HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – Junior quarterback Mac Russell accounted for 222 yards of total offense and rushed for a touchdown to lead Hampden-Sydney over Gettysburg 20-14 in non-conference football action on Saturday.

Russell, making his first start of the season, carried 16 times for 64 yards and an 11-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to help the Tigers (1-1) win their fourth straight meeting with the Bullets (1-1).  He also completed 15 of 26 passes for 158 yards before leaving the game with an ankle injury late in the fourth quarter.

Gettysburg, denied its first 2-0 start since 1993, had the ball on offense for a total of 19 minutes, 15 seconds on the day and managed only six first downs and 189 yards of total offense, 85 of which came on the Bullets' two scoring plays.

Freshman Mike Lublanecki (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) scampered for a 33-yard first-quarter touchdown to give Gettysburg a 7-3 lead while junior Pete Vincelli (Oceanport, NJ/Shore Reg.) broke off a career-high 52-yard touchdown run with 5:22 left in the game to pull the Bullets within six.

Gettysburg got the ball back on its own 27 with 3:10 remaining, but All-America safety Chris Scott intercepted a pass from Nate Overholt (Souderton, PA/Souderton) on the second play of the drive to preserve the win.

Vincelli finished with a team-high 60 rushing yards while Lublanecki carried eight times for 58 yards.  Overholt completed only 4 of 14 passes for 38 yards and two interceptions.

Neal Herndon led Hampden-Sydney with seven catches for 83 yards, including a key 27-yard reception to extend the team's go-ahead scoring drive and a 45-yard catch to set up the Tigers' final field goal.

Doug Van Der Mallie converted field goals of 27 and 33 yards in the winning effort.

Down 7-3 in the second quarter, Hampden-Sydney put together an 11-play, 59-yard drive to take the lead for good.

After a completion for no gain and an eight-yard sack, Russell kept the drive going with a 27-yard strike to Herndon that gave the Tigers a first-down on the Gettysburg 40.

Nine plays later, Chris Gould broke through on a 3-yard plunge with 4:19 left before halftime for his first collegiate touchdown to make it 10-7 Hampden-Sydney.

After holding the Bullets to three-and-out to open the second half, the Tigers marched 49 yards on nine plays, capped by Russell's 11-yard touchdown run to extend their lead to 17-7.

Van Der Mallie's 27-yard field goal with 9:49 left made it 20-7, before Gettysburg answered with a big play of its own.

On fourth-and-3 from the the Bullet 48, Vincelli, who opened the scoring drive with a 14-yard reception from Overholt, took an inside handoff and raced 52 yard to the end zone to pull Gettysburg within 20-14 with 5:10 remaining.

With freshman quarterback Anthony Ford at the helm due to Russell's injury, Hampden-Sydney went three-and-out on its next possession, but Scott stopped any potential Bullet comeback with his second pick of the season two plays later.

Hampden-Sydney opened the scoring on its first drive of the afternoon.  The Tigers moved from their own 32 to the Bullet 15 before Van Der Mallie converted a 33-yard field goal only 4:41 into the game.

Gettysburg marched 47 yards on six plays to take a 7-3 lead with 13 seconds left in the first quarter.  Lublanecki scampered 33 yards on an inside reverse to cap the drive.

Keith Adams (Hanover, PA/New Oxford) led the Bullet defense with 13 tackles, including nine solo stops and five for loss.  Ryan Moore (Glenolden, PA/Interboro) recorded his third interception of the season for Gettysburg and also finished with nine tackles.

Scott led Hampden-Sydney with eight tackles and three passes defended.

The Bullets return to action on Saturday, Sept. 15 at home against four-time defending Centennial Conference champion Western Maryland.  Game time is 1 p.m.