs this year?
“We?d probably have to win out to make the playoffs,” Combs said.
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Two years ago, in its first season in the Atlantic 10 Conference, Towson lost all eight conference games ? five of them by 24 points or more. Now, at 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the league, the Tigers can at least talk about having postseason aspirations.
The Tigers are now 4-0 on the road, marking the first such success away from home since 1986, the year of Towson?s last playoff berth.
Towson entered Saturday?s game with the seventh-best passing attack in the nation and quarterback Sean Schaefer only padded the stats. He completed 27 of 37 passes for 435 yards and five touchdowns, the latter tying his own school record. Two wideouts, Eric Yancey and Demetrius Harrison, went over 100 yards receiving. Overall, the Tigers? offense produced 627 yards, fourth-most in program history.
“Our line blocked amazing,” Schaefer said. “I was hardly under pressure at any point all day.”
Towson pulled away from a 21-21 tie at halftime by scoring touchdowns on its first four second-half possessions. In the second half, the Tigers piled up 347 offensive yards and converted all six third-down chances.
Towson hosts William & Mary (2-6, 0-5) Saturday. The Tribe, which beat the Tigers, 44-13, last season, lost to Villanova, 35-31 Saturday.
