The Trinity College Bantams scored the first 30 points and went on to post a 37-6 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals at Hamilton's Steuben Field on a cool and damp Saturday afternoon.

Trinity (3-0 NESCAC) entered the day No. 1 in the conference in total offense and rushing offense. The Bantams did nothing to hurt their standing in either category as they finished with 466 yards of offense, including 208 on the ground.

Hamilton (0-3) gained a season-high 261 yards but the Continentals lost three fumbles -- two on Trinity's side of the field -- in the second half as they tried to rally. Hamilton is minus-7 in turnover margin this year.

Alec Waugh '18 caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Cole Freeman '18 before he tumbled out of the right side of the end zone to make it 30-6 with 34.9 seconds left in the third quarter. Waugh's TD reception was the first of his collegiate career. The extra-point attempt was no good.

Freeman completed 68 percent of his passes (17-for-25) for 194 yards with no interceptions. Charles Ensley '17 finished with four receptions for 81 yards. In addition to his 27 yards receiving, Waugh racked up another 139 yards on six kickoff returns, which is an average of 23.2 yards a return with a long of 45 yards. Marcus Gutierrez '18 ran for a team-high 38 yards.

Mickey Keating '18 had another big day for the Continentals' defense with 11 tackles and a pair of pass breakups. Cole Burchill '19 tied a career high with 10 stops and James Taylor '17 also recorded 10 tackles. Defensive tackle Poppy Green '17 set a career best with eight tackles and Jimmy Giattino '17 chipped in seven.

Sonny Puzzo was 16 of 31 passing for 220 yards with two touchdown passes to Darrien Myers for the Bantams. Myers finished with game highs of eight catches and 135 yards.

Myers put Trinity on the scoreboard just 4:49 into the first quarter when he caught a 16-yard pass in the back-right corner of the end zone. The opening 11-play, 69-yard drive was kept alive by a fake punt that went for a 17-yard gain by punter Ian McDonald on fourth-and-four. Eric Sachse added the PAT for a 7-0 lead. Sachse made all three extra-point attempts and went 3-for-3 on field goals. Myers' other scoring catch was a 30-yard play with 33.3 seconds left in the second quarter. Puzzo found him running down the middle of the field at the 5 and Myers ran in untouched for a 17-0 advantage. Sachse had given the Bantams a 10-0 lead on a 31-yard field goal with 2:10 remaining in the second. Trinity recorded 257 yards of offense in the first half.

Trinity's defense starred in the second half. On first and 10 at the Bantams' 36, Freeman found Joe Schmidt '20 cutting across the middle from the left side for a short completion. Shane Libby tackled Schmidt from behind and forced a fumble that Spencer Donahue recovered and returned 62 yards for a touchdown and a 24-0 lead.

Donahue recovered two fumbles and blocked a 24-yard field goal that would have pulled Hamilton within 7-3 early in the second quarter. Yosa Nosamiefan led Trinity with seven tackles. Henderson Watkins and Corey Jean-Jacques had 1.5 sacks apiece and Watkins recovered a fumble. Libby, Paul McCarthy and Nick Rose all forced fumbles that the Bantams recovered.

Sachse added 29- and 23-yard field goals midway through the third quarter and Trinity completed the scoring with 4:17 to go in the fourth quarter. Third-string quarterback David Ryan found big tight end Will Millett over the middle at around the Hamilton 15 and Millett ran untouched into the end zone for a 38-yard catch-and-run. Kimball Winans added the PAT and capped a nine-play, 83-yard drive that featured eight carries for 45 yards by Matt LaPorta.

The Continentals host winless Bowdoin on Saturday, Oct. 15 at noon. Trinity returns home next Saturday to take on Tufts in a clash of undefeated teams.