D3football.com - 2000 Week 10 Game Summaries

Catholic 69, Guilford 27
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Derek McGee threw for four touchdowns and ran for one, and Dan Boyle rushed for 193 yards and scored twice to lead Catholic to a 69-27 romp over Guilford in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action at DuFour Field.

The Cardinals (6-3, 4-1), who have won five straight, can claim the ODAC championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs with a win next week against visiting Bridgewater. If the Eagles win, Emory & Henry would advance to the playoffs.

The Cardinals scored on nine of their first 10 possessions for their highest point total since a 72-0 win over St. Peter’s in the 1984 season opener. The Cards set a school record for rushing yards with 381, breaking the mark set last year at Bridgewater. Guilford (1-8, 1-5) allowed its most yards ever as the Cardinals amassed 645 yards of offense.

McGee, who completed 12 of 13 passes for 254 yards, tied his career high in TD tosses. Along with a 10-yard TD run to give CUA a 35-14 bulge midway through the second quarter, McGee had a hand in 32 points (five touchdowns, one 2-point conversion) for the second straight week.

Boyle ran for more than 100 yards for the sixth straight game to give him 1,312 yards for the year. He needs 17 to break Matt Taylor’s 1996 school record for season rushing yardage. He gained 100 in the first quarter, including a 2-yard TD, as the Cards opened a 19-6 first-period lead. He scored from one yard with 9:55 to go in the third quarter to increased the CUA advantage to 56-14.

Reserve running back Kevin Ulrich rushed for a career-high 114 yards and scored twice. His first rushing TD, from 10 yards, gave the Cardinals their largest lead of the game (63-14) at the 6:09 mark of the third period.

The Quakers’ Oren Robinson, who started at wide receiver and also played quarterback, scored a career-high three toucdowns and threw one. He caught three passes for 90 yards, scored twice (54, 28) and added a 12-yard TD on the ground. He completed 14 of 26 passes for 162 yards and found James Hereford from 7 yards on the final play of the game.

Guilford’s J.J. Edwards led all receivers with eight catches for 111 yards. Freshman defensive back Nate Grantham registered a game-high 15 tackles. CUA’s Jim Jankiewicz snagged five passes for 115 yards and tight end Damian Richard had three receptions for 99 yards and two touchdowns.

Ithaca 27, Buffalo State 20
Ithaca (6-3) made a fourth-down goal-line stand with 1:32 remaining in the fourth quarter to upset No. 23 Buffalo State 27-20. Junior linebacker Mark McDonough sacked Bengal senior quarterback Chris Henry on the fourth-down play and Ithaca ran out the clock. The win snapped a five-game Bomber losing streak to Buffalo State and clinched Ithaca's 30th consecutive winning season (the nation's eighth-longest streak).

Buffalo State had rallied from a 27-6 third-quarter deficit with a pair of touchdowns 2:53 apart in the second half. On the Bengals' final drive they moved the ball 48 yards in 14 plays, converting two third downs and a fourth down to set up first and goal from the Bomber 8. Senior end T.J. Jalbert and sophomore strong safety Tom Kenney recorded successive tackles on Bengal senior fullback Brandon Janesz after 3-yard gains on first and second down, then senior defensive tackle Dave Shaughnessy stuffed Henry at the one, setting up McDonough's game-saving play on fourth down.

Senior running back Tommy Giorgio led Ithaca's offense with 134 rushing yards and a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. He raised his career totals to 1,768 yards and 25 rushing touchdowns. He gained 12 and 21 yards on Ithaca's first two plays after McDonough's sack to allow the Bombers to run out the clock.

Henry completed 32 of 51 passes for 413 yards (all three figures set single-game Bengal records), including touchdown passes to sophomore Billy Edwards and junior Jamie Casullo. Henry scored on a 2-yard run to pull the Bengals to 27-20 early in the fourth quarter.

