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Football box vs. Cortland State


                               Box Score (Final)
                  Cortland vs TCNJ (Sep 10, 2005 at Ewing, NJ)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Cortland............ 13  7  3  7  - 30       Record: (2-0,1-0)
TCNJ................  7  0  7  0  - 14       Record: (0-2,0-1)

Scoring Summary:
1st 12:34 CORTLAND - Alex Smith 9 yd run (Derek Ziders kick blockd), 2-9 0:47, CORTLAND 6 - TCNJ 0
    09:00 CORTLAND - Matt Rickert 34 yd pass from Alex Smith (Derek Ziders kick), 5-50 1:27, CORTLAND 13 - TCNJ 0
    02:27 TCNJ - N. Steffner 2 yd fumble recovery (Blake Abbot kick), , CORTLAND 13 - TCNJ 7
2nd 12:44 CORTLAND - Anthony Morat 19 yd pass from Alex Smith (Derek Ziders kick), 1-19 0:07, CORTLAND 20 - TCNJ 7
3rd 13:12 TCNJ - Alan Kotteles 39 yd pass from Chris Bell (Blake Abbot kick), 1-39 0:07, CORTLAND 20 - TCNJ 14
    07:22 CORTLAND - Derek Ziders 33 yd field goal, 4-7 1:09, CORTLAND 23 - TCNJ 14
4th 0:47 CORTLAND - Dustin Bowser 24 yd run (Derek Ziders kick), 3-32 1:11, CS 30-TCNJ 14


                               CORTLAND     TCNJ
FIRST DOWNS...................       14        9
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   46-156    31-49
PASSING YDS (NET).............      134      146
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  28-13-1  31-11-3
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   74-290   62-195
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      1-2
Punt Returns-Yards............     9-88      2-8
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     2-43     5-97
Interception Returns-Yards....     3-73     1-50
Punts (Number-Avg)............  10-37.0  10-37.6
Fumbles-Lost..................      4-1      2-1
Penalties-Yards...............     9-70     3-16
Possession Time...............    35:01    24:59
Third-Down Conversions........  6 of 19  1 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-4      0-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     4-24     2-19

RUSHING: Cortland-Dustin Bowser 16-84; Matt Rickert 22-83; Zak Carter
1-2; Alex Smith 7-minus 13. TCNJ-Cory Schoonover 6-19; Leeaire Brown 7-14; Dan Dornacker 3-10; Sean Farrelly 3-6; Chris Bell 3-3; Jeff Struble 8-2; Ramie Roye 1-minus 5.

PASSING: Cortland-Alex Smith 13-28-1-134. TCNJ-Chris Bell 9-25-2-137;
Jeff Struble 2-6-1-9.

RECEIVING: Cortland-Anthony Morat 4-40; Paul Caughell 3-32; Zak
Carter 3-10; Matt Rickert 1-34; Drew Lascari 1-11; Mike Sveda 1-7. TCNJ-Alan Kotteles 4-63; Cory Schoonover 4-56; Leeaire Brown 2-14; Ryan Ross 1-13.

INTERCEPTIONS: Cortland-Josh Jablonski 1-30; Stef Sair 1-43; Jeff
Beck 1-0. TCNJ-Andrew Larkin 1-50.

FUMBLES: Cortland-Alex Smith 2-0; Jeff Beck 1-0; Matt Rickert 1-1.
TCNJ-Jeff Struble 1-1; Leeaire Brown 1-0.

Stadium: Lions' Stadium        Attendance: 928
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm   End of Game: 3:55 pm   Total elapsed time: 2:55
Officials: Referee: Donald King; Umpire: Michael Byrne; Linesman: Jon Stabile; Line judge: Robert Hefferon; Back judge: Steve Ratliff; Field judge: Daniel Aminoff; Side judge: John O'Brien; Scorer: Ann King;
Temperature: 80        Wind: light     Weather: Clear, warm

Cortland's first 2-0 start since 1997, the team's first
win over since TCNJ since 2000 and first Red Dragon win ever
in Lions' Stadium. TCNJ's first 0-2 start since the 1992
season.


