New London — The rest of the offense met Jared Colletti in the end zone following his 92-yard touchdown on Coast Guard Academy's second play from scrimmage Saturday afternoon.

"I heard someone behind me and it was (Coast Guard wide receiver) James Duren," Colletti said. "The whole team met me in the end zone and then everyone afterward proceeded to say, 'I'm not doing that again. That was way too long.'"

Two plays later in what would be become Coast Guard's 33-6 nonconference football win over Nichols, Spencer McMillion took his first career carry 71 yards for another Bears touchdown. Colletti dubbed the junior running backs Coast Guard's one-two punch, as they combined for 276 of the Bears' 287 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the victory.

"There was only like one person (in the end zone for me)," McMillion said with a laugh, referring to Colletti's previous end zone fanfare, which most likely tired out the rest of the guys. "They were like, 'We'll wait for you to come back.'"

Coast Guard (2-1) plays at home once again at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against Anna Maria (1-1). The Bears are averaging 337.7 yards per game on offense, still tilted toward passing (211.3 passing, 126.3 rushing), but certainly with the threat that Colletti or McMillion can take off at will, especially now that there's two of them.

Colletti, a 5-foot-9, 175-pound former high school track star from Kintersville, Pa., and McMillion, at 5-9, 180, from Laurel, Maryland, were football teammates at Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS) in Newport, R.I., where both played in a backfield which got plenty of repetitions enacting the run-based Wing-T.

Both played a ton of special teams as freshmen at Coast Guard, while last year Colletti scored both Bears touchdowns in their lone game of the season against Merchant Marine and McMillion caught a pair of passes. McMillion was moved back to running back to start this season.

"Coach (Derik) Abbott came to me when we had our first meeting. He said, 'Hey we have to move you back to running back,'" McMillion said. "Just because we're kind of low on numbers; Colletti was, like, the only one holding down the fort over there. We needed a backup just in case.

"If they can get me on the field then I'll play that position. It's something I've been familiar with before. I guess I was sort of happy to run the ball again. ... It feels good to contribute. I support the team even if I'm on the sideline."

Colletti had 21 carries for 141 yards and one touchdown Saturday. McMillion, whose parents Scott and Tracey were in the stands for the first time since he arrived at Coast Guard, had 11 carries for 135 yards and two touchdowns.

It was just the eighth time in the last 10 seasons that Coast Guard rushed for more than 200 yards in a game and the 287 yards were the most since the Bears ran for 263 yards against Maine Maritime in 2010.

"It's better for the team, better for us and better for the fans," Colletti said of having both backs contribute. "I think Spence is the best backup running back anywhere. ... I wasn't surprised at all (that McMillion ran for a touchdown on his frst carry). I was just on the sideline catching my breath a little bit and I hear the crowd cheering and there goes Spencer down the same sideline I went down a few plays before.

"I think it's pretty demoralizing to your opponent when you break off a long run like that, let alone two long runs in a row. It's something if we can keep building on and keep doing, it will be great for us."

Coast Guard's defense, meanwhile, is ranked 14th in the nation in Division III, allowing just 9.0 points per game. Senior linebacker Mike Palermo leads the team with 29 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and an interception, and junior linebacker Connor Healy has 24 tackles.

Anna Maria, coming off a 23-13 win over Mass. Maritime, is looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since 2011. Last week, senior quarterback Alex Cohen threw for a career-high 355 yards with two touchdowns and ran for two more scores.

It is Parents' Weekend at Coast Guard.

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