Flynn Ties Gettysburg Record With Five TD Passes in 54-42 Loss at Rochester
From the Gettysburg College Website:
Posted on 09/16/2006
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Freshman quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) tied the Gettysburg single-game record for touchdown passes with five, but it was not enough in a 54-42 loss to Rochester in non-conference action at Edwin Fauver Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Yellowjackets' freshman Kapps Killingstad also tied Rochester's school record with four touchdown passes in the game.
In a shootout that featured 981 yards of offense, including 534 by the Bullets (1-2), and 19 penalties for 159 yards, Flynn completed 18 of 31 passes for 288 yards in the most extensive action of his young career. He connected on scoring strikes with four different players in the game, including senior tailback Dusty Green (Idaville, Pa./Bermudian Springs), who scored twice. His first came on a flare into the left flat that Green hauled in and took 59 yards, tip-toeing up the sideline to get Gettysburg on the board early in the second quarter. Junior wide receiver Matthew Welsh (Lafayette Hill, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) also had a big day, hauling in seven passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Both the reception and yardage marks were game and career highs.
Out of the backfield, junior tailback Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) carried the ball 27 times for 159 yards and a touchdown. He is now just 37 yards away from becoming Gettysburg's seventh 2,000-yard rusher.
For the Yellowjackets (2-1), who were playing in their 1,000th game all-time, Killingstad went 10-for-16 for 178 yards and four touchdowns. His favorite target was junior wide receiver J.J. Vanderstyne, who caught four passes for 103 yards and a pair of scores. Classmate Matt Bielecki averaged 8.0 yards on 27 carries to rush for 215 yards and two touchdowns for the home team.
Defensively for Gettysburg, linebackers James Holubowich (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola) and Harold Barton (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) each had 10 tackles to lead all players. Barton recorded the Bullets' lone sack, and Holubowich had one tackle for a four-yard loss. Rochester junior defensive back Jim Milks returned a Flynn pass 52-yards for a touchdown early in the second quarter.
Rochester's quick start to the game would be an indicator of how the rest of the game would go. The teams combined for 10 touchdown passes and eight scoring plays of 30+ yards. Sophomore Mike Sondericker returned the opening kickoff to midfield, and on the first play from scrimmage, Killingstad found Vanderstyne streaking down the right sideline for a 50-yard touchdown. That would be all the scoring for the first quarter, but the action picked up in the second.
Flynn entered the game on Gettysburg's last series of the first quarter and led the team to two first downs. On first-and-10 from his own 35, Flynn was hit by senior outside linebacker Jason Goeller as he threw, leading to an incomplete pass. After a one-yard gain by Sturges, Flynn was hit on the release again, and this time was picked off by Milks, who raced 52 yards for the score.
The Bullets responded with Green's 59-yard yard touchdown on the next drive, but Rochester handed the ball to Bielecki twice on the next series. The second time he broke a 56-yard scoring run. On the first attempt for extra point, Barton jumped offsides and blocked the kick. On the second attempt, the ball connected solidly with the left upright, leaving the Yellowjackets with a 20-7 lead.
The teams traded three-and-outs before the Bullets took over for one of their most diverse drives of the year. They started off with junior halfback Shawn Hollingsworth (Chester, Pa./Wilmington Friends) in the right slot. Flynn rolled that way on the option and flipped the ball to Hollingsworth, who was coming back around the left end for a 27-yard gain. Seven plays later, Flynn connected with Green again, this time on a perfectly thrown 15-yard fade to the left corner of the end zone.
Rochester missed a 44-yard field goal on its next possession, and Gettysburg took over again. Sturges ripped off a career-long 36-yard rush on second down. After Welsh picked up the first down, Flynn completed a 30-yard pass to junior tight end Pete Meggers (Manchester, Conn./Loomis Chaffee) for a touchdown. It was the first catch of Meggers' career, and it gave the visitors a 21-20 lead at the break.
Sturges, who had four kickoff returns for 72 yards, put together a career-best 231 all-purpose yards on the day. He returned the opening kickoff of the second half nine yards to set up a seven-play, 81-yard drive that he capped with a 32-yard touchdown, putting Gettysburg up by a 28-20 count.
Rochester answered with a 13-play, 71-yard drive that ate 6:19 off the clock and then forced the Bullets to punt on their next two possessions. After the second punt, Killingstad hit Vanderstyne with a 45-yard touchdown pass despite a flag for pass interference on Gettysburg. The Yellowjackets would score touchdowns on each of their next three possessions, and despite touchdown passes to Welsh and senior Spencer Davidson (Dumont, N.J./Dumont), the Bullets were unable to regain the lead.
Gettysburg wraps up its non-conference schedule next Saturday with a home game against Denison. Kickoff at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium is set for 1 p.m.
