THE SEASON: Moravian completed its 2005 season with its first-ever Eastern College Athletic Conference Bowl Championship with a 14-7 victory over Frostburg State (MD) University in the ECAC Southwest Bowl game. The Greyhounds finished the year at 7-4, the team’s third 7-4 mark in the last four seasons, and a 5-4 record in the Middle Atlantic Conference, which was tied for fourth.

THE COACH: Scot Dapp (West Chester ’73) has completed his 19th season at Moravian, with a career record of 117-78-1 (.599). He entered the season in the top 50th in winning percentage among NCAA Division III active coaches. Dapp, who served as the president of the American Football Coaches Association last year, has earned Coach-of-the-Year honors from the MAC three times including Co-Coach of the Year in 1997 and has led the ’Hounds to two appearances in the NCAA playoffs, the ECAC Southeast Bowl game in 2002, the ECAC Southwest Bowl game in 2004 & 2005.

ECAC SOUTHWEST BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP: Senior quarterback Jerry Venturino (Hopatcong, NJ/Hopatcong HS) completed 12 of 28 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns, and he had four carries for 25 yards to lead the Moravian College football team to a 14-7 victory over Frostburg State University in the 2005 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southwest Bowl Game. The Greyhounds, who won their first-ever ECAC Championship, finish the 2005 season with a 7-4 record. Moravian senior linebacker Chad DiFelice (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl HS) was named the game’s most valuable player after making 16 tackles with two tackles for loss and a half a sack. Moravian took the opening kickoff 69 yards on six plays with Venturino connecting on a 23-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Shawn Martell (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS). Freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS) missed his first extra-point of the season, leaving the Greyhounds lead at 6-0 with 12:09 to play in the first quarter. During the drive, Martell caught three passes for 60 yards to become the 15th player in Moravian history to reach 1,000 career receiving yards. Martell finished the game with four receptions with 74 yards and a score to move to 1,045 yards in his career. Frostburg State would move into Moravian territory but the Greyhounds would force the Bobcats to punt. Moravian would run just three plays before punting for the first time in the game. However, Frostburg State would be forced into a fumble the return by Moravian sophomore defensive back Matt Sheridan (Magnolia, NJ/Sterling HS) with junior fullback Joe Costanzo (Barnstead, NH/Bow HS & Tilton School HS) recovering at midfield. Moravian would move down to the 34-yard line before having to punt. The Bobcats second drive would begin at their own 20-yard line and drive into Moravian territory again. Frostburg State kept the drive alive with a fourth and three from the Greyhound 38-yard line. The Greyhound defense came up with a goal line stand, forcing Frostburg State to turn the ball over at the three-yard line. Moravian ran just three plays before having to punt out of its own end zone. The Bobcats would take over at the Moravian 39-yard line with 14:02 to play in the first half. Frostburg State would drive down inside the five-yard line again. This time, the Bobcats scored on a three-yard touchdown run and Frostburg State added the extra-point for a 7-6 lead with 10:01 remaining in the second quarter. Each team ran a pair of three and out series before the Greyhounds received good field position at the Frostburg State 46-yard line with over three and a half minutes left in the first half. Moravian would drive inside the 20-yard line but Reckenbeil had a 35-yard field goal attempt blocked with 44 seconds remaining in the first half. Frostburg State would head into the locker room with a 7-6 lead. Frostburg State would receive the opening kickoff of the second half, but would punt after three plays. On Moravian’s second play of the half, Venturino missed a handoff to junior running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) and the Bobcats recovered at the Moravian 47-yard line. The Greyhounds would stop Frostburg State on a fourth down play; however, a pass interference penalty gave the Bobcats a first down at the 25-yard line. Frostburg State would eventually turn the ball over on downs at the 20-yard line. The Bobcats would get the ball right back when they intercepted a Venturino pass. However, the Greyhounds got the ball right back when sophomore defensive lineman Tom Braxmeier (Center Valley, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) recovered a fumble on the first Frostburg State play. Moravian was unable to capitalize, punting after three plays. The Greyhounds forced the Bobcats to punt from deep in their own territory, and Moravian took over at the Frostburg State 47-yard line. During the drive, Jacoubs went over the 1,000-yard mark for the third consecutive season on a two-yard carry. Moravian moved inside the ten-yard line but on fourth and seven, freshman kicker Andrew Waggoner (Newark, DE/Charter School of Wilmington) missed a 26-yard field goal attempt. Jacoubs finished with 60 yards on 28 carries to complete the season with 1,014 yards. Jacoubs has a school record 3,854 yard in the three seasons. The Bobcats would have to punt after three plays with the Greyhounds taking over at midfield with 14:10 remaining in the contest. Moravian would gain one first down before punting. Frostburg State would take over at its own 20-yard line after a touchback. The Moravian defense continued to play strong, forcing the Bobcats to punt after three plays. The Greyhounds took over at the Frostburg State 40-yard line. Moravian would get in the end zone on a three-yard touchdown pass from Venturino to sophomore tight end Kris Bisci (Easton, PA/Easton HS). Jacoubs threw a halfback option pass to Bisci for the two-point conversion for a 14-7 Moravian lead with 7:12 remaining in the fourth quarter. Bisci caught three passes for 20 yards while senior wide receiver Cletus Kilker (Bethlehem, PA/Notre Dame HS) had three receptions for 42 yards. Frostburg State would get a good return on the ensuing kickoff, starting its drive at the Bobcat 47-yard line. Moravian forced a incomplete pass on a third down pass in Greyhound territory but a pass interference penalty kept the Bobcat drive alive. However, two plays later Moravian freshman linebacker Andrew Morrissey (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) forced a fumble that was recovered by senior defensive back Tyler Chomik (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS), giving the Greyhounds possession at their own 27-yard line. Moravian ran just three plays and a penalty would force the Greyhounds to punt. Frostburg was unable to do anything again on offense, punting after three plays. The Bobcats forced another three and out by the Greyhounds. Frostburg State took over at its own 46-yard line with 2:11 remaining in the game. The Bobcats picked up a pair of first downs to the Moravian 23-yard line. However, a sack by senior defensive lineman Robert Stockley (Red Bank, NJ/Middletown South HS) on first down and a sack by junior defensive lineman Nick Feo (Hampton, NJ/Voorhees HS) and Stockley on second down, forcing a third down from the 36-yard line with 54 seconds remaining. Stockley would break-up a pass attempt on fourth down giving Moravian possession with 23 seconds remaining to preserve the 14-7 victory. In addition to DiFelice, junior linebacker Cliff Garr (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) made 11 tackles with two for loss and a half a sack. Feo added nine tackles with a sack, a pass break-up and three tackles for loss while Stockley had six tackles with one and a half sacks and a pass break-up. Morrissey had eight tackles to go with his forced fumble.

