Muhlenberg at Gettysburg Game Notes
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Muhlenberg at Gettysburg – Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005 – 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Saturday’s Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 70th meeting between Gettysburg (2-5, 1-2 CC) and Muhlenberg (3-4, 2-2 CC) in a series that dates back to 1907. The Bullets hold a 40-28-1 advantage in the all-time series but the Mules have won the last five match-ups between the two programs. Gettysburg’s last win against Muhlenberg came by a 42-28 margin in 1999. In last year’s meeting, Matt Johnson ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, and the Muhlenberg defense posted the fourth shutout in its last five meetings with Gettysburg, blanking the Bullets 21-0 on Oct. 30, 2004 in Allentown. Mike Schwalb finished with 115 rushing yards for Gettysburg, the Mules’ first opponent to reach the 100-yard plateau for the season.
LAST TIME OUT: Ursinus quarterback Vince Gallagher scored on a seven-yard scramble with 16.7 seconds remaining to lift the Bears to a 16-13, come-from-behind victory against Gettysburg last Saturday in Collegeville. Sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) rushed for a game-high 92 yards and scored on a five-yard touchdown run to lead the Bullet offense. In Allentown, Johns Hopkins scored 10 points in a four-minute span of the fourth quarter to post a 13-10 victory over Muhlenberg last Saturday. Kyle Douglass scored the Mules’ lone touchdown on a 14-yard reception with 48 seconds left in the first half. Jordan Grube accounted for his squad’s other points with a 20-yard field goal midway through the third period that gave the hosts a 10-3 lead.
OUTSTANDING OFFENSE: Tom Sturges and senior TE Chris Halleman (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) were selected to the CC Outstanding Offensive Peformers list for their efforts in Gettysburg’s last two games. Sturges ran for 92 yards and his fifth touchdown of the season against Ursinus last Saturday while Halleman set single-game career highs with four receptions for 91 yards against Johns Hopkins on Oct. 14.
OUTSTANDING DEFENSE: Junior LB Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) earned back-to-back nods to the CC Outstanding Defensive Performers list after recording a total of 17 tackles and three sacks against the Blue Jays and Bears. Barton leads Gettysburg with 76 tackles and ranks third in the CC with 10.9 tackles per game.
AHEAD OF THE PACK: With a 92-yard effort against Ursinus, Tom Sturges continued his charge toward a 1,000-yard season. Sturges leads the CC in carries (196), rushing yards (873) and yards per game (124.7), and has already run for the most yards by a Bullet since Paul Smith rolled up 1,546 rushing yards in 1999.
IN THE TRENCHES: Gettysburg leads the CC in rushing, thanks in large part to the efforts of a veteran offensive line. The quintet of senior LT John Burger (Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.), senior LG Brandon Smith (Lititz, PA/Manheim Twp.), senior C Keith Phillips (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa), junior RG Dain Alaia (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem) and senior RT Enoch Boateng (Vienna, VA/W.T. Woodson) has helped the Bullets roll up 156.3 rushing yards per game in 2005.
WINGING IT: Sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) became the seventh Bullet signal caller since 1979 to throw for 1,000 yards in a single season, surpassing the mark in Saturday’s loss to Ursinus. McMillan has completed 90 of 176 passes for 1,020 yards and six touchdowns in 2005.
GREEN-LIGHTED: Junior HB Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) made his second touchdown reception of the season last Saturday while taking over the team lead for receptions (25) and receiving yards (276). Green ranks fourth in the CC in receptions per game (3.57) and is tied for sixth with 39.4 receiving yards per contest.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) leads the CC and ranks fourth in Division III with an average of 32.8 yards per kickoff return. In the Bullets’ last home game – against McDaniel on Oct. 8 – Smith returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, tying the CC single-season record for kickoff-return touchdowns (3) while breaking a tie with Muhlenberg’s Joshua Carter for the career mark (5).
THE HITS KEEP ON COMING: Nathan Smith and senior LB Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) rank second and third on the team with 58 and 49 tackles, respectively. Smith is tied for sixth in the CC with 8.3 tackles per game while McGarry ranks 14th with 7.0 tackles per game.
