Clarion Dumps Mansfield 34-20
(MANSFIELD, PA.): Clarion tailback Marcus Lowe ran for 170 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries as the Golden Eagles used a big second half to defeat Mansfield 34-20 on Saturday afternoon at Karl Van Norman Field.
Clarion raised its record to 1-2, while Mansfield dropped to 0-3 on he 2004 season.
Trailing 10-6 at halftime, the Golden Eagles took the lead for good on a 9 play, 47-yard drive to open the second half. Quarterback Brandon Dando fired a 1-yard td pass to Dan Tucker at 10:14 of the third quarter and Clarion led 13-10.
Lowe then took over the game as he scored on a 5-yard run with 2:30 left in the third to make it 20-10, and then with 12:55 left in the game from 13-yards out to give Clarion a 27-13 led.
Lowe put the game away with a nifty 66-yard td run on Clarion’s next possession. Lowe broke loose up the middle, ran left for about 20 yards, then changed directions back to the right and sprinted away from the Mansfield secondary to give the Eagles a 34-13 lead with 11:50 remaining.
Clarion outgained Mansfield 376-272, including a whopping 321-57 edge in rushing yards.
Lowe averaged 12.1 y/c with his 170 yards and 3 td’s on 14 carries, while Glenn Lovelace had 48 yards on 12 carries and Lance Fink had 24 yards on 4 tries. QB Dando rushed for 35 yards on 10 carries and completed 9 of 18 passes for 55 yards and 2 td’s.
Clarion’s defense was led by free safety Bo Busch who had 10 tackles, 1 fumble caused and 1 interception, while Dwaon Woodard had 7 stops, 1 tfl, 1 interception, 4 pass break ups and returned 5 punts for 96 yards.
Mansfield All-America running back Earnest “Poohbear” McNeal was held to 47 yards on 22 carries, an average of 2.1 yards per carry. QB Matt Hildebrand hit on 14 of 28 passes for 132 yards and 1 td. Receiver Joe Bennett caught 7 passes for 92 yards and 1 td.
Clarion returns home next Saturday to host Glenville State and Mansfield is off.
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Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Clarion University.. 0 6 14 14 - 34 Record: (1-2)
Mansfield University 10 0 0 10 - 20 Record: (0-3)
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Scoring Summary:
1st 10:49 MANS - Sean Hair 32 yd field goal, 10-38 4:11, CLAR1 0 - MANS 3
06:41 MANS - Joe Bennett 34 yd pass from Matt Hildebrand (Sean Hair kick), 5-56 2:25, CLAR1 0 - MANS 10
2nd 00:51 CLAR1 - Pierre Odom 17 yd pass from Brandon Dando (Kyle Snoke kick blockd), 6-31 1:11, CLAR1 6 - MANS 10
3rd 10:14 CLAR1 - Dan Tucker 1 yd pass from Brandon Dando (Kyle Snoke kick), 9-47 3:14, CLAR1 13 - MANS 10
02:30 CLAR1 - Marcus Lowe 5 yd run (Kyle Snoke kick), 6-30 3:04, CLAR1 20 - MANS 10
4th 13:57 MANS - Sean Hair 23 yd field goal, 4-6 1:03, CLAR1 20 - MANS 13
12:55 CLAR1 - Marcus Lowe 13 yd run (Kyle Snoke kick), 3-33 0:51, CLAR1 27 - MANS 13
11:50 CLAR1 - Marcus Lowe 66 yd run (Kyle Snoke kick), 1-66 0:16, CLAR1 34 - MANS 13
03:07 MANS - Corey Mishura 18 yd pass from David Fetzer (Sean Hair kick), 9-93 4:15, CLAR1 34 - MANS 20
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CLAR1 MANS
FIRST DOWNS................... 16 10
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 48-321 25-57
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 55 215
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 18-9-2 36-20-3
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 66-376 61-272
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 5-95 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 4-98 6-114
Interception Returns-Yards.... 3-6 2-48
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 6-38.7 8-33.8
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-1 3-1
Penalties-Yards............... 8-80 7-33
Possession Time............... 30:07 29:53
Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 15 4 of 17
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-5 3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 0-0
RUSHING: Clarion University-Marcus Lowe 14-170; Glenn Lovelace 12-48;
Brandon Dando 10-35; Erik Yonish 4-28; Lance Fink 4-24; Adam Podojil 3-15;
Tyrone Buckner 1-1. Mansfield University-Poohbear McNeal 22-47; David Fetzer
1-9; Paul Garofalo 1-1; Matt Hildebrand 1-0.
PASSING: Clarion University-Brandon Dando 9-18-2-55. Mansfield
University-Matt Hildebrand 14-28-2-132; David Fetzer 6-8-1-83.
RECEIVING: Clarion University-Pierre Odom 4-40; Dan Tucker 3-16; Zach Gueth
1-7; Marcus Lowe 1-minus 8. Mansfield University-Joe Bennett 7-92; Tyrone
Robinson 5-2; Corey Mishura 3-36; Eddie Van Buren 2-54; Paul Garofalo 2-6;
Dan Eberly 1-25.
