THE FACTS
Gettysburg (1-3, 1-2 CC) 40, Juniata (0-4, 0-3 CC) 14
What: Centennial Conference (CC) football game
When: Saturday, Sept. 24
Where: Huntingdon, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg racked up 530 yards of total offense, including 323 on the ground, to topple Juniata, 40-14.
THE LEADERS
•
Peter Schelling (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) led the Bullets with his first career 100-yard rushing day, ripping off 129 yards on just nine carries with two touchdowns. He added a 48-yard reception.
•
Tommy Megna (Katonah, N.Y./John Jay) led the defense with eight tackles and his first interception of the season, which he returned for the final touchdown of the day.
FOR THE FOES
• Noah Wright completed 23 of 42 passes for 315 yards and two touchdowns.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After forcing a three-and-out by Juniata on the opening possession, Gettysburg took its first drive 62 yards in nine plays and grabbed an early 6-0 lead.
Rocco Abdinoor (Edgewood, Md./St. Mary's Annapolis) hit back-to-back big pass plays to
Ryan Furey (Belle Meade, N.J./Montgomery) and
Aidan Feulner (Cresskill, N.J./Cresskill) to move into the red zone. Three plays later, Abdinoor connected with
Sebastian Gibbs (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) on a swing pass for a seven-yard score with 8:41 to play. The ensuing PAT bounced off the upright.
• Taking over at their own 45 with 1:56 to play in the first quarter, the first play of the drive was an incomplete pass before
Peter Schelling broke off a career-long 55 run for his first collegiate rushing score.
• Juniata got on the board with a 30-yard Noah Wright to Julian Jackson touchdown, capping a 12-play, 97-yard drive to make it a 13-7 game with 1:38 to play.
• The Bullets took the ensuing drive to the 10-yard line but a missed field goal kept it a one-score game at the intermission. However, Gettysburg received the second-half kickoff and took the ensuing drive 77 yards in 10 plays before Abdinoor took the final eight himself for a 19-7 lead with 9:43 remaining.
• A Schelling 29-yard run in the final 34 seconds of the quarter pushed the lead to 26-7 before
Nick Riggio (Verona, N.J./Verona) added a four-yard touchdown scamper to cap a 10-play, 70-yard drive and make it 33-7 with 9:49 to play.
• A Cameron Fabian 15-yard touchdown reception made it 33-14 just 93 seconds later.
•
Tommy Megna sealed the victory with a 99-yard interception return down the near sideline for a touchdown with 2:14 to play.
THE INSIDE STORY
•
Tommy Megna's 99-yard interception was the first returned for a touchdown since 2014 and the longest in program history.
• The 530 yards of total offense and 323 rushing yards were the most for the Bullets since 2016.
•
Rocco Abdinoor threw for 207 yards for his second 200-yard passing game of his young career. He also ran for 82 yards on 12 carries.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
