Gettysburg vs. Johns Hopkins Game Notes
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Gettysburg at Johns Hopkins – Friday, Oct. 14, 2005 – 7 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Friday’s Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 33rd meeting between Gettysburg (2-3, 1-0 CC) and 18th-ranked Johns Hopkins (5-0, 2-0 CC) in a series that dates back to 1911. Gettysburg holds an 18-12-2 lead in the all-time series, but the Blue Jays have won the last 10 meetings between the two programs. In last year’s match-up, Zach DiIonno threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns to key Johns Hopkins’ 37-17 win on Oct. 16, 2004 at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Brian Wolcott caught two of the touchdown tosses while Anthony Triplin snagged the other. The Bullets’ last win in the series was a 27-24 decision in Baltimore during the 1994 season.
LAST TIME OUT: Freshman K Josh Huson (McLean, VA/McLean) kicked a 34-yard field goal with 1:10 remaining to snap a 17-all tie and give Gettysburg a 20-17 win over 19th-ranked McDaniel last Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) set a new CC record with his fifth career kickoff return for a touchdown and sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) rushed for 187 yards in the victory. In Baltimore, T.J. Lyons rushed for 149 yards and one touchdown to become the sixth 2,000-yard rusher in program history as Johns Hopkins downed Franklin & Marshall 19-7 last Saturday. The win was the Blue Jays’ ninth straight overall and ninth consecutive against the Diplomats.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Tom Sturges and Josh Huson were honored as CC Players of the Week for their performances against McDaniel on Saturday. Sturges was named the CC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after carrying 37 times for 187 yards, the second-highest single-game total of his career. It is the third time that he has been named the CC Offensive Player of the Week this season. Huson was selected as the CC Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting two milestone field goals, the first of his collegiate career. The first traveled 48 yards to tie the program’s 29-year-old record while the second – a 34-yarder – snapped a 17-all tie with 1:10 remaining, delivering the victory.
ALSO OUTSTANDING: Senior LB Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) was named to the CC Outstanding Performers list after spearheading a defense that held the conference’s top scoring offense 15 points below its average on Saturday. McGarry recorded seven tackles, including five solo stops and two tackles for loss, and also broke up a pass in the win. He ranks ninth in the conference with 7.6 tackles per game.
TO THE HOUSE: Nathan Smith sprinted into the CC record books with his 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on Saturday. Smith tied Muhlenberg’s Joshua Carter for the most kickoff-return touchdowns in a season (3) and snapped a tie with Carter for the most in a career (5). Smith leads the conference and ranks fifth in Division III with 35.4 yards per return.
KICKING IT: Josh Huson’s first two collegiate field goals were memorable ones on Saturday. Huson tied a program record by booting a 48-yard field goal in the third quarter against McDaniel, then won the game with a 34-yard field goal in the final minutes. The freshman leads the CC in extra points made (13) and attempted (14), and is second on the team with 19 points. Huson took his place in the Gettysburg record book alongside Dick Eppleman, whose 48-yarder provided margin of victory in a 10-7 win over Bucknell on Oct. 23, 1976.
RUNNING WILD: Tom Sturges enjoyed his fourth 100-yard rushing day of the season against the Green Terror and continues to lead the conference in carries (137) and rushing yards (699). In addition, he paces the CC and ranks 17th in Division III with 139.8 rushing yard per game. He is also the conference leader for all-purpose yards per game (149.4). Sturges’ 187-yard outing against McDaniel was the second-highest single-game output of his career, topped only by a 206-yard performance against Lebanon Valley on Sept. 3. His 699 rushing yards are already the most in one season by a Bullet since Paul Smith’s record-setting 1,546 yards in 1999.
GETTING DEFENSIVE: An energized Gettysburg defense held McDaniel to 295 total yards and 17 points on Saturday, both single-game lows for a Bullet opponent in 2005. Senior LB Michael Schmidt (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) led the way with 11 tackles (9 solo) and recorded one of the squad’s nine pass breakups. Ryan McGarry and Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) were next on the list with seven tackles and one breakup apiece. In addition, Barton blocked a 35-yard Green Terror field goal attempt and also stopped Matt Buschman on fourth-and-1 from the McDaniel 49, setting up Gettysburg’s lone touchdown drive late in the second quarter.
SACK ATTACK: Junior DE Stevenson Foote (Huntingtown, MD/Calvert) and junior DT Rob Brassell (Huntingdon Valley, PA/LaSalle College) recorded their first collegiate sacks on Saturday. Senior DT Dan Hogdahl (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) notched the Bullets’ third sack of the day, one of his five tackles.