DOUBLE COVERAGE: Senior FS Daniel Silva (Lanham, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) and senior CB Jay Cage (N. Charleston, SC/Sterling [NJ]) have each recorded a team-high six passes defended in 2005. Silva has two interceptions and four pass breakups to go with a forced and recovered fumble against Johns Hopkins. Cage leads the team with six pass breakups.
BULLET POINTS: Freshman DT Anthony Pastore (Garden City, NY/Garden City) has a sack in each of his first two collegiate starts over the past two weekends... Tom Sturges ranks 23rd in Division III with 124.7 rushing yards per game... Harold Barton is tied for fifth in Division III with 7.4 solo tackles per game... Sophomore DB Kyle Luciano (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by-the-Sea) and junior DE Stevenson Foote (Huntingtown, MD/Calvert) each made their first collegiate interceptions against Ursinus... Gettysburg continues to lead the conference in and total offense (321.3 yards per game).
THE WORD ON MUHLENBERG: Muhlenberg enters today’s game off a 13-10 loss to Johns Hopkins last Saturday in Allentown, a major set-back in the Mules’ quest for a fifth consecutive CC championship. Sophomore QB Matt Johnson has completed 58 of 114 passes for 698 yards and five touchdowns this season, good for a conference-leading pass efficiency rating of 113.3. As a running back in 2004, Johnson ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s meeting with Gettysburg. Senior WR Kyle Douglass was selected as a CC Outstanding Offensive Performer after catching four passes for 56 yards and one touchdown against Johns Hopkins. Douglass has 31 receptions for 476 yards and a conference-leading six touchdowns this season. He ranks second in the CC in both receptions (4.43) and yards (68.0) per game. Junior TE Stephen Montalto ranks second on the team with 24 receptions and 278 receiving yards. Montalto is fifth in the CC in both receptions (3.43) and yards (39.7) per game. Freshman RB John DeLuca leads the Mules with 79 carries for 254 yards. Sophomore RB Ross Tanner is second on the team with 73 carries for 212 yards and one score. Senior LB Dan McCall leads the conference in sacks (7.5) and tackles for loss (12.0) this season. Among the national leaders, he is tied for 12th with 1.1 sacks per game and tied for 29th with 1.7 tackles for loss per game. McCall is fourth on the squad with 40 total tackles and has recovered four fumbles. Senior LB Mark Bennett is the Mules’ top tackler with 54 stops this season. Senior FS Phil Gasker – who recorded an interception in last year’s meeting with the Bullets – is second with 48 tackles, including a team-high 34 solo stops. Muhlenberg’s defense ranks 12th in Division III in total defense (243.7 yards allowed per game) and 18th in scoring defense (13.6 points allowed per game).
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 134-130-5 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). Ninth-year head coach Mike Donnelly has engineered a remarkable turnaround at Muhlenberg, leading the Mules to a share of four consecutive CC championships along with three NCAA tournament berths in the last four years. Donnelly is 56-36 at Muhlenberg, the most coaching victories in program history.
STREETER ON THE URSINUS LOSS: “Both teams were playing hard, but their kids made a couple of plays. They threw the ball up there and their receivers made a couple of nice catches to get them down there on both touchdowns in the fourth quarter. We didn’t make a play on the ball as well as they did.”
STREETER ON THE MUHLENBERG DEFENSE: “They’re really multiple in what they’re doing and they have good talent defensively. They’re in a 3-4, but they give you a lot to look at. They blitz almost 70 percent of the time and do a good job with their schemes.”
STREETER ON MUHLENBERG’S DAN MCCALL: “He’s everywhere and he plays every position. He’s played defensive line, outside backer, inside backer, strong safety – all in one game. He’s a good athlete and they put him in position to make plays.”
STREETER ON BOUNCING BACK: “I don’t notice any change in their work ethic. I’ve been really pleased with how hard they’ve worked and how hard they’ve played in the last several weeks. I know they were really stinging on Monday – as everybody was – but we had a good practice on Tuesday and nobody is dwelling on it too much.”
