College Football
CLARION 27 TIFFIN (Ohio) 14
(CLARION, PA): Clarion (1-2) wide receiver Mike McCullum caught two td passes and led the Golden Eagles to a 27-14 win against Tiffin (0-3), Ohio on Saturday afternoon.
Held at Memorial Stadium, the "Family Day" crowd of 4,600 remembered all those affected by Tuesday's tragedy with a minute of silence.
Tiffin took a 7-0 lead at 4:36 of the first quarter on a three-yard run by qb Joe Perchinske capping a 9-play, 80-yard drive. The Dragons led 7-0.
Clarion stormed back scoring 14 unanswered points to take a 14-7 lead into halftime.
The Golden Eagles drove 70 yards in 6 plays to tie the game. Mike McCullum caught a 42-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Adam Almashy at 2:18 of the first quarter.
Clarion capitalized on a Tiffin turnover for its second score. Clarion linebacker Dennis Yu caused a Dragon fumble at the Tiffin 20 that was recovered by teammate Doug Diegelman at the Tiffin 20 yard line.
On the first play halfback Glenn Lovelace scampered 20 yards for the td with 12:38 left in the second.
Clarion took the second half kickoff and drove 75 yards in 6 plays to build a 21-7 advantage. Adam Almashy's 22 yard run to the Tiffin 16 set up a 16 yard touchdown run by Robert Walker.
The Golden Eagles put the game away in the fourth quarter after getting the ball on downs at the Tiffin 21. Almashy hit McCullum for his second touchdown of the day, a 25-yard completion, to give Clarion a 27-7 lead
with only 2:05 remaining.
Tiffin's Perchinske connected on a 29-yard td pass to Terry Dalehite with 10-seconds left in the game to close the scoring.
Clarion had 383 yards of total offense, including 262 rushing yards and 121 passing. Almashy completed 6 of 12 passes for 121 yards and 2 td's.
McCullum grabbed 5 passes for 113 yards and 2 td's, while Demetric Gardner rushed 22 times for 119 yards. Walker had 10 carries for 69 yards and 1 td, while Lovelace rushed 6 times for 44 yards and 1 score.
Tiffin had 322 total yards including 100 rushing and 222 passing.
Perchinske completed 18 of 30 for 222 yards and 1 td with 2 interceptions.
Nii Hammond gained 86 yards on 20 carries, while Kenny Lockhart grabbed 6 passes for 92 yards.
Clarion's defense was led by safety Korey Eppinette who had 13 tackles and 1 tfl. Doug Diegelman had 8 stops, 3 tfl's and 1 sack, while Dennis Yu had 2 fumbles caused, 1 interception and 2 tackles.
The Golden Eagles travel to Shippensburg next Saturday to start
PSAC-West play. Tiffin hosts St. Xavier next Saturday at noon.
Box Score (Final)
Tiffin vs Clarion (Sep 15, 2001 at Clarion, Pa.)
| Score by Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Clarion (1-2) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Tiffin (0-3) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring Summary:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
| TIFFIN | CLARION | |
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 17 |
| RUSHES-YARDS (NET) | 37-100 | 52-262 |
| PASSING YDS (NET) | 222 | 121 |
| Passes Att-Comp-Int | 33-18-2 | 12-6-1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS | 70-322 | 64-383 |
| Fumble Returns-Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Punt Returns-Yards | 2-9 | 2-29 |
| Kickoff Returns-Yards | 5-91 | 2-43 |
| Interception Returns-Yards | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Punts (Number-Avg) | 6-39.2 | 5-33.8 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 4-2 | 4-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 9-75 | 9-87 |
| Possession Time | 32:04 | 27:56 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-20 | 2-8 |
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PASSING:
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INTERCEPTIONS:
Stadium: Memorial Field Attendance: 4600
Kickoff time: 2 p.m.
End of Game: 4:47
Total elapsed time: 2:47
Officials: Referee: Bill Heidkamp; Umpire: Wayne Freed; Linesman: Rick Druschel;
Line judge: George Geyer; Field judge: Dave London; Side judge: C. Blocksidge;
Scorer: Chris Rossetti; Temperature: 60 Wind: W10 Weather: Partly Cloudy
SACKS (UA-A):
TACKLES (UA-A):