Franklin & Marshall (4-5, 3-4 CC) at Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC)
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Franklin & Marshall (4-5, 3-4 CC) at Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC)
Nov 15, 2008
Today’s Game: Franklin & Marshall (4-5, 3-4 CC) at Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC)Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium Gettysburg, Pa. 1:00 p.m.
Free Live Audio: On B2 Networks
Live Video: From Gettysburg
Live Stats: From Gettysburg
Additional F&M Content in PDF
Centennial Conference Notes
LancasterOnline Preview
On the Line: Both teams are playing to get to .500. The Diplomats are looking for their first .500 season since 2004 and second in the new millennium. The Bullets are looking to avoid their first losing season since 2005. F&M’s head coach, John Troxell is trying to close the season with a .500 career mark in league games, while Barry Streeter is trying to avoid dipping below .500.
Series History: Today’s game marks the 94th meeting between Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall in a series that began with a 68-0 Franklin & Marshall win in 1890. The game was played on Thanksgiving Day for the better portion of the early part of the 20th century. The Diplomats hold a tenuous lead on the series with a 44-42-7 edge.
The bulk of the series has been played out in Lancaster, with 68 of the 93 games on the books having been settled on the Sponaugle-Williamson gridiron. F&M holds a 36-27-5 lead in those games, and has taken the past two meetings at home. The most recent tie came in 1985, when the squads finished the day without changing the scoreboard. It was the third scoreless tie in the series. Neither team mustered a point in the 1920 or 1921 clashes. All told, there have been 30 shutouts in the series (33 if you count the scoreless ties twice). Gettysburg was the victor in 16 of the shutouts, while F&M has won 11 without surrendering a point. The series has also seen an anomalous 4-4 tie coming in the 1893 meeting.
The Coaches: John Troxell is in his third season as the head coach at Franklin & Marshall College. He has posted an 11-8 (11-12 CC) record in his rebuilding campaign. The Diplomats’ mentor has coached eight All-Centennial Conference players during his first two seasons. Named the 39th coach in F&M football history on March 22, 2006, Troxell took the reins of the Diplomats following five seasons as an assistant coach at Lafayette. His squad won the Patriot League in 2005.
Barry Streeter returns for his 30th season as the head football coach at Gettysburg College in 2008. Streeter is not only the winningest coach in program history, but he is also the longest tenured coach having passed the legendary Henry “Hen” Bream (1927-51) on both counts. In addition, Streeter became the all-time winningest coach in Centennial Conference history with a 27-20 win over Moravian College on Oct. 6, 2007, giving him 78 Centennial victories. He is 157-147-5 (84-84-3 CC)
The Last Meeting: Sophomore running back Ryan Murray rushed for four of his five touchdowns in the fourth quarter, when Franklin & Marshall outscored Gettysburg 28-7 as the Diplomats defeated the Bullets in a 56-38 Centennial Conference shootout at Sponaugle-Williamson Field.
Trailing 31-28 heading into the final quarter, F&M (4-6, 4-4 CC) went ahead for good on Murray's third TD, of the game, a soaring 1-yard dive with 7:49 left that made it 42-38. Murray rumbled for a school record 240-yards, marking the second time in three games he surpassed the 200-yard plateau, and third-straight game he has rushed for 100-or more yards. That coincides with Franklin & Marshall's three-game winning streak to close the season.
Murray became the first Diplomat to rush for more than three touchdowns in a game in the program's history. His fifth touchdown tied a pair of 56-year old records for Touchdowns Responsible For and Points Scored in a Game (30). Wally Witmer has maintained sole ownership of those records since he threw for five touchdown passes against Johns Hopkins back in the 1951 meeting.
The game featured 1,023 total yards of offense, with the Diplomats out-gaining Gettysburg 544-479. The 544 yards mark the third highest game of offensive production in F&M history, while the 56 points mark the most scored since F&M's 59-13 win over Georgetown in 1984.Gettysburg Last Week: Gettysburg forced four McDaniel turnovers and the Bullets outscored the Green Terror 28-3 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 led Gettysburg with 99 yards rushing and two touchdowns on just 12 carries while sophomore tailback Jamel Mutunga added 74 yards on 14 attempts. Junior quarterback Matt Flynn 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 led the way with seven tackles, a career-high 2.0 sacks, and one interception while junior linebacker Tim Widdoes dealt six hits. Senior defensive end Josh Jerrold contributed 2.5 tackles for loss while sophomore cornerback John Dickerson had a pair of pass breakups in the end zone to go with an interception. Sophomore cornerback Tairi Mobley added three pass breakups.