Junior quarterback Brian Young threw for 156 yards for the Bombers including a 7-yard pass to senior wide receiver Ted Sullivan.

Ithaca's first touchdown came on a 45-yard punt return by senior Ron Amato following Buffalo State's first possession. The touchdown return was the first of Amato's career; he also made his first career catch (setting up Giorgio's first touchdown run) and recorded six tackles from his free safety position.

Freshman middle linebacker Robert Truman came off the bench to record a career-best 13 tackles, including two for loss. McDonough added 12 tackles; he intercepted one pass and broke up another.

Edwards and senior Derek Baker both gained 100 receiving yards for the Bengals; Edwards caught seven passes for 105 yards and Baker led the team with nine catches, gaining 105 yards. The Bengals set a single-game record with 29 first downs.

Senior linebacker Omar Rimlawi led Buffalo State's defense with 10 tackles, including a sack. He needs three tackles in next week's game to break the school's single-season record of 129, set last year by Team of the Year linebacker Jon Crumley.

Fitchburg State 21, Western New England 20
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Senior quarterback Nino DeCarolis completed 13 of 24 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns as visiting Fitchburg State held on for a 21-20 victory over Western New England before 2,875 fans.

The Falcons end their season with a 5-4 record while the Golden Bears finish with a 4-5 mark.

Trailing 8-7 at halftime, DeCarolis fired scoring passes of 4 yards to senior receiver Kevin Callahan and 72 yards to senior split end Tanner Grove to give Fitchburg State a 21-8 lead with 8:49 remaining the third quarter.

Western New England rallied by scoring 12 points in the final two minutes of the game. Freshman quarterback Matt Sotherden (7-for-13, 133 yards) hit junior tailback Marvin Langley with a 79-yard touchdown pass, but the extra point was no good as the Golden Bears trailed 21-14 with 1:58 left in the game.

WNEC junior cornerback Lester Johnson then blocked a punt that junior linebacker Corey Goldstein returned to the Falcons' 2 where Langley scored on the following play with 46 seconds remaining.

Western New England went for the two-point conversion and win, but came up short when Sotherden's pass was just out of reach of senior tight end Eric Dunning in the end zone.

Langley gave the Golden Bears an early 6-0 lead on a 20-yard run with 12:43 left in the first quarter. DeCarolis then scored on a 1-yard sneak to give the Falcons a 7-6 advantage with 42 seconds left in the period. Western New England took a one-point lead at intermission scoring on a safety when senior punter Joe Davolio was tackled in the end zone following a bad snap with 7:26 left in the second quarter.

Langley rushed for 117 yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns, and set a school single season rushing mark with 1,253 yards, breaking the old mark of 1,165 set by Andy Kaneris in 1998. Langley also set a single season record of 1,719 all-purpose yards, breaking his old mark of 1,640 set last year, and finished the year with a school record 114 points (19 touchdowns).

Fitchburg State sophomore running back Carld Auguste ran for a game-high 196 yards on 33 carries (5.9 average). Fitchburg State outgained Western New England by a 402-247 margin.

Hobart 35, St. John Fisher 10
PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Hobart jumped out to a 29-0 halftime lead and held on for a 35-10 win over host St. John Fisher at Growney Stadium.

Keith Brandon led the way for Hobart (7-1) with 171 yards on the ground on 28 carries. Brandon put the Statesmen up for good with a 1-yard touchdown run with 5:48 left in the first quarter.

Hobart scored another touchdown in the first quarter with a 34-yard touchdown pass from Dan Birdsall to Henry Leeper. Brandon scored his second touchdown of the day on another 1-yard plunge with 8:43 left in the second quarter before Travis Widrick took it into the end zone from 1 yard out with 47 seconds left in the half.

Fisher (1-9) scored one its first possession of the second half on a 29-yard field goal from Scott VanAlst, but Hobart came right back and scored on a 69-yard touchdown pass from Birdsall to Andy Pirozzolo on the ensuing possession. Fisher scored on its final possession of the game as freshman quarterback David Blahowitz connected with Ricky Fauth for a 23-yard touchdown reception.

