Gettysburg at Denison Game Notes
From the Gettysburg College Website:
Gettysburg at Denison – Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 – 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Saturday’s non-conference match-up marks the second all-time meeting between Gettysburg (1-2) and Denison (1-1), and the Bullets’ first trip to Granville, Ohio. In last year’s inaugural contest, Big Red quarterback Larry Cappetto threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns – three to wide receiver Zach Brent – as Denison scored 28 points in an 11-minute span of the second half to defeat Gettysburg 35-23 on Sept. 25, 2004 at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. The Bullets are making their first trip to the state of Ohio since a 1963 journey to Springfield, Ohio, that ended in a 48-36 loss at Wittenberg.
LAST TIME OUT: Rochester rolled up 459 yards of total offense and possessed the ball for 42 minutes, 34 seconds of a 41-20 win over Gettysburg last Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Special teams accounted for more than half of the Bullets’ points, thanks to a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) and a 53-yard punt block and return by freshman DB Justin Gayles (Baltimore, MD/Gilman). Denison was idle last weekend, but lost its most recent game at Case Western Reserve 20-6 on Sept. 10. Senior RB Joey Thees tallied the Big Red’s only points by breaking a 43-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Senior LB Rob Hackett paced the Denison defense with 11 tackles, including two stops for loss.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nathan Smith was named the Centennial Conference (CC) Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for games of Sept. 17 after returning a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown against Rochester. In the process, Smith matched a CC career record with his fourth kickoff return touchdown, pulling even with Muhlenberg’s Josh Carter (1998-2001).
ALSO OUTSTANDING: Junior LB Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) was chosen as one of the CC’s Outstanding Performers after recording a career-high 17 tackles against the Yellowjackets on Saturday. Barton also notched his first collegiate sack among his 13 solo tackles.
AHEAD OF THE PACK: Sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) leads Gettysburg and the CC with 69 carries for 361 yards this season. Sturges, who picked up a team-leading 52 yards on the ground against Rochester, is tied for 34th in Division III with 120.3 rushing yards per game.
AIRING IT OUT: Despite being held to 68 passing yards on Saturday, sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) remained among the CC’s top signal-callers in a number of categories. McMillan leads the conference in pass efficiency (117.7) and ranks second in passing yards per game (213.3) and total yards per game (206.0). He has completed 58 of 96 passes for 640 yards and four touchdowns in his first campaign as the Gettysburg starter.
LOCAL ANGLE: Junior HB Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) caught a team-high five passes for 45 yards on Saturday. Junior QB Mark Campo (Arendtsville, PA/Biglerville) completed 6 of 8 passes for 53 yards in relief of Hunter McMillan, capping the Bullets’ 56-yard, fourth-quarter scoring drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to junior HB Jerry Jones (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape).
TRIPLE THREAT: A trio of Bullets ranks among the conference’s top 10 pass catchers so far this season. Sophomore HB Shawn Hollingsworth (Chester, PA/Wilmington Friends [DE]) leads the team with 16 receptions for 211 yards, ranking third in the CC in receptions per game (5.33) and receiving yards per game (70.3). Junior WR Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) (13 receptions, 169 yards) is tied for sixth with 4.33 receptions per game and eighth with 56.3 receiving yards per game. Dusty Green is tied for ninth with 4.00 receptions per game and ninth with 42.3 receiving yards per contest.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Nathan Smith leads the CC and ranks fifth in Division III with 36.1 yards per kickoff return this season, thanks to touchdown returns of 86 and 92 yards in the season’s first three weeks.
HIT PARADE: Four Bullets ranks among the CC’s top ten in tackles per game this season. Harold Barton is second (13.7) followed by Nathan Smith (T-6th, 9.0), senior LB Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) and senior DL Dan Hogdahl (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) (both tied for ninth with 7.0). Barton, who is 15th in Division III in tackles per game, leads the team with 41 total tackles, including a conference-best 28 solo stops.
AMONG THE LEADERS: Gettysburg leads the CC in total offense (373.7 yards per game) and ranks second in passing offense (231.0), rushing offense (142.7) and scoring offense (31.3 points per game). The Bullets also pace the conference in third-down conversion percentage (42.1), first downs (71), kickoff return average (27.8 yards per return) and punt return average (22.7).
BULLET POINTS: Justin Gayles scored his first collegiate points after returning his own punt block 53 yards for a touchdown against Rochester on Saturday… Gettysburg is 1-3 all-time against the current teams of the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Bullets defeated Wooster in 1940, lost to Wittenberg in 1962 and 1963, and fell to Denison last season… Senior DB Daniel Silva (Lanham, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) stopped the Yellowjackets’ first drive of the game with his first interception of the season… Gettysburg is looking to snap a seven-game road losing streak.