F&M Last Week: A.J. Albert intercepted John Harrison’s two point conversion pass in the waning moments of the fourth quarter to seal a 26-25 Johns Hopkins win over Franklin & Marshall in Centennial Conference (CC) football action on Saturday. The Diplomats (4-5, 3-4 CC) gambled in playing for the win and lost, however, they recovered the onsides kick with 27 seconds left in the game for another crack. With F&M working without the aid of any timeouts, Hopkins (7-2, 5-2 CC) closed the door on the Diplomats after three plays, tackling Ryan Murray on the Jay’s 41-yardline leading to the expiration of the clock.
Hopkins never trailed during the contest, getting on the board late in the first quarter when Andrew Kase plunged in from a yard out for the first of his two touchdowns in the game. The back rushed for 85 yards on 22 carries. His third score from two-yards out marked the first time this season an opponent scored on Sponaugle-Williamson Field. It also gave Hopkins a 20-13 lead.
F&M responded quickly with backup quarterback Mark Mellinger, who went in on a designed run from 14 yards out. The Diplomats went for two but failed to convert on a Harrison to Jay Ridinger pass under the goalposts, keeping it 20-19 in favor of the Jays. Hopkins answered right back, with Tucker Michaels catching a six-yard pass from Tyler Porco, but the Jays missed the extra-point, keeping F&M within a score. It was Michels’ second touchdown of the game. He went in from 48 yards out on a pass Hewitt Tomlin early in the second quarter.
The Diplomats methodically marched 80-yards on 17 plays, chewing up 8:28 of the 8:55 that remained after Michel’s score before Harrison found Ridinger on a similar play to the first failed two point conversion, setting up the second ill-fated try for two.
On that play, Harrison had plenty time but no receivers in his sight. He dipped into Ridinger’s well once more, but Albert stepped in front of the forced desperation pass to decide the game.Harrison threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns, including a 55-yard toss to Jarrell Diggs that tied the game at 7-7 early in the second quarter. The freshman went 23-34 on the day. Matt Jenschke caught a seven-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter to knot it at 13-13. Hopkins’ Glenn Rocca blocked the PAT attempt. Harrsion threw another touchdown pass to Alan Williams’ who scored from 34-yards out, only to see it called back on a holding flag.
Penalties were a problem for both teams with the Diplomats being set back 62 yards on seven flags. The Jays lost 77 yards on six penalties, however four were personal fouls resulting in automatic first downs, including a critical penalty that turned a fourth and nine sack into a Diplomats first down on F&M’s final scoring drive.
The Jays worked three sacks in the game, piling up 18 yards of losses for F&M. Kale Sweeney was responsible for two-thirds of the sacks, amongst his three tackles for losses of 13 yards. He had 10 total tackles and a pass breakup in the game. Chris Baldwin led all tacklers with 11 stops (seven solo). Shane Gray led all F&M tacklers with eight tackles, four of which were solo.Tomlin threw for 210 yards and a score on 14 completions in his 24 attempts. Michels caught eight passes for 133 yards and his pair of scores for JHU.
They’ve Got a Pastore at Tackle Too: Senior defensive tackle Anthony Pastore of Gettysburg is the reigning Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
Pastore earned his first collegiate player-of-the-week honor for his efforts in Gettysburg’s 38-9 Centennial Conference victory at McDaniel College on Saturday. He posted a team-leading seven tackles, a career-high 2.0 sacks, and made his first collegiate interception, which led to a touchdown. Pastore helped the Bullets limit McDaniel to 183 total yards and 33 rushing yards.For the season, Pastore, who missed the team’s first three games with an injury, ranks 11th on the team with 21 tackles, including 4.0 for loss, and 3.0 sacks.
Chasing Quarterbacks: F&M freshman quarterback, John Harrison, will be trying to outpace with Matt Flynn in more ways than one on Saturday. Harrison is tied with Flynn for the Conference record for touchdowns thrown by a freshman (14), and needs 219 yards to move ahead of Flynn into third for passing yards by a freshman.
