Box Score

 Schwalb scored on a pair of two-yard runs in the midst of a 20-point second quarter that helped the Bullets (4-1, 1-0 CC) snap a six-game losing streak to the Green Terror (2-3, 2-1 CC) and open conference play with a victory for the first time since 1996. Schwalb finished with 77 yards on a game-high 21 carries, part of a Gettysburg offense that rolled up 279 of its 399 total yards on the ground.

 Nocar, who also rushed for a game-high 86 yards, hit Wheatly on a halfback option pass to make it 14-0 early in the second quarter, then dashed 58 yards on a sweep to set up Schwalb’s second touchdown, putting the Bullets ahead 27-7 at halftime.

 Grant Acker (Howell, NJ/Peddie) led the Gettysburg defense with a career-high 15 tackles, reaching double-digit stops for the fourth straight game. Nathan Smith (Milford, NY/Cooperstown Central) added eight solo tackles and broke up three passes.

 McDaniel freshman Brad Baer completed 23 of 39 passes for 223 yards and one touchdown, an 18-yard shovel pass to Joey Ellis that pulled the Green Terror within 27-14 early in the third quarter. French Pope and David Posin each ran for touchdowns in the losing effort. Pope, who scored McDaniel’s first points on a five-yard run in the second quarter, finished with a team-high 55 yards.

 Already off to their best start in nearly a decade, the Bullets were able to continue their early-season success with a win over the six-time defending conference champions.

 Gettysburg opened the scoring with an eight-play, 80-yard drive late in the first quarter. Following a false start penalty to open the drive, Joe Gossweiler (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) found Gentris Bryant (Wilmington, DE/Archmere Acad.) on a 35-yard pass to midfield and Bryant followed with a 12-yard run to the McDaniel 38.

 Nocar’s 10-yard gain moved the ball to the Green Terror 13 and Bryant scored on an eight-yard run two plays later to make it 7-0 with 2:53 left in the first quarter.

 On the Bullets’ next possession, Nocar swept right from the Gettysburg 15, then squared up and fired a pass to a wide-open Wheatly, who scampered 85 yards to give the home squad a 14-0 edge just 43 seconds into the second quarter. It was the third completion of Nocar’s career, alongside a 51-yard toss in 2001 and a 44-yarder last season. The touchdown was also the first of Wheatly’s collegiate career.

  The Bullets increased their lead to 21-0 with a nine-play, 62-yard drive midway through the quarter. Gossweiler keyed the march with a 31-yard run to the Green Terror 19 and a five-yard scamper on third-and-5 to the McDaniel 9. Schwalb scored from two yards out with 6:49 left in the half.

 McDaniel got on the board with a 10-play, 56-yard scoring drive following Schwalb’s touchdown. Ben Flaherty’s 40-yard kickoff return started the Green Terror on its own 44 and Pope capped the march with a five-yard sweep on fourth-and-one to pull McDaniel within 21-7.

 The Bullets, however, weren’t finished for the half. Facing third-and-5 from the Gettysburg 40, Nocar broke free around right end and dashed 58 yards to the Green Terror 2. Schwalb found paydirt again on the next play and the Bullets took a 27-7 lead into halftime.

 Touchdowns by Ellis and Posin sandwiched around a 27-yard field goal by John Edgar (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg), pulled McDaniel within 30-20 early in the fourth quarter, but the Green Terror would get no closer.

 McDaniel went three-and-out on the first of three scoreless possessions to end the game. Matt Pinkney (Bowie, MD/Bowie) dropped Baer for a seven-yard loss on fourth-and-two on the Green Terror’s next drive, then forced a fumble that Michael Schmidt (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) recovered to halt McDaniel’s last possession with 1:33 left.

 Gossweiler finished with 75 rushing yards on 16 carries, giving him a team-high 299 yards for the season. Bryant rushed for 40 yards while scoring his team-leading fourth touchdown.

 Bullet safety Mark Johnson (Corona, CA/Acad. of the New Church [PA]) made seven solo tackles on the day, surpassing the 100-tackle mark for his career.

 Troy Mason led the Green Terror with 13 tackles.

 With the victory, Gettysburg is enjoying its first three-game winning streak since 1995 and is 3-0 at home for the first time since 1993. The Bullets’ four wins this season already matches the program’s total from each of the last two years.

 Gettysburg returns to action on Friday at Johns Hopkins. Game time is 7 p.m.