CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Curry College football team fell short in its season opener on Saturday afternoon, suffering a 41-7 defeat against MIT at Steinbrenner Stadium.

With the loss, Curry opens its season with a record of 0-1. 

Neither team broke through in the opening quarter, but MIT got on the board first 4:25 into the second when Ben Dwyer pulled in the first of four Chris Mauck touchdown passes of the day. Just over four minutes later, MIT extended its lead to 14-0 on a Keithen Shepard touchdown reception.

Curry scored its first points of the season in the final minute of the half, as Chris Jenkins (Hyde Park, Mass.) capped a 14-play, 80-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run. The Colonels converted on a pair of fourth down attempts during the drive, including on the touchdown run.

The Engineers ran away with the contest in the third quarter, scoring three unanswered touchdowns to jump ahead 34-7. They would add one more touchdown in the fourth quarter to give the game its final score of 41-7.

Curry senior quarterback Justin Mullaney (Danvers, Mass.) finished the contest with 21 completions on 36 attempts for 184 yards. He also rushed the ball nine times for 29 yards.

Jenkins was Curry's leading rusher, picking up 62 yards on the ground on 13 total attempts. Seven different Colonels caught passes from Mullaney, led by junior Maxx Bell (Auburn, Maine) with six catches. Classmate Gabe DeSouza (Everett, Mass.) caught five passes for a team-high 55 yards in the loss.

Defensively, senior Jake MacNeil (Northbridge, Mass.) led Curry with eight tackles in the defeat, six of them solo. 

Curry will return to the gridiron for its home opener on Saturday against Coast Guard at 1 p.m. at Katz Field.

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