Box Scores
From the University of Rochester Website:
With 10 touchdown passes and nearly 1,000 yards of offense between the teams, Rochester won an offensive slugfest against Gettysburg, 54-42, at Fauver Stadium on Saturday.
Freshman quarterback Kapps Killingstad tied a school record by throwing four touchdown passes - two to Jay Jay Vanderstyne, one to Pat McCarthy, and one to Mike Sondericker. In his first varsity start, he completed 10 of 16 passes for 178 yards with no interceptions.
Aaron Molisani threw a 28-yard TD pass to Mike Freeman to complete Rochester's scoring late in the fourth quarter. The Yellowjackets also got a two TD runs by Matt Bielecki (56 yards, 5 yards) and a 52-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Jim Milks.
Gettysburg was led by freshman QB Matt Flynn. He completed 18 of 31 passes for 288 yards and five TDs - two to Dusty Green, one each to Matthew Welsh, Pete Meggers, and Spencer Davidson.
Bielecki led the Yellowjackets on the ground with 215 yards. Rochester rushed for 241 yards and passes for 206 more. Molisani was 1 of 1 for 28 yards - the TD to Freeman.
Gettysburg totaled 534 in offense - 218 on the ground (Tom Sturges had 159 on 27 carries) and 316 in the air.
Killingstad threw a 50-yard TD pass to Vanderstyne on Rochester's first play from scrimmage. Milks returned an interception of a Mark Campo pass 52 yards for a TD early in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead.
The Bullets rallied. Green caught a 59-yard pass from Flynn. After Bielecki's 56-yard breakaway gave Rochester a 20-7 lead, Flynn found Green (15 yards, 5:08 left) and Meggers (30 yards, 1:18 left) to put the Bullets up, 21-20 at halftime.
Sturges capped a 7-play, 81-yard drive with a 32-yard run to start the third quarter. Rochester answered with a 13-play, 71-yard drive and the one-yard scoring pass to McCarthy. Rochester's try for two failed (28-26).
The Yellowjackets scored on four straight drives - a 45-yard TD passes to Vanderstyne and Sondericker, Bielecki's five-yard run, and the 28-yard Molisani-to-Freeman connection.
It is Rochester's highest point total since October 30, 1982 in a 54-10 victory over Brockport.
Posted on 09/16/2006
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Freshman quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) tied the Gettysburg single-game record for touchdown passes with five, but it was not enough in a 54-42 loss to Rochester in non-conference action at Edwin Fauver Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Yellowjackets' freshman Kapps Killingstad also tied Rochester's school record with four touchdown passes in the game.
In a shootout that featured 981 yards of offense, including 534 by the Bullets (1-2), and 19 penalties for 159 yards, Flynn completed 18 of 31 passes for 288 yards in the most extensive action of his young career. He connected on scoring strikes with four different players in the game, including senior tailback Dusty Green (Idaville, Pa./Bermudian Springs), who scored twice. His first came on a flare into the left flat that Green hauled in and took 59 yards, tip-toeing up the sideline to get Gettysburg on the board early in the second quarter. Junior wide receiver Matthew Welsh (Lafayette Hill, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) also had a big day, hauling in seven passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Both the reception and yardage marks were game and career highs.
Out of the backfield, junior tailback Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) carried the ball 27 times for 159 yards and a touchdown. He is now just 37 yards away from becoming Gettysburg's seventh 2,000-yard rusher.
For the Yellowjackets (2-1), who were playing in their 1,000th game all-time, Killingstad went 10-for-16 for 178 yards and four touchdowns. His favorite target was junior wide receiver J.J. Vanderstyne, who caught four passes for 103 yards and a pair of scores. Classmate Matt Bielecki averaged 8.0 yards on 27 carries to rush for 215 yards and two touchdowns for the home team.
Defensively for Gettysburg, linebackers James Holubowich (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola) and Harold Barton (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) each had 10 tackles to lead all players. Barton recorded the Bullets' lone sack, and Holubowich had one tackle for a four-yard loss. Rochester junior defensive back Jim Milks returned a Flynn pass 52-yards for a touchdown early in the second quarter.
Rochester's quick start to the game would be an indicator of how the rest of the game would go. The teams combined for 10 touchdown passes and eight scoring plays of 30+ yards. Sophomore Mike Sondericker returned the opening kickoff to midfield, and on the first play from scrimmage, Killingstad found Vanderstyne streaking down the right sideline for a 50-yard touchdown. That would be all the scoring for the first quarter, but the action picked up in the second.