                  Cortland vs TCNJ (Sep 10, 2005 at Ewing, NJ)

SACKS (UA-A): Cortland-Adam Haas 3-0; Rich DeJesus 1-0. TCNJ-N.
Steffner 1-0; Joseph King 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Cortland-Bill Hauser 7-2; Adam Haas 7-1; Matt
Montpetit 6-1; Dave D'Aurelio 2-2; Chuck Eich 3-0; Greg Steward 2-1; Jeff Beck 2-0; Rich Coyne 2-0; Vinny Aiello 2-0; MichaelConnolly 1-1; Josh Jablonski 1-1; Rich DeJesus 1-1; Jesse Couillou 1-1; Stef Sair 1-1; Mark Schaller 1-0; Adam McPartland 1-0; Alex Smith 1-0. TCNJ-N. Steffner 6-5; Miles Shanklin 4-5; Terence Nish 3-6; Mike Ferris 2-6; Jeff Bower 4-2; Eon Ross 3-3; Derek Tranchina 2-3; Joseph King 2-2; Dan Jacoby 1-3; Daniel Rella 3-0; Sullivan Parker 2-1; Dan Goeller 0-3; Matt Andzell 2-0; Andrew Larkin 1-1; Robert Keyes 1-1; Greg Piatek 1-0; Michael McKeen 1-0; Blake Abbot 1-0; Chris Bell 1-0; Cory Schoonover 1-0; TEAM 1-0; Justin Laurence 0-1; A. Oliszewski 0-1; A.J. Boury 0-1.

Game Starters:
Cortland

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   15 Alex Smith
TB   20 Matt Rickert
FB   35 Mike Sveda
WR   4  Anthony Morat
WR   2  Drew Lascari
TE   89 Paul Caughell
OT   55 Matt Ciquera
OG   75 BobbyDeThomasis
C    65 Dan DiFalco
OG   71 EricJendryaszek
OT   79 David Holleran

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   8  Rich Coyne
DT   96 Adam Haas
DT   95 MichaelConnolly
DE   14 Eric Czachor
LB   36 Bill Hauser
LB   37 Matt Montpetit
LB   21 Josh Jablonski
CB   18 Greg Steward
S    7  Stef Sair
S    11 Chuck Eich
CB   31 Jeff Beck

TCNJ

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  55 Eon Ross
OLB  37 Terence Nish
DB   9  Dylan Leith
DB   25 Derek Tranchina
DB   12 Miles Shanklin
DB   31 Sullivan Parker


Player participation:

Cortland: 1-Stan Cadet, 3-Dave D'Aurelio, 5-Dan Yaeger, 9-Derek Ziders, 12-Keith Greene, 16-Zak Carter, 17-Jimmy Cunneen,
22-Ricky Case, 25-Dustin Bowser, 28-Ryan Hondorf, 32-Vinny Aiello, 33-Mike Emard, 34-Mark Schaller, 39-C.J. Rodriguez,
40-Rich DeJesus, 44-Jesse Couillou, 45-Adam McPartland, 47-ChrisGagstetter, 52-Josh Armsden, 56-Charles Johnson,
57-Steve Longinott, 80-Ross Garner, 81-Mike Drasba, 85-Mike Lane, 88-Ryan Galvin, 93-Brad Robison.

TCNJ: 4-Mike Ferris, 6-Justin Laurence, 8-Andrew Larkin, 11-Dennis Morrone, 14-Blake Abbot, 16-Chris Bell, 20-Jeff Bower,
27-Todd Mayes, 28-Dan Dornacker, 29-A.J. Boury, 32-Ernie Covington, 35-Dan Goeller, 36-Sean Farrelly, 40-Larry Kelliher,
42-F. Schultheis, 43-Charles Bachi, 44-Daniel Rella, 45-A. Oliszewski, 47-Doug Mattia, 53-Scott Fusco, 56-Greg Piatek,
58-Howard Boyer, 90-Dan Jacoby.

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