Pregame: Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. Weather at PAETEC Park is mostly clear with some brief periods of snow.
The temperature as of 1 p.m. was 25 degrees, with an afternoon high of 30 expected and snow in the forecast.
The field is clear for the Class C game between Southwestern and Elmira Notre Dame, but the footing is not especially good.
First quarter: Oneida opens with a three-and-out possession from its 25. The punt rolls dead at the Bath 43.
(Apologies for the interruption in updates; I lost connectivity -- I think the laptop is actually freezing up.)
Second quarter:
We're a minute into the second quarter and still scoreless. Oneida is driving with a first-and-10 at the Bath 14. Bath's Sam Musso knocks down a Ryan Kramer third-down pass, and Joe McCormick's 25-yard field goal attempt goes wide to the right.
Oneida gets the ball right back on a first-down fumble, with Wade Kline recoveing. The result is a five-play, 29-yard drive capped by Kramer's 2-yard keeper with 6:01 left in the second quarter. Extra point by McCormick is good. Oneida 7, Bath 0 with 6:01 left
Bath averts disaster as the Rams hold following an Andre McCloud fumble on the fifth play of a drive near midfield. Oneida immediately goes three-and-out.
The Bath offense continues to struggle. Taking possession at their 15 following a punt, they pick up only two yards in three snaps. The Tyler Hutcheson punt attempt is blocked on a surhge up the middle by Brandon Miles, and Jesse Chrstian makes a short return.
That gives Oneida possession at the Bath 19 with 1:39 left, and the Indians drive five plays to a score. Kramer connects with Miles on a 5-yard throw to the left edge of the end zone. McCormick's conversion kick fails. Oneida 13, Bath 0 with 0:26 left
Bath runs on the clock on a very frustrating half of football for the Rams.
Some halftime stats: Ryan Kramer leads Oneida with nine carries for 55 yards. He's also 3-for-7 through the air for 24 yards. . . . Cody Hutcheston leads Bath with 34 yards on 13 carries, picking up the load for Andre McCloud (5 carries, 9 yards), who's been hobbled by what appears to be a lower leg injury). Bath QB Jake Kuver is 1-for-4 for 3 yards. He's was the victim of a couple of drops in the second quarter that stalled out Bath's possession following the first Oneida TD.
Oneida holds a 5-4 edge in first times and a 122-54 yardage margin even though Bath somehow leads in time of possession, 13:07 to 10:53. The teams have had 28 snaps apiece.
Third quarter: Andrew Nesbitt returns the kick 15 yards to set Bath up at its own 40. Bath QB Jake Kuver gets swarmed on a second-down pass attempt, losing 12 yards back to his 30. A fumbled exchange on third down costs the Rams two yards, then punter Tyler Hutcheson bobbles the snap and is buried by a sea of orange and white at his own 19.
