Big Second Half Lifts Bullets Over McDaniel, 38-9
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Big Second Half Lifts Bullets Over McDaniel, 38-9
Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Gettysburg forced four McDaniel turnovers and the Bullets outscored the Green Terror 34-3 in the second half to pull away for a 38-9 Centennial Conference victory at Scott S. Bair Stadium.
Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC), which out-gained McDaniel 374-183, broke the game open by scoring 21 unanswered points over an eight-minute span at the start of the second half, converting off a pair interceptions and a partially-blocked punt.
Senior tailback Nick McConnell (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) led Gettysburg with 99 yards rushing and two touchdowns on just 12 carries while sophomore tailback Jamel Mutnga (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) added 74 yards on 14 attempts. Junior quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Bel Air) completed 11 of 21 passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns and now finds himself one passing yard shy of the career school record of 5,039 held by Dennis Flaherty ’01.
Gettysburg’s defense held McDaniel (2-7, 1-6 CC) to 33 yards rushing and three Jay Leonard field goals, marking the first time the Bullets did not allow a touchdown since their 10-3 victory over Muhlenberg in 2005. Senior defensive tackle Anthony Pastore (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) led the way with seven tackles, a career-high 2.0 sacks, and one interception while junior linebacker Tim Widdoes (Newark, Del./St. Mark’s) dealt six hits. Senior defensive end Josh Jerrold (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East) contributed 2.5 tackles for loss while sophomore cornerback John Dickerson (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) had a pair of pass breakups in the end zone to go with an interception. Sophomore tailback Tairi Mobley (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) broke up three passes and had a key fumble recovery.
Freshman Thomas Massucci, making his first collegiate start, threw for 150 yards for McDaniel on 14-of-33 passing but was intercepted three times.
Senior kicker Josh Huson (McLean, Va./McLean) had a perfect day for the Bullets, going 5-for-5 on extra-point attempts and drilling a 47-yard field goal.
The Bullets assumed an early 7-0 led after marching 54 yards on the game’s opening drive. Junior A.J. Helm (Atco, N.J./Hammonton) fielded a short opening kickoff and took it 24 yards to the Bullet-46. The drive was keyed by a first-down pass completion from Flynn to sophomore Gavin Jablonski (Allenwood, N.J./Wall) to the McDaniel-36 on third-and-six. After four straight rushes, Flynn found senior tight end David Rodriguez (Fort Belvoir, Va./Bishop Ireton) crossing the end zone, hauling in a hard-thrown ball in tight coverage. Huson came on for the point-after with 11:06 on the clock.
It was tough sledding over the remainder of the half for Gettysburg’s offense, as it managed one first down on its next four drives, which all resulted in a punt. But the Bullet defense was also in high gear, holding the Green Terror to just a pair of field goals and coming up with an epic goal-line stand near the end of the half.
Leonard put McDaniel on the scoreboard with a 29-yard field goal on his team’s second drive of the game before the Bullets forced the Terror to punt on their next two possessions. After Gettysburg’s fourth punt, McDaniel took over at the Bullet-42 before embarking on a season-long 16-play, 56-yard drive that chewed up 8:40. A 6-yard pass from Massucci to Nick Guisti gave McDaniel a first-and-goal at the 1-yard line, but the Bullets stuffed the hosts on three straight rushes. Junior defensive lineman Sean Beirne (Ventnor, N.J./Atlantic City) made a stop just shy of the goal line on first down before sophomore safety Nick Duerr (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township) made a hit on second down. Then on third down, Jerrold penetrated the line and drug down O’Hara for a loss of a yard on a pitch right. McDaniel then elected to attempt a field goal and Leonard drilled a 19-yarder to make it 7-6 with 1:11 remaining in the opening half.
Gettysburg went into the locker room with some momentum after Flynn drove the Bullets 47 yards in just 1:05 to put his team in field-goal range, setting up a 47-yarder from Huson on the final play of the half. Mutunga started the march with a 14-yard first-down run before Flynn made three first-down completions – a pair of 11-yarders to Jablonski, the second of which put Gettysburg at the McDaniel-30, and a 12-yarder to sophomore Brian Betley (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape). After the second pass to Jablonski, Flynn threw a pair of incomplete passes before the Bullets elected to attempt the field goal, and Huson’s attempt just cleared the crossbar as he recorded the second-longest field goal of his career. It was his longest three-pointer since he tied the school record with a 48-yarder against McDaniel in 2005.
