Dickinson Tops Bullets in Rain, 29-16
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Dickinson Tops Football in Rain, 29-16
Box Score
CARLISLE, Pa. – Dickinson outscored the Bullets 29-3 through the first 57 and a half minutes and the Red Devils earned a 29-16 Centennial Conference victory in a sloppy game on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Biddle Field.
In a game that featured a combined seven turnovers, Dickinson (4-3, 3-2 CC) snapped Gettysburg’s three-game winning streak and claimed the Little Brown Bucket for the third year in a row.
Sophomore tailback Jamel Mutunga (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) rushed for 117 yards on 23 carries to lead the Bullets (3-5, 3-3 CC).
Junior quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) tossed a 15-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Brian Betley (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape) with 2:23 left in the game to become Gettysburg’s career touchdown pass leader. Flynn, who threw for 189 yards and one touchdown and two interceptions, now has 34 career TDs, one more than Dennis Flaherty ’01 threw from 1997-2000. He also went over 5,000 passing yards for his career and is now just 97 yards shy of Flaherty’s school record of 5,136 yards.
Betley finished with 76 yards and one touchdown on three receptions while sophomore receiver Gavin Jablonski (Allenwood, N.J./Wall) had five catches for 45 yards.
Ian Mitchell passed for 160 yards and one touchdown while rushing for an additional 66 yards and to lead Dickinson. He completed nine passes for 104 yards and one touchdown to receiver Pat O’Connor. Gordon Craig went 3-for-3 on field goals for the Red Devils and finished with 11 points.
The win marked Dickinson head coach Darwin Breaux’s 100th career victory.
Missed opportunities plagued the Bullets, who drove inside the Dickinson-31 on six of their first nine drives but came away with only three points due to a fumble, two interceptions, two missed field goals, and a turnover on downs.
The Red Devils never trailed after Craig kicked a 21-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive. The Bullets went three-and-out on their opening possession but Betley, punting for the first time since the season opener, pinned Dickinson at its own 10-yard line with a 35-yard punt.
Playing through a steady rain, Gettysburg received excellent field after the Devils went three-and-out, starting at the Dickinson-45. But on the fifth play of their second drive, Mutunga had the ball stripped and Dickinson recovered at its own 20. The Red Devils were unable to capitalize however, turning the ball over on downs at the Gettysburg-17 with 2:53 left in the opening quarter.
After the Bullets went three-and-out on their third drive, Betley boomed a 65-yard punt to the Dickinson 25-yard line. Two plays later, sophomore safety Nick Duerr (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township) snatched an overthrown ball over the middle and returned it 12 yards to the Dickinson-25 just before the end of the quarter. The Bullets were unable to pick up a first down, however, and an illegal block pushed them back to the Red Devil-28. Senior Josh Huson then pushed a 45-yard field goal wide right, and the score remained 3-0 with 14:11 left in the half.
The Bullets had another scoring opportunity after junior defensive tackle Sebastian Sullivan (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) recovered a fumble at the Gettysburg-43 on the ensuing drive. Mutunga, who racked up 102 rushing yards in the opening half, had a pair of big runs as Gettysburg advanced to the Dickinson-25. However, that’s where the drive ended, and Huson had a 42-yard field goal attempt bounce off the crossbar.
Gettysburg finally broke through late in the half, when it put together a 10-play, 56-yard drive resulting in a 37-yard Huson field goal, his long of the season, with 3:15 on the clock. The march was highlighted by a 42-yard Flynn-to-Betley pass that set up the Bullets at the Red Devil-22.
A costly Gettysburg personal foul penalty on Huson’s field goal helped set up a Dickinson touchdown drive just before the end of the half. Huson was forced to kick off from the 15-yard line, and a 31-yard O’Connor return set up the Devils at the Bullet-39. Five plays later, Michell tossed a 4-yard touchdown pass to O’Connor, who came down with the ball just inside the right side of the end zone to give Dickinson a 10-3 halftime lead.
The rain dissipated slightly in the second half, and on the opening drive Gettysburg drove to the Dickinson-28 before turning it over on downs. Craig booted a 35-yard field goal on the ensuing possession to give his team a 13-3 lead with 7:31 left in the third quarter. Once again the Bullets answered by drove into Red Devil territory, but this time Flynn was intercepted on a fourth-and-4 at the Dickinson-36.
Dickinson scored twice early in the third quarter, as Craig kicked a 27-yard field goal before Steve Bokron returned a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown on the fourth play of the ensuing drive to make it 22-3 with 9:30 left.
Gettysburg turned it over on downs on its next two possessions, the second of which gave the Red Devils the ball at their own 30. Two plays later, Tim Wells ran in from 7 yards as Dickinson’s lead swelled to 29-3. The Bullets narrowed the margin following Flynn’s late touchdown pass before sophomore safety Joe Delaney (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) returned a fumble 65 yards for a touchdown with 1:19 remaining to set the final score.
Senior linebacker Terrence Hartigan (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) posted 12 tackles and once forced fumble to lead the Bullet defense while junior linebacker Tim Widdoes (Newark, Del./St. Mark’s) made 11 hits and also forced a fumble. Sullivan tied a season-high with nine tackles.
Gettysburg takes its bye week before visiting McDaniel College in another Centennial Conference tilt on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m.
Dickinson Tops Football in Rain, 29-16
Box Score
CARLISLE, Pa. – Dickinson outscored the Bullets 29-3 through the first 57 and a half minutes and the Red Devils earned a 29-16 Centennial Conference victory in a sloppy game on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Biddle Field.
In a game that featured a combined seven turnovers, Dickinson (4-3, 3-2 CC) snapped Gettysburg’s three-game winning streak and claimed the Little Brown Bucket for the third year in a row.
Sophomore tailback Jamel Mutunga (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) rushed for 117 yards on 23 carries to lead the Bullets (3-5, 3-3 CC).
Junior quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) tossed a 15-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Brian Betley (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape) with 2:23 left in the game to become Gettysburg’s career touchdown pass leader. Flynn, who threw for 189 yards and one touchdown and two interceptions, now has 34 career TDs, one more than Dennis Flaherty ’01 threw from 1997-2000. He also went over 5,000 passing yards for his career and is now just 97 yards shy of Flaherty’s school record of 5,136 yards.
Betley finished with 76 yards and one touchdown on three receptions while sophomore receiver Gavin Jablonski (Allenwood, N.J./Wall) had five catches for 45 yards.
Ian Mitchell passed for 160 yards and one touchdown while rushing for an additional 66 yards and to lead Dickinson. He completed nine passes for 104 yards and one touchdown to receiver Pat O’Connor. Gordon Craig went 3-for-3 on field goals for the Red Devils and finished with 11 points.
The win marked Dickinson head coach Darwin Breaux’s 100th career victory.
Missed opportunities plagued the Bullets, who drove inside the Dickinson-31 on six of their first nine drives but came away with only three points due to a fumble, two interceptions, two missed field goals, and a turnover on downs.
The Red Devils never trailed after Craig kicked a 21-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive. The Bullets went three-and-out on their opening possession but Betley, punting for the first time since the season opener, pinned Dickinson at its own 10-yard line with a 35-yard punt.
Playing through a steady rain, Gettysburg received excellent field after the Devils went three-and-out, starting at the Dickinson-45. But on the fifth play of their second drive, Mutunga had the ball stripped and Dickinson recovered at its own 20. The Red Devils were unable to capitalize however, turning the ball over on downs at the Gettysburg-17 with 2:53 left in the opening quarter.
After the Bullets went three-and-out on their third drive, Betley boomed a 65-yard punt to the Dickinson 25-yard line. Two plays later, sophomore safety Nick Duerr (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township) snatched an overthrown ball over the middle and returned it 12 yards to the Dickinson-25 just before the end of the quarter. The Bullets were unable to pick up a first down, however, and an illegal block pushed them back to the Red Devil-28. Senior Josh Huson then pushed a 45-yard field goal wide right, and the score remained 3-0 with 14:11 left in the half.
The Bullets had another scoring opportunity after junior defensive tackle Sebastian Sullivan (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) recovered a fumble at the Gettysburg-43 on the ensuing drive. Mutunga, who racked up 102 rushing yards in the opening half, had a pair of big runs as Gettysburg advanced to the Dickinson-25. However, that’s where the drive ended, and Huson had a 42-yard field goal attempt bounce off the crossbar.
Gettysburg finally broke through late in the half, when it put together a 10-play, 56-yard drive resulting in a 37-yard Huson field goal, his long of the season, with 3:15 on the clock. The march was highlighted by a 42-yard Flynn-to-Betley pass that set up the Bullets at the Red Devil-22.
A costly Gettysburg personal foul penalty on Huson’s field goal helped set up a Dickinson touchdown drive just before the end of the half. Huson was forced to kick off from the 15-yard line, and a 31-yard O’Connor return set up the Devils at the Bullet-39. Five plays later, Michell tossed a 4-yard touchdown pass to O’Connor, who came down with the ball just inside the right side of the end zone to give Dickinson a 10-3 halftime lead.
The rain dissipated slightly in the second half, and on the opening drive Gettysburg drove to the Dickinson-28 before turning it over on downs. Craig booted a 35-yard field goal on the ensuing possession to give his team a 13-3 lead with 7:31 left in the third quarter. Once again the Bullets answered by drove into Red Devil territory, but this time Flynn was intercepted on a fourth-and-4 at the Dickinson-36.
Dickinson scored twice early in the third quarter, as Craig kicked a 27-yard field goal before Steve Bokron returned a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown on the fourth play of the ensuing drive to make it 22-3 with 9:30 left.
Gettysburg turned it over on downs on its next two possessions, the second of which gave the Red Devils the ball at their own 30. Two plays later, Tim Wells ran in from 7 yards as Dickinson’s lead swelled to 29-3. The Bullets narrowed the margin following Flynn’s late touchdown pass before sophomore safety Joe Delaney (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) returned a fumble 65 yards for a touchdown with 1:19 remaining to set the final score.
Senior linebacker Terrence Hartigan (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) posted 12 tackles and once forced fumble to lead the Bullet defense while junior linebacker Tim Widdoes (Newark, Del./St. Mark’s) made 11 hits and also forced a fumble. Sullivan tied a season-high with nine tackles.
Gettysburg takes its bye week before visiting McDaniel College in another Centennial Conference tilt on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m.
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