Scoreboard

Week Eight Game Summaries

DePauw 14, Millsaps 13
JACKSON, Miss. – Dan Ryan's 5-yard reception from Jason Lee with 50 seconds remaining and Ben Murray's point-after lifted DePauw to a 14-13 come-from-behind Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win over host Millsaps College. DePauw improved to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the SCAC with their third win in a row, while the Majors fell to 4-3 and 2-2.

The Tigers spotted Millsaps a 13-0 first-half lead as the hosts scored all their points in the second quarter. Derrick McNeal connected on field goals of 40 and 35 yards, respectively, sandwiched around a 77-yard pass play from Allen Cox to Thomas Bowden.

DePauw opened the second half with a score on the third play of the opening series. Lee teamed with Ryan on an 82-yard pass play on a third and 12 from the Tigers' 18. The play was the longest through the air by the Tigers since Bernie Haskins connected with Jamie Cunha in the 1996 Monon Bell game.
The DePauw defense, which limited Millsaps to just 59 yards of offense in the second half, forced the Majors to punt on each of their first five possessions of the second half.

That set up the Tigers' final, game-winning drive which started on their own 42. Lee found Ryan for a first down on a 14-yard pass play, but on the next play the Tigers were called for an ineligible receiver downfield that forced them into a first-and 27 from their own 39. Lee and Ryan again teamed for a 31-yard gain and a first down at the Millsaps 30. After a 1-yard run by A.J. Smart, Lee completed a 10-yard pass to Joe Schoen to the Majors' 19.

Three runs by Smart netted 12 yards and put the ball at the Millsaps 7-yard line with 1:02 remaining. Lee completed a 2-yard pass to Schoen to move the ball to the 5 before Lee lobbed a pass to the right corner of the end zone and the 6-4 Ryan made the grab for the tying score. Murray booted the PAT to give the Tigers the lead 14-13 with just 50 seconds left.

The Majors took over on their own 18 and, after three straight incomplete passes, were faced with fourth down. The Tigers were called for pass interference with 15 seconds left, giving Millsaps a first down at its own 33. Two more incomplete passes followed and the game ended on a Tiger sack at the Majors' 30.

Defensively, DePauw held the second-ranked rushing team in the SCAC to minus seven yards on the ground and 234 total. Charles Stanback, David Blackburn, Alson Jacquet and Freddy Marrero each had six tackles with five of Jacquet's going for losses totaling 21 yards. In all, DePauw sacked Cox five times. Blackburn and Justin Tillis each had five breakups including one each on the Majors' final drive. Matt O'Bryant led Millsaps with 15 tackles including five for loss and Craig Bowman added 10 stops.

Lee finished with 285 passing yards with 217 going to Ryan on nine grabs. Ryan's two touchdowns moved his season total to 11 which has already tied the school record set by Tim Weaver in 1984. Schoen caught six for 36 yards and John Stephens added three for 32 yards. Smart finished with 69 rushing yards in 15 carries and Matt King added 49 on nine attempts.

Cox finished with 231 passing yards with Jed Lumpkin hauling in a school-record 13 for 104 yards. Brent LeJeune, who entered the game as the conference's top rusher at 98.2 yards per game was held to just 26 in 17 carries.

The win for the Tigers was their third straight and the one-point win marked the sixth game out of the seven played that was decided by six or fewer points.

Emory & Henry 41, Guilford 32
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sophomore quarterback Shannon Johnson passed for a career-high 378 yards and a touchdown and ran for two scores as visiting Emory & Henry downed Guilford 41-32 in a wild Old Dominion Athletic Conference game Saturday.

The teams combined for 1,053 total offensive yards and six scoring plays of 45 or more yards. The Wasps' (6-1, 4-0 ODAC) fourth consecutive win keeps them perfect in the league and marks their third straight win against Guilford (1-6, 1-4).