BALANCED & EXPERIENCED ‘HOUNDS: Of the 98 players on the Moravian roster, 36 were freshmen, 20 were sophomores and 16 were juniors. There were 26 seniors on this season’s squad, and the Greyhounds return 56 letterwinners and 15 starters.

GREYHOUNDS IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE: Beginning four seasons ago, the Middle Atlantic Conference became an 11-team conference instead of two separate leagues. Moravian, which received two first place votes, was selected to finish in a tie for second in the MAC Preseason Coaches Poll this season with Widener University. Delaware Valley was selected as the top team in the MAC, and the Aggies won the 2005 MAC title. Delaware and Wilkes University qualified for the NCAA Division III Playoffs.

THE MAC STATISTICAL RANKINGS: The Greyhounds were third in the MAC in total defense, allowing 323.4 yards per game. The squad is third in passing defense at 176.7 yards per game, and the defense is fifth in rushing yards allowed at 146.6. The Greyhounds are fifth in points allowed at 20.8 per game, and the squad is sixth in points scored per game at 26.6. Offensively, Moravian is sixth in the MAC at 357.9 yards per game. The Greyhounds are ranked second in rushing offense at 197.5 yards per game and ninth in passing offense at 160.5 yards per game. Moravian is seventh in turnover margin with a +0.09 per game average as the Greyhounds have committed 18 turnovers while forcing 19 turnovers. The Greyhounds are first in the MAC passing yards per completion at 15.3, rushing attempts with 478, field goals attempted at 19, field goals made with ten and interception returns for touchdowns with two. Individually, senior quarterback Jerry Venturino is ranked eighth in passing yards per game at 155.0 yards, seventh in passing yards with 1,705, first in passing yards per completion at 15.2, tied for seventh in passing touchdowns with 15, eighth in pass efficiency with a 120.5 rating and eighth in total offense at 180.8 yards per game. Venturino is sixth at 6.7 yards per offensive play. Junior running back Chris Jacoubs is ranked third in rushing yards per game at 101.4 yards per game, fourth in rushing attempts with 228, second in rushing touchdowns with ten, tied for seventh in scoring at 6.0 points per game, four in rushing yards with 1,014 and ninth in all-purpose at 106.3 yards per game. Senior fullback Kevin Lukich (Ogdensburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley HS) is fourth in the MAC in yards per rush with an average of 5.9 yards per carry while junior Marc Panepinto (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown HS) is ninth at 5.4. Senior wide receiver Ben Hawkins (Belmar, NJ/Manasquan HS) is tied for fifth in receiving touchdowns with seven and tenth in reception yards with 579. Junior wide receiver Shawn Martell is eighth in the MAC in yards per catch at 16.7. Senior punter Corey Czerniak (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) is fifth in the MAC with an average of 35.2 yards per punt and seventh in number of punts with 47. Freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil is third in the MAC in kick scoring with 5.0 points per game. Reckenbeil is second in PAT percentage at 96.6 percent (28 of 29), and he is third in PAT kicks made, fifth in PAT kicks attempted, first in field goals per game (0.82), first in field goals attempted with 13 and first in field goals made with nine. Freshman wide receiver Rob Shaffer (Pottstown, PA/Pottstown HS) is tied for eighth in kickoff returns with 16 and ninth in kickoff return yards with 309. Senior linebacker Chad DiFelice is sixth in tackles per game at 8.8, and he is fourth in tackles for loss with 1.18 per contest. DiFelice is third in sacks with 0.5.9 per game, and he leads the MAC with 0.45 forced fumbles per game. Junior linebacker Cliff Garr, who is tied for first in interception returns for touchdowns with one, is 22nd in tackles at 6.4 per game while senior defensive back Mario Bevilacqua (Scranton, PA/West Scranton HS) is tied for 27th in tackles at 6.2 per game. Senior defensive back Tyler Chomik is tied for first in interception returns for touchdowns with one, and he tenth in punt return yards with a total of 59 yards, tied for seventh in punt returns with 14, eighth in kickoff return yards with 360 and tenth in kickoff returns with 14. Freshman linebacker Andrew Morrissey is tied for 11th in tackles with an average of 8.0 per contest.