Flynn entered the game on Gettysburg's last series of the first quarter and led the team to two first downs. On first-and-10 from his own 35, Flynn was hit by senior outside linebacker Jason Goeller as he threw, leading to an incomplete pass. After a one-yard gain by Sturges, Flynn was hit on the release again, and this time was picked off by Milks, who raced 52 yards for the score.
The Bullets responded with Green's 59-yard yard touchdown on the next drive, but Rochester handed the ball to Bielecki twice on the next series. The second time he broke a 56-yard scoring run. On the first attempt for extra point, Barton jumped offsides and blocked the kick. On the second attempt, the ball connected solidly with the left upright, leaving the Yellowjackets with a 20-7 lead.
The teams traded three-and-outs before the Bullets took over for one of their most diverse drives of the year. They started off with junior halfback Shawn Hollingsworth (Chester, Pa./Wilmington Friends) in the right slot. Flynn rolled that way on the option and flipped the ball to Hollingsworth, who was coming back around the left end for a 27-yard gain. Seven plays later, Flynn connected with Green again, this time on a perfectly thrown 15-yard fade to the left corner of the end zone.
Rochester missed a 44-yard field goal on its next possession, and Gettysburg took over again. Sturges ripped off a career-long 36-yard rush on second down. After Welsh picked up the first down, Flynn completed a 30-yard pass to junior tight end Pete Meggers (Manchester, Conn./Loomis Chaffee) for a touchdown. It was the first catch of Meggers' career, and it gave the visitors a 21-20 lead at the break.
Sturges, who had four kickoff returns for 72 yards, put together a career-best 231 all-purpose yards on the day. He returned the opening kickoff of the second half nine yards to set up a seven-play, 81-yard drive that he capped with a 32-yard touchdown, putting Gettysburg up by a 28-20 count.
Rochester answered with a 13-play, 71-yard drive that ate 6:19 off the clock and then forced the Bullets to punt on their next two possessions. After the second punt, Killingstad hit Vanderstyne with a 45-yard touchdown pass despite a flag for pass interference on Gettysburg. The Yellowjackets would score touchdowns on each of their next three possessions, and despite touchdown passes to Welsh and senior Spencer Davidson (Dumont, N.J./Dumont), the Bullets were unable to regain the lead.
Gettysburg wraps up its non-conference schedule next Saturday with a home game against Denison. Kickoff at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium is set for 1 p.m.
Box Scores
From the University of Rochester Website:
With 10 touchdown passes and nearly 1,000 yards of offense between the teams, Rochester won an offensive slugfest against Gettysburg, 54-42, at Fauver Stadium on Saturday.
Freshman quarterback Kapps Killingstad tied a school record by throwing four touchdown passes - two to Jay Jay Vanderstyne, one to Pat McCarthy, and one to Mike Sondericker. In his first varsity start, he completed 10 of 16 passes for 178 yards with no interceptions.
Aaron Molisani threw a 28-yard TD pass to Mike Freeman to complete Rochester's scoring late in the fourth quarter. The Yellowjackets also got a two TD runs by Matt Bielecki (56 yards, 5 yards) and a 52-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Jim Milks.
Gettysburg was led by freshman QB Matt Flynn. He completed 18 of 31 passes for 288 yards and five TDs - two to Dusty Green, one each to Matthew Welsh, Pete Meggers, and Spencer Davidson.
Bielecki led the Yellowjackets on the ground with 215 yards. Rochester rushed for 241 yards and passes for 206 more. Molisani was 1 of 1 for 28 yards - the TD to Freeman.
Gettysburg totaled 534 in offense - 218 on the ground (Tom Sturges had 159 on 27 carries) and 316 in the air.
Killingstad threw a 50-yard TD pass to Vanderstyne on Rochester's first play from scrimmage. Milks returned an interception of a Mark Campo pass 52 yards for a TD early in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead.
The Bullets rallied. Green caught a 59-yard pass from Flynn. After Bielecki's 56-yard breakaway gave Rochester a 20-7 lead, Flynn found Green (15 yards, 5:08 left) and Meggers (30 yards, 1:18 left) to put the Bullets up, 21-20 at halftime.
Sturges capped a 7-play, 81-yard drive with a 32-yard run to start the third quarter. Rochester answered with a 13-play, 71-yard drive and the one-yard scoring pass to McCarthy. Rochester's try for two failed (28-26).
The Yellowjackets scored on four straight drives - a 45-yard TD passes to Vanderstyne and Sondericker, Bielecki's five-yard run, and the 28-yard Molisani-to-Freeman connection.
It is Rochester's highest point total since October 30, 1982 in a 54-10 victory over Brockport.
posted by Pat McConnell | 4:45 AM
1 Comments:
Job well done offensively,Matt great job.Let's get our defense tightened up and we'll be ok. GO BULLETS
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