Carter Peevy throws 4 TD passes in first half as Maine builds big lead, holds off Bryant 38-26

ORONO, Maine -- , Carter Peevy threw four touchdown passes and Brian Santana-Fis ran for 104 yards and a score as Maine kept Bryant winless in Coastal Athletic Association play, 38-26 on Saturday. The Black Bears scored all five of their touchdowns in the first half to take a 35-0 lead at intermission in their first meeting with the Bulldogs since they joined the CAA and first since 2017. Peevy found Joe Gillette for a 48-yard touchdown to open the scoring in the first quarter, then hit Nick Laughlin three minutes later from 36-yards out to take a 14-0 lead after one. Santana-Fis scored from 15-yards out to make it 21-0 less than a minute into the second quarter. Five minutes later Peevy connected with Montigo Moss for a 79-yard catch-and-run score, then hit him again in the final minute of the half for a 3-yard score.