Box Score Playing through heavy rain and wind, the Nichols College football team dropped a 37-13 decision at undefeated Curry on Saturday afternoon. The win clinched a fourth-consecutive New England Football Conference Boyd Division title for the Colonels while the Bison fall to 4-4 overall and 3-3 in the division. Senior Jarrad Jordan (Framingham, MA) rushed for a game-high 108 yards and two touchdowns for Curry. Freshmen running backs Anthony Pillari (Westwood, NJ) and Chris Patterson (Stamford, CT) each scored touchdowns in the fourth quarter for the Bison.

The driving rain and win coupled with Curry's defense held Nichols to just 60 yards of offense, including zero passing yards as the Bison attempted just ten passes all game. After a scoreless first quarter, Jordan capped a nine-play, 97-yard drive with a 40-yard scoring run at 11:18 of the second quarter. Curry struck for two more touchdowns over the next 4:23, first on a 61-yard pass from Ryan Van De Giesen (North Attleboro, MA) to Brian Taylor (North Chelmsford, MA), then on a Van De Giesen seven-yard scoring strike to Felix Borukhov (Newton, MA). The Colonels closed out the first-half scoring at 1:53 on a 29-yard field goal by David Vincent (Grafton, MA).

Curry tacked on 13 more points in the third frame to extend its lead to 37-0. Jordan notched his second touchdown of the game, a 25-yard scamper at 13:22, followed four minutes later by another long-distance connection between Van De Giesen and Taylor of 50 yards.

The Bison posted a pair of rushing touchdowns early in the final frame to account for the 37-13 final. The first came on a four-yard run by Patterson, and the second came on an eight-yard run by Pillari.

Defensively, Nichols was paced by senior Bryan Meuse (Billerica, MA), who had seven tackles (5 solo), one tackle for loss, and one fumble recovery. The Bison will wrap up the 2006 season next Saturday at Vendetti Field against Western New England College.