WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Williams College came back from a 20-0 second-quarter deficit with 25 unanswered points and held off visiting Bates College in a 31-26 decision Saturday.

Bates senior quarterback Brandon Colon passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns with no interception, while the Bobcats (0-3) put together their best running attack of the season with 121 yards on the ground.

But Williams answered with 530 total yards and four touchdowns by Pat Lucey.

Facing a 20-0 deficit in the second quarter, the Ephs (1-2) finally built some offensive momentum on a screen pass to senior Kevin Flynn, who went 35 yards for the score.

Continuing the momentum, Flynn opened the second half with a 41-yard kickoff return to the Bobcat 45, which culminated in an 8-yard touchdown strike from Lucey to senior Craig Sundberg.

The Williams defense took the field with greater urgency in the second half, stuffing the Bobcats’ first series on three straight plays, and later, preventing the Bobcats from punching the ball in from the 27-yard line on three unproductive plays.

Tufts 23, Bowdoin 14

MEDFORD, Mass. – Bowdoin outgained Tufts by 147 yards, but turned the ball over four times in a 23-14 loss at Tufts on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears (1-2) drove to the Tufts 24-yard line on the opening drive of the game, but threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-9. The Jumbos (3-0) took over and mounted a 13-play, 76-yard drive that culminated with a 1-yard touchdown run by junior tailback Will Forde.

The Jumbos had a similar scoring drive on their second possession, going 73 yards on 14 plays. Forde burst in from the 1-yard line at 10:22 of the second quarter to grab a 14-0 lead.

The Polar Bears sandwiched a couple of touchdown passes from Oliver Kell to Mike Karrat and Justin Star around another Tufts score before intermission, but there was no scoring by either team in the second half.

Hofstra 38, Maine 13

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Kareem Huggins returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and also ran 71 yards for another score as undefeated Hofstra routed Maine 38-13.

Bryan Savage threw a touchdown and run for a score for the Pride (5-0, 2-0 Colonial Athletic Association).

He had 10-yard TD run at 7:04 of the opening quarter and 28-yard touchdown pass to Charles Sullivan that boosted the lead to 14-0 at 2:46.

Maine (1-4, 0-3) cut the deficit to 14-3 on Bobby Donnelly’s 35-yard field goal at 2:10 of the second.

Huggins took the kickoff back for a 21-3 lead.

Adam Farkes missed on his first nine passes but finished 21-for-40 for 194 yards for Maine.