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TCNJ vs. Muhlenberg Game Box Score

                               Box Score (Final)
          #19 Muhlenberg College vs TCNJ Lions (9/02/05 at Ewing, NJ)
Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Muhlenberg College..  3 13  7  7  - 30       Record: (1-0)
TCNJ Lions..........  6  0  7  0  - 13       Record: (0-1)

Scoring Summary:
1st 11:40 TCNJ - Cory Schoonover 38 yd blocked punt return (Blake Abbot kick failed), , MUHL 0 - TCNJ 6
    03:57 MUHL - Jordon Grube 24 yd field goal, 8-23 3:30, MUHL 3 - TCNJ 6
2nd 11:18 MUHL - Derek DiMattina 1 yd pass from Ross Tanner (Jordon Grube kick), 9-60 4:56, MUHL 10 - TCNJ 6
    01:50 MUHL - Jordon Grube 36 yd field goal, 11-61 4:34, MUHL 13 - TCNJ 6
    00:00 MUHL - Jordon Grube 25 yd field goal, 5-0 0:36, MUHL 16 - TCNJ 6
3rd 08:34 MUHL - Kyle Douglass 5 yd pass from Matt Johnson (Jordon Grube kick), 9-49 5:31, MUHL 23 - TCNJ 6
    00:19 TCNJ - Sean Farrelly 4 yd pass from Jeff Struble (Blake Abbot kick), 2-3 0:45, MUHL 23 - TCNJ 13
4th 12:54 MUHL - Ross Tanner 32 yd pass from Tom Kelleher (Jordon Grube kick), 4-35 1:40, MUHL 30 - TCNJ 13


                                   MUHL     TCNJ
FIRST DOWNS...................       15        4
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   44-103   22--24
PASSING YDS (NET).............      233       97
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  38-19-2  23-11-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   82-336    45-73
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      1-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     3-43     2-52
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     3-69     5-95
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-0     2-14
Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-26.0   7-31.1
Fumbles-Lost..................      2-1      7-5
Penalties-Yards...............     7-65     3-19
Possession Time...............    40:41    19:19
Third-Down Conversions........  7 of 20  1 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   4 of 6   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      4-4      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     5-38     5-25

RUSHING: Muhlenberg College-Kyle Douglass 3-48; Matt Johnson 10-41;
Ross Tanner 18-35; John DeLuca 6-9; Keith Shalvoy 2-2; Tom Kelleher 2-minus
12; TEAM 3-minus 20. TCNJ Lions-Cory Schoonover 8-14; Sean Farrelly 1-3;
Chris Bell 1-0; Leeaire Brown 3-minus 4; Jeff Struble 9-minus 37.

PASSING: Muhlenberg College-Tom Kelleher 9-19-2-144; Matt Johnson
9-17-0-88; Chris Poehls 0-1-0-0; Ross Tanner 1-1-0-1. TCNJ Lions-Jeff
Struble 11-22-1-97; Chris Bell 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Muhlenberg College-Kyle Douglass 4-31; S. Montalto 3-36;
Derek DiMattina 3-36; Keith Shalvoy 3-24; Ross Tanner 2-56; Chris Giannini
2-31; Chris Poehls 1-11; John DeLuca 1-8. TCNJ Lions-Cory Schoonover 4-38;
Leeaire Brown 2-21; Ryan Ross 2-7; Chris Opdyke 1-23; Sean Farrelly 1-4;
Alan Kotteles 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Muhlenberg College-Phil Gasker 1-0. TCNJ Lions-Mike
Ferris 1-9; Derek Tranchina 1-5.

FUMBLES: Muhlenberg College-Ross Tanner 1-0; Mike McCurley 1-1. TCNJ
Lions-Jeff Struble 3-3; Leeaire Brown 1-1; Alan Kotteles 1-0; Cory
Schoonover 1-1; Ryan Ross 1-0.

Stadium: Lions' Stadium        Attendance: 2748
Kickoff time: 7:00 PM   End of Game: 9:48      Total elapsed time: 2:48
Officials: Referee: ROB FINNECY; Umpire: JAMES DECARLO; Linesman: ROBERT SHOBER;
Line judge: JOHN WILSON; Back judge: FRANK BURRIDGE; Field judge: MATTHEW CONRAD;
Side judge: DWAYNE MIHALOW; Scorer: ANN KING;
Temperature: 80        Wind:           Weather: CLEAR

Muhlenberg wins the first ever meeting of these two teams.