AIRING IT OUT: Despite throwing for a season-low 28 yards on Saturday, sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) continues to rank among the CC’s passing leaders. McMillan has completed 77 of 144 passes (53.5 percent) for 870 yards and five touchdowns in 2005, ranking second in passing yards per game (174.0) and total yards per game (172.4), and third in pass efficiency (103.2).
ALL PURPOSE BACK: Nathan Smith ranks second in the conference with 109.8 all-purpose yards per game and is sixth with 8.4 tackles per game from his strong safety position. Smith is tied with senior CB Jay Cage (N. Charleston, SC/Sterling [NJ]) for third place in passes defended per game (1.20).
HANDS TEAM: A trio of Bullets rank among the CC’s top 10 for receptions and receiving yards per game. Sophomore HB Shawn Hollingsworth (Chester, PA/Wilmington Friends [DE]) is tied for second with 4.00 catches per game and ranks fifth with 48.6 yards per game. Junior WR Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) is sixth with 48.0 yards per game and 10th with 3.00 receptions per game. Junior HB Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) ranks fifth with 3.80 catches per game and is ninth with 42.2 yards per contest.
BULLET POINTS: Senior DB Daniel Silva (Lanham, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt), a former two-year letterwinner at McDaniel, ended his former team’s first drive on Saturday with his second interception of the season. Silva also added six tackles in the win… Gettysburg is looking to snap an eight-game road losing streak and five-game skid at Homewood Field… The Bullets lead the CC in total offense (355.8 yards per game) and rank second in scoring offense (27.0 points per game). Gettysburg is also second in third-down conversion percentage (36.6).
THE WORD ON JOHNS HOPKINS: The Blue Jays enter Friday’s game ranked 18th in the latest AFCA Division III poll and riding a nine-game winning streak. Johns Hopkins has also won 10 straight games against Gettysburg. Senior QB Zach DiIonno has completed 85 of 142 passes for 881 yards and one touchdown this season. He leads the CC in passing yards per game (176.2) and total offense (175.8), and is second in pass efficiency (110.1). He has three of the conference’s six 200-yard passing games in 2005. Senior TB T.J. Lyons has 449 yards on 80 carries and ranks second in the CC with 89.8 rushing yards per game. Lyons was named the CC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 149 yards and one touchdown in the Blue Jays’ 19-7 win over Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. Junior WR Anthony Triplin leads the conference with 5.60 receptions per game and ranks fourth with 53.2 receiving yards per contest. Sophomore WR Corey Sattler is tied for second with 4.00 receptions per game while ranking second with 55.0 receiving yards per game. The duo has combined for 48 receptions and 541 yards through the air this season. Senior LB Adam Luke and senior LB Mike Barrasso rank seventh and eighth in the CC, respectively, with 8.2 and 8.0 tackles per game. Luke leads Johns Hopkins with 41 total tackles. Senior DB Adam Colicchio is one of three players tied for third in the conference with three interceptions. Junior P/K Ben Scott ranks second in the conference with 7.2 points per game. Scott has converted 9 of 15 field goals this season and is also the CC’s top punter with an average of 39.9 yards per punt. The Blue Jays lead the conference in scoring defense (6.8 points per game), total defense (209.6 yards per game) and third down conversion percentage (37.3). Johns Hopkins is tied for third in scoring offense (19.2) and ranks third in total offense (319.4 yards per game). Head coach Jim Margraff is seeking his 100th coaching victory.
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 134-129-5 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 (72) and overall wins (134). Jim Margraff has led Johns Hopkins to a 99-55-3 record and three CC championships during 16 seasons at his alma mater. Since the beginning of the 2002 season, the Blue Jays are 33-5 (.868) while earning a share of the past three conference crowns and winning three ECAC playoff games. He is the third-winningest head coach in CC history, boasting 64 conference victories entering tonight’s action.
STREETER ON THE WIN OVER MCDANIEL: “Our whole football team played with passion and we played physically, in particular on defense. We didn’t get caught up in any plays that happened before, we just took care of one thing at a time. We played like it was urgent and that’s how you have to play.”
STREETER ON KICKER JOSH HUSON: “He’s gotten better every week and he’s a confident kicker. Through preseason and the first part of the season, he’s been getting more height and more distance on his kicks. That’s a clutch performance by a young player. It’s good to have him on our team.”
STREETER ON THE KEYS TO WINNING AT JOHNS HOPKINS: “The key at Johns Hopkins is similar to what I said last week against McDaniel. We have to be able to sustain drives and we have to be able to stay on the field. Their defense is outstanding, so it’s going to be a great challenge to us. And we have to play physically and with passion. If we’re able to do that, it gives us a chance.”
STREETER ON THE JOHNS HOPKINS OFFENSE: “They’re very well balanced, so have to be prepared for anything. They have seniors in good positions offensively – their quarterback, the tailback and a couple of linemen are seniors. And their receivers are two of the best we’ve seen.”