The teams traded touchdowns in the final quarter after Johnson's 77-yard scoring pass to senior wideout Nathan Tuck broke a 20-20 tie late in the third quarter. Guilford sophomore quarterback David Hessler opened the fourth-quarter scoring with a 58-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman James Hereford. Junior defensive end Jelani Patterson blocked the extra point and kept the Wasps ahead 27-26 with 9:06 left in the game.

Guilford's defense held Emory & Henry on its next possession, but a 57-yard Chris Epperly punt pinned the Quakers on their own 5-yard line. Patterson sacked Hessler in the end zone on Guilford's first play after the punt and junior linebacker Nolan Jeffries recovered the loose ball in the end zone for a Wasps' touchdown. Epperly's extra point gave the guests a 34-26 lead with 7:22 left.

The Quakers answered with 10-play, 86-yard scoring drive capped by Hessler's second touchdown pass of the day, an 8-yard toss to sophomore receiver Oren Robinson. Hessler's two-point pass attempt failed and Emory & Henry maintained a 34-32 edge with 2:43 left in the game.

The Wasps ran out the clock for the rest of the game behind the running of junior Ernest Cheatham and senior David Scammell. Cheatham cemented the win with 13 seconds left on a 5-yard touchdown run.

Cheatham finished with a team-high 109 rushing yards on 21 carries. Johnson, who enjoyed the second-best passing day in Wasps' history, completed 15 of 32 passes for 378 yards, the league's highest passing total this season. He also added 57 yards and two first-half rushing scores.

Sophomore Adam Davis made six receptions for a game-high 145 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown catch on the game's opening drive. Tuck, the ODAC's receiving yardage leader, made four catches for 142 yards and a score. Jeffries led the Emory & Henry's tacklers with 12 stops (four solo).

Guilford used three big running plays to stay in the game early on. Sophomore Brandon Lockhart scored on a career-long 75-yard run on the Quakers' initial play from scrimmage in the first quarter. He also added a 45-yard scoring jaunt in the second quarter and finished with a career-high 128 rushing yards on only five carries. 

Rookie running back Marcus Ballard added a personal-best 97 yards on 11 carries. His 82-yard touchdown run in the third quarter helped Guilford tie the game at 20-20. Sophomore linebacker Jake Sorg made a season-high 13 tackles despite playing with an injured thigh. Rookie cornerback Jerrell Gillard made a career-high two interceptions.

Westfield State 27, Massachusetts-Boston 12
BOSTON – Westfield State overcame an early 12-0 deficit to defeat UMass-Boston 27-12 in a New England Football Conference game.  The Owls improved to 3-4 overall while the Beacons dropped to 1-7.

U-Mass Boston took a 6-0 lead with 10 minutes left in the first half, marching 43 yards on six plays to score on its first drive, a 1-yard plunge by freshman fullback Tom Carafella. The score was set up by a 17-yard run to the 1 by senior tailback Frank Campo, who played for Westfield State his freshman year. The Beacons quickly scored again when Campo capped a 39-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run.

Westfield broke into the scoring column when quarterback John Frasco found Matt Yvon for a 25-yard touchdown toss with 1:35 left in the first quarter. Frasco completed three other passes during the six-play, 69-yard drive.

The Owls took the lead for good 14-12 midway through the second quarter when fullback Jesse Phelps capped a five-play, 42-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run.

Westfield scored three minutes later on a 3-yard run by Frasco. The TD was set up when Westfield recovered a bad snap on a Beacon punt attempt at the UMass-Boston 9.

Westfield's final touchdown, a two-yard run by Frasco, came with 8:52 left in the game and capped a 12-play, 70-yard drive that lasted just over six minutes.

UMass-Boston threatened to score again with its final two drives reaching the Westfield 27- and 19-yard lines, respectively, but was stopped on downs both times.