Muhlenberg at Gettysburg – Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005 – 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Saturday’s Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 70th meeting between Gettysburg (2-5, 1-2 CC) and Muhlenberg (3-4, 2-2 CC) in a series that dates back to 1907. The Bullets hold a 40-28-1 advantage in the all-time series but the Mules have won the last five match-ups between the two programs. Gettysburg’s last win against Muhlenberg came by a 42-28 margin in 1999. In last year’s meeting, Matt Johnson ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, and the Muhlenberg defense posted the fourth shutout in its last five meetings with Gettysburg, blanking the Bullets 21-0 on Oct. 30, 2004 in Allentown. Mike Schwalb finished with 115 rushing yards for Gettysburg, the Mules’ first opponent to reach the 100-yard plateau for the season.
LAST TIME OUT: Ursinus quarterback Vince Gallagher scored on a seven-yard scramble with 16.7 seconds remaining to lift the Bears to a 16-13, come-from-behind victory against Gettysburg last Saturday in Collegeville. Sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) rushed for a game-high 92 yards and scored on a five-yard touchdown run to lead the Bullet offense. In Allentown, Johns Hopkins scored 10 points in a four-minute span of the fourth quarter to post a 13-10 victory over Muhlenberg last Saturday. Kyle Douglass scored the Mules’ lone touchdown on a 14-yard reception with 48 seconds left in the first half. Jordan Grube accounted for his squad’s other points with a 20-yard field goal midway through the third period that gave the hosts a 10-3 lead.
OUTSTANDING OFFENSE: Tom Sturges and senior TE Chris Halleman (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) were selected to the CC Outstanding Offensive Peformers list for their efforts in Gettysburg’s last two games. Sturges ran for 92 yards and his fifth touchdown of the season against Ursinus last Saturday while Halleman set single-game career highs with four receptions for 91 yards against Johns Hopkins on Oct. 14.
OUTSTANDING DEFENSE: Junior LB Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) earned back-to-back nods to the CC Outstanding Defensive Performers list after recording a total of 17 tackles and three sacks against the Blue Jays and Bears. Barton leads Gettysburg with 76 tackles and ranks third in the CC with 10.9 tackles per game.
AHEAD OF THE PACK: With a 92-yard effort against Ursinus, Tom Sturges continued his charge toward a 1,000-yard season. Sturges leads the CC in carries (196), rushing yards (873) and yards per game (124.7), and has already run for the most yards by a Bullet since Paul Smith rolled up 1,546 rushing yards in 1999.
IN THE TRENCHES: Gettysburg leads the CC in rushing, thanks in large part to the efforts of a veteran offensive line. The quintet of senior LT John Burger (Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.), senior LG Brandon Smith (Lititz, PA/Manheim Twp.), senior C Keith Phillips (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa), junior RG Dain Alaia (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem) and senior RT Enoch Boateng (Vienna, VA/W.T. Woodson) has helped the Bullets roll up 156.3 rushing yards per game in 2005.
WINGING IT: Sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) became the seventh Bullet signal caller since 1979 to throw for 1,000 yards in a single season, surpassing the mark in Saturday’s loss to Ursinus. McMillan has completed 90 of 176 passes for 1,020 yards and six touchdowns in 2005.
GREEN-LIGHTED: Junior HB Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) made his second touchdown reception of the season last Saturday while taking over the team lead for receptions (25) and receiving yards (276). Green ranks fourth in the CC in receptions per game (3.57) and is tied for sixth with 39.4 receiving yards per contest.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) leads the CC and ranks fourth in Division III with an average of 32.8 yards per kickoff return. In the Bullets’ last home game – against McDaniel on Oct. 8 – Smith returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, tying the CC single-season record for kickoff-return touchdowns (3) while breaking a tie with Muhlenberg’s Joshua Carter for the career mark (5).
THE HITS KEEP ON COMING: Nathan Smith and senior LB Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) rank second and third on the team with 58 and 49 tackles, respectively. Smith is tied for sixth in the CC with 8.3 tackles per game while McGarry ranks 14th with 7.0 tackles per game.
