Bryant holds on to defeat Brown 20-16

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Brandon Dagnesses intercepted a pass in the end zone with 1:09 to play and Bryant held on to defeat Brown 20-16 on Saturday. Brown had

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Brandon Dagnesses intercepted a pass in the end zone with 1:09 to play and Bryant held on to defeat Brown 20-16 on Saturday.

Brown had marched from its 25 to a first-and-goal at the 2, but a bad snapped cost the Bears (0-1) 10 yards. Marcus Fuller then threw two incompletions before the interception.

Bryant (2-0) took a 17-13 lead in the last minute of the third quarter when Torrey Dixon pulled up on a reverse and threw a 37-yard pass to Chad Ward. The teams traded field goals before the dramatic ending.

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Fuller finished 32 of 52 for 403 yards but Brown had five turnovers, four in the red zone. Troy Doles had six receptions for 147 yards and a touchdown.

Bryant's Dalton Easton was 24 of 40 for 309 yards and an early touchdown to Ward, who had eight catches for a career-high 180 yards - the fifth-highest total in school history.

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