The Green Terror’s second-half miscues began immediately, as it fumbled the opening kickoff which Mobley pounced on at the McDaniel-26. Five plays later, McConnell bulled in from 1 yard out to make it 17-6 just 2:10 into the period.
Later in the quarter, Flynn was picked off on a scrambling sideline pass, but the Gettysburg-D responded on the very next play, as Jerrold batted a pass that Pastore came down with at the Green Terror-42. Three plays later, junior wing Ricky Manigat (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) took a pitch left on a third-and-1 and sprinted 33 yards down the sideline, pushing the lead to 24-6 with 8:20 showing.
The Bullets held McDaniel to a three-and-out on the ensuing possession, and sophomore Ryan Quinlan (Manasquan, N.J./Wall) got a hand on the punt. The ball rolled dead at the Green Terror-47, and a 10-yard McDaniel illegal touching penalty moved it forward 10 yards. On the third play of the ensuing drive, Flynn scrambled out of trouble and, sprinting to his right, found Mutunga wide open at the 5-yard line. Mutunga waltzed into the end zone for a 21-yard scoring play, giving his first career touchdown reception as the Bullets lead ballooned to 31-6 with 5:41 left in the third quarter.
Leonard kicked his third field of the game 54 seconds before the end of the third quarter to make it 31-9 before McConnell took charge on the following drive. McConnell took the handoff four times and piled up 66 of the team’s 90 yards, including a 35-yard bust down the left sideline to set up Gettysburg at the McDaniel-44. He also broke off an 18-yarder before scoring from 12 yards out with 12:54 on the clock. Huson knocked through his fifth extra point of the game to set the final score.
Gettysburg plays its season finale next Saturday, when it hosts Franklin & Marshall College on Senior Day. The Centennial Conference match-up is set for 1 p.m.
From the McDaniel College Website:
Big third quarter carries Gettysburg to 38-9 victory over McDaniel
Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Nick McConnell ran for 99 of Gettysburg’s 267 rushing yards, adding two touchdowns to lead his squad to a 38-9 Centennial Conference (CC) football victory at McDaniel on Saturday.
Matt Flynn, who entered the game as the CC’s leading passer at 244.8 yards per game, was held to 96 yards through the air on 11-for-21 passing.
The Green Terror (2-7, 1-6 CC) pulled within 7-6 late in the second quarter but Josh Huson hit a 47-yard field goal as the first half came to an end and the Bullets (4-5, 4-3 CC) outgained McDaniel 249-67 in the second half, including a commanding 124-44 in the third quarter.
Thomas Massucci (Tablernacle, N.J./Seneca), making his first collegiate start, hit on 14 of his 33 attempts for 150 yards with three interceptions but became the first Green Terror quarterback this season to play every down in a game.
Behind 24 of Jamel Mutunga’s 79 rushing yards and starting field position at its own 46, Gettysburg used eight plays and 3:54 to take its opening possession to the end zone for a 7-0 lead. Flynn capped the drive with an 11-yard pass to David Rodriguez.
After the two teams traded punts, Travis Wenrich (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) took the Rob Pennella punt at the Bullet 42 and returned it 30 yards to the 12-yard line.
Massucci on a pair of receivers on the ensuing possession but both were ruled out of bounds when the made the catch, forcing the Green Terror to settle for a 29-yard Jay Leonard (Westminster, Md./Westminster) field goal to trim the deficit to 7-3 with 6:18 remaining in the opening quarter.
Five punts on the next five combined possessions gave McDaniel the ball on its own 42 with 9:51 showing in the second quarter.
A mix of run and pass plays that netted no more than 12 yards on any snap contributed to an 16-play drive that consumed 8 minutes, 40 seconds – the longest the Green Terror had held the ball on any one possession all season, eclipsing the previous long of 6:40 at Catholic in Week 3.
With 4:01 on the game clock, McDaniel took a timeout facing third-and-5 at the Gettysburg 7. Out of the timeout, Massucci hit a diving Nick Giusti (Frederick, Md./Linganore) at the one-yard line to set up first-and-goal.
Three consecutive runs netted a loss of one yard, forcing a 19-yard Leonard field goal from the right hash to pull the hosts within 7-6 with 1:11 to play.
