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2008 GETTYSBURG FOOTBALL Sports Information Director ................................. Braden Snyder Offi ce Phone .....................(717) 337-6527 Cell ..................................(717) 752-0705 Email.................. [email protected] Asst. Director ........................... Corey Jewart Offi ce Phone .....................(717) 337-6323 Cell ..................................(717) 752-0060 [email protected] Administrative Asst. ....................Jan Sharrah Offi ce Phone .....................(717) 337-6526 Offi ce Fax .............................(717) 337-6528 Football Game Notes Website .............. www.GettysburgSports.com • 2008 Results • TODAY’S DETAILS... (3-5, 3-3 Centennial Conf.) Sept. 6 at Lebanon Valley ........L, 13-19 Sept. 13 Hampden-Sydney ...L, 40-45 GETTYSBURG (3-5, 3-3 CC) Sept. 20 Johns Hopkins*# ...L, 37-49 Sept. 27 at Muhlenberg* ...........L, 21-42 VS. MCDANIEL (2-6, 1-5 CC) Oct. 4 Ursinus* ................. W, 38-7 Oct. 11 Moravian* ............ W, 48-41 Kickoff: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 • 1 p.m. • Scott S. Bair Stadium • Westminster, Md. The MC Series: Gettysburg leads, 44-16-1 Oct. 18 at Juniata* .................W, 24-20 The Last Meeting: Nov. 3, 2008 Oct. 25 at Dickinson* ..............L, 16-29 Last MC Win: Oct. 7, 2006 (at McDaniel 17, Gettysburg 14) Nov. 8 at McDaniel* ..................1 p.m. Last GC Win: Nov. 3, 2008 (at Gettysburg 38, McDaniel 14) Nov. 15 Franklin & Marshall* 1 p.m. Series Streak: Gettysburg - 1 Live Audio: http://www.mcdaniel.edu/athletics/pages/gtlive.shtm (WTTR AM 1470) Home games in bold Live Stats: http://www.mcdaniel.edu/athletics/stats/live/fb/xlive.htm * Centennial Conference game # Homecoming GAME NOTES . HEAD COACHES THE GAME A fully-rested Gettysburg College football team will fi nish up its four-week, three- Gettysburg game road trip on Saturday when it visits McDaniel College during the Green Terror’s Barry Streeter (Lebanon Valley ‘71) homecoming weekend. The Bullets, who were idle last week, will take on McDaniel in Career Record ...........150-147-5/30th Year their fi rst game back from their bye week for the sixth year in a row. They have gone Record at Gettysburg ... 150-147-5/30th Year 3-2 over that stretch. vs. McDaniel ...................................18-11 SERIES NOTES McDaniel Gettysburg leads McDaniel 44-16-1 in the all-time series that dates back to 1891. The Tim Keating (Bethany ’75) two teams have swapped victories every year since 2003 and the home team has won Career Record ...............98-63-3/16th Year the last six meetings. Record at McDaniel ...........124-86-3/21st Year vs. Gettysburg ....................................9-6 LAST TIME OUT Dickinson outscored the Bullets 29-3 through the fi rst 57 and a half minutes and the MCDANIEL RESULTS Red Devils earned a 29-16 Centennial Conference victory two weeks ago in the rain at Biddle Field. In a game that featured a combined seven turnovers, Dickinson (4-3, 3-2 (2-6, 1-5 Centennial Conf.) CC) snapped Gettysburg’s three-game winning streak and claimed the Little Brown Sept. 6 at St. Vincent .................W, 38-7 Bucket for the third year in a row. Sophomore tailback Jamel Mutunga rushed for Sept. 13 Moravian* ..................L, 3-42 117 yards on 23 carries to lead the Bullets while junior quarterback Matt Flynn broke Sept. 20 at Catholic ......................L, 7-31 the school record for career touchdown passes with his 15-yard strike to sophomore Sept. 27 Dickinson* .............. W, 20-13 Brian Betley with 2:23 left. Oct. 4 at Juniata* ....................L, 10-12 Oct. 18 Muhlenberg* ..............L, 6-49 Franklin & Marshall jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead, and it held up as the fi nal score Oct. 25 at Ursinus* .....................L, 7-26 as McDaniel dropped a Centennial Conference decision in Lancaster. The Diplomats outgained the Green Terror by a 335-201 margin and held the visitors to 23 net yards Nov. 1 at Franklin & Marshall* ....L, 0-20 rushing. Freshman Thomas Massucci completed 14 of 33 passes for 144 yards in his Nov. 8 Gettysburg* ................1 p.m. fi rst signifi cant action of the season for McDaniel while Matt Cahill caught four passes Nov. 15 at Johns Hopkins* ............1 p.m. for 82 yards. * Centennial Conference game 2008 Gettysburg Football GETTYSBURG IN THE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE 150 AND COUNTING With his team’s victory over Juniata on Oct. 18, Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter RANKINGS - TEAM picked up his 150th career victory. Streeter, who becomes the 32nd Division III football Total Offense ..............................................1st (436.4) coach to reach the plateau, currently ranks 11th among active Division III coaches in Pass Offense ............................................... 