Win keeps Muhlenberg perfect at home
Muhlenberg remained perfect at home this season, rolling to a comfortable 49-0 thrashing of Gettysburg on Saturday at Scotty Wood Stadium.
The Mules improved to 8-1 overall behind an impressive showing from QB Michael Hnatkowsky, who threw for 205 yards and four touchdowns on 21 for 28 passing.
James Diggs ran for 77 yards and two scores on 10 carries, while Mark Riggio added 53 yards on the ground on 16 attempts.
Ryan Curtiss hauled in six passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns, while Max Kirin caught five passes for 57 yards and a touchdown for Muhlenberg, which rebounded nicely after suffering its first loss of the season last week against Johns Hopkins.
Chris Hillburn contributed a 3-yard touchdown catch in the victory.
Gettysburg managed just 128 yards of offense in defeat.
Diggs ran for scores in each of the first two quarters, while Kirin hauled in a 25-yard touchdown toss from Hnatkowsky and Hillburn caught his touchdown with 25 seconds left in the opening half as the Mules led, 28-0 at intermission and coasted the rest of the way. at Biemesderfer Stadium in Lancaster County behind outstanding performances from several key players.
Eric Nickel account for 323 yards of offense throwing for 182 yards and four touchdowns on 19 of 31 passing, while also rushing for 144 yards and a score on 17 carries.
Craig Reynolds ran for 78 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries, while Amadou Barry, Troy Brown Jr., Jack Pilkerton and Diego Torres all hauled in touchdown passes from Nickel for the Golden Bears, who improved to 8-1 and 5-0 on the road this season.
Kutztown trailed, 10-7, after the first quarter, but ripped off 27 points in the second frame to seize control of the game.
Majid Abdur-Rahman returned a punt 25 yards to paydirt to put the visitors ahead for good, 14-10, and Nickel and Reynolds ran for touchdowns to expand the lead to 28-10 with 4:20 left in the second quarter.
Tajier Jefferson took an interception back 31 yards for the score to give the Golden Bears a 35-10 lead at the break. 48.
Three plays later, Burger hit Longo for 14 yards down to the Moravian 34. Burger found Daniel Salamone for 10 yards to place the ball at the Greyhounds’ 19 with 50 seconds to play.
Five plays later, Burger found Walbert for a 7-yard touchdown strike with 12.5 seconds remaining to give the Red Devils the win.