Taking over at its own 23 with 1:05 on the clock, Flynn amassed 48 of his passing yards to move the Bullets to the McDaniel 30, setting up first-and-10 with fewer than 10 ticks remaining.
After a pair of quick incomplete passes forced the Bullets – visiting Westminster on Homecoming for the second consecutive trip – to attempt a 47-yard field goal at the same end of the field they were beaten by a 48-yarder with 2.7 seconds remaining two years ago. Josh Huson did his best Leonard impression, splitting the uprights as time expired for the second longest field goal of his career. The senior’s long is a 48-yarder set against the Green Terror as a freshman.
McDaniel muffed the opening kickoff of the second half and the Bullets needed just five plays and 2:03 to cover the 26 yards, making it a 17-6 game.
A three-and-out gave the ball back to Gettysburg but Wenrich nabbed his fourth interception of the year.
An Anthony Pastore interception on the very next play off a Josh Jerrold tip gave the Bullets possession at the Green Terror 42.
After two Mutunga runs, Ricky Manigat broke off a 33-yarder down the far sideline to push the lead to 24-6 with 8:20 on the third quarter clock.
Ryan Quinlan blocked a Wenrich punt on the next McDaniel possession to give Gettysburg another short field.
Flynn scrambled left then right and found a Mutunga for a 21-yard score to cap the 1-minute, 20-second drive that covered 37 yards in three plays.
A 49-yard Massucci-to-Pat McCarrick (Myersville, Md./Middletown) connection on third-and-10 once again put the Green Terror inside the 10-yard line. McDaniel lost nine yards on three plays, settling for a third Leonard field goal. The 32-yarder pulled the hosts within 31-9 with 54.9 seconds showing.
McConnell accounted for 70 of the 90 yards on the ensuing Gettysburg possession, including a 12-yard rush for the score to set the final margin with 12:54 to play.
Terror took over with 2:30 to play.
Mike Weick (Holland, Pa./Penn Charter) reached double-figure tackles for the sixth consecutive game with 13 while Sam Cox (Towson, Md./Towson) and Paul Smith (Woodlawn, Md./Western Tech) each made 10 stops. Cox added a sack while Smith had two tackles for loss.
McDaniel concludes the season at Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
Big Second Half Lifts Bullets Over McDaniel, 38-9
Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Gettysburg forced four McDaniel turnovers and the Bullets outscored the Green Terror 34-3 in the second half to pull away for a 38-9 Centennial Conference victory at Scott S. Bair Stadium.
Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC), which out-gained McDaniel 374-183, broke the game open by scoring 21 unanswered points over an eight-minute span at the start of the second half, converting off a pair interceptions and a partially-blocked punt.
Senior tailback Nick McConnell (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) led Gettysburg with 99 yards rushing and two touchdowns on just 12 carries while sophomore tailback Jamel Mutnga (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) added 74 yards on 14 attempts. Junior quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Bel Air) completed 11 of 21 passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns and now finds himself one passing yard shy of the career school record of 5,039 held by Dennis Flaherty ’01.
Gettysburg’s defense held McDaniel (2-7, 1-6 CC) to 33 yards rushing and three Jay Leonard field goals, marking the first time the Bullets did not allow a touchdown since their 10-3 victory over Muhlenberg in 2005. Senior defensive tackle Anthony Pastore (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) led the way with seven tackles, a career-high 2.0 sacks, and one interception while junior linebacker Tim Widdoes (Newark, Del./St. Mark’s) dealt six hits. Senior defensive end Josh Jerrold (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East) contributed 2.5 tackles for loss while sophomore cornerback John Dickerson (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) had a pair of pass breakups in the end zone to go with an interception. Sophomore tailback Tairi Mobley (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) broke up three passes and had a key fumble recovery.
Freshman Thomas Massucci, making his first collegiate start, threw for 150 yards for McDaniel on 14-of-33 passing but was intercepted three times.
Senior kicker Josh Huson (McLean, Va./McLean) had a perfect day for the Bullets, going 5-for-5 on extra-point attempts and drilling a 47-yard field goal.