Birdsall completed 10 of 15 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns, while Scott Yoder caught four passes for 54 yards.

Fisher running back Jason Meyers went over the 100-yard mark for the first time in his career, gaining 110 yards on 27 carries.

Fauth finished with three grabs for 50 yards, while quarterback Greg Roland was 6-for-22 for 66 yards.

Ursinus 24, Kean 0
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. -- Rashard Williams caught six passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns to lead Ursinus (7-2) to a 24-0 win over Kean (1-8) in non-conference football action.

Ursinus opened the scoring on their first possession when Tom Carluccio connected on a 24-yard field goal. A 62-yard pass from Frank Vecchio to Williams set up the score. Neither team could manage another score in the first half, and the Bears took a 3-0 advantage into halftime.

On the Bears' first possession of the second half, Chris Rahill hit Williams for a 20-yard scoring strike. Tim Noone added the extra point for a 10-0 Ursinus lead.

The Bears extended their lead to 17-0 with 1:26 left in third quarter when Shearrod Duncan punched it in from one yard out and Noone added the point after. The score was set up by Williams' 59-yard punt return to the Cougar 1-yard line.

Ursinus closed the scoring with 12:05 left in the game, when Rahill and Williams hooked up again, this time from 30 yards out. Noone's extra point gave the Bears a 24-0 advantage.

Rahill completed five of nine passes for 96 yards and two scores, while Duncan carried the ball 12 times for 67 yards and one touchdown.

The Bears defense limited Kean to 48 yards through the air en route to their first shutout of the season. Eric Cowie picked off a pair of passes to increase his team-leading total to nine on the season. Mark Hineman registered 15 tackles, while Thomas Reilly added 13. Ursinus sacked Cougar quarterbacks seven times, led by Paul Graham's three and Pat DeBelle and Joe Conte with two apiece.

Brockport State 30, New Jersey 10
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — Senior running back Courtlan Green ran for 118 yards and three scores as Brockport overcame a 10-3 halftime deficit to post a 30-10 win over the College of New Jersey and complete the first undefeated season in school history.

The Golden Eagles, who have now won a school record 12 straight games, will find out next weekend if they will be selected to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Bids will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m.

In its previous 53 years of football, Brockport had never won more than seven games in a season (1993).

Green sparked Brockport’s turnaround in the third quarter after the team had a lackluster first half. With the Golden Eagles down 10-3 after 30 minutes, Green scored all three of his touchdowns in the third quarter on runs of 14, 14, and 15 yards in just a 7:09 span. His first score capped a five-play, 47-yard drive on Brockport’s first possession of the second half, and his second gave the Golden Eagles the lead for good after a six-play, 58-yard drive.

Green now has rushed for 100 or more yards in a school-record nine straight games, including all eight games this year. His season total of 1,115 yards is second-best in a season in school history.

A two-time state sprint champion, Green had 112 of his 118 yards in the second half. After going over 1,000 yards for the season on his first carry of the day, Green was held to a total of six yards on his first 12 carries of the games, which included his first tote of the second half. He then exploded with his brilliant second half. Green also caught four passes for 65 yards.

The Lions jumped out to a 10-3 lead with 12:06 to go in the second quarter. After the teams exchanged first-quarter field goals, TCNJ sophomore quarterback Mark Armento capped a 10-play, 40-yard drive with a two-yard run. It was the first time all year the Golden Eagles trailed in a game at home.

Brockport, ranked first in the nation in scoring defense (4.9 points per game) and tied for 22nd overall in total defense (236.9 yards per game), held the Lions to 101 total yards on 55 plays for the game and a total of three yards in the second half. The Golden-Eagle defense posted six sacks of Armento. Junior linebacker Jay Johnson had a tremendous all-around game, posting 17 tackles, two sacks, an interception, and a pass breakup.

