Edinboro Drops Clarion 44-0
(EDINBORO, PA): Edinboro’s Justin Bouch tossed three touchdown passes and running back Ulysee Davis ran for 147 as the Fighting Scots shut out Clarion on Saturday 44-0.
Ranked #21 in NCAA Division II, Edinboro raised its overall record to 4-1 and 2-0 in the PSAC-Western Division. Clarion lost its second straight game and dropped to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the PSAC-West.
Played in front of 4,822 at Sox Harrison Stadium, the Edinboro Homecoming Crowd watched Kyle Witucki grab a 14-yard td pass from Bouch as time ran out in the first quarter to give Edinboro a 7-0 lead.
Edinboro capitalized on a Clarion turnover for its next score. Clarion’s Tyrone Buckner fumbled at the Clarion 11 and Edinboro’s Seth Fragale pounced on the pigskin.
The Scots scored four plays later when Kelvin Collins bulled over from the 1 and led 13-0 with 9:00 left in the second.
Edinboro’s Jeff Dinger csored on a 7-yard td pass from Bouch with 2:11 left in the second, and Kody Robertson booted a 20-yard field goal to give the Scots a 23-0 halftime lead. The Scots never looked back from there.
Clarion’s offense managed only 46 passing yards and -8 rushing yards on the afternoon, while Edinboro rushed for 283 and passed for 278 for a total offense of 561.
Clarion qb Brandon Dando was 4 of 9 for 40 yards on the day.
The defense was led by Jordan Hicks and Matt Morris who had 11 tackles each. Morris also accounted for 3 tfl’s on the day, running his season total to 12. Zach Gourley also had 10 stops.
Freshman punter Nick Perla boomed a 73-yard punt in the second quarter. The punt was the second longest in Clarion history. Phil Bujakowski hit an 86-yarder in 1985 against Westminster. Jim Levy had the second longest punt of 70 yards in 1965.
Edinboro’s Bouch connected on 8 of 22 passes for 188 yards and 3 td’s. Backup Josh Hinkle was 7 for 7 for 90 yards and 2 td’s, while Davis rushed 22 times for 147 yards. Ryan Valasek caught 3 passes for 84 yards and 1 td.
Clarion returns home to host East Stroudsburg next Saturday in the annual Homecoming Day Game, which will kickoff at 2pm. Edinboro travels to Cal.
Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Clarion University.. 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (2-3,0-2)
Edinboro University. 7 16 14 7 - 44 Record: (4-1,2-0)
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Scoring Summary:
1st 00:00 EDIN - Kyle Witucki 14 yd pass from Justin Bouch (Kody Robertson kick), 13-80 6:22, CLAR 0 - EDIN 7
2nd 09:00 EDIN - Kelvin Collins 1 yd run (Kody Robertson kick blockd), 4-11 1:20, CLAR 0 - EDIN 13
02:11 EDIN - Jeff Dinger 7 yd pass from Josh Hinkle (Kody Robertson kick), 9-54 5:04, CLAR 0 - EDIN 20
00:23 EDIN - Kody Robertson 20 yd field goal, 8-53 1:10, CLAR 0 - EDIN 23
3rd 14:20 EDIN - Jordan Bobitski 12 yd pass from Justin Bouch (Kody Robertson kick), 4-80 0:40, CLAR 0 - EDIN 30
04:22 EDIN - Ryan Valasek 43 yd pass from Justin Bouch (Kody Robertson kick), 6-80 2:58, CLAR 0 - EDIN 37
4th 04:30 EDIN - Joe Gable 5 yd pass from Josh Hinkle (Kody Robertson kick), 12-85 6:17, CLAR 0 - EDIN 44
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CLAR EDIN
FIRST DOWNS................... 3 26
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 28--8 53-283
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 46 278
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 11-5-0 29-15-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 39-38 82-561
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 4-43
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-73 0-0
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 10-43.8 3-36.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 4-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards............... 8-46 5-40
Possession Time............... 22:43 37:17
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 12 6 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 3 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-0 6-7
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 6-43
RUSHING: Clarion University-Tyrone Buckner 6-19; Josh Province 4-8; Tony Easterling 1-5; David
Murzynski 6-minus 4; Vincent Kirk 1-minus 5; Matt Foradora 1-minus 6; Brandon Dando 9-minus 25.
Edinboro University-Ulysee Davis 22-147; Kelvin Collins 10-67; DeMark.Robinson 11-44; Justin Bouch
4-13; Josh Hinkle 4-9; Deonte Peters 1-4; TEAM 1-minus 1.
PASSING: Clarion University-Brandon Dando 4-9-0-40; Matt Foradora 1-2-0-6. Edinboro
University-Justin Bouch 8-22-0-188; Josh Hinkle 7-7-0-90.
RECEIVING: Clarion University-Tony Easterling 2-21; Michael Byrd 2-19; Jewell Stephens 1-6. Edinboro
University-Ryan Valasek 3-84; Aaron Fetty 3-54; Jeff Dinger 2-46; Kyle Witucki 2-32; Nate Eimer
2-20; C.J. Trivisonno 1-25; Jordan Bobitski 1-12; Joe Gable 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: Clarion University-None. Edinboro University-None.
FUMBLES: Clarion University-Corey Giles 1-1; Vincent Kirk 1-0; Michael Byrd 1-0; Tyrone Buckner 1-1.
Edinboro University-Josh Hinkle 1-0.
Stadium: Sox Harrison Stadium Attendance: 4822
Kickoff time: 2:00pm End of Game: 4:50pm Total elapsed time: 2:50
Officials: Referee: Richard Stanley; Umpire: Tim Linnartz;
Linesman: Chris ROss; Line judge: John Pujia; Back judge: Frank Usseglio;
Field judge: Tim Kerwin; Side judge: J. Czajkowski; Scorer: Bob Shreve;
Temperature: 68 deg Wind: 5-10 SE Weather: Sunny
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Clarion University vs Edinboro University (Oct 01, 2005 at Edinboro, Pa)
SACKS (UA-A): Clarion University-None. Edinboro University-Steve Renfro 0-1; A.J. Cousins 1-0;
Hardin Moss 1-0; Greg MacAnn 0-1; Chris Amico 1-0; Paul Burger 1-0; Ben Stroup 0-1; Mike Enoch 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Clarion University-Jordan Hicks 6-5; Matt Morris 5-6; Zach Gourley 5-5; Matt Ritter
1-5; James Charles 5-0; Dwaon Woodard 3-2; Brock Luke 2-3; Kevin Rigby 2-3; Corey Giles 1-4; Quintyn
Brazil 3-1; Matt Niedbala 1-3; Elijah Evans 3-0; Deonte Cooley 0-3; Joshua Best 2-0; Nathan Griffin
2-0; Dan Grazier 1-0; Dejan Stevens 1-0; Jimmy Simmons 1-0; Richard McCune 0-1; Eli Halterman 0-1.
Edinboro University-Jim Soltis 4-5; Dave Jazenski 1-6; Paul Burger 3-3; Greg MacAnn 1-5; Ben Stroup
1-4; Chris Amico 1-3; A.J. Cousins 1-3; Hardin Moss 2-1; Seth Fragale 1-2; James English 2-0; Keelyn
Roberts 1-0; Larry Federoff 1-0; Chaz Cobbs 0-1; Steve Renfro 0-1; Damion Malott 0-1; Njieya Chafeh
0-1; Mike Enoch 0-1; Chris Avery 0-1; Joe Malizia 0-1; Pat Aretz 0-1.