Eight is Enough: John Harrison connected with eight different receivers last week, tying for the most distributive game of his young career. He hit eight against Ursinus and spread it to seven receivers in three other games. His three touchdown throws matched his season-high as well.
On the Receiving End: Jarrell Diggs’ 55-yard touchdown reception from John Harrison was the longest touchdown of the season thrown by an F&M quarterback. Diggs had thrown the season’s two longest passes of 67 and 65-yards, both to George Eager. His 55-yard trip into the end zone during the Hopkins loss left the freshman receiver with an equal number of touchdown passes caught as thrown. He has also rushed for a pair and returned a punt for a touchdown.
First Downs: F&M posted 23 first downs against Johns Hopkins, matching the season-high posted against Ursinus.
Career Charts: George Eager is currently tied with Paul Sousa for 11th in career receiving yards with 1,339. He needs 51 yards to pass Corby Lucas for thenth and has a realistic shot at moving into eighth needing 109 yards…. Jeff Kellar sits 15th in interception return yards with 107. Only 17 fummers have passed the 100-yard mark in their career. Three yards would give him sole possession of 14th on the list, while 31 would break him into the top ten. He is 20th in interceptions, needing just one to make his way into the top 15. A return for a touchdown would give Kellar sole ownership of the career interceptions returned for touchdown mark at F&M… Five tackles separate James Gregory and Zach Romash, with Gregory needing a pair to jump ahead of Chuck Young for 18th on the career list. Gregory’s first solo tackles t
Troxell’s Takes…
Final Thoughts on Hopkins…
“Obviously they were a good team. We have preached ball security all season long, but we lost the turnover battle. We also had some costly penalties. To beat a good football team you need to play 60 minutes of good football.”
On Going for Two…
“I thought it gave us the best opportunity to win. We had a much better chance to win it than to go into overtime. I wanted to leave the outcome in the hands of the kids who worked to give us the opportunity.”
On Mellinger…
“Mellinger did a real nice job with a package of plays. He is going to be a real good football player. The offense did a good job responding throughout, the eight-minute drive was huge.”
Franklin & Marshall (4-5, 3-4 CC) at Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC)
Nov 15, 2008
Today’s Game: Franklin & Marshall (4-5, 3-4 CC) at Gettysburg (4-5, 4-3 CC)Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium Gettysburg, Pa. 1:00 p.m.
Free Live Audio: On B2 Networks
Live Video: From Gettysburg
Live Stats: From Gettysburg
Additional F&M Content in PDF
Centennial Conference Notes
LancasterOnline Preview
On the Line: Both teams are playing to get to .500. The Diplomats are looking for their first .500 season since 2004 and second in the new millennium. The Bullets are looking to avoid their first losing season since 2005. F&M’s head coach, John Troxell is trying to close the season with a .500 career mark in league games, while Barry Streeter is trying to avoid dipping below .500.
Series History: Today’s game marks the 94th meeting between Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall in a series that began with a 68-0 Franklin & Marshall win in 1890. The game was played on Thanksgiving Day for the better portion of the early part of the 20th century. The Diplomats hold a tenuous lead on the series with a 44-42-7 edge.
The bulk of the series has been played out in Lancaster, with 68 of the 93 games on the books having been settled on the Sponaugle-Williamson gridiron. F&M holds a 36-27-5 lead in those games, and has taken the past two meetings at home. The most recent tie came in 1985, when the squads finished the day without changing the scoreboard. It was the third scoreless tie in the series. Neither team mustered a point in the 1920 or 1921 clashes. All told, there have been 30 shutouts in the series (33 if you count the scoreless ties twice). Gettysburg was the victor in 16 of the shutouts, while F&M has won 11 without surrendering a point. The series has also seen an anomalous 4-4 tie coming in the 1893 meeting.
The Coaches: John Troxell is in his third season as the head coach at Franklin & Marshall College. He has posted an 11-8 (11-12 CC) record in his rebuilding campaign. The Diplomats’ mentor has coached eight All-Centennial Conference players during his first two seasons. Named the 39th coach in F&M football history on March 22, 2006, Troxell took the reins of the Diplomats following five seasons as an assistant coach at Lafayette. His squad won the Patriot League in 2005.