Brockport amassed 306 total yards, including a career-best 223 passing yards by senior Mike Haas, who was 15-for-31 yards with one interception. Haas is now 12-0 as Brockport’s starting quarterback. Junior Lionel Rhim had four catches for 82 yards and moved into ninth-place at the College for receiving yards in a season (552).

Nichols 24, Salve Regina 21 (2 OT)
NEWPORT, R.I. — Junior kicker Daniel Herrero's 21-yard field goal in the second overtime brought Nichols (7-2; 4-2 NEFC Boyd) all the way back from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to earn a 24-21 victory over Salve Regina (7-2; 5-1).

The Bison were led by senior running back Matt Fox who ran for 217 yards and a touchdown on 40 carries. The Seahawks led 14-0 with under six minutes left in regulation and their defense had just stopped a Nichols drive at the 1-yard line after the Bison had a first-and-goal situation.

On the next play from their 1-yard line, Seahawk senior running back Mark DeBiasio gained 9 yards before the ball was knocked loose by a Bison defender. Junior defensive back Levar Gary recovered for Nichols at the Salve 14-yard line. Fox capitalized immediately with a 14-yard TD run which also put him in the Bison record books for most touchdowns in a season (14). Herrero made the point after to cut the deficit in half.

Nichols quarterback Jarrod Rouanzoin picked up a key first down with a 20-yard run on second and 15 from his own 40, before running for another 10 yards and a touchdown with 22 seconds left in regulation. Herrero's kick tied the score at 14-14.

Salve Regina University opened both overtime sessions with possession from the Nichols 25-yard line. Senior running back Luke Arnold picked up 18 yards on three carries, while DeBiasio (117 yards, 26 carries) scored his third touchdown of the day on a 2-yard run. Senior placekicker Matt Kulesza made the extra point and Salve led 21-14.

Rouanzoin threw an 8-yard TD pass to tight end Steve Malcolm on a Bison third and 7 play, while Herrero tacked on the PAT. Nichols stopped Salve on five plays including a missed 27-yard field goal attempt by Kulesza before Herrero followed up Matt Fox' five rushes for 21 yards with his game-winning field goal.

RPI 49, St. Lawrence 7
TROY, N.Y. — Freshman running back Jeremy Barnes led a running attack that compiled 291 yards and six touchdowns as Rensselaer pounded St. Lawrence, 49-7. The third-string tailback had 129 yards on nine carries and three touchdowns (51, 11, 6). Junior Wayne Evans added 65 yards rushing while Scott Allard finished with 53 yards on the ground.

The Engineers (3-5, 1-3) got on the board quickly when Allard, a senior, scored on a 5-yard run to cap RPI's first offensive series (8 plays, 55 yards). Eric Byrne's extra point made the score 7-0. Allard helped RPI double the lead later in the first quarter when he plunged in from the 1-yard line.

Rensselaer extended the lead to 21-0 early in the second quarter when senior quarterback Sean O'Bryan connected with Evan Cochran for a 77-yard touchdown. After the two teams exchanged punts, the Saints put together a 13-play, 80-yard drive capped by a 13-yard touchdown pass from freshman Dan Chin to Stephan Triendl with 1:13 remaining in the second quarter.

The Engineers took little time in extending their lead after the break as Evans scored on a 16-yard run to make the score 28-7 just 1:15 into the third quarter. RPI's offensive series was set up by senior defensive back Chris Swartz's second interception of the game. Swartz, who finished with three interceptions, established a new school record for career INTs this afternoon. He now has 23 in his four years.

After Evans' score, Barnes opened things up when he broke free down the right side to score from 51 yards. He then added an 11-yard run early in the fourth quarter before scoring from six yards out with 9:16 to play, giving the Engineers a 49-7 lead. Byrne tacked on the extra points on all seven RPI touchdowns.

