Flynn Named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the Third Time in 2006
From the Gettysburg College Website:
LANCASTER, Pa. - Freshman quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) has been named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season in an announcement made by the conference on Sunday. Flynn completed 17 of 25 passes for 241 yards, two touchdowns and one interception to lead the Bullets to a 38-30 win over Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. He also carried the ball 11 times for 35 yards and another touchdown. The win gives the Bullets their first perfect home slate in 21 years.
Junior safety Kyle Luciano (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by-the-Sea) and senior punter Ryan Dunn (Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence) were also named to the CC weekly honor roll. Luciano had a huge day defensively with eight tackles, a sack for nine yards, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception. On Franklin & Marshall's first possession of the game, Luciano recovered a fumble at the Diplomats' 30-yard line that led to Gettysburg's first score. With Gettysburg up 38-20 in the fourth quarter, Luciano came on a safety blitz on third-and-14 at the Franklin & Marshall 44-yard line. He blindsided Kyle Turner, forcing a fumble. The Diplomats recovered, but Luciano was credited with a nine-yard sack that forced F&M to punt. On the game's last play, he intercepted Turner to seal the Bullets' first win over Franklin & Marshall since 2001.
Dunn averaged nearly four yards better than his season-long average entering the game. He punted twice in the fourth quarter, once forcing a fair catch at the Franklin & Marshall 21. On Gettysburg's last possession of the game, he booted a 42-yard punt that rolled out of bounds at the Diplomats' five-yard line with 11 seconds to play.
Flynn's selection as the conference's top offensive performer marks the sixth time in the 11-week season that the Bullets have earned the honor. Flynn has earned it three times to equal junior tailback Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield). Flynn has been named CC Offensive Player of the Week each time he has passed for over 200 yards in a game this season.
Flynn connected with junior wide receiver Matthew Welsh (Lafayette Hill, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) three times on the day, once for 49 yards and for touchdown passes of 45 and 10 yards. He helped Gettysburg score 23 points in the second quarter, including 16 points in the last 3:09 before halftime, to take a lead it would never relinquish. All three of his touchdowns came in the second quarter. The 241 yards are his second-highest single-game total of the season.
Flynn entered the day seventh in Gettysburg history in single-season passing yardage and ended the day in third with 1,546 yards despite barely playing in the first two games. That mark nearly doubles the former freshman single-season passing record. He also entered the day tied for seventh in single-season touchdown passes and moved up to fifth on that list with his 13th and 14th. The previous record for single-season touchdown passes by a Gettysburg freshman was six, set by Dennis Flaherty in 1997, a mark Flynn eclipsed in a five-quarter span against Rochester and Denison in September.
Gettysburg concludes its season with a 5-5 record, 3-3 in Centennial Conference play. The Bullets were 5-0 at home and have now won eight straight at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
LANCASTER, Pa. - Freshman quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) has been named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season in an announcement made by the conference on Sunday. Flynn completed 17 of 25 passes for 241 yards, two touchdowns and one interception to lead the Bullets to a 38-30 win over Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. He also carried the ball 11 times for 35 yards and another touchdown. The win gives the Bullets their first perfect home slate in 21 years.
Junior safety Kyle Luciano (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by-the-Sea) and senior punter Ryan Dunn (Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence) were also named to the CC weekly honor roll. Luciano had a huge day defensively with eight tackles, a sack for nine yards, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception. On Franklin & Marshall's first possession of the game, Luciano recovered a fumble at the Diplomats' 30-yard line that led to Gettysburg's first score. With Gettysburg up 38-20 in the fourth quarter, Luciano came on a safety blitz on third-and-14 at the Franklin & Marshall 44-yard line. He blindsided Kyle Turner, forcing a fumble. The Diplomats recovered, but Luciano was credited with a nine-yard sack that forced F&M to punt. On the game's last play, he intercepted Turner to seal the Bullets' first win over Franklin & Marshall since 2001.
Dunn averaged nearly four yards better than his season-long average entering the game. He punted twice in the fourth quarter, once forcing a fair catch at the Franklin & Marshall 21. On Gettysburg's last possession of the game, he booted a 42-yard punt that rolled out of bounds at the Diplomats' five-yard line with 11 seconds to play.
Flynn's selection as the conference's top offensive performer marks the sixth time in the 11-week season that the Bullets have earned the honor. Flynn has earned it three times to equal junior tailback Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield). Flynn has been named CC Offensive Player of the Week each time he has passed for over 200 yards in a game this season.
Flynn connected with junior wide receiver Matthew Welsh (Lafayette Hill, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) three times on the day, once for 49 yards and for touchdown passes of 45 and 10 yards. He helped Gettysburg score 23 points in the second quarter, including 16 points in the last 3:09 before halftime, to take a lead it would never relinquish. All three of his touchdowns came in the second quarter. The 241 yards are his second-highest single-game total of the season.
Flynn entered the day seventh in Gettysburg history in single-season passing yardage and ended the day in third with 1,546 yards despite barely playing in the first two games. That mark nearly doubles the former freshman single-season passing record. He also entered the day tied for seventh in single-season touchdown passes and moved up to fifth on that list with his 13th and 14th. The previous record for single-season touchdown passes by a Gettysburg freshman was six, set by Dennis Flaherty in 1997, a mark Flynn eclipsed in a five-quarter span against Rochester and Denison in September.
Gettysburg concludes its season with a 5-5 record, 3-3 in Centennial Conference play. The Bullets were 5-0 at home and have now won eight straight at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
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