Barry Streeter returns for his 30th season as the head football coach at Gettysburg College in 2008. Streeter is not only the winningest coach in program history, but he is also the longest tenured coach having passed the legendary Henry “Hen” Bream (1927-51) on both counts. In addition, Streeter became the all-time winningest coach in Centennial Conference history with a 27-20 win over Moravian College on Oct. 6, 2007, giving him 78 Centennial victories. He is 157-147-5 (84-84-3 CC)
The Last Meeting: Sophomore running back Ryan Murray rushed for four of his five touchdowns in the fourth quarter, when Franklin & Marshall outscored Gettysburg 28-7 as the Diplomats defeated the Bullets in a 56-38 Centennial Conference shootout at Sponaugle-Williamson Field.
Trailing 31-28 heading into the final quarter, F&M (4-6, 4-4 CC) went ahead for good on Murray's third TD, of the game, a soaring 1-yard dive with 7:49 left that made it 42-38. Murray rumbled for a school record 240-yards, marking the second time in three games he surpassed the 200-yard plateau, and third-straight game he has rushed for 100-or more yards. That coincides with Franklin & Marshall's three-game winning streak to close the season.
Murray became the first Diplomat to rush for more than three touchdowns in a game in the program's history. His fifth touchdown tied a pair of 56-year old records for Touchdowns Responsible For and Points Scored in a Game (30). Wally Witmer has maintained sole ownership of those records since he threw for five touchdown passes against Johns Hopkins back in the 1951 meeting.
The game featured 1,023 total yards of offense, with the Diplomats out-gaining Gettysburg 544-479. The 544 yards mark the third highest game of offensive production in F&M history, while the 56 points mark the most scored since F&M's 59-13 win over Georgetown in 1984.Gettysburg Last Week: Gettysburg forced four McDaniel turnovers and the Bullets outscored the Green Terror 28-3 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 led Gettysburg with 99 yards rushing and two touchdowns on just 12 carries while sophomore tailback Jamel Mutunga added 74 yards on 14 attempts. Junior quarterback Matt Flynn 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 led the way with seven tackles, a career-high 2.0 sacks, and one interception while junior linebacker Tim Widdoes dealt six hits. Senior defensive end Josh Jerrold contributed 2.5 tackles for loss while sophomore cornerback John Dickerson had a pair of pass breakups in the end zone to go with an interception. Sophomore cornerback Tairi Mobley added three pass breakups.
F&M Last Week: A.J. Albert intercepted John Harrison’s two point conversion pass in the waning moments of the fourth quarter to seal a 26-25 Johns Hopkins win over Franklin & Marshall in Centennial Conference (CC) football action on Saturday. The Diplomats (4-5, 3-4 CC) gambled in playing for the win and lost, however, they recovered the onsides kick with 27 seconds left in the game for another crack. With F&M working without the aid of any timeouts, Hopkins (7-2, 5-2 CC) closed the door on the Diplomats after three plays, tackling Ryan Murray on the Jay’s 41-yardline leading to the expiration of the clock.
Hopkins never trailed during the contest, getting on the board late in the first quarter when Andrew Kase plunged in from a yard out for the first of his two touchdowns in the game. The back rushed for 85 yards on 22 carries. His third score from two-yards out marked the first time this season an opponent scored on Sponaugle-Williamson Field. It also gave Hopkins a 20-13 lead.
F&M responded quickly with backup quarterback Mark Mellinger, who went in on a designed run from 14 yards out. The Diplomats went for two but failed to convert on a Harrison to Jay Ridinger pass under the goalposts, keeping it 20-19 in favor of the Jays. Hopkins answered right back, with Tucker Michaels catching a six-yard pass from Tyler Porco, but the Jays missed the extra-point, keeping F&M within a score. It was Michels’ second touchdown of the game. He went in from 48 yards out on a pass Hewitt Tomlin early in the second quarter.
The Diplomats methodically marched 80-yards on 17 plays, chewing up 8:28 of the 8:55 that remained after Michel’s score before Harrison found Ridinger on a similar play to the first failed two point conversion, setting up the second ill-fated try for two.
