Complete Game Notes

OPENING STATEMENTS
The Bullets play their 2010 home and Centennial Conference opener on Saturday as they take on defending conference champion Johns Hopkins University, which reached the NCAA Division III quarterfinals last season. Saturday's game also serves as the Blue Jays conference opener. A Gettysburg win would give the Bullets their first 2-0 start since 1993.

GAME COVERAGE
Saturday's game can be followed through live stats at http://www.sidearmstats.com/gettysburg/football/ and live video (pay-per-view) at http://www.gettysburgsports.com/showcase/#liveevents.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Gettysburg leads Johns Hopkins 20-15-2 in the all-time series that dates back to 1911. The Blue Jays have captured the last two meetings between the two teams.

LAST MEETING
Tailback Andrew Kase rushed for 183 yards and three touchdowns as Johns Hopkins scored on its first six drives en route to a 41-23 win over Gettysburg on a Friday night last season in Baltimore. The Blue Jays outscored the Bullets 38-3 to start the game and outgained Gettysburg 459-361. Hewitt Tomlin threw for 243 yards on 20-of-29 passing while Dan Crowley caught three passes for 81 yards and a touchdown. Tailback Jamel Mutunga led the Bullets with 131 yards rushing and one touchdown while Matt Flynn '10 passed for 153 yards and one touchdown.

LAST TIME OUT
Junior quarterback Kyle Whitmoyer turned in a stellar performance in his first collegiate start, rushing for 130 yards and three touchdowns as Gettysburg defeated host Lebanon Valley College 42-28 in the season opener for both teams and the Bullets only non-conference game of the season two weeks ago. The Bullets, who piled up 488 yards of offense and 374 yards on the ground, opened the game with a 21-0 first-quarter run and never trailed after Whitmoyer's 77-yard touchdown romp midway through the opening quarter. The Flying Dutchmen answered with 21 unanswered points to pull even early in the third quarter, but the Bullets went ahead to stay shortly thereafter by scoring 14 points in 43 seconds.

Randolph-Macon College scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass with 28 seconds left and the Yellow Jackets handed Johns Hopkins a 41-37 setback in the Blue Jays season opener last Saturday. In a wild game that featured nearly 1,000 yards of total offense, Hopkins took a 37-34 lead with 7:23 remaining on a 64-yard touchdown pass from junior Hewitt Tomlin to classmate Sam Wernick. Tomlin finished the game with 384 yards passing, with sophomore receiver Scott Cremens catching seven passes for 125 yards and Wernick turning three receptions into 123 yards and one touchdown.

THE GETTYSBURG OFFENSE
After finishing fourth in Division III in total offense (493.1 ypg) last season, the Bullets picked up right where they left off in their season opener two weeks ago. After one game, the Orange & Blue find themselves ranked among the nation's statistical leaders once again, and their 374 yards of rushing currently ranks third in Division III. Gettysburg also ranks 19th in total offense (488.0 ypg) and 20th in scoring offense (42.0 ppg). Along with Whitmoyer, senior tailback Jamel Mutunga, a First Team All-Centennial Conference and All-ECAC selection last year, also had a big game on the ground, rushing for a career-high 151 yards and one touchdown on 31 carries, while senior tailback Anthony DeSalva added 68 yards on 28 carries. Mutunga and Whitmoyer both rank among the top-30 in rushing, with Mutunga sitting at 13th and Whitmoyer checking in at 29th. They are also ranked first and second in the Centennial Conference in rushing. Whitmoyer also threw for 114 yards against Lebanon Valley, and DeSalva was his leading receiver, catching four passes for 40 yards. The Bullets return six offensive starters, including junior left tackle James Monreale, a Second Team All-Centennial Conference selection last year.

THE GETTYSBURG DEFENSE
A new-look Gettysburg defense forced five turnovers and held Lebanon Valley to 149 yards passing in its season-opening win. The Bullets, who featured seven new defensive starters, recorded their most takeaways since making six against Hampden-Sydney early last season. Junior safety Joe Delaney and sophomore linebacker Larry DelViscio led the way with 10 tackles apiece while Delaney also forced a fumble and intercepted a pass to clinch the victory with 16 seconds left. Junior linebacker Peter Hak added nine tackles while sophomore linebacker Mark Covington and freshman cornerback Hugo Nolasco each intercepted a pass. Junior cornerback Tyler Fasanella added a 45-yard fumble recovery touchdown. With the game on the line, Gettysburg stopped Lebanon Valley on its final four drives, including twice on an interception.