THE WORD ON DENISON: The Big Red comes off its bye week looking to jump back above the .500 mark. Denison opened the season with a 21-17 come-from-behind victory over Waynesburg before falling at Case Western 20-6 on Sept. 10. Senior QB Larry Cappetto returns after throwing for 1,378 yards and 14 touchdowns last season. Cappetto, who threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns against Gettysburg in 2004, is 25 of 52 for 209 yards and one touchdown in 2005. He has also carried 10 times for 70 yards, including a 39-yard touchdown run against Waynesburg. Senior TE Frank Roe is a Lindy’s preseason All-American who has led the Big Red in receptions for each of the last three years. He has six catches for 63 yards this year. Junior WR Zach Brent has three receptions for 32 yards and one touchdown this season. Brent was named the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Player of the Week after making 11 receptions for 116 yards and three touchdowns against the Bullets last year. Junior RB Fred Lee leads the team with 27 carries and 85 rushing yards. Senior RB Joey Thees ranks second with 74 yards on 14 carries. Junior DB Andrew Terlecky was named the NCAC Defensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the D3Football.com Team of the Week for his performance against Waynesburg. Terlecky recorded three interceptions in his first collegiate start, returning the second pick 31 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Sophomore DB Jason Wright leads the team with 21 tackles.
COACH’S CORNER: Barry Streeter is in his 27th season as the head coach at Gettysburg, the longest coaching tenure in program history. He has posted a 133-128-5 record while guiding the Bullets to three CC championships and a pair of NCAA playoff victories. He ranks first among active CC coaches in both conference victories (71) and overall wins (133). Nick Fletcher enters his sixth season at Denison in 2005. Fletcher guided the Big Red to a 6-4 record last year, the program’s first winning mark in 13 seasons. Before coming to Granville, he led Eureka College to a 27-22 record from 1995-99 and was twice named the Illini-Badger Conference Coach of the Year.
STREETER ON THE ROCHESTER GAME: “They were a pretty good football team, but we didn’t play very tough on Saturday, physically or mentally. We had guys in position who just weren’t making plays. We’ll keep emphasizing it, keep pushing it and try to put them in situations in practice where they have to prove their mental and physical toughness.”
STREETER ON DENISON: “They’re a good football team. They balance our defense because they play a lot of two-tight end sets, which means you can’t cheat one way or the other. Defensively, they’re a 3-3 and they do a lot of blitzing, a lot more than we saw last week.”
STREETER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A WIN ON SATURDAY: “I think it’s really important for the kids, mentally. With a win, O.K., now we have an even slate and an open date, let’s address some things and let’s go after the conference. I think it’s a very important game.”
Gettysburg at Denison – Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 – 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Saturday’s non-conference match-up marks the second all-time meeting between Gettysburg (1-2) and Denison (1-1), and the Bullets’ first trip to Granville, Ohio. In last year’s inaugural contest, Big Red quarterback Larry Cappetto threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns – three to wide receiver Zach Brent – as Denison scored 28 points in an 11-minute span of the second half to defeat Gettysburg 35-23 on Sept. 25, 2004 at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. The Bullets are making their first trip to the state of Ohio since a 1963 journey to Springfield, Ohio, that ended in a 48-36 loss at Wittenberg.
LAST TIME OUT: Rochester rolled up 459 yards of total offense and possessed the ball for 42 minutes, 34 seconds of a 41-20 win over Gettysburg last Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Special teams accounted for more than half of the Bullets’ points, thanks to a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) and a 53-yard punt block and return by freshman DB Justin Gayles (Baltimore, MD/Gilman). Denison was idle last weekend, but lost its most recent game at Case Western Reserve 20-6 on Sept. 10. Senior RB Joey Thees tallied the Big Red’s only points by breaking a 43-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Senior LB Rob Hackett paced the Denison defense with 11 tackles, including two stops for loss.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nathan Smith was named the Centennial Conference (CC) Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for games of Sept. 17 after returning a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown against Rochester. In the process, Smith matched a CC career record with his fourth kickoff return touchdown, pulling even with Muhlenberg’s Josh Carter (1998-2001).
ALSO OUTSTANDING: Junior LB Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) was chosen as one of the CC’s Outstanding Performers after recording a career-high 17 tackles against the Yellowjackets on Saturday. Barton also notched his first collegiate sack among his 13 solo tackles.
AHEAD OF THE PACK: Sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) leads Gettysburg and the CC with 69 carries for 361 yards this season. Sturges, who picked up a team-leading 52 yards on the ground against Rochester, is tied for 34th in Division III with 120.3 rushing yards per game.
AIRING IT OUT: Despite being held to 68 passing yards on Saturday, sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) remained among the CC’s top signal-callers in a number of categories. McMillan leads the conference in pass efficiency (117.7) and ranks second in passing yards per game (213.3) and total yards per game (206.0). He has completed 58 of 96 passes for 640 yards and four touchdowns in his first campaign as the Gettysburg starter.