Swartz led the team defensively by making three tackles and breaking up four passes to go with his three interceptions. He also had three punt returns for 42 yards. Freshman Greg Giadone had a team-high 10 tackles while junior Mike Pawloski had eight stops, including seven solos. The Rensselaer defense as a whole held the Saints to just 23 yards rushing and 161 yards of total offense.

For St. Lawrence (1-8, 0-4), freshman wide receiver Tim Gavin had eight catches for 111 yards while Chin finished with 132 yards and a touchdown on 12 for 23 passing. He was intercepted three times. Defensively, Mike Chambers had 12 tackles, including five unassisted.

Chicago 27, Bethany 14
CHICAGO — Josh Dunn threw three touchdown passes and Kris Jones rushed for 120 yards as the University of Chicago defeated Bethany 27-14 in non-conference play Saturday afternoon at Chicago's Stagg Field. The win was Chicago's fifth straight.

Chicago (7-1) took the lead for good on the game's first possession, a 13-play, 66-yard drive capped by a 1-yard plunge by Jones on fourth-and-goal.

The Maroons went ahead 14-0 on a 9-yard strike from Dunn to Brian Gutbrod early in the second quarter.

The score remained 14-0 until early in the fourth period, when Dunn connected with Gutbrod again, this time from 10 yards out to make the score 21-0.

Bethany (5-5) scored its first points of the day when Brandon Isbell scored on a 1-yard dive with 5:31 remaining in the contest. The touchdown was just the second allowed by the Chicago defense in 19 quarters.

Chicago and Bethany then traded touchdowns in the game's final five minutes, the Maroons' touchdown coming on a 48-yard pass from Dunn to Jim Raptis at the 4:32 mark, and the Bison's on a 3-yard pass from Nazih Banna to Derek Hoffman with 2:08 left.

Dunn completed 12 of 23 passes for 166 yards. His three touchdown passes were a career high. Gutbrod had 6 receptions for 69 yards.

Isbell gained 74 yards on 31 carries to give him 1,175 yards on the year, which is a Bethany season record.

Chicago finished the regular season with a perfect 4-0 record at Stagg Field. The Maroons are 26-7 at home in seven years under Head Coach Dick Maloney.

Waynesburg 24, Juniata 18
HUNTINGDON, Pa. — Sophomore quarterback Isaiah Long scored on a 13-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds remaining in regulation to lift Waynesburg to a 24-18 victory at Juniata in front of a Hall of Fame Day crowd of 2,050 at Knox Stadium. He scoring romp spoiled the Eagles' chances of coming back from an 18-3 deficit following three quarters of action.

The win improved Waynesburg to 6-3 overall, while Juniata slipped to 1-8 this fall.

Long finished as the Yellow Jackets' leading rusher with 84 yards on 16 carries. He also completed 14 of 27 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns.

Waynesburg went on top, 12-0, on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Long to Dustin Matthews with 13:56 to go in the second quarter. The toss capped a five-play, 65-yard drive by the Yellow Jackets. The visitors owned a 6-0 lead on a four-yard run by Rocky Doman with 1:14 to go in the first period. Waynesburg missed a point-after kick in the first quarter and then a two-point pass attempt failed for the Yellow Jackets.

The Eagles got on the board in the first half on a 24-yard field goal by sophomore Dusty Lehr with 1:33 remaining in the second. Lehr had a 20-yard field goal attempt blocked earlier in the second stanza.

A controversial 25-yard touchdown pass from Long to Jason Berkhimer put the Yellow Jackets up 18-3 with 5:34 remaining. The play was questionable when Long tossed the ball back across his body to an open Berkhimer, but the ball appeared to have skipped into Berkhimer's hands. However, the play was ruled a catch and following a failed two-point attempt, Juniata was down by 15 points.