1st (253.8) Rushing TDs .................................................T-1st (18) victories. The following are Streeter’s milestone wins: First Downs ..................................................2nd (172) Scoring Offense ...........................................2nd (29.6) 1. Sept. 16, 1978 - 17-16 at Lebanon Valley 3rd Down Conv. ........................................2nd (42.7%) 25. Oct. 9, 1982 - 17-10 vs. Widener 4th Down Conv. ........................................2nd (47.6%) Pass Comp. % .............................................2nd (58.5) 50. Oct. 12, 1985 - 23-2 at Merchant Marine Pass Effi ciency ...........................................2nd (135.2) 75. Sept. 16, 1989 - 62-20 vs. Western Maryland Passing TDs .................................................T-3rd (11) 100. Nov. 12, 1994 - 52-20 vs. Franklin & Marshall Rushing Offense .........................................4th (182.7) PAT Kicking ................................................4th (87.1%) 105. Oct. 21, 1995 - 28-16 vs. Muhlenberg* Sacks By......................................................... 5th (16) 125. Sept. 28, 2002 - 45-10 vs. Averett Time of Possession......................................5th (29:30) 150. Oct. 18, 2008 - 24-20 at Juniata Red Zone Offense ..................................... 5th (69.4%) Sacks Against .............................................. T-5th (12) * Set school record with 105th coaching victory Fumbles Recovered ........................................T-5th (8) Kickoff Coverage ...........................................7th (34.5) Streeter, now in his 30th season at Gettysburg, is the program’s all-time wins leader, Kick Return Avg ............................................6th (19.3) owning a career record of 150-147-5. He also holds the Centennial Conference record Penalties................................................ 6th (49.2 ypg) Rushing Defense .........................................7th (161.5) for coaching victories with a career mark of 83-84-3. Net Punting ..................................................8th (28.6) Punt Return Avg .............................................8th (7.4) COMEBACK KIDS Pass Defense ..............................................8th (236.8) Field Goals ........................................................ 8th (4) The Bullets used their second fourth-quarter comeback in as many weeks to pick up Interceptions .................................................... 9th (5) their third straight victory over Juniata on Oct. 18. Gettysburg trailed 14-7 against the Turnover Margin............................................... 9th (-7) Eagles with less than eight minutes left before reeling off 17 unanswered points. The Red Zone Defense .........................................9th (83.3) Scoring Defense ............................................9th (31.5) week before, the Bullets trailed Moravian 38-34 at the start of the fourth quarter before Total Defense..............................................9th (398.2) pulling away with a 14-0 run. GETTYSBURG IN THE CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE RECORD SETTER RANKINGS - INDIVIDUAL Junior quarterback Matt Flynn has broken a pair of all-time school records this season and is on the verge of setting two more. He has established Gettysburg records for ca- Passing .....................Matt Flynn ................ 1st (244.8) Total Offense ............Matt Flynn ................ 1st (270.5) reer touchdown passes (34) and total offense (5,774) and needs just 98 passing yards Sacks/G .................. Josh Jerrold .............. 1st (1.06) to break Dennis Flaherty’s ’01 career mark of 5,136. He is also 25 completions shy Tackles for Loss/G ........Josh Jerrold ................1st (1.44) of Flaherty’s school record of 386. Fumbles Rec/G .. Sebastian Sullivan ...........1st (0.38) Fumb. Forced/G ...... Josh Jerrold ...............2nd (0.50) Pass Effi ciency ..........Matt Flynn ............... 2nd (131.8) HITTING THE CENTURY MARK Kick Ret Avg ......... Charles Curcio ..............4th (22.9) Senior kicker Josh Huson booted his 100th career extra point in Gettysburg’s win over All Purp Yds/G ....... Charles Curcio .........T-4th (151.2) Rec/G ....................Ricky Manigat ...............5th (3.88) Moravian on Oct. 11, becoming just the second player in school history to reach the Rec Yds/G ............ Gavin Jablonski .............6th (51.5) milestone. Huson, who now has 109 PATs, trails only Jim Flynn ’86, who kicked 124 Rushing Yds/G ......Jamel Mutunga ..............6th (72.1) from 1982-85. Rec/G ................... Charles Curcio ..............7th (3.50) Rec Yds/G ............... Brian Betley ................7th (45.4) PASTORE NAMED SEMIFINALIST Rec/G .................. Gavin Jablonski .............8th (3.38) MATCHUP BY THE