The Bullets assumed an early 7-0 led after marching 54 yards on the game’s opening drive. Junior A.J. Helm (Atco, N.J./Hammonton) fielded a short opening kickoff and took it 24 yards to the Bullet-46. The drive was keyed by a first-down pass completion from Flynn to sophomore Gavin Jablonski (Allenwood, N.J./Wall) to the McDaniel-36 on third-and-six. After four straight rushes, Flynn found senior tight end David Rodriguez (Fort Belvoir, Va./Bishop Ireton) crossing the end zone, hauling in a hard-thrown ball in tight coverage. Huson came on for the point-after with 11:06 on the clock.
It was tough sledding over the remainder of the half for Gettysburg’s offense, as it managed one first down on its next four drives, which all resulted in a punt. But the Bullet defense was also in high gear, holding the Green Terror to just a pair of field goals and coming up with an epic goal-line stand near the end of the half.
Leonard put McDaniel on the scoreboard with a 29-yard field goal on his team’s second drive of the game before the Bullets forced the Terror to punt on their next two possessions. After Gettysburg’s fourth punt, McDaniel took over at the Bullet-42 before embarking on a season-long 16-play, 56-yard drive that chewed up 8:40. A 6-yard pass from Massucci to Nick Guisti gave McDaniel a first-and-goal at the 1-yard line, but the Bullets stuffed the hosts on three straight rushes. Junior defensive lineman Sean Beirne (Ventnor, N.J./Atlantic City) made a stop just shy of the goal line on first down before sophomore safety Nick Duerr (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township) made a hit on second down. Then on third down, Jerrold penetrated the line and drug down O’Hara for a loss of a yard on a pitch right. McDaniel then elected to attempt a field goal and Leonard drilled a 19-yarder to make it 7-6 with 1:11 remaining in the opening half.
Gettysburg went into the locker room with some momentum after Flynn drove the Bullets 47 yards in just 1:05 to put his team in field-goal range, setting up a 47-yarder from Huson on the final play of the half. Mutunga started the march with a 14-yard first-down run before Flynn made three first-down completions – a pair of 11-yarders to Jablonski, the second of which put Gettysburg at the McDaniel-30, and a 12-yarder to sophomore Brian Betley (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape). After the second pass to Jablonski, Flynn threw a pair of incomplete passes before the Bullets elected to attempt the field goal, and Huson’s attempt just cleared the crossbar as he recorded the second-longest field goal of his career. It was his longest three-pointer since he tied the school record with a 48-yarder against McDaniel in 2005.
The Green Terror’s second-half miscues began immediately, as it fumbled the opening kickoff which Mobley pounced on at the McDaniel-26. Five plays later, McConnell bulled in from 1 yard out to make it 17-6 just 2:10 into the period.
Later in the quarter, Flynn was picked off on a scrambling sideline pass, but the Gettysburg-D responded on the very next play, as Jerrold batted a pass that Pastore came down with at the Green Terror-42. Three plays later, junior wing Ricky Manigat (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) took a pitch left on a third-and-1 and sprinted 33 yards down the sideline, pushing the lead to 24-6 with 8:20 showing.
The Bullets held McDaniel to a three-and-out on the ensuing possession, and sophomore Ryan Quinlan (Manasquan, N.J./Wall) got a hand on the punt. The ball rolled dead at the Green Terror-47, and a 10-yard McDaniel illegal touching penalty moved it forward 10 yards. On the third play of the ensuing drive, Flynn scrambled out of trouble and, sprinting to his right, found Mutunga wide open at the 5-yard line. Mutunga waltzed into the end zone for a 21-yard scoring play, giving his first career touchdown reception as the Bullets lead ballooned to 31-6 with 5:41 left in the third quarter.
Leonard kicked his third field of the game 54 seconds before the end of the third quarter to make it 31-9 before McConnell took charge on the following drive. McConnell took the handoff four times and piled up 66 of the team’s 90 yards, including a 35-yard bust down the left sideline to set up Gettysburg at the McDaniel-44. He also broke off an 18-yarder before scoring from 12 yards out with 12:54 on the clock. Huson knocked through his fifth extra point of the game to set the final score.
Gettysburg plays its season finale next Saturday, when it hosts Franklin & Marshall College on Senior Day. The Centennial Conference match-up is set for 1 p.m.
From the McDaniel College Website:
Big third quarter carries Gettysburg to 38-9 victory over McDaniel
Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Nick McConnell ran for 99 of Gettysburg’s 267 rushing yards, adding two touchdowns to lead his squad to a 38-9 Centennial Conference (CC) football victory at McDaniel on Saturday.