Frasco accounted for 156 yards of total offense, completing 7 of 14 passes for 106 yards, and rushing for 50 net yards on 19 carries. He threw three interceptions, however. Junior Shawn Lyman rushed for 80 yards on 18 carries and fullback P.J. Lorentzen carried the ball six times for 42 yards. Yvon caught five passes for 84 yards.

Lebanon Valley 34, Susquehanna 27
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley had history on their side this afternoon, beating Susquehanna 34-27 on the Dutchmen’s final drive of the game for the second-straight season.  With 14 seconds on the clock, junior quarterback Dennis Yagmourian threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to running back Tommy Long to give the Valley the lead for good. Last season, LVC beat Susquehanna 17-14 on a last second field goal by senor kicker Eric Connelly.

With less than four minutes left in the game, LVC’s sophomore defensive end Tyrone Broxton deflected Mike Bowman’s crucial third and seven pass, forcing the Crusaders to attempt a 46-yard field goal. The kick went wide left and set up the Dutchmen’s game winning drive.

Five plays into the drive Susquehanna was called for a personal foul call, putting the ball on the Crusader’s 45-yard line. Yags found a streaking Doug Henning across the middle, connecting with him for a 17-yard pickup. After two incomplete passes and a false start penalty, Yagmourian hit Long for the game winning touchdown.

Doug Henning led the team with four receptions totaling 78 yards along with receiving a TD pass from two-yards out tying the game at 13 just before halftime. Yagmourian completed eight of 30 for 140 yards. Long put the game winning TD on his résumé, along with 206 all-purpose yards (36 – rushing, 33 – receiving and 137 – kickoff returns).

In the early minutes of the game, the Valley’s sophomore linebacker Pat Clarke blocked a punt, and freshman Brian Andrewsky scooped up the pigskin returning it 10 yards giving LVC a 6-0 lead (Connelly miss).

Susquehanna would not go quietly, as freshman Mark Bartosic would set a team record for three receiving touchdowns in a game (1996). Bartosic compiled seven catches for 127 yards. He scored on plays that went for 23, 25 and 33 yards. Mike Bowman, who orchestrated the passing touchdowns went 19-for-36 and posted one interception. Susquehanna’s Rashonn Drayton rushed for 133 yards on 30 carries, adding one touchdown to his total of 11 on the year.

The defense and special teams carried the team today with senior defensive back Shawn Berwager racking up a team-high 10 tackles and one interception. Berwager returned the interception 35 yards. Senior Shaun Lohman, junior Barry Rhodes and sophomore Jack Himmelberger had the quick reflexes this afternoon, each recovering a fumble.

Senior running back Joe Trezza has been a true Flying Dutchman in the last two games as today he took flight on a 66-yard touchdown run. The run was the longest of the season for the Valley. Trezza added another score, this time a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 27 setting up the storybook ending.

Wittenberg 37, Ohio Wesleyan 7
DELAWARE, Ohio -- Wittenberg made it eight wins in a row and took another giant step toward earning a third consecutive outright North Coast Athletic Conference championship and NCAA Division III playoff berth by defeating host Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday before a homecoming crowd of 3,375 at Selby Field. The Tigers, who ran their regular season win streak to 29 games and NCAC win streak to 20, improved to 5-0 in the NCAC with two weeks remaining.

The Tiger tale was balance, as Wittenberg jumped out to leads of 17-0 by the end of the first quarter and 27-7 at the end of the second. First, Wittenberg hit the Bishops with an accurate downfield passing game. Senior wide receiver Labon Storts opened the scoring with a 13-yard touchdown reception from senior quarterback Anthony Crane, and junior wide receiver Michael Aljancic tacked on a 37-yard touchdown reception from Crane just six minutes later.

Then it was time to show off the vaunted Tiger ground game, led by senior tailback Casey Donaldson, but with some help this time. Donaldson struck paydirt for the 63rd and 64th times in his career and 17th and 18th times this season, tallying six points with 2:25 left in the second quarter on a five-yard run and another six on a nine-yard burst with 10:36 left in the third quarter. Donaldson, who went for 147 yards in the game on 27 carries, now has 1,100 yards on the season, the third time he has topped 1,000 yards in his four campaigns wearing the Red & White.