LOCAL ANGLE: Junior HB Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) caught a team-high five passes for 45 yards on Saturday. Junior QB Mark Campo (Arendtsville, PA/Biglerville) completed 6 of 8 passes for 53 yards in relief of Hunter McMillan, capping the Bullets’ 56-yard, fourth-quarter scoring drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to junior HB Jerry Jones (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape).
TRIPLE THREAT: A trio of Bullets ranks among the conference’s top 10 pass catchers so far this season. Sophomore HB Shawn Hollingsworth (Chester, PA/Wilmington Friends [DE]) leads the team with 16 receptions for 211 yards, ranking third in the CC in receptions per game (5.33) and receiving yards per game (70.3). Junior WR Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) (13 receptions, 169 yards) is tied for sixth with 4.33 receptions per game and eighth with 56.3 receiving yards per game. Dusty Green is tied for ninth with 4.00 receptions per game and ninth with 42.3 receiving yards per contest.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Nathan Smith leads the CC and ranks fifth in Division III with 36.1 yards per kickoff return this season, thanks to touchdown returns of 86 and 92 yards in the season’s first three weeks.
HIT PARADE: Four Bullets ranks among the CC’s top ten in tackles per game this season. Harold Barton is second (13.7) followed by Nathan Smith (T-6th, 9.0), senior LB Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) and senior DL Dan Hogdahl (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) (both tied for ninth with 7.0). Barton, who is 15th in Division III in tackles per game, leads the team with 41 total tackles, including a conference-best 28 solo stops.
AMONG THE LEADERS: Gettysburg leads the CC in total offense (373.7 yards per game) and ranks second in passing offense (231.0), rushing offense (142.7) and scoring offense (31.3 points per game). The Bullets also pace the conference in third-down conversion percentage (42.1), first downs (71), kickoff return average (27.8 yards per return) and punt return average (22.7).
BULLET POINTS: Justin Gayles scored his first collegiate points after returning his own punt block 53 yards for a touchdown against Rochester on Saturday… Gettysburg is 1-3 all-time against the current teams of the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Bullets defeated Wooster in 1940, lost to Wittenberg in 1962 and 1963, and fell to Denison last season… Senior DB Daniel Silva (Lanham, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) stopped the Yellowjackets’ first drive of the game with his first interception of the season… Gettysburg is looking to snap a seven-game road losing streak.
THE WORD ON DENISON: The Big Red comes off its bye week looking to jump back above the .500 mark. Denison opened the season with a 21-17 come-from-behind victory over Waynesburg before falling at Case Western 20-6 on Sept. 10. Senior QB Larry Cappetto returns after throwing for 1,378 yards and 14 touchdowns last season. Cappetto, who threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns against Gettysburg in 2004, is 25 of 52 for 209 yards and one touchdown in 2005. He has also carried 10 times for 70 yards, including a 39-yard touchdown run against Waynesburg. Senior TE Frank Roe is a Lindy’s preseason All-American who has led the Big Red in receptions for each of the last three years. He has six catches for 63 yards this year. Junior WR Zach Brent has three receptions for 32 yards and one touchdown this season. Brent was named the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Player of the Week after making 11 receptions for 116 yards and three touchdowns against the Bullets last year. Junior RB Fred Lee leads the team with 27 carries and 85 rushing yards. Senior RB Joey Thees ranks second with 74 yards on 14 carries. Junior DB Andrew Terlecky was named the NCAC Defensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the D3Football.com Team of the Week for his performance against Waynesburg. Terlecky recorded three interceptions in his first collegiate start, returning the second pick 31 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Sophomore DB Jason Wright leads the team with 21 tackles.
COACH’S CORNER: Barry Streeter is in his 27th season as the head coach at Gettysburg, the longest coaching tenure in program history. He has posted a 133-128-5 record while guiding the Bullets to three CC championships and a pair of NCAA playoff victories. He ranks first among active CC coaches in both conference victories (71) and overall wins (133). Nick Fletcher enters his sixth season at Denison in 2005. Fletcher guided the Big Red to a 6-4 record last year, the program’s first winning mark in 13 seasons. Before coming to Granville, he led Eureka College to a 27-22 record from 1995-99 and was twice named the Illini-Badger Conference Coach of the Year.
STREETER ON THE ROCHESTER GAME: “They were a pretty good football team, but we didn’t play very tough on Saturday, physically or mentally. We had guys in position who just weren’t making plays. We’ll keep emphasizing it, keep pushing it and try to put them in situations in practice where they have to prove their mental and physical toughness.”
STREETER ON DENISON: “They’re a good football team. They balance our defense because they play a lot of two-tight end sets, which means you can’t cheat one way or the other. Defensively, they’re a 3-3 and they do a lot of blitzing, a lot more than we saw last week.”
STREETER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A WIN ON SATURDAY: “I think it’s really important for the kids, mentally. With a win, O.K., now we have an even slate and an open date, let’s address some things and let’s go after the conference. I think it’s a very important game.”
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