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 Gossweiler topped the 100-yard rushing mark for the second time in three weeks, carrying 18 times for 117 yards and two touchdowns to help the Bullets (4-4) roll up 513 yards of total offense and hand the Saints (0-8) their 20th consecutive loss. He also fired scoring tosses to Mike Schwalb (Bernardsville, NJ/Pingry School) and A.J. Sutsko (Boothwyn, PA/Archmere Academy) on his only two completions of the game.

 Schwalb also keyed the win, carrying for a career-high 139 of Gettysburg’s 428 rushing yards and scoring two touchdowns. Beck Daniel (Coral Gables, FL/Coral Gables) led the Bullet defense with a career-high four sacks, giving him 10 for the season.

 With the win, Gettysburg needs one more victory to become the 12th NCAA Division III program with 500 all-time victories. The Bullets face conference foes Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall in the season’s final two weeks.

 St. Lawrence quarterback Jon Blumhagen helped the Saint offense compile 372 total yards, completing 17 of 34 passes for 236 yards and one touchdown while suffering five of Gettysburg’s eight sacks. Gary Gaines caught seven passes for 79 yards and one touchdown while Derek Buckingham carried 19 times for a team-high 74 yards and one score.

 After watching his team fall behind 7-6 early in the second quarter, Gossweiler responded by leading the Bullets to 28 unanswered points.

 The sophomore signal-caller put the home squad ahead for good by connecting with Sutsko on a 73-yard touchdown pass with 7:45 left in the first half. Gossweiler then found Sutsko on the ensuing two-point conversion for a 14-7 lead.

 Schwalb keyed Gettysburg’s next scoring drive, a six-play, 39-yard march. He ripped off runs of 8 and 14 yards on the first two plays of the possession, then scored on a 12-yard reception to give the Bullets a 21-7 halftime lead.

 After holding St. Lawrence three-and-out on the first possession of the second half, Gettysburg moved 54 yards on five plays for another touchdown. Schwalb took three straight carries for 13, 9 and 6 yards before Gossweiler galloped 20 yards for his third rushing touchdown of the season and a 28-7 Bullet lead.

 Sacks by Daniel and Chris Hrynczyszyn (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan Catholic) stalled the Saints’ next drive on three plays before Gettysburg struck again.

 Starting on their own 48, the Bullets moved to the St. Lawrence 28 thanks to a personal foul. Gossweiler ran for 21 yards on the next play and followed with a seven-yard touchdown run to make it 35-7 with 8:22 left in the third quarter.

 The Saints answered with a pair of touchdowns to pull within two scores. Blumhagen capped a five-play, 41-yard march with a five-yard fade pass to Gaines before Buckingham scored from a yard out to pull St. Lawrence within 35-21 early in the fourth quarter.

 Gettysburg sealed the victory thanks to the first two collegiate touchdowns from freshman fullback Jesse Jeffers (Morristown, NJ/Morristown-Beard), who found the end zone on runs of 3 and 5 yards, and finished with 70 yards on nine carries.

 Schwalb gave the Bullets an early 6-0 lead by scoring from one yard out with 2:20 left in the first quarter. St. Lawrence responded for its only lead of the game when Howard Alexander, who ran for 196 yards in the Saints’ 14-6 victory at Musselman Stadium in 2000, scored on a four-yard run with 11:24 remaining in the first half.

 Freshman linebacker Pete Johnson (Silver Spring, MD/St. John’s College) recorded a team-high 11 tackles and his first collegiate interception for Gettysburg. Sutsko has caught three passes for 163 yards this season, an average of 54.3 yards per catch.

 The Bullets return to action on Saturday at Dickinson. Game time is 1 p.m.