[Kutztown Football] Kutztown 51, Mansfield 7

[leiboff at kutztown.edu]

Saturday, October 7, 2006 
Kutztown (2-3, 1-1 PSAC East)          51
Mansfield (0-5, 0-2 PSAC East)          7 
KUTZTOWN, PA – Kyle Spotts passed for three touchdowns and rushed for
another as Kutztown defeated Mansfield 51-7 in Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference Eastern Division contest Saturday night. 
            Spotts passed for 205 yards and had TD passes of 23, 30 and
23 yards.  He also scored on a one-yard QB sneak.  Elfren Quiles caught
two 23 yard TDs, totaling 64 yards on five catches.  Jason Henley had
four grabs for 52 yards and a TD.  Brett Harbach had a 62-yard punt
return for a touchdown and caught five passes for 63 yards.   
            Maurice Adams rushed for 107 yards on 21 carries as KU piled
up 249 yards on the ground.  Backup QB Shane Martin ran for a 53-yard TD
and fullback Joe Strauss accounted for KU’s other TD with a one-yard run. 
            The win was Kutztown’s 12 in the last 13 vs. Mansfield.  The
51 points marked KU’s most points in a game since a 51-14 win over
Mansfield in 1999. The 44-point victory margin was the most since a 44-0
shutout of Mansfield in 1997.   
            Kevon Calhoun rushed for 106 yards and scored MU’s sole TD
on a seven yard run with 5:44 left in the fourth.   
            The teams combined for 10 fumbles, four lost, and three
interceptions. 
            KU opened the scoring when Mansfield attempted a punt deep
in its own territory.  The snap was deflected off the up-back and
caromed out of the back of the end zone for a safety.   
            Kutztown drove 67 yards on seven plays later in the first,
scoring on a 23-yard pass from Spotts to Quiles with 1:33 left in the
quarter.  It was KU’s first TD in the first quarter this season.  The
drive was kept alive by a fake punt, when Ryan Nye hit a wide-open Larry
Baumgardner for a 27-yard pickup.  Quiles has caught a TD in five
straight games, the first KU receiver to do so since 2000. 
            Justin Gibbs intercepted Mansfield QB Justin Athans on the
next drive, returning it 41 yards to the MU two yardline.  Strauss went
in from one yard out three plays later to make it 16-0 with 13:23 left
in the half. 
            KU closed the half with a seven-play, 65-yard drive.  Spotts
scrambled and found Henley, who scampered 30 yards for a TD 15 seconds
before halftime. 
            The Bears took the opening kick of the second half and
marched 74 yards on 14 plays.  Spotts went in from one yard out, on
fourth down, to make it 30-0 with 9:33 remaining in the third. 
            Later in the third, KU took over near midfield after an MU
fumble.  Spotts connected with Quiles nine plays later for a 23-yard TD.   
            Mansfield punted on the second play of the fourth quarter,
and Harbach returned it 62 yards for a touchdown.  It was KU’s first
un-blocked punt returned for a TD since 2001. 
            Kutztown capped its scoring with 8:59 left in the game. 
Martin executed a stellar fake option handoff then scampered 53 yards
untouched to paydirt to give KU the 51-0 lead.

            Mansfield broke up the shutout on its next drive.  QB Tyler
Blakeslee relieved Athans, and moved the Mouties 76 yards on eight
plays, capped by a seven yard run by Calhoun with 5:44 remaining.      
      
            Cory Porrino had seven tackles and two breakups for KU. 
Mike Grossi had six tackles, including one for loss.  Brent Howard had
an interception.   
            Andre Turner had 12 tackles for Mansfield.           
            Kutztown travels to Bloomsburg next Saturday, while
Mansfield travels to Cheyney.
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Josh Leiboff
Kutztown University Sports Information
Phone: (610) 683-4182
Fax: (610) 683-4676
Email: leiboff at kutztown.edu
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