Matt Flynn, who entered the game as the CC’s leading passer at 244.8 yards per game, was held to 96 yards through the air on 11-for-21 passing.
The Green Terror (2-7, 1-6 CC) pulled within 7-6 late in the second quarter but Josh Huson hit a 47-yard field goal as the first half came to an end and the Bullets (4-5, 4-3 CC) outgained McDaniel 249-67 in the second half, including a commanding 124-44 in the third quarter.
Thomas Massucci (Tablernacle, N.J./Seneca), making his first collegiate start, hit on 14 of his 33 attempts for 150 yards with three interceptions but became the first Green Terror quarterback this season to play every down in a game.
Behind 24 of Jamel Mutunga’s 79 rushing yards and starting field position at its own 46, Gettysburg used eight plays and 3:54 to take its opening possession to the end zone for a 7-0 lead. Flynn capped the drive with an 11-yard pass to David Rodriguez.
After the two teams traded punts, Travis Wenrich (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) took the Rob Pennella punt at the Bullet 42 and returned it 30 yards to the 12-yard line.
Massucci on a pair of receivers on the ensuing possession but both were ruled out of bounds when the made the catch, forcing the Green Terror to settle for a 29-yard Jay Leonard (Westminster, Md./Westminster) field goal to trim the deficit to 7-3 with 6:18 remaining in the opening quarter.
Five punts on the next five combined possessions gave McDaniel the ball on its own 42 with 9:51 showing in the second quarter.
A mix of run and pass plays that netted no more than 12 yards on any snap contributed to an 16-play drive that consumed 8 minutes, 40 seconds – the longest the Green Terror had held the ball on any one possession all season, eclipsing the previous long of 6:40 at Catholic in Week 3.
With 4:01 on the game clock, McDaniel took a timeout facing third-and-5 at the Gettysburg 7. Out of the timeout, Massucci hit a diving Nick Giusti (Frederick, Md./Linganore) at the one-yard line to set up first-and-goal.
Three consecutive runs netted a loss of one yard, forcing a 19-yard Leonard field goal from the right hash to pull the hosts within 7-6 with 1:11 to play.
Taking over at its own 23 with 1:05 on the clock, Flynn amassed 48 of his passing yards to move the Bullets to the McDaniel 30, setting up first-and-10 with fewer than 10 ticks remaining.
After a pair of quick incomplete passes forced the Bullets – visiting Westminster on Homecoming for the second consecutive trip – to attempt a 47-yard field goal at the same end of the field they were beaten by a 48-yarder with 2.7 seconds remaining two years ago. Josh Huson did his best Leonard impression, splitting the uprights as time expired for the second longest field goal of his career. The senior’s long is a 48-yarder set against the Green Terror as a freshman.
McDaniel muffed the opening kickoff of the second half and the Bullets needed just five plays and 2:03 to cover the 26 yards, making it a 17-6 game.
A three-and-out gave the ball back to Gettysburg but Wenrich nabbed his fourth interception of the year.
An Anthony Pastore interception on the very next play off a Josh Jerrold tip gave the Bullets possession at the Green Terror 42.
After two Mutunga runs, Ricky Manigat broke off a 33-yarder down the far sideline to push the lead to 24-6 with 8:20 on the third quarter clock.
Ryan Quinlan blocked a Wenrich punt on the next McDaniel possession to give Gettysburg another short field.
Flynn scrambled left then right and found a Mutunga for a 21-yard score to cap the 1-minute, 20-second drive that covered 37 yards in three plays.
A 49-yard Massucci-to-Pat McCarrick (Myersville, Md./Middletown) connection on third-and-10 once again put the Green Terror inside the 10-yard line. McDaniel lost nine yards on three plays, settling for a third Leonard field goal. The 32-yarder pulled the hosts within 31-9 with 54.9 seconds showing.
McConnell accounted for 70 of the 90 yards on the ensuing Gettysburg possession, including a 12-yard rush for the score to set the final margin with 12:54 to play.
Terror took over with 2:30 to play.
Mike Weick (Holland, Pa./Penn Charter) reached double-figure tackles for the sixth consecutive game with 13 while Sam Cox (Towson, Md./Towson) and Paul Smith (Woodlawn, Md./Western Tech) each made 10 stops. Cox added a sack while Smith had two tackles for loss.
McDaniel concludes the season at Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
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