[Kutztown Football] Millersville 45, Kutztown 17

Sat Sep 30 17:21:58 EDT 2006

NCAA Football

Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006

Millersville (3-2, 1-0 PSAC East)       45

Kutztown (1-3, 0-1 PSAC East)         17

KUTZTOWN, PA - Darnell Johnson rushed for a career-high 244 yards and two touchdowns and Dan Csencsitz passed for four scores to lead Millersville to a 45-17 win over Kutztown in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division opener for both teams.

            Johnson scored on runs of one and five yards, rushing 27 times to account for 244 of Millersville's 313 rushing yards.  Csencsitz was 13-of-16 for 192 yards, connecting on TD passes from three, 37, 21 and 39 yards, to three different receivers.   Isaiah Ray caught two of the TDs for a total of 76 yards.  Omar Sanders had six catches for 52 yards and a TD.

            Kutztown was led by tight end Jason Henley, who had three catches for 75 yards and a touchdown.  Elfren Quiles had KU's other TD grab.  Kyle Spotts completed 16-of-26 for 190 yards, but was picked off twice.  Brett Harbach had five catches for 56 yards, while Maurice Adams rushed for 60 yards on 20 carries.  

            Both teams' kickers, Doug Ruhl for Millersville and Steve Sandberg for Kutztown, hit field goals in the second quarter to account for the rest of the scoring.

            The Marauders took the opening kickoff and marched 69 yards on eight plays, capped by Johnson's one-yard run 3:30 into the first quarter.  

            Kutztown drove to the Millersville 20 on its opening drive, but a 37-yard field goal attempt by Steve Sandberg was wide left.  After an MU punt, KU got on the board with an eight-play, 81-yard drive.  A 51-yard catch and run by Henley set up Sandberg's 20 yard field goal with 13:20 left in the second.

            MU answered with a 60-yard drive which Csencistz capped with a three-yard pass to Derek Fry.  Ruhl added a 35-yard field goal with 2:43 left to make it 17-3.

            The Golden Bears cut it to 17-10 just 35 seconds before halftime on Quiles' 10-yard diving catch from Spotts.  The play finalized a 76-yard drive.  

            Kutztown got the ball to start the second half, but had to punt.  Millersville struck quickly with a 44-yard run by Johnson to set up a 37-yard TD pass from Csencitz to Ray with 12:40 remaining in the third.

            After an interception, Millersville scored again on a 21-yard hookup from Csencitz to Sanders.  

            KU kept battling back, though, marching 89 yards on its next possession.  The drive was kept alive by two fourth-down conversions, including a 32 yard run on a fake punt by Cory Porrino.  Spotts converted the other fourth down with a two-yard run, then followed it with a 10-yard TD pass to Henley, which he caught off a carom by another KU receiver, for the score with 1:28 left in the third.

            The Marauders scored twice to put the game away in the fourth, Csenscitz hit Ray from 39 yards out to cap a 72-yard drive and Johnson barreled in from five yards away with 5:31 left to make it 45-17.  KU's last two drives ended with a punt and an interecpetion.

            Matt Buck led the MU defense with 11 tackles.  Shelton had seven hits and two intereceptions, while Kevin Kershner had six stops, including three for loss and two sacks.  

            Dan Chominski had 12 tackles for Kutztown, including one for loss.  Brian Bingnear added nine tackles with one for loss.  

            Kutztown hosts Mansfield next Saturday, while Millersville takes on East Stroudsburg.

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Kutztown University Sports Information
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Fax: (610) 683-4676
Email: leiboff at kutztown.edu
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