SACKS (UA-A): Muhlenberg College-Dan McCall 2-1; Joseph Carr 0-1;
Dustin Good 0-1; Will Corbin 0-1; Chris Musselman 1-0. TCNJ Lions-Derek
Tranchina 1-1; Travis Boff 0-1; Terence Nish 1-0; Robert Keyes 0-1; Gary
Bach 0-1; Joseph King 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Muhlenberg College-Dan McCall 6-2; Phil Gasker 4-3;
Dustin Good 3-1; Joel Haddock 3-0; Alex Miller 2-1; Chris Musselman 2-1;
Mike McCurley 2-0; Bryan Spencer 2-0; James Crowley 1-1; Tom Tarsitano 1-1;
Jeff Morrow 1-1; Will Corbin 0-2; TEAM 1-0; Justin Adair 1-0; Mark Bennett
1-0; Tom Wargacki 0-1; Joseph Carr 0-1; Michael Nolan 0-1. TCNJ Lions-Travis
Boff 5-13; Terence Nish 3-6; Robert Keyes 2-6; Andrew Larkin 4-2; Mike
Ferris 1-5; N. Steffner 0-6; Derek Tranchina 2-3; Joseph King 3-1; Gary Bach
2-2; Miles Shanklin 0-4; Daniel Rella 3-0; Matt Andzell 2-1; Dan Jacoby 0-3;
Dennis Morrone 1-1; Dylan Leith 1-0; A.J. Boury 1-0; Cory Schoonover 1-0;
Mike Skomba 1-0; Blake Abbot 1-0; F. Schultheis 1-0; James Corey 0-1;
Charles Bachi 0-1; Ernie Covington 0-1.

Game Starters:
Muhlenberg College

POS  ## OFFENSE
WR   81 Kyle Douglass
LT   72 Tim Opiel
LG   60 Bryan Spencer
C    55 Carl Slabicki
RG   65 Matthew Sallese
RT   63 Andy Wilkins
TE   89 Derek DiMattina
WR   2  Chris Giannini
QB   8  Tom Kelleher
FB   43 Keith Shalvoy
RB   22 Ross Tanner

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   73 Will Corbin
DT   98 Tom Wargacki
DE   97 Chris Musselman
LB   1  Dan McCall
LB   49 Mark Bennett
LB   29 Kevin Graham
LB   34 Dustin Good
CB   9  Justin Adair
FS   40 Alex Miller
R    18 Phil Gasker
CB   5  Mike McCurley

TCNJ Lions

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   3  Jeff Struble
RB   1  Leeaire Brown
RB   21 Cory Schoonover
TE   88 Chris Opdyke
WR   81 Alan Kotteles
WR   19 Ryan Ross
LT   70 Ramie Roye
LG   74 Michael McKeen
C    51 Kevin Pfluge
RG   77 Miles Magee
RT   79 Michael Melkin

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   50 Matt Andzell
DT   67 Robert Keyes
DT   54 Gary Bach
DE   71 Joseph King
OLB  10 N. Steffner
MLB  41 Travis Boff
OLB  37 Terence Nish
CB   8  Andrew Larkin
S    25 Derek Tranchina
S    12 Miles Shanklin
CB   31 Sullivan Parker

Player participation:

Muhlenberg College: 3-A. Williams, 4-Chris Poehls, 6-Matt Johnson, 14-Mike Karchner, 15-Ryan Sassaman, 20-Jeff Morrow,
23-James Crowley, 24-G. O'Callaghan, 28-K. Ciccarello, 30-Matt Loesch, 32-John DeLuca, 33-Joel Haddock, 37-Bill Hackett,
39-Joseph Carr, 44-Tom Tarsitano, 45-Jordon Grube, 46-Edward DeRisi, 47-Ryan Merrill, 48-Brandon Doyle, 58-John Holenda,
64-Michael Nolan, 69-Michael Tanzi, 70-Patrick Calves, 76-Dan Klinger, 79-Jim McElvaney, 85-Jon Hartman, 87-S. Montalto,
96-Kris Denboske.

TCNJ Lions: 4-Mike Ferris, 6-Justin Laurence, 9-Dylan Leith, 11-Dennis Morrone, 14-Blake Abbot, 15-Keith Lippai, 16-Chris Bell,
28-Dan Dornacker, 29-A.J. Boury, 32-Ernie Covington, 35-Dan Goeller, 36-Sean Farrelly, 42-F. Schultheis, 43-Charles Bachi,
44-Daniel Rella, 47-Doug Mattia, 53-Scott Fusco, 56-Greg Piatek, 57-James Corey, 58-Howard Boyer, 63-Mike Skomba, 73-D. Register,
90-Dan Jacoby.

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