A 3-yard touchdown run by junior quarterback Jamie Campbell pulled the Eagles to within 18-10 following the PAT by Lehr with 14:06 to go in the contest.

Juniata freshman running back Mike Leach then capped a six-play, 60-yard drive by scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season. The scoring drive was set up when senior linebacker Ed Pfursich intercepted a Long pass in the Juniata end zone with the Yellow Jackets driving. Pfursich returned the ball to the Juniata 40. Campbell sprinted in on the two-point conversion after rolling to his right and looking for a receiver. The score came with 9:06 to play.

The two teams then exchanged possessions, before Waynesburg took over on its 49 and marched down the field on 12 plays to post the contest-clinching points.

Juniata's last possession ended when second and 3 play pass by Campbell from the Waynesburg 30 was intercepted by Scott Krajnak as time expired.

Cornell 64, Dubuque 8
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Cornell emptied its bench and dusted off the record book this afternoon during a 64-8 rout of winless Dubuque at Ash Park in Mount Vernon.

The 56-point margin of victory was the largest for the Rams since joining the Iowa Conference three seasons ago.

Twelve different players scored points for Cornell (3-6) as the Rams racked up 434 yards of total offense. Cornell scored via a field goal, interception return and blocked punt along with four touchdown runs and three touchdown passes.

Freshman kicker Brad Routier put Cornell on the board first with a 34-yard field goal. Routier also made 5 of 6 extra point kicks. Senior Luke LaBaw and the Purple Haze defense struck next with an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown. Sophomore Ian Harden then caught a 74-yard TD pass from freshman Chris Lovely and the first period ended with the Rams ahead 16-0.

It was 30-0 at intermission. Senior Aaron Holthaus caught an 11-yard pass from Lovely and senior Terry Gammell ran in from 6 yards. Senior BJ Shelly scored on a 1-yard run to make it 37-0 before the Spartans got on the board with a 78-yard touchdown pass from Brad Toussaint to Ryan Johnson.

The final Cornell touchdowns were a 5-yard blocked punt fumble return by junior Brett Murdock, a 37-yard pass from Gammell to senior Keith Sherritt, a 3-yard run by senior Michael Burke and a 3-yard run by freshman Rich Willemstein.

Junior Zack Redmond and freshman Holland Winfield had PAT kicks for the
Rams. Dubuque had some fine individual performances from Toussaint who threw for 211 yards and Johnson, who caught 10 passes for 144. Cornell sophomore Chet Knake led all players with 14 tackles and junior John Crane had 11.

MacMurray 77, Concordia (Ill.) 7
Steve Ballinger rushed for 182 yards and two scores and quarterbacks Tim Peterson and Doug Hageman combined for five touchdown passes to lead MacMurray to a 77-7 win against Concordia (Ill.) in an Illini-Badger Football Conference game.

The win improves the Highlanders to 4-5 overall, 3-4 IBFC, while Concordia falls to 0-9, 0-7.

The Highlanders jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter on a 14-yard touchdown run by Ballinger and two Peterson touchdown passes to Robert Ford and Terry Davies.

MacMurray increased its lead to 49-0 at the half as Ballinger scored on a 40-yard pass reception from Hageman and ran a score in from 13 yards out. Gus McNair added a 21-yard touchdown run and Brian Chapman caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Hageman in the second quarter.

The Highlanders scored 21 points in the third quarter on touchdown runs by Antwone Smith and Robert Ford and a Hageman to Davies touchdown reception.

After Concordia scored its lone touchdown, Metacaum Evans completed the scoring for the Highlanders with a 46-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.

The Highlanders totalled 703 yards of offense, including 534 rushing yards. McNair finished with 126 yards and Evans had 70 for MacMurray.

Peterson finished six of 11 for 95 yards in one quarter of play, while Hageman went four of nine for 74 yards.

The 77 points is the most ever scored by MacMurray, eclipsing the record set against Concordia (Ill.) in a 76-0 win October 24, 1998.