Gettysburg at Johns Hopkins – Friday, Oct. 14, 2005 – 7 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Friday’s Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 33rd meeting between Gettysburg (2-3, 1-0 CC) and 18th-ranked Johns Hopkins (5-0, 2-0 CC) in a series that dates back to 1911. Gettysburg holds an 18-12-2 lead in the all-time series, but the Blue Jays have won the last 10 meetings between the two programs. In last year’s match-up, Zach DiIonno threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns to key Johns Hopkins’ 37-17 win on Oct. 16, 2004 at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Brian Wolcott caught two of the touchdown tosses while Anthony Triplin snagged the other. The Bullets’ last win in the series was a 27-24 decision in Baltimore during the 1994 season.
LAST TIME OUT: Freshman K Josh Huson (McLean, VA/McLean) kicked a 34-yard field goal with 1:10 remaining to snap a 17-all tie and give Gettysburg a 20-17 win over 19th-ranked McDaniel last Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) set a new CC record with his fifth career kickoff return for a touchdown and sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) rushed for 187 yards in the victory. In Baltimore, T.J. Lyons rushed for 149 yards and one touchdown to become the sixth 2,000-yard rusher in program history as Johns Hopkins downed Franklin & Marshall 19-7 last Saturday. The win was the Blue Jays’ ninth straight overall and ninth consecutive against the Diplomats.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Tom Sturges and Josh Huson were honored as CC Players of the Week for their performances against McDaniel on Saturday. Sturges was named the CC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after carrying 37 times for 187 yards, the second-highest single-game total of his career. It is the third time that he has been named the CC Offensive Player of the Week this season. Huson was selected as the CC Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting two milestone field goals, the first of his collegiate career. The first traveled 48 yards to tie the program’s 29-year-old record while the second – a 34-yarder – snapped a 17-all tie with 1:10 remaining, delivering the victory.
ALSO OUTSTANDING: Senior LB Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) was named to the CC Outstanding Performers list after spearheading a defense that held the conference’s top scoring offense 15 points below its average on Saturday. McGarry recorded seven tackles, including five solo stops and two tackles for loss, and also broke up a pass in the win. He ranks ninth in the conference with 7.6 tackles per game.
TO THE HOUSE: Nathan Smith sprinted into the CC record books with his 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on Saturday. Smith tied Muhlenberg’s Joshua Carter for the most kickoff-return touchdowns in a season (3) and snapped a tie with Carter for the most in a career (5). Smith leads the conference and ranks fifth in Division III with 35.4 yards per return.
KICKING IT: Josh Huson’s first two collegiate field goals were memorable ones on Saturday. Huson tied a program record by booting a 48-yard field goal in the third quarter against McDaniel, then won the game with a 34-yard field goal in the final minutes. The freshman leads the CC in extra points made (13) and attempted (14), and is second on the team with 19 points. Huson took his place in the Gettysburg record book alongside Dick Eppleman, whose 48-yarder provided margin of victory in a 10-7 win over Bucknell on Oct. 23, 1976.
RUNNING WILD: Tom Sturges enjoyed his fourth 100-yard rushing day of the season against the Green Terror and continues to lead the conference in carries (137) and rushing yards (699). In addition, he paces the CC and ranks 17th in Division III with 139.8 rushing yard per game. He is also the conference leader for all-purpose yards per game (149.4). Sturges’ 187-yard outing against McDaniel was the second-highest single-game output of his career, topped only by a 206-yard performance against Lebanon Valley on Sept. 3. His 699 rushing yards are already the most in one season by a Bullet since Paul Smith’s record-setting 1,546 yards in 1999.
GETTING DEFENSIVE: An energized Gettysburg defense held McDaniel to 295 total yards and 17 points on Saturday, both single-game lows for a Bullet opponent in 2005. Senior LB Michael Schmidt (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) led the way with 11 tackles (9 solo) and recorded one of the squad’s nine pass breakups. Ryan McGarry and Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) were next on the list with seven tackles and one breakup apiece. In addition, Barton blocked a 35-yard Green Terror field goal attempt and also stopped Matt Buschman on fourth-and-1 from the McDaniel 49, setting up Gettysburg’s lone touchdown drive late in the second quarter.
SACK ATTACK: Junior DE Stevenson Foote (Huntingtown, MD/Calvert) and junior DT Rob Brassell (Huntingdon Valley, PA/LaSalle College) recorded their first collegiate sacks on Saturday. Senior DT Dan Hogdahl (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) notched the Bullets’ third sack of the day, one of his five tackles.
AIRING IT OUT: Despite throwing for a season-low 28 yards on Saturday, sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) continues to rank among the CC’s passing leaders. McMillan has completed 77 of 144 passes (53.5 percent) for 870 yards and five touchdowns in 2005, ranking second in passing yards per game (174.0) and total yards per game (172.4), and third in pass efficiency (103.2).