FINAL NCAA STATISTICS: Five different players from the Moravian College football team are ranked in five categories in the final NCAA III Division football statistical ranking. The Greyhounds are also listed in the top 100 in six team categories in the statistics through games of December 17th. Senior linebacker Chad DiFelice was fifth in the country in forced fumbles at 0.45 per contest while freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil finished tied for 34th in field goals per game at 0.8. Junior tailback Chris Jacoubs was tied for 45th in the nation in rushing with an average of 101.4 yards per game. Senior cornerback Tyler Chomik was 22nd in kickoff returns at 25.7 yards per return while senior quarterback Jerry Venturino was 84th in the nation in pass efficiency this season with a 120.5 rating. As a team, Moravian was 43rd in the country in rushing offense with an average of 197.5 yards per game, and the Greyhounds were 43rd in kickoff returns at 20.9 yards per return. Moravian was also ranked in the top 100 in net punting at 59th with an average of 31.85 net yards per punt, 76th in total defense at 323.4 yards allowed per game, 85th in scoring offense at 26.6 points per contest and 85th in scoring defense at 20.8 points allowed per game.

2005 MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS: Eight members of the Moravian College football team have been named the 2005 All-Middle Atlantic Conference Teams announced Tuesday by the MAC. The Greyhounds have five First Team selections including junior running back Chris Jacoubs, senior fullback Kevin Lukich, senior offensive lineman Salvatore DeWalt (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS), senior defensive back Tyler Chomik and senior defensive lineman Steve Cline (Union Beach, NJ/Keyport HS) while senior offensive lineman Brenten Runne (Stanhope, NJ/Hopatcong HS), freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil and senior linebacker Chad DiFelice were named to the Second Team.

Don Hansen's Football Gazette ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS: Senior offensive lineman Salvatore DeWalt of the Moravian College football team was named to the 2005 Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette All-American Honorable Mention Team.

D3Football.com ALL-REGION TEAMS: Senior offensive lineman Salvatore DeWalt of the Moravian College football team has been named to the 2005 D3football.com All-East Region First Team.

Don Hansen's Football Gazette ALL-REGION TEAMS: Senior offensive lineman Salvatore DeWalt and junior running back Chris Jacoubs of the Moravian College football team were named to the 2005 Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette All-East Region Teams. DeWalt was named to the second team while Jacoubs was an honorable mention selection.

ECAC SOUTHEAST ALL-STAR TEAMS: Junior running back Chris Jacoubs of the Moravian College football team has been named to the 2005 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Southeast All-Star First Team.

2005 AZTEC BOWL: Moravian College senior fullback Kevin Lukich caught one pass for 34 yards and carried the ball four times for five yards to help an NCAA Division III all-star team from the United States defeat the Mexican National Team, 53-15, in the 2005 Aztec Bowl.

ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS: Junior wide receiver Shawn Martell and senior offensive lineman Brenten Runne were named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division Football Teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America for the second consecutive year. Martell earned a spot on the first time while Runne was on the second team. By making the All-District First Team, Martell was forwarded onto the national ballot to try for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American® accolades. To be eligible for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® accolades, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. The College Division is made up of all the NCAA Division II and III schools in the nation as well as all NAIA schools. Student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools are named to the University Division Teams. District II is made up of schools from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CORPORATION ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS: The Moravian football team had 13 honorees on the 2005 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall Academic Honor Roll with at least one member from all eight of Moravian’s fall sports. The MASCAC Fall Academic Honor Roll, which notes academic excellence by student-athletes, contains 690 honorees as announced by Executive Director Ken Andrews. The Honor Roll comprises those student-athletes of sophomore class standing or higher who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (4.00 scale) or higher and completed the playing season in good standing. Student-athletes are selected from men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, volleyball, women’s tennis and men’s and women’s soccer. Leading the selections from the football team were junior wide receiver Shawn Martell and senior quarterback Jerry Venturino. Junior running back Marc Panepinto and senior wide receiver Russell Demko (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) were also named to the team. Also earning spots on the MASCAC Fall Academic Honor Roll from the football squad were seniors wide receiver Andrew Mazurek (West Orange, NJ/West Orange HS), and offensive lineman Brenten Runne , juniors defensive linemen Nick Feo and offensive lineman Andrew Remsing (Bath, PA/Northampton HS), and sophomores fullback Andrew Goodbred (Willow Street, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg HS), wide receiver Allan Fatzinger (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS), quarterback Brad Swartz (Temple, PA/Muhlenberg HS), defensive back Matthew Sheridan (Magnolia, NJ/Sterling HS), and tight end David Mann (Portsmouth, NH/Portsmouth HS).

THE QUARTERBACKS: Senior quarterback Jerry Venturino completed 112 of 233 passes for 1,705 yards, 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season. Venturino also added 284 yards and five touchdowns on 63 carries while being sacked nine times. Sophomore quarterback Sean Hill (West Reading, PA/Wyomissing HS) completed his only pass attempt for no yards and was sacked four times while seeing action in five games this season. Sophomore quarterback Brad Swartz played in four games, completing his only two pass attempts for 60 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown at FDU-Florham.

IN THE BACKFIELD: In the backfield, junior running back Chris Jacoubs led Moravian with 1,014 yards and ten touchdowns on 228 carries. Jacoubs has 3,854 yards (first all-time at Moravian) in just 31 career games with 17 100-plus yard games in 26 starts, including four games over 200 yards. Jacoubs became the first player in school history to reach 3,000 rushing yards in a career against Susquehanna University and the only player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons. He is also first all-time with 216 points, 36 career touchdowns, and 786 career rushing attempts. Senior fullback Kevin Lukich had 311 yards and two touchdowns on 53 carries while junior running back Marc Panepinto had 439 yards and three touchdowns on 81 attempts this season. Freshman running back Tyler McCambridge (Northampton, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) contributed 64 yards on just 13 carries while junior fullback Joe Costanzo added 25 yards on seven carries. Senior wide receiver Ben Hawkins had 41 yards on seven attempts.

THE WIDE RECEIVERS: Moravian had ten different players catch a pass this season. Senior wide receiver Ben Hawkins led the Greyhounds with 25 receptions for 579 yards and seven touchdowns. Hawkins moved into third all-time at Moravian with 1,678 receiving yards on 81 receptions, which is tied for tenth. He is also second all-time with 17 career touchdown catches. Junior wide receiver Shawn Martell had a team high 26 catches for 434 yards and four scores while sophomore tight end Kris Bisci had 20 receptions for 204 yards and three touchdowns. Martell also went over 1,000-receiving yards for his career with 1,045 on 59 catches Senior wide receiver Cletus Kilker had 12 catches for 195 yards and a touchdown while senior wide receiver Russ Demko had eight catches for 133 yards. Junior running back Chris Jacoubs added nine receptions for 49 yards while senior wideout Andrew Mazurek added five receptions for 71 yards. Freshman wideout Rob Shaffer grabbed three passes for 85 yards and a touchdown while senior fullback Kevin Lukich had four catches for 15 yards.

OFFENSIVE LINE: The Greyhounds’ front line included seniors Scott Burke (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel HS), Salvatore DeWalt and Brenten Runne, junior Andrew Remsing and freshman Timothy McBride (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township HS). Junior Dave Kircher (Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan HS) has been out since the Juniata College game. DeWalt was selected to the 2005 Lindy’s Preseason All-American First Team center.

DEFENSIVE FRONT: Senior Steve Cline led the defensive line with 37 tackles with eight and a half for loss, three and a half sacks and two passes defended. Junior defensive end Nick Feo had 36 tackles with ten tