Ursinus stuns No. 8 Muhlenberg on day of milestones

Most of the Ursinus College football team wasn’t even born the last time the Bears won at Muhlenberg’s Scotty Wood Stadium. Head coach Peter Gallagher, the longest tenured boss in the Centennial Conference, had not even arrived in Collegeville.

Needless to say, no one associated with the program will forget this one for a long time.

Samuel Ragland scored three rushing touchdowns to become the program’s all-time leader, Aaron Anderson came up with two game-changing interceptions, and the Bears stunned No. 8 Muhlenberg in a 42-35 Centennial Conference thriller for the team’s first victory in Allentown since 1999 and first over a top-10 opponent in school history.

The Mules (2-1, 1-1) came in with a sterling reputation - reigning Centennial Conference champions, NCAA semifinalists in 2019, and winners of 14 consecutive regular-season home games. That all changed on a muggy Saturday in the Lehigh Valley as the Bears, hobbled after a 49-21 defeat at Johns Hopkins the week prior, became the talk of Division

III football with a famous victory to rival their shocking upset of the Blue Jays in 2017.

Ragland finished with 104 yards on 25 carries, moving into fourth on the all-time yardage chart with 2,338 for his career.

Psenicska spread the ball around, going 16-for-28 for 246 yards and two touchdowns and completing passes to eight different receivers.

The Bears were a remarkable 10-of-16 on third down en route to posting the highest point total by a Muhlenberg opponent since 2015.

With Anderson holding down the backfield, Belville went to work up front with two more sacks to run his team-leading total to four. He also tallied three tackles for loss.

The Bears return to Patterson Field next Saturday for a Family Day showdown with Franklin & Marshall.