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Dec 31, 1969
RICHMOND, Ind.
— The Earlham College offense was absolutely unconscious Saturday piling up the numbers as the Quakers defeated Manchester College 69-62 on M.O. Ross Field as the teams combined to set a Div. III national record for points.
Justin Rummell had perhaps the greatest game of his illustrious college career finishing 22-of-28 for 476 yards, seven touchdowns, and an interception. While adding a rushing touchdown to his afternoon, Rummell broke the career touchdown passing mark of 45 and now has 50. He also had the record for the most touchdown passes in a game with seven, and yards passing in a game with 476.
The 131 points for both teams breaks the old mark of 129 set in 2003 when Coe defeated Cornell College 66-63. Two other school records fell as Carlos Bustamante booted nine extra points and the teams combined for 1,215 total yards.
Earlham had several stand out receivers. Sophomore Joe White was the go-to guy and ended up with seven receptions totaling 196 yards and 2 touchdowns. First year speedster Chris Owens quietly added four receptions for 133 yards and three touchdowns. Junior James Jewell also contributed to the Quaker effort with three receptions for 68 yards and two touchdowns.
With nine rushes for 166 yards and a touchdown, Manny Myers is more than ahead of the pace to break Earlham's all time rushing record in a season, which is 893 yards set by Darrian Story during the 2000 season. In two games, Myers has 25 rushes for 292 yards and three touchdowns for an average of 11.68 yards per carry.
Although the Quaker defense struggled, Michael Thompson and Brad Remsburg led the team in tackles with 10 each. Drew Hosier had an 85-yard interception return for a touchdown. First-year Colin McCullough and sophomore Terrell Brown had interceptions for the Quakers.
The Quakers began their offensive dominance in the first quarter by jumping out to a 14-0 lead thanks to a 53-yard touchdown reception by Jewell and a 29-yard TD catch by White.
The two teams exchanged touchdowns through the second and third quarter with the Quakers maintaining a 55-41 advantage. In Manchester's attempt to keep the game close, quarterback Joe DeCraene went to top receiver Brandon Tugman, who finished with 15 receptions for 164 yards and three scores.
Manchester finally tied the game 55-55 when Tugman caught a four-yard touchdown pass from DeCraene with 3:52 left in the fourth quarter. After a Quaker turnover, Tugman then picked up his third touchdown reception of the day with 3:04 remaining.
On a bad ankle, Rummell then hobbled on the field for two final plays of the day, both resulting in touchdown passes. One was a 67-yard bomb to White at the 2:48 mark and another 44-yard lob to Owens with 1:44 left.
Brown's interception finally spelled doom for the Spartans and the offense came back on to the field one last time to kneel and run out the clock.
The Quakers improve to 1-1, while Manchester falls to 1-1. Earlham will be in action again next when they play at Anderson beginning at 1:30 pm.
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Press release submitted by Earlham on Sep 10 2005 at 09:24 PM