Lending welcome support was senior fullback Gary Henson, who had been hampered by injuries in missing much of the 2000 season. Providing a perfect third option to the downfield passing attack and the record-setting running of Donaldson, Henson pounded the Bishops for 105 yards on 13 carries, mostly in the second half against a smaller and visibly tired OWU defense.

To round things off on the offensive side of the ball, senior placekicker Ryan Walker had perhaps his best of the 2000 season. Walker was 3-for-3 on field goal attempts -- his first three since Week 4 -- and he was 4-for-4 on extra-point attempts. Walker, the Wittenberg record-holder for points by kicking, now has 228 points in his career.

Defensively, it was another day at the office for the young unit. The Bishops managed just 68 yards rushing and 118 yards passing, as the Tigers' defense was once again up to the test. Defensive backs Rob Harris and John Hauser topped Wittenberg with eight tackles each.

Linfield 61, Lewis & Clark 20
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Unbeaten Linfield tied a school record with seven touchdown passes and the Wildcats hammered Lewis & Clark 61-20 Saturday at Griswold Stadium. The Wildcats, ranked 13th in Division III,, improved to 6-0 and 2-0 in the Northwest Conference. Lewis & Clark fell to 1-5, 0-3.

Curt Musser threw for four scores in the first half, helping Linfield build an insurmountable 48-0 spread by intermission. Musser's backup, Tyler Matthews, played the entire second half and threw for three more scores -- two to reserve Bryan Hooper. The Wildcats amassed a season-high 598 total yards, including 420 through the air. Musser and Matthews combined to complete 21 of 36 attempts without an interception.

Eight different receivers caught passes for Linfield. Hooper had eight receptions for 139 yards, John Nosler totaled four catches for 89. Marty Williams rushed 10 times for 73 yards and one touchdown.

The Wildcats held the Pioneers to 81 first-half yards. Lewis & Clark finished with 308 yards of offense, getting most of its yards and all of its points in the final 23 minutes against the Linfield reserves. Freshman defensive back Kevin Linderman finished with a game-high seven tackles.

Widener 32, King's 20
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- For 30 minutes, King's played outstanding football and took a 14-13 lead against undefeated Widener. In the second-half, however, the Pioneers put on an outstanding display with its quick-strike offense, scoring 19 points over the final 30 minutes to post a 32-20 victory over the Monarchs Saturday on Homecoming at Robert L. Betzler Fields.

The No. 15 Pioneers improved to 7-0 on the year with the victory and maintain first place in the Middle Atlantic Conference. Despite playing well against the top-ranked squad in the Middle Atlantic Conference, King's fell to 3-4 with the loss.

The defeat was particularly sour for the Monarchs who could reap little joy in the fact that senior tailback Damon Saxon enjoyed another record-setting performance. Saxon was brilliant as he has been all season for King's.

The Monarch tailback rushed for 218 yards on 33 carries with two touchdowns and extended his school record with a seventh consecutive 100-plus yard rushing game. Saxon also surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing plateau on the year, setting a King's single-season rushing record of 1,184 yards. With his two scores, he also extended his school record single-season rushing total to 16. In the process, axon became just the second King's runner in history to reach the 2,000-yard career mark and now has 2,110 rushing yards. Saxon, who was sixth nationally in Division III rushing going into the week, is now averaging 169.1 yards per-game.

But Widener had several weapons of their own. Junior wide receiver Jim Jones caught five passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for a third score, and freshman tailback Mike Ambrose was outstanding in his own right in carrying for a career-high 166 yards.

