Box Score

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Gettysburg outgained Juniata College 606-386 and the Bullets used a 35-0 run spanning the second and third quarters to come away with a 56-21 Centennial Conference football victory Saturday afternoon at Knox Stadium.

Gettysburg (3-3, 2-3 CC), which won for the second game in a row, scored on six straight drives and eight out of nine possessions after falling behind 7-0.

Junior quarterback Kyle Whitmoyer completed 14-of-22 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for an additional 47 yards and one touchdown on nine carries. Senior tailback Jamel Mutunga carried the ball 21 times for 120 yards and a touchdown, leading a 365-yard rushing performance by the Bullets, while senior receiver Brian Betley tied a career-high with seven receptions for a career-best 123 yards and a touchdown. Senior wing Charles Curcio added a pair of touchdown runs and finished with 34 rushing yards and 68 receiving yards on five catches.

For the second year in a row against Juniata, senior kicker Mike Barrett was a perfect 8-for-8 on extra points, tying the school record for PATs attempted and made. Last season, the Bullets ran up 687 yards of offense in a 59-14 victory.

Junior cornerback Tyler Fasanella had a hand in all three of the Bullets interceptions, making two picks himself while coming up with a tipped pass that led to another. Junior safety Joe Delaney tied a game-high with 12 tackles while sophomore linebacker Mark Covington posted eight tackles, one interception, and two pass breakups. Sophomore defensive end Mark Wojcik recorded a pair of sacks.

Derek Kramer rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries to lead a 277-yard rushing day for Juniata (0-6, 0-6 CC) while Zach McCaulley added 91 yards and a TD on 12 carries.

It was a busy day for the officials, as a total of 26 penalties were called for 252 yards. The Bullets were whistled for 17 penalties resulting in 167 yards.

The Bullets did not commit a turnover for the first time this season.

Kramer put the Eagles on the scoreboard on the second play of Juniata's second drive, busting up the middle before racing 65 yards to the end zone for just the team's second touchdown of the season as the hosts took a 7-0 lead with 11:39 left in the opening quarter.

The Bullets mounted a drive midway through a penalty-infested opening half, moving to the Juniata-5. But after a holding penalty and a pair of incomplete passes, Gettysburg was forced to attempt a 32-yard field goal. The Bullets tried a fake, but Whitmoyer, who is also the team's holder, had his pass fall incomplete, and Juniata led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter, marking the first time this season that the Orange & Blue trailed after the opening 15 minutes.

After an Eagle punt, Gettysburg's offense caught fire, scoring on all four of its second-quarter possesions. A 29-yard run from Mutunga to the Juniata-38 sparked the Bullets first drive, which ended with a Curcio 12-yard touchdown run on a pitchout down the left sideline to make it 7-7 with 10:41 on the clock. Juniata went three-and-out on the ensuing possession, and the Bullets struck again on the very next play, as Whitmoyer found Betley wide open down the right sideline for a 46-yard bomb, Gettysburg's longest pass play of the season as the visitors assumed a 14-7 advantage with 9:37 showing.

The Bullets defense came up with a pair of interceptions over the remainder of the half to extend their lead to three touchdowns. First, Fasanella tipped a pass on the right sideline, and Covington snatched it out of the air for his second pick of the season before returning it 41 yards to the Juniata-30. Six plays later, senior tailback Anthony DeSalva converted a fourth-and-one for the Bullets to the Eagle-1 before Whitmoyer found sophomore tight end Matt Brophy wide open in the back of the end zone to make it 21-7 with 6:08 left.

Fasanella halted the Eagles next drive, stepping in front of a Gino Ramires pass at the Bullet-24. Gettysburg then marched 76 yards on 14 plays, converting three third downs before Whitmoyer snuck in from 1 yard out on a fourth-and-goal, and Barrett's fourth extra point pushed the Bullets advantage to 28-7 with 18 seconds remaining.

Nineteen penalties were called in the opening half, including 11 for 97 yards against the Bullets.

Gettysburg continued to roll in the second half, finding paydirt on its first two drives. After DeSalva returned the opening kickoff 29 yards, the Bullets drove 56 yards on eight plays, including a 30-yard completion from Whitmoyer to senior wing Greg Namrow that set up Gettysburg at the Juniata-14. Three plays later, Curcio waltzed in just inside the right pylon as the Bullets lead swelled to 35-7 with 12:55 showing.

Juniata answered with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Ramires to Julian Valiseri, but Gettysburg came right back with another long scoring drive, this time going 62 yards on 10 plays. Mutunga capped it with a 24-yard TD run, eluding several defenders at the line of scrimmage before following a host of blockers down the right sideline to make it 42-14 with 6:22 left in the third quarter.

Fasenella made his second interception on the second play of the ensuing possession, and the Bullets took over at the Juniata-47. Gettysburg added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, as sophomore tailback Ted Delia caught a 12-yard scoring strike from classmate Kody Smith before breaking off a 27-yard touchdown run with 7:55 left. It was the first two collegiate touchdowns for Delia and the first career TD pass for Smith.

Juniata set the final score on a McCaulley 43-yard TD run with 5:45 remaining.

Delia finished with 68 yards rushing on just six carries while DeSalva had 60 yards on 13 rushes.

Gettysburg returns to action on Friday, when it visits Dickinson College at 7 p.m. in another Centennial Conference game and the battle for the Little Brown Bucket.