THE FACTS
Moravian (1-1, 1-0 CC) 43, Gettysburg (0-2, 0-1 CC) 28
What: Centennial Conference (CC) football game
When: Saturday, Sept. 10
Where: Bethlehem, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Moravian scored the first 27 points of the game en route to a 43-28 win over Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams.
THE LEADERS
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Chris Lessel (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) led the Bullets with nine tackles but added a 93-yard fumble return for a touchdown and the team's first score of the day.
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Rocco Abdinoor (Edgewood, Md./St. Mary's Annapolis) went 13-for-14 off the bench for 203 yards and two scores in his first collegiate action.
FOR THE FOES
• Jared Jenkins threw for 321 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Greyhounds. He also ran for 43 and another score.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Moravian took the game's opening possession 85 yards in 11 plays before Jared Jenkins hit Jordan Lewis for a 21-yard touchdown with 10:21 to play in the opening quarter.
• Just over five minutes later, Jenkins found a Tim Garlick for a 40-yard score before hitting Brad Bryan on a 77-yard touchdown strike for a 21-0 lead with 2:23 remaining.
• After a blocked punt set up the offense inside the Gettysburg 5, a Brad Bryan four-yard touchdown catch made it 27-0 before a botched snap kept it a 27-point game with 11:27 to play in the second quarter.
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Chris Lessel scooped up a fumble and raced 93 yards down the near sideline to make it a 27-7 game with 5:59 to play in the opening half but Jenkins pushed the lead back to 27 with a seven-yard run in the final 10 seconds of the stanza.
• Lining up in the wildcat,
Aidan Feulner (Cresskill, N.J./Cresskill) put the cap on a 10-play drive with a two-yard rush to make it 34-14 with 6:12 to play in the third quarter.
• After a Sam Bingaman 36-yard field goal,
Rocco Abdinoor hit
Peter Schelling (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) for an eight-yard at the end of a seven-play, 66-yard drive that took just over two minutes off the clock and closed the score to 37-20 early in the fourth quarter.
• Nate Boyle, who ran for 165 yards on 34 carries, finally found the end zone with 6:59 to play on a drive that consumed nearly seven minutes and put the game out of reach.
• Abdinoor did find
Jake Frisco (Falls, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) in the front of the end zone for the final margin with four seconds to play.
THE INSIDE STORY
• The
Chris Lessel fumble return was the first Bullets fumble recovery returned for a touchdown since 2010.
• Robbo Abdinoor had Gettysburg's first 200-yard passing day in nearly a year in a half of action.
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Peter Schelling and
Jake Frisco both scored their first touchdowns.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Dickinson in the battle for the Little Brown Bucket on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
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