2002 Rams Football


Week 1 Scoring Summary and Statistics

Rams (1-0) vs Shippensburg University (0-1)
Seth Grove Stadium   •  Shippensburg, PA
Saturday, September 7, 2002  •  1:00 P.M.

Shepherd 7 3 0 7 - 17
Shippensburg 0 0 7 3 - 10

First Quarter
SC - Lynch 1 run (Burkey kick)

Second Quarter
SC - Burkey 39 field goal

Third Quarter
SU - Kuhn 1 run (Lough kick)

Fourth Quarter
SU - Lough 24 FG
SC - Gardner 15 pass from Gordon (Burkey kick)

SC   SU
17 First Downs 19
31-87 Rushes-Yards 52-235
260 Passing Yards 66
16-27-0 Passes 8-26-1
58-347 Plays-Total Off. 78-301
51 Return Yards 57
5/39.8 Punts/Avg 3/35.0
0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0
10-88 Penalties-Yards 8-75
25:47 Time of Possession 34:13

Rushing: SC  Lynch 20-59-1, Gordon 6-29-0, Walker 5-4-0. SU  Kuhn 24-100-1, Smith 11-62-0, McLaurin 12-42-0, Perry 1-34-0, Buffington 1-4-0, Landis 1-1-0, Dech 1-0-0, Novak 1-(-8)-0.
Passing: SC  Gordon 16-27-260-1-0. SU  Buffington 8-24-66-0-0, Novak 0-2-0-0-0.
Receiving: SC  Gardner 6-79-1, Dawkins 3-51-0, Walker 3-50-0, Correll 2-49-0, Lynch 2-31-0. SU  Gamble 3-39-0, Smith 2-13-0, Saner 2-10-0, Kuhn 1-4-0.

Attendance: 4,500

(SHIPPENSBURG, PA) -- Matt Meadows (Hampshire/Romney, WV) picked off a Shippensburg fourth down pass in the end zone with 14 seconds left in the game to preserve a 17-10 win for Shepherd in the season opener for both schools at Shippensburg.

Senior quarterback Joel Gordon (Waynesboro/ Waynesboro, VA) completed 16-of-27 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore wide receiver Jamal Gardner (Robert E. Lee/Staunton, VA) led the Ram receiving corps with six receptions for 79 yards, including a game-winning 15-yard touchdown catch with just over five minutes left in the game.


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