Box Score

Gallagher’s run capped a 10-play, 48-yard march in the final three minutes that allowed the Bears (3-4, 1-2 CC) to snap a 20-game losing streak in conference play dating back to 2001. The senior signal caller finished with 289 passing yards and both of his team’s touchdowns. Brandon Evans caught four passes for a game-high 94 yards, including a key 19-yard, third-down reception on the winning drive.

Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) led the Bullet offense with 33 carries for 92 yards and a five-yard touchdown run that made it 13-3 Gettysburg midway through the third quarter. Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) completed 8 of 19 passes for 88 yards and threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs).
 
Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) and Dan Hogdahl (Riverside, NJ/Pompton Lakes) recorded a team-high nine tackles apiece for the Bullets (2-5, 1-2 CC), who dropped their 10th consecutive road game.
 
Playing in a steady rain that turned an already sloppy field into a mud bowl, Gallagher was able to rally the Bears with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown drives.

Ursinus trailed 13-3 with 5:15 left in the third quarter before driving 76 yards on 12 plays to cut into the Gettysburg lead.

Facing third-and-10 from the Bullet 46, Gallagher kept the drive going with a 26-yard pass to Mike Weyrauch. Gallagher followed that clutch toss with a 17-yarder to James Sproule on third-and-11 that made it first-and-goal at the Gettysburg 4.

Gallagher’s bootleg on the opening play of the fourth quarter and Matt Baney’s extra point made pulled the Bears within 13-10.

Despite a fumble recovery by Barton and the first collegiate interception by Stevenson Foote (Huntingtown, MD/Calvert) – the latter with 3:36 remaining – Ursinus stayed alive by recovering a fumble at the Bullet 48 with 2:49 left.

A 16-yard pass from Gallagher to Sproule converted a third-and-14 and the Bears moved to the Bullet 20 on a 19-yard, third-and-13 completion to Evans. On the next play, Gallagher found Justin Zeigler for 16 yards to the Gettysburg 4, setting up the final drama.

Ursinus lost three yards on its next two plays and was forced to use its final timeout before a third-and-goal from the 7. On the decisive play, Gallagher dropped back to pass, but took off around right tackle after finding no open receivers and dove into the end zone for the winning points.

Following a 35-yard field goal by Baney with 13:16 left in the second quarter, Gettysburg was able to negotiate the treacherous conditions for a pair of touchdowns.

The Bullets ate up more than seven minutes while driving 70 yards on 13 plays to take a 7-3 lead on Green’s touchdown reception late in the first half.

Gettysburg took advantage of a Dan Petersen (Beachwood, NJ/Toms River South) fumble recovery for its second touchdown. McMillan connected on an 11-yard pass to Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) and a 17-yard screen pass to Sturges before a pass interference call put the ball at the Ursinus 5.

Sturges scored on the next play to make it 13-3 with 7:55 left in the third quarter.

Sproule finished with a team-high five receptions for 63 yards. Brian Hrynczyszyn led all players with 14 tackles and also recovered a fumble.

Despite being held to 88 passing yards, McMillan became only the seventh Bullet since 1979 to reach the 1,000-yard mark in a season, finishing the day with 1,020 yards.

Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday at home against Muhlenberg. Game time is 1 p.m.