THE GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS
Senior kicker Mike Barrett converted all six of his extra point attempts in Week One while senior punter Brian Betley, who led the Centennial Conference in punting last season, averaged 37.0 yards on four punts. Senior Anthony DeSalva took three of the Bullets four kickoff returns and averaged 20.0 yards per return, and classmate Charles Curcio made a pair of punt returns for a 5.5-yard average.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Following the team's impressive opening-day performance, the Bullets swept the Centennial Conference Player of the Week awards. Whitmoyer was named the conference's offensive co-player of the week while Delaney earned defensive POW honors. Barrett shared the special teams player of the week award. Delaney also went on to capture a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week.

MUTUNGA REACHES 2,000
In the team's win over Lebanon Valley, senior tailback Jamel Mutunga went over 2,000 yards rushing for his career, making him the seventh Bullet to reach the milestone.

THE JOHNS HOPKINS OFFENSE
After his impressive opening-day performance, Tomlin finds himself ranked fourth in Division III in both passing and total offense (384.0 ypg). Cremens (125.0 ypg) and Wernick (123.0 ypg) are 22nd and tied for 24th, respectively, among the nation's leaders in receiving yards. The Blue Jays offense was hit hard by graduation, which claimed five starters from last season, including Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Year, tailback Andrew Kase. Of the team's returning starters, however, four earned All-Centennial Conference honors last season: senior receiver Dan Crowley (honorable mention), senior tight end Brian Hopkins (second team), senior guard Ryan Lino (honorable mention), and junior center Ed Roger (second team).

THE JOHNS HOPKINS DEFENSE
The Blue Jays also lost the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year to graduation in linebacker Colin Wixted. However, seven starters return for Hopkins, including all-conference selections in junior linebacker Tyler Brown (second team), junior cornerback Sam Eagleson (second team), junior safety Mike Milano (first team), and junior linebacker Ryan Piatek (second team). Against Randolph-Macon, junior safety Kale Sweeney led the way with nine tackles while Piatek made eight stops and one interception. Eagleson, who had six interceptions last season, also picked off a pass for the Blue Jays.

THE JOHNS HOPKINS SPECIAL TEAMS
Johns Hopkins returns both its kicker and punter from last season in seniors Alex Lachman and Max Islinger, respectively. Lachman, a Second Team All-Centennial Conference pick after kicking 16 field goals last season, is the Blue Jays all-time leader in kick scoring. He was 3-for-4 on extra points last week and booted a 37-yard field goal. Islinger averaged 32.6 yards per punt last season and 35.9 yards on seven punts last week. Wernick is the team's primary return specialist after averaging 19.2 yards on kick returns last year. He took back five kickoffs for an average of 21.6 yards last week.

TODAY'S COACHES
Gettysburg is coached by Barry Streeter, who is in his 32nd year at the helm of the Bullets. With 156 career victories, Streeter ranks 11th among active Division III coaches in wins. He is also tied for 30th on the all-time Division III coaches wins list. Streeter is Gettysburg's longest tenured and all-time winningest football coach.

Johns Hopkins is coached by Jim Margraff, who is in his 21st season at the helm of the Blue Jays. He has guided Johns Hopkins to a 129-76-3 record and is the program's all-time winningest coach.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Along with Mutunga, a number of Bullets find themselves ranked among Gettysburg's all-time top-10 lists in several categories. Mutunga is also seventh in rushing touchdowns (24) and 10th in points (162) while Curcio is fifth in receptions (84), eighth in receiving yards (1,104), third in kick return yards (1,583), sixth in punt return yards (445), and sixth in all-purpose yards (3,705). Betley ranks sixth in receiving yards (1,162), ninth in receptions (71), and 10th in punting yards (1,813).

1964 MAC CHAMPIONS TO BE RECOGNIZED
Gettysburg's 1964 football team, which won the school's only Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) University Division championship, is holding a reunion this weekend and will be recognized at halftime of Saturday's game. The 1964 squad finished 7-2, including 5-1 in the MAC, while posting wins over teams such as Bucknell, Delaware, Lehigh, and Lafayette.

NEW SURFACE
The Bullets will be competing on the newly-resurfaced Shirk Field for the first time on Saturday. After the original AstroPlay artificial surface was laid in 2003, it was replaced by a FieldTurf surface in December 2009. The men's lacrosse team was the first Gettysburg squad to compete on the new surface last spring before the field hockey team played its first two home games on it this season.