DOUBLE COVERAGE: Senior FS Daniel Silva (Lanham, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) and senior CB Jay Cage (N. Charleston, SC/Sterling [NJ]) have each recorded a team-high six passes defended in 2005. Silva has two interceptions and four pass breakups to go with a forced and recovered fumble against Johns Hopkins. Cage leads the team with six pass breakups.
BULLET POINTS: Freshman DT Anthony Pastore (Garden City, NY/Garden City) has a sack in each of his first two collegiate starts over the past two weekends... Tom Sturges ranks 23rd in Division III with 124.7 rushing yards per game... Harold Barton is tied for fifth in Division III with 7.4 solo tackles per game... Sophomore DB Kyle Luciano (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by-the-Sea) and junior DE Stevenson Foote (Huntingtown, MD/Calvert) each made their first collegiate interceptions against Ursinus... Gettysburg continues to lead the conference in and total offense (321.3 yards per game).
THE WORD ON MUHLENBERG: Muhlenberg enters today’s game off a 13-10 loss to Johns Hopkins last Saturday in Allentown, a major set-back in the Mules’ quest for a fifth consecutive CC championship. Sophomore QB Matt Johnson has completed 58 of 114 passes for 698 yards and five touchdowns this season, good for a conference-leading pass efficiency rating of 113.3. As a running back in 2004, Johnson ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s meeting with Gettysburg. Senior WR Kyle Douglass was selected as a CC Outstanding Offensive Performer after catching four passes for 56 yards and one touchdown against Johns Hopkins. Douglass has 31 receptions for 476 yards and a conference-leading six touchdowns this season. He ranks second in the CC in both receptions (4.43) and yards (68.0) per game. Junior TE Stephen Montalto ranks second on the team with 24 receptions and 278 receiving yards. Montalto is fifth in the CC in both receptions (3.43) and yards (39.7) per game. Freshman RB John DeLuca leads the Mules with 79 carries for 254 yards. Sophomore RB Ross Tanner is second on the team with 73 carries for 212 yards and one score. Senior LB Dan McCall leads the conference in sacks (7.5) and tackles for loss (12.0) this season. Among the national leaders, he is tied for 12th with 1.1 sacks per game and tied for 29th with 1.7 tackles for loss per game. McCall is fourth on the squad with 40 total tackles and has recovered four fumbles. Senior LB Mark Bennett is the Mules’ top tackler with 54 stops this season. Senior FS Phil Gasker – who recorded an interception in last year’s meeting with the Bullets – is second with 48 tackles, including a team-high 34 solo stops. Muhlenberg’s defense ranks 12th in Division III in total defense (243.7 yards allowed per game) and 18th in scoring defense (13.6 points allowed per game).
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 134-130-5 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). Ninth-year head coach Mike Donnelly has engineered a remarkable turnaround at Muhlenberg, leading the Mules to a share of four consecutive CC championships along with three NCAA tournament berths in the last four years. Donnelly is 56-36 at Muhlenberg, the most coaching victories in program history.
STREETER ON THE URSINUS LOSS: “Both teams were playing hard, but their kids made a couple of plays. They threw the ball up there and their receivers made a couple of nice catches to get them down there on both touchdowns in the fourth quarter. We didn’t make a play on the ball as well as they did.”
STREETER ON THE MUHLENBERG DEFENSE: “They’re really multiple in what they’re doing and they have good talent defensively. They’re in a 3-4, but they give you a lot to look at. They blitz almost 70 percent of the time and do a good job with their schemes.”
STREETER ON MUHLENBERG’S DAN MCCALL: “He’s everywhere and he plays every position. He’s played defensive line, outside backer, inside backer, strong safety – all in one game. He’s a good athlete and they put him in position to make plays.”
STREETER ON BOUNCING BACK: “I don’t notice any change in their work ethic. I’ve been really pleased with how hard they’ve worked and how hard they’ve played in the last several weeks. I know they were really stinging on Monday – as everybody was – but we had a good practice on Tuesday and nobody is dwelling on it too much.”
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