2001 Rams Football


Week 1 Scoring Summary and Statistics

Rams (1-0) vs Shippensburg University (0-1)
Ram Stadium   •  Shepherdstown, WV
Saturday, September 1, 2001  •  1:00 P.M.

Shippensburg 0 7 7 11 - 25
Shepherd 7 7 7 7 - 28

First Quarter
SC - Lynch 2 run (Burkey kick)

Second Quarter
SC - Dirting 6 pass from Gordon (Burkey kick)
SU - Williams 36 pass from Buffington (Myers kick)

Third Quarter
SC - Lynch 1 run (Burkey kick)
SU - Phillips 1 run (Myers kick)

Fourth Quarter
SU - Myers 27 FG
SC - Gardner 30 pass from Gordon (Burkey kick)
SU - Brown 3 run (Booker pass from Buffington)

SU   SC
16 First Downs 25
40-157 Rushes-Yards 48-201
115 Passing Yards 183
8-19-1 Passes 17-25-1
59-272 Plays-Total Off. 73-384
99 Return Yards 103
5/41.4 Punts/Avg 3/25.3
0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2
6-27 Penalties-Yards 7-41
27:22 Time of Possession 32:38

Rushing: SU  Phillips 16-68-1, McLaurin 4-46-0, Kuhn 5-23-0, Brown 7-21-1, Dech 4-5 Inch 1-(-3)-0, Buffington 3-(-3)-0. SC  Lynch 40-173-2, Gordon 6-15-0, Herbert 2-13-0 .
Passing: SU  Buffington 8-19-1-115. SC  Gordon 17-25-1-183.
Receiving: SU  Williams 2-50-1, Booker 2-32-0, Brown 2-(-3)-0, McLaurin 1-22-0, Baker 1-14-0. SC  Dirting 10-100-1, Gardner 4-45-1, Cunningham 1-20-0, Dawkins 1-11-0, Lynch 1-7-0.

Attendance: 4,055

(SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV) -- Travis Lynch (Frankfort/Ridgeley, WV) rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns on 40 carries to lead Shepherd to a 28-25 win over Shippensburg University at Ram Stadium on Saturday.

Junior quarterback Joel Gordon (Waynesboro/ Waynesboro, VA) completed 17-of 25 passes for 183 yards and a pair of scores. Senior wide receiver Jason Dirting (Martinsburg/ Martinsburg, WV) lead all Ram receivers with 10 catches for 100 yards and a touchdown. Freshman wide receiver Jamal Gardner (Robert E. Lee/Staunton, VA) added four receptions for 45 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown catch.


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