THE FACTS
Franklin & Marshall (6-4, 5-4 CC) 31, Gettysburg (1-9, 1-8 CC) 14
What: Centennial Conference (CC) football game
When: Saturday, Nov. 12
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Franklin & Marshall scored two touchdowns in the first 5:07 of the fourth quarter to turn a 10-point game into a 31-7 lead en route to a 31-14 win over Gettysburg.
THE LEADERS
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Teddy Girton (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) led the Bullets with three catches for 79 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown.
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Josh Williams (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) paced the defense with eight tackles and two pass breakups.
FOR THE FOES
• Aaron Rascoe led the Diplomats with 19 rushes for 93 yards and three touchdowns.
• Gary Lewis had six grabs for 100 yards.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After a trade of punts in the first six minutes of the game, Franklin & Marshall took over at its own 34 with 8:55 to play. A 42-yard Ty Tremba-to-Gary Lewis pass keyed an eight-play drive, setting up first-and-goal at the Gettysburg 3. The Bullet defense held the Diplomats to a 19-yard Laurence Miller field goal with 5:36 on the clock.
• Another eight-play drive that spanned the first and second quarter covered 76 yards in 4:11, ending with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Will Higson for a 10-0 lead just 2:10 into the second period.
• A strip sack set up the Gettysburg offense at the Diplomat 28 with 5:52 remaining in the second quarter but the offense could net just six yards on three play and the 39-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right. Franklin & Marshall needed seven plays to move 78 yards and go up 17-0. Lewis started the drive with a 29-yard catch then Aaron Roscoe finished it with a six-yard run up the middle with 1:52 on the clock.
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Rocco Abdinoor (Edgewater, Md./St. Mary's Annapolis) was able to respond, however, engineering a scoring drive before the break. Facing third-and-17 from his own 42, Abdinoor was forced to scramble to the right before finding a wide-open
Teddy Girton at the F&M 25. The senior wide receiver took it the rest of the way untouched for the 58-yard score, cutting the deficit to 17-7 at the break.
• Neither team moved the ball inside the opponents' 40 in the fourth quarter before Diplomats were driving at the end of the quarter. Two plays into the fourth quarter, Roscoe took it the final 12 yards of a 10-play, 76-yard march for a 24-7 advantage.
• Franklin & Marshall added a six-play, 60-yard drive on its next possession that ended with Roscoe's third score of the day and a 31-7 lead.
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Nick Riggio (Verona, N.J./Verona) capped a 10-play, 63-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown run to set the final margin with 3:32 to play.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Franklin & Marshall finished with a 386-255 advantage in total offense.
• The Bullets were penalized 19 times for 156 yards while the Diplomats were flagged just six times for 47 yards.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg opens the 2023 season at home against Juniata.