Widener took a 7-0 lead with 9:45 remaining in the first quarter when Mike Kelly caught a 5-yard scoring pass from quarterback Mike Granato to cap an 11-play, 70-yard drive. King's would counter with a 15-play, 80-yard drive when tailback Damon Saxon scored on a 1-yard run with 4:04 left in the opening quarter.

Widener then recaptured the lead when Jones hauled in a 50-yard touchdown pass from Granato, but Steven Wilson blocked Paul Ragan's extra-point kick as Widener held a 13-7 lead with 14:01 left in the second quarter. King's quickly responded when Saxon erupted for a 61-yard touchdown run on second down and Matt VonTanhausen's conversion kick gave the Monarchs a 14-13 lead with 13:05 remaining in the period, a lead the Monarchs would take into halftime.

In the third quarter, Widener took possession and quickly marched down field. The 77-yard, nine-play drive was capped by a three-yard pass from Granato to Jones who would tie the Widener record with his ninth career 100-yard receiving game. The two point conversion failed and Widener led 19-14 with 12:10 left in the third quarter. 

After forcing King's to punt after three plays on its next possession, Widener took over at the Monarch 47. A 39-yard completion to Mike Coleman moved the ball to the 8-yard line and the Pioneers would advance to the ball to the 1-yard line. On a key fourth-and-one play, Granato scored on a quarterback sneak to extend the Pioneer lead. After the two-point attempt failed, Widener held a 25-14 advantage with 8:36 remaining in the third.

Widener struck again early in the fourth quarter when the Pioneers marched 56 yards on nine plays, capped by a 5-yard run by Jones. Ragan's extra-point kick upped the Widener lead to 32-14 with 13:03 remaining. The Monarchs would add their final score with an eight-play, 62-yard drive which concluded when Tom Pierantozzi hit Jim Pio with a 11-yard touchdown pass with 0:16 remaining.

La Salle 39, Shenandoah 14
PHILADELPHIA -- In a game that saw La Salle and Shenandoah turn the ball over a combined 13 times, the Division I-AA Explorers prevailed, 39-14, thanks to two defensive touchdowns Saturday at McCarthy Stadium.

Junior defensive back Brett Rothenburger returned fumbles 82 and 13 yards for touchdowns and also recorded seven tackles to lead the defense. Seniors Kevin Campbell and Tim Connelly recorded 14 and 11 tackles respectively.

Offensively, senior quarterback Mike Bramowski completed 7 of 12 passes for 101 yards and rushed 10 times for 64 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown run.

The sixth win clinched a winning season for La Salle (6-1), giving the Explorers their first since the return of football in 1997.

Senior Trey Kern led SU (1-6) on offense with 70 yards rushing on 10 attempts. He had the Hornets' longest gain of the day, 34 yards, to help set up the team's second and final touchdown of the afternoon. Kern had previously scored the Hornets' first touchdown with a 2-yard run at the 10:28 mark of the fourth.

Matt Harrison and Kalvin Oliver led SU on defense with nine and eight tackles, respectively. Oliver added the Hornets' lone sack of the day.

Franklin 37, Defiance 27
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Defiance's perfect season came to an end on Saturday as the Grizzlies of Franklin handed the Jackets a 37-27 defeat in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference encounter.

Franklin took control of the game early driving 66 yards down the field on their first drive of the day for an 11-yard quarterback keeper for a touchdown taking a 7-0 lead. It was the first time all season the Yellow Jacket defense gave up an opening drive score.

Defiance would battle right back scoring a pair of touchdowns, one on a 15-yard pass from junior Kevin Kelly to sophomore Chad Meyers and the other on a 12-yard pass from Kelly to senior Matt Gerig, giving the Yellow Jackets a 13-7 lead after one quarter of play.

In the second quarter Franklin would begin their offensive aerial and ground attack on the DC defense that ranked first in every defensive category in the conference coming into the game. The Grizzlies would take a 14-13 led on a 15-yard touchdown pass and added a field goal before the half after a very interesting end to the half in which the Jackets would be penalized 30 yards after arguing over an official's call. 

