GETTYSBURG, Pa.  – Gettysburg College heads down the road to meet a resurgent McDaniel College team in a Centennial Conference football showdown Saturday at Gill Stadium.
 
OPENING KICKOFF
Gettysburg (0-3, 0-2 CC) looks for its first victory of the campaign after three games that came right down to the final horn. McDaniel (2-1, 1-1 CC) has put up at least 30 points in all three games this season and nearly knocked off Franklin & Marshall College last weekend.
 
GAME COVERAGE
Saturday's game will feature live video courtesy of Stretch Internet and McDaniel College as well as live stats.  A full recap of the game will be posted on GettysburgSports.com.
 
THE SERIES
Gettysburg holds a sizeable 51-18-1 advantage in a series that began in 1891. The Bullets have largely dominated the rivalry with 10 of McDaniel's wins coming from 1997-2010. Gettysburg carries a six-game winning streak into this year's contest and has scored at least 35 points in each of those games.
 
LAST MEETING
The Bullets earned a rainy 38-23 victory on Homecoming over McDaniel last season. Gettysburg burst out to a 14-0 lead after scoring on its first two possessions of the game. A seven-yard touchdown run by Justin Davidov '18 (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining) at the beginning of the second quarter made it 21-0 and a 23-yard field goal by Justin Geisel '20 (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day) put the score at 24-6 entering the half. McDaniel stormed back with three of the first four scores of the second half to pull to 31-23 with 6:55 remaining. Another rushing score by Davidov padded the lead and the Gettysburg defense took care of the rest with Kamau Bridges '18 (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Saint Joseph) intercepting the Green Terror's final pass. The Bullets did most of their damage on the ground with 277 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Quarterback Danny Thompson '17 led the way with 117 rushing yards and also threw for a score. Jordan Kelso '17 hauled in six passes for 71 yards. Jake Skinner '19 (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) paced the defense with 14 tackles and Bridges tallied eight stops.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Dickinson kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired to upend Gettysburg 24-21 in the battle for the Little Brown Bucket. The Bullets started on a tear as senior Justin Davidov found senior Ryan Thompson (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) for a 57-yard touchdown on the opening drive. A shovel pass from Davidov to freshman Reggie JeanCharles (Galloway, N.J./Holy Spirit) went for 43 yards and set up junior Nick Rella (Denville, N.J./Morristown-Beard) for a three-yard plunge to make it 14-0. The Red Devils scored late in the second quarter, but JeanCharles lifted the advantage back to two scores with an 11-yard scoring run early in the third quarter. That would be the end of the scoring for the Bullets as Dickinson ended the game on a 17-point run, capped with a 31-yard field goal as the final horn sounded. Davidov finished 18-of-30 for 264 yards, while JeanCharles picked up 51 yards on the ground and 56 yards receiving. Thompson and sophomore Kevin Benavente (San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel) tallied 74 and 72 yards receiving, respectively. Sophomore Cole Keyes (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) factored into 15 tackles and junior Logan Aikey (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) posted 3.5 tackles for a loss, including 2.5 sacks.
 
SCOUTING MCDANIEL
McDaniel is just one win away from tying its total from all of 2016. The Green Terror is averaging 35.3 points per game with an offense that is evenly split between passing (235.3 ypg) and rushing (246.3 ypg). McDaniel is only allowing 117.7 rush yards per game. The team paces the Centennial Conference in yards per completion (15.0) thanks to senior wide receivers Bamasa Bailor (15.2 ypc) and Breon Herbert (20.2 ypc). Bailor and Herbert have accounted for more than half of senior quarterback Will Koester's 47 completions this season. Koester is averaging 235.3 passing yards per game. Senior Perry Stefanelli ranks second in the CC in rushing at 127.3 yards per game. Stefanelli led the way with career highs of 167 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-41 loss to Franklin & Marshall last Saturday. Junior Matt Cathey posted 136 rushing yards in each of McDaniel's first two games of the season and sits fourth in the conference at 97.7 yards per game. Senior Brenden Clinton has tallied 16 tackles and a pair of interceptions, while junior Garvin Brooms has accounted for a team-best 4.5 sacks.
 
AT THE HELM
Barry Streeter enters his 39th season at the helm of Gettysburg's football program. Streeter is the longest-tenured active coach in Division III and ranks second in longevity among all current NCAA football coaches. With 193 career wins, Streeter ranks eighth among active Division III coaches. Streeter has led Gettysburg to three Centennial Conference championships (1983-85) and he has twice been named CC Coach of the Year. In 1985, he led the Bullets to the only undefeated regular season in school history (9-0-1) and an appearance in the national semifinals. Streeter is a 1971 graduate of Lebanon Valley and is a member of the Dutchmen's Hall of Fame.
 
GETTYSBURG OFFENSE
Gettysburg is averaging 176.3 yards rushing and 220.7 yards passing this season. The run game is paced by freshman Reggie JeanCharles at 99.7 yards per game, which ranks third in the conference. JeanCharles is averaging 4.5 yards per carry and has scored a pair of touchdowns. Senior quarterback Justin Davidov has accounted for 173 yards and a pair of scores on the ground, while racking up 600 yards and three touchdowns through the air. Despite missing the last game, senior Ty Abdul-Karim (Washington, D.C./Woodberry Forest (Va.)) leads the team in receptions (7) and receiving yards (152), while averaging 21.7 yards per catch. Gettysburg's offensive line led by junior left tackle Chris Chick (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) has allowed just four sacks this season.
 
GETTYSBURG DEFENSE
The Bullets piled up a season-high eight sacks and 10 tackles for a loss against Dickinson. Junior linebacker Logan Aikey leads the team with seven tackles for a loss and 3.5 sacks this fall, while classmate Matt Graziano (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley) owns three sacks. The secondary has logged six pass break-ups in each of the last two outings and freshman Thomeir Richardson (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Central) leads the way with four this fall. Junior Mike McKnight (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin) leads the team with 29 tackles and has broken up three passes.
 
GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS
Sophomore Justin Geisel (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School) has hit a pair of field goals this season, including a career-long 39-yarder against Bridgewater. He is also averaging 58.6 yards on kickoffs. Sophomore Evan Tannenbaum (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) is averaging 34.1 yards per punt and has placed five punts inside the opponent's 20-yardline. Freshman Thomeir Richardson has averaged 20.8 yards per kickoff return with a long of 34 yards.
 
BLOCKED KICKS
Gettysburg swatted a pair of kick attempts in the season opener. Senior Dakota Brovero (Monroeville, N.J./Delsea) blocked an extra point and classmate Andrew Major (St. Davids, Pa./Radnor) denied a 30-yard field goal. It was Major's third career blocked kick and first since his freshman season. It was also the first time Gettysburg managed two blocked kicks in the same game since beating Misericordia in 2013.
 
ROOKIE RUSHER
With 170 rushing yards against Ursinus, freshman Reggie JeanCharles posted the best rushing day by a first-year tailback since Tom Sturges '08 went for 180 against Ursinus on Oct. 23, 2004. The most rushing yards in a game by a Gettysburg freshman was 242 by Paul Smith '00 against Swarthmore in 1996. Smith also holds the program record for rushing yards by a freshman with 888 in 1996. Smith and JeanCharles are both graduates of the same high school – Holy Spirit – in Absecon, N.J.
 
IN THE ARMY NOW
Six members of the Gettysburg community took the Oath of Enlistment into the Army prior to Saturday's game, including sophomore football player Tyrus Legenski (Glendora, N.J./Triton Regional). All of the cadets received full tuition and fee scholarships for college valued between $100,000-200,000.