On that play, Harrison had plenty time but no receivers in his sight. He dipped into Ridinger’s well once more, but Albert stepped in front of the forced desperation pass to decide the game.Harrison threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns, including a 55-yard toss to Jarrell Diggs that tied the game at 7-7 early in the second quarter. The freshman went 23-34 on the day. Matt Jenschke caught a seven-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter to knot it at 13-13. Hopkins’ Glenn Rocca blocked the PAT attempt. Harrsion threw another touchdown pass to Alan Williams’ who scored from 34-yards out, only to see it called back on a holding flag.
Penalties were a problem for both teams with the Diplomats being set back 62 yards on seven flags. The Jays lost 77 yards on six penalties, however four were personal fouls resulting in automatic first downs, including a critical penalty that turned a fourth and nine sack into a Diplomats first down on F&M’s final scoring drive.
The Jays worked three sacks in the game, piling up 18 yards of losses for F&M. Kale Sweeney was responsible for two-thirds of the sacks, amongst his three tackles for losses of 13 yards. He had 10 total tackles and a pass breakup in the game. Chris Baldwin led all tacklers with 11 stops (seven solo). Shane Gray led all F&M tacklers with eight tackles, four of which were solo.Tomlin threw for 210 yards and a score on 14 completions in his 24 attempts. Michels caught eight passes for 133 yards and his pair of scores for JHU.
They’ve Got a Pastore at Tackle Too: Senior defensive tackle Anthony Pastore of Gettysburg is the reigning Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
Pastore earned his first collegiate player-of-the-week honor for his efforts in Gettysburg’s 38-9 Centennial Conference victory at McDaniel College on Saturday. He posted a team-leading seven tackles, a career-high 2.0 sacks, and made his first collegiate interception, which led to a touchdown. Pastore helped the Bullets limit McDaniel to 183 total yards and 33 rushing yards.For the season, Pastore, who missed the team’s first three games with an injury, ranks 11th on the team with 21 tackles, including 4.0 for loss, and 3.0 sacks.
Chasing Quarterbacks: F&M freshman quarterback, John Harrison, will be trying to outpace with Matt Flynn in more ways than one on Saturday. Harrison is tied with Flynn for the Conference record for touchdowns thrown by a freshman (14), and needs 219 yards to move ahead of Flynn into third for passing yards by a freshman.
Eight is Enough: John Harrison connected with eight different receivers last week, tying for the most distributive game of his young career. He hit eight against Ursinus and spread it to seven receivers in three other games. His three touchdown throws matched his season-high as well.
On the Receiving End: Jarrell Diggs’ 55-yard touchdown reception from John Harrison was the longest touchdown of the season thrown by an F&M quarterback. Diggs had thrown the season’s two longest passes of 67 and 65-yards, both to George Eager. His 55-yard trip into the end zone during the Hopkins loss left the freshman receiver with an equal number of touchdown passes caught as thrown. He has also rushed for a pair and returned a punt for a touchdown.
First Downs: F&M posted 23 first downs against Johns Hopkins, matching the season-high posted against Ursinus.
Career Charts: George Eager is currently tied with Paul Sousa for 11th in career receiving yards with 1,339. He needs 51 yards to pass Corby Lucas for thenth and has a realistic shot at moving into eighth needing 109 yards…. Jeff Kellar sits 15th in interception return yards with 107. Only 17 fummers have passed the 100-yard mark in their career. Three yards would give him sole possession of 14th on the list, while 31 would break him into the top ten. He is 20th in interceptions, needing just one to make his way into the top 15. A return for a touchdown would give Kellar sole ownership of the career interceptions returned for touchdown mark at F&M… Five tackles separate James Gregory and Zach Romash, with Gregory needing a pair to jump ahead of Chuck Young for 18th on the career list. Gregory’s first solo tackles t
Troxell’s Takes…
Final Thoughts on Hopkins…
“Obviously they were a good team. We have preached ball security all season long, but we lost the turnover battle. We also had some costly penalties. To beat a good football team you need to play 60 minutes of good football.”
On Going for Two…
“I thought it gave us the best opportunity to win. We had a much better chance to win it than to go into overtime. I wanted to leave the outcome in the hands of the kids who worked to give us the opportunity.”
On Mellinger…
“Mellinger did a real nice job with a package of plays. He is going to be a real good football player. The offense did a good job responding throughout, the eight-minute drive was huge.”
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