ALL PURPOSE BACK: Nathan Smith ranks second in the conference with 109.8 all-purpose yards per game and is sixth with 8.4 tackles per game from his strong safety position. Smith is tied with senior CB Jay Cage (N. Charleston, SC/Sterling [NJ]) for third place in passes defended per game (1.20).
HANDS TEAM: A trio of Bullets rank among the CC’s top 10 for receptions and receiving yards per game. Sophomore HB Shawn Hollingsworth (Chester, PA/Wilmington Friends [DE]) is tied for second with 4.00 catches per game and ranks fifth with 48.6 yards per game. Junior WR Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) is sixth with 48.0 yards per game and 10th with 3.00 receptions per game. Junior HB Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) ranks fifth with 3.80 catches per game and is ninth with 42.2 yards per contest.
BULLET POINTS: Senior DB Daniel Silva (Lanham, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt), a former two-year letterwinner at McDaniel, ended his former team’s first drive on Saturday with his second interception of the season. Silva also added six tackles in the win… Gettysburg is looking to snap an eight-game road losing streak and five-game skid at Homewood Field… The Bullets lead the CC in total offense (355.8 yards per game) and rank second in scoring offense (27.0 points per game). Gettysburg is also second in third-down conversion percentage (36.6).
THE WORD ON JOHNS HOPKINS: The Blue Jays enter Friday’s game ranked 18th in the latest AFCA Division III poll and riding a nine-game winning streak. Johns Hopkins has also won 10 straight games against Gettysburg. Senior QB Zach DiIonno has completed 85 of 142 passes for 881 yards and one touchdown this season. He leads the CC in passing yards per game (176.2) and total offense (175.8), and is second in pass efficiency (110.1). He has three of the conference’s six 200-yard passing games in 2005. Senior TB T.J. Lyons has 449 yards on 80 carries and ranks second in the CC with 89.8 rushing yards per game. Lyons was named the CC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 149 yards and one touchdown in the Blue Jays’ 19-7 win over Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. Junior WR Anthony Triplin leads the conference with 5.60 receptions per game and ranks fourth with 53.2 receiving yards per contest. Sophomore WR Corey Sattler is tied for second with 4.00 receptions per game while ranking second with 55.0 receiving yards per game. The duo has combined for 48 receptions and 541 yards through the air this season. Senior LB Adam Luke and senior LB Mike Barrasso rank seventh and eighth in the CC, respectively, with 8.2 and 8.0 tackles per game. Luke leads Johns Hopkins with 41 total tackles. Senior DB Adam Colicchio is one of three players tied for third in the conference with three interceptions. Junior P/K Ben Scott ranks second in the conference with 7.2 points per game. Scott has converted 9 of 15 field goals this season and is also the CC’s top punter with an average of 39.9 yards per punt. The Blue Jays lead the conference in scoring defense (6.8 points per game), total defense (209.6 yards per game) and third down conversion percentage (37.3). Johns Hopkins is tied for third in scoring offense (19.2) and ranks third in total offense (319.4 yards per game). Head coach Jim Margraff is seeking his 100th coaching victory.
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 134-129-5 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 (72) and overall wins (134). Jim Margraff has led Johns Hopkins to a 99-55-3 record and three CC championships during 16 seasons at his alma mater. Since the beginning of the 2002 season, the Blue Jays are 33-5 (.868) while earning a share of the past three conference crowns and winning three ECAC playoff games. He is the third-winningest head coach in CC history, boasting 64 conference victories entering tonight’s action.
STREETER ON THE WIN OVER MCDANIEL: “Our whole football team played with passion and we played physically, in particular on defense. We didn’t get caught up in any plays that happened before, we just took care of one thing at a time. We played like it was urgent and that’s how you have to play.”
STREETER ON KICKER JOSH HUSON: “He’s gotten better every week and he’s a confident kicker. Through preseason and the first part of the season, he’s been getting more height and more distance on his kicks. That’s a clutch performance by a young player. It’s good to have him on our team.”
STREETER ON THE KEYS TO WINNING AT JOHNS HOPKINS: “The key at Johns Hopkins is similar to what I said last week against McDaniel. We have to be able to sustain drives and we have to be able to stay on the field. Their defense is outstanding, so it’s going to be a great challenge to us. And we have to play physically and with passion. If we’re able to do that, it gives us a chance.”
STREETER ON THE JOHNS HOPKINS OFFENSE: “They’re very well balanced, so have to be prepared for anything. They have seniors in good positions offensively – their quarterback, the tailback and a couple of linemen are seniors. And their receivers are two of the best we’ve seen.”
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