Week 5 Scoring Summary and Statistics
Rams (5-0, 2-0) vs Fairmont (1-3, 0-2)
| Shepherd | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | - | 30 |
| Fairmont | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | - | 24 |
Second Quarter
FSC - Nickerson 15 pass from Harman (White kick)
FSC - Burke 5 run (White kick)
SC- Burkey 39 field goalThird Quarter
Fourth Quarter
SC - Cunningham 37 pass from Gordon (Burkey kick)
FSC - Burke 1 run (White kick)
FSC - White 44 field goal
SC - Tyron Shelby 1 return of blocked punt (Burkey kick)
SC - Correll 65 pass from Gordon (Burkey kick) Overtime
SC - Dirting 25 pass from Gordon
| SC | FSC | |
| 18 | First Downs | 21 |
| 36-114 | Rushes-Yards | 32-82 |
| 314 | Passing Yards | 317 |
| 17-34-1 | Passes | 31-56-1 |
| 70-428 | Plays-Total Off. | 88-399 |
| 141 | Return Yards | 145 |
| 8/37.0 | Punts/Avg | 5/38.4 |
| 1-1 | Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 |
| 7-60 | Penalties-Yards | 5-35 |
| 29:16 | Time of Possession | 30:44 |
Rushing: SC Lynch 19-78-0, Lucas 8-20-0, Gordon 9-16-0.
FSC Smith 7-30-0, Harman 8-21-0, Burke 11-18-2, Anthony 3-14-0, White 1-1-0.
Passing: SC Gordon 17-34-314-3-1. FSC Harman 31-56-317-1-1.
Receiving: SC Dirting 7-119-1, Gardner 4-50-0, Correll 3-88-1, Cunningham 3-57-1. FSC Anderson 13-157-0, Nickerson 8-104-1, Anthony 4-38-0, Johnson 3-15-0, McJilton 2-2-0, Williams 1-1-0.
(FAIRMONT, WV) -- Junior quarterback Joel Gordon (Waynesboro/ Waynesboro, VA) connected with senior wide receiver Jason Dirting (Martinsburg/ Martinsburg, WV) on a 25-yard touchdown pass in overtime to lift Shepherd College to a 30-24 win over Fairmont State in WVIAC football action on Saturday at Duvall-Rosier Field.
Gordon completed 17-of-34 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns. Dirting led the Ram receivers with seven receptions for 119 yards. Junior running back Travis Lynch (Frankfort/Ridgeley, WV) led the ground game with 78 yards on 19 carries.
The Shepherd defense was led by freshman outside linebacker Ron Frazier (Gaithersburg/Gaithersburg, MD) and sophomore defensive back Matt Meadows (Hampshire/Romney, WV) .
Frazier and Meadows each recorded 11 tackles, and Meadows also added an interception. Sophomore linebacker Dan Winning (Culpeper/ Culpeper, VA) added 10 tackles, two sacks, and two pass breakups.Shepherd improves to 5-0, 2-0 in conference play, while Fairmont falls to 1-3, 0-2.
The Rams will host West Virginia State for Homecoming next Saturday at Ram Stadium in a 1:00 p.m. contest.