WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University football team fell to Bucknell 24-21 in overtime on Saturday at Cooper Field.
 
ON THE RECORD
"This one hurts because our guys prepared extremely well and played hard throughout the day. It was a good, physical Patriot League football game and I give Bucknell a lot of credit for their effort in the fourth and overtime. Josh Tomas continues to prove why he is the one of the best players at the [Division] I-AA level with another solid game. We started extremely strong and have to continue that momentum throughout. I thought we had our opportunities to close out at the end of third and early in the fourth and just didn't take advantage of them. We'll take the lessons from the game and get ready to celebrate the senior class this week coming into our final game against Holy Cross." - Head Coach Rob Sgarlata on today's contest against Bucknell
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Joshua Tomas tallied his fourth-straight and seventh 100-yard game of the season, posting nine receptions for 121 yards and a touchdown. The Hoya wideout is 31 yards away (1,149) from breaking Luke McArdle's single-season receiving yards record of 1,180. 
• David Ealey and Rashon Adams led the team with nine and eight tackles, respectively.
• Eleven different Hoyas factored in the 11 tackles for a loss of 38 yards, adding three sacks on the afternoon.
• Dorrian Moultrie also added nine catches for 65 yards and a score.
• Pierce Holley set the program record for most completions in a season with his 26 against Bucknell, totaling 263 on the season. The GU quarterback finished the game with 201 yards and two touchdowns.
• Despite the loss, the Hoyas outproduced the Bison on offense with 323 offensive yards with 227 through the air and 96 on the ground.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Georgetown opened the game with a three-yard touchdown pass from Holley to Moultrie to cap off a 16-play, 75-yard drive, giving GU a 7-0 lead in the first.
• Bucknell's Matt Schearer kicked a 50-yard field goal midway through the second quarter before going into halftime trailing 7-3.
• Holley connected with Tomas for a 33-yard score on Georgetown's opening drive of the second half, taking a 14-3 lead at the 11-minute mark of the third.
• The Bison responded quickly with a kickoff return touchdown and cut their lead back to four (14-10).
• Stakely put the Hoyas ahead by 11 (21-10) on a two-yard rushing touchdown to finish a 12-play, 65-yard drive late in the third quarter.
• Schearer kicked another field goal at the 6:22 mark of the fourth quarter (21-13) before the Bison tied the game in the final minute to force the game to overtime (21-21).
• The Bison kicker split the uprights with a 42-yarder before BU knocked off the Hoyas in their lone possession of the extra period (24-21).

 
NEXT GAME
GU will return to Cooper Field for Senior Day and the final game of the 2022 campaign, facing ranked Holy Cross on November 19 at 12:30 p.m.