Box Score

 Cappetto, who enjoyed a 315-yard, four-touchdown passing performance in last year’s meeting between the two teams, continued to bedevil the Bullets in 2005, throwing a two-yard touchdown pass to Brian Mason and running for scores of 9 and 30 yards.

 Mason also scored on a 31-yard run and added a team-high 56 rushing yards for the Big Red (2-1), which rolled up 505 yards of total offense. Fred Lee chipped in with a pair of one-yard touchdown runs while Frank Roe caught five passes for a team-leading 124 yards.

 Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) paced the Gettysburg offense with 31 carries for 151 yards and one touchdown, his third 100-yard outing in four games this season. Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) completed 15 of 36 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown for the Bullets, who were making their first trip to Ohio since 1963.

 Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs) paced Gettysburg with six catches for 76 yards and a 29-yard touchdown grab in the second quarter. Harold Barton (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) led the Bullet defense with 11 tackles.

 Cappetto’s passing helped the hosts reverse a 7-6 deficit and go ahead to stay with three second-quarter touchdowns.

 A 42-yard catch-and-carry by Mason and a 27-yard strike to Matt Petersen on back-to-back plays set up Cappetto’s nine-yard keeper that put Denison back on top with 11:51 left in the half. Lee ran in the two-point conversion to make it 14-7.

 Gettysburg’s next drive stalled at the Big Red 28 and Cappetto struck on his squad’s first play, finding Roe behind the defense for a 71-yard reception to the Bullet 1. Three plays later, Cappetto hit Mason on a two-yard rollout for a 21-7 advantage.

 Gettysburg turned to Sturges to close the gap on its next possession. The sophomore carried seven times for 40 yards before McMillan hit Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) on third-and-19 for 31 yards to the Denison 6.

 McMillan scored on the next play and Josh Huson’s (McLean, VA/McLean) extra point cut the deficit to 21-14 with 1:38 remaining before halftime.

 But the Big Red’s second-quarter fireworks weren’t finished. Four rushes moved the ball to the Bullet 39 before Cappetto connected with Roe again, this time for a 38-yard catch to the 1. Lee’s second-effort run with eight ticks remaining gave the hosts a 28-14 lead at the break.

 Two lost fumbles and a Denison touchdown drive stalled Gettysburg’s hopes of a second-half comeback.

 The Big Red cashed in the latter turnover. Taking over at the Bullet 24, Cappetto hit Tim Dukovich for 11 yards and – following a holding penalty – found Mike Kushner for 13 yards to the 2. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Lee powered in from one yard out to make it 35-14 with 14:16 left.

 Gettysburg responded with a 16-play, 81-yard scoring drive capped by a five-yard run by Sturges on fourth-and-goal. The Bullets halted Denison’s next drive at their own 18, but Michael Barnes’ interception led to Cappetto’s game-sealing 30-yard touchdown run with 6:22 remaining.

 A 35-yard touchdown run by Jonathan Berg closed the scoring in the final seconds.

 Ike Akusoba’s interception of McMillan at the Gettysburg 34 set up Mason’s 31-yard touchdown run that made it 6-0 with 2:48 left in the first quarter.

 The Bullets edged ahead on McMillan’s 29-yard touchdown pass to a leaping Green on a fourth-and-23 early in the second frame. Green’s touchdown capped an eight-play, 70-yard drive.

 Following a bye week, Gettysburg returns to action and opens its Centennial Conference schedule on Saturday, Oct. 8 at home against McDaniel. Game time is 1 p.m.