INTERCEPTIONS: Clarion University-James Charles 1-6; Dwaon Woodard 1-0; Bo
Busch 1-0. Mansfield University-R. Montgomery 2-48.
FUMBLES: Clarion University-Adam Podojil 1-1; Marcus Lowe 1-0. Mansfield
University-Eddie Van Buren 2-1; Matt Hildebrand 1-0.
Stadium: Van Norman Field Attendance: 2040
Kickoff time: 1:00 PM End of Game: 4:00 Pm Total elapsed time: 3 hrs
Officials: Referee: Charles Haven; Umpire: Gary Ptak; Linesman: Don Kruttschnit;
Line judge: Joseph Desain; Back judge: Gary Webb; Field judge: Thomas Connolly;
Side judge: Paul Citek; Scorer: Pat Ross;
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Temperature: 65 Wind: trace Weather: sunny
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Clarion University vs Mansfield University (Sep 11, 2004 at Mansfield University)
SACKS (UA-A): Clarion University-None. Mansfield University-None.
TACKLES (UA-A): Clarion University-Bo Busch 5-5; Dwaon Woodard 6-1; Kevin
Rigby 3-3; Brandon Whitman 4-1; Zach Gourley 3-2; Jhermel Goss 3-1; Corey
Shaner 2-1; Jordan Hicks 0-3; Matt Morris 2-0; Tim Connolly 2-0; Ben Heisel
2-0; Matt Niedbala 1-1; Brock Luke 1-1; Jared Faith 0-2; Zach Gueth 1-0;
Brandon Dando 1-0; Zack Snyder 1-0; James Charles 1-0; Elijah Evans 0-1.
Mansfield University-Daricus Haynes 7-1; Joe Frick 4-4; R. Montgomery 4-3;
Andre Turner 4-2; Jason Twedt 3-3; Luke Alex 2-4; Keith Slezak 3-2; Rob
Smiley 3-2; William Clarke 3-1; Troy Godinet 1-3; Ryan Geishauser 3-0; Jason
Zeigler 1-2; Mike Reed 1-1; Brian DeCecco 0-2; Corey Mishura 1-0; Brandon
Fields 1-0; Nick Roseberry 1-0; Chris Nigro 1-0.
Game Starters:
Clarion University Mansfield University
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
TE 36 Dan Tucker LT 69 Ryan McClellan
LT 77 Josh Bozsan LG 50 Chris Farris
LG 60 Sean Finnerty C 51 Jamar Foulks
C 76 Zack Snyder RG 60 Mike Guanciale
RG 71 Eric Deliere RT 66 Luke Ingersoll
RT 64 Steve McCartney WR 86 Joe Bennett
WR 3 Pierre Odom TE 89 Eddie Van Buren
QB 18 Brandon Dando WR 88 Kody Crispell
TB 24 Marcus Lowe FB 48 Dan Eberly
HB 35 Glenn Lovelace QB 16 Matt Hildebrand
HB 47 Lance Fink TB 1 Poohbear McNeal
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
NG 96 Tim Connolly CB 2 R. Montgomery
DT 90 Matt Niedbala SS 40 Joe Frick
DE 55 Ben Heisel FS 4 Daricus Haynes
DE 89 Michael O'Brien CB 5 Mike Reed
LB 68 Matt Morris DE 34 Keith Slezak
LB 2 Brock Luke NG 75 Brian DeCecco
OLB 29 Kevin Rigby DT 77 Drew Grieshober
CB 8 Dwaon Woodard DE 97 Jason Twedt
CB 7 James Charles OLB 9 Rob Smiley
SS 19 Jhermel Goss ILB 55 Andre Turner
FS 32 Bo Busch OLB 20 William Clarke
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Player participation:
Clarion University: 4-Ronald Rivage, 5-Corey Shaner, 13-Erik Yonish, 14-Richard Cerro, 15-Kyle Snoke, 16-Wayne Reed,
21-Zach Gourley, 22-Adam Podojil, 25-Greg Mahaffey, 26-Ryan Seitz, 28-Tyrone Buckner, 31-Doug Woodruff, 33-Brandon Whitman,
34-Zach Gueth, 42-Jordan Hicks, 43-Brett Heller, 46-Elijah Evans, 49-Conrad Warner, 51-Colin Brubaker, 59-Cedric Bowling,
61-Adam Shaffer, 65-Bill Johnson, 69-Scott Siverts, 86-Joe Farkas, 87-John Dominic, 91-Jared Faith, 94-Matt Ritter.
Mansfield University: 3-David Fetzer, 6-Jason Zeigler, 7-Troy Godinet, 17-Tyler Blakeslee, 18-Sean Hair, 19-Corey Mishura,
21-D. McDonough, 23-Angelo DePrimo, 24-Paul Garofalo, 25-Ryan Geishauser, 28-James Painter, 32-Brandon Fields, 35-Nick Roseberry,
36-Jon Mattis, 37-Chris Nigro, 46-Greg Lawrence, 52-Eric Bohannon, 76-Troy Cobaugh, 80-Zach Detweiler, 84-Mike Lengel,
87-Tyrone Robinson, 90-Luke Alex.
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