Penalties and turnovers would eventually be the downfall to the Yellow Jackets undefeated season. 

Much like the first half Franklin College would score on their first drive of the half on a nine-play, 52-yard drive making the score 23-13 Franklin. 

Defiance would get as close as 23-20 after senior wide receiver Matt Gerig got the offense rolling with one of many of his outstanding plays pulling in a 36 yard reception to set up a Maurice Hooker touchdown.

With Defiance beginning to gain some momentum the Franklin offense responded with a 69-yard touchdown run by Brandon Gillard putting the Grizzlies back up by 10. 

The DC defense gave up a season-high 37 points, 273 yards passing, 133 rushing in the defeat that knocked the Yellow Jackets out of sole possession of first place in the conference standings.

Offensively, the Yellow Jackets put up just as good as numbers as the Franklin offense but costly turnovers and penalties hurt the DC scoring opportunities. 

Defiance freshman tailback Maurice Hooker continued his outstanding season by rushing for 121 yards on 22 carries including a score. Gerig pulled in 11 receptions for 176 to go along with his two touchdown receptions.

With the loss Defiance drops into a two way tie with Bluffton at 3-1 in the conference standings with Hanover, Franklin and Anderson all standing at 2-1, a half-game behind. 

Delaware Valley 20, Juniata 17
HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Junior wide receiver Rich Gear hauled in seven passes for 180 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Delaware Valley to a 20-17 come-from-behind win at Knox Stadium. 

Junior quarterback Duke Greco also completed 13 of 22 passes for 228 yards and three scores, including a 23-yard scoring strike to freshman Giovani Brooks, who made his first collegiate touchdown catch with 4:27 left in the contest to make the difference on the scoreboard. Gear, who posted the second-highest receiving yardage total in Aggie annals also pulled in a 36-yard pass to set up the final scoring strike of the day from Greco to Brooks.

The win improved Delaware Valley to 2-5 overall and snapped a two-game losing streak to Juniata in the process.  The Eagles slipped to 1-6 for the first time since 1997.

Juniata owned a 10-0 lead after sophomore kicker Dusty Lehr drilled a 19-yard field goal with 3:10 left in the second quarter.  Freshman tailback Craig Moshier broke open a scoreless outing with a 20-yard touchdown run in the second quarter with 11:38 to go.  The play capped a three-play, 33-yard drive that started following a Delaware Valley fumble.

The Aggies took the ensuing kickoff and drove 54 yards on four plays to post their first touchdown of the day.  Greco found Gear streaking down the right sideline for a 53-yard touchdown pass.

Gear and Greco hooked up again on the only score of the third stanza.  The 37-yard effort which came with 2:53 to go gave Delaware Valley a 13-10 lead as the point-after was blocked by Juniata's Jason Stouffer.

Juniata's junior quarterback Jamie Campbell, who was intercepted four times on the day, appeared to have redeemed himself in the fourth period.  On third and five from the Delaware Valley 17-yard line, Campbell was flushed out of the pocket and rambled in for a touchdown into the left corner of the end zone.  Lehr converted the PAT to put the hosts up 17-13.

However, Delaware Valley answered back with the winning scoring drive.  After Greco found Gear for 36 yards on third and six from the Aggie 41, Greco hit Brooks with the eventual game-winner.  Brooks, who was defended by Juniata's Jason Clark, tipped the ball in the air and then after Clark had run past Brooks, he grabbed the ball for a split second before dropping it.  The officials declared that he had the ball in his possession long enough to register the score.

Campbell finished the day going 16-for-33 for 181 yards, but was held without a touchdown pass for the first time this fall.  Moshier, who recorded Juniata's first touchdown run of the year, posted a career-best 152 yards on 30 carries and had Juniata's first 150-yard rushing day since 1996.  Senior wide receiver Matt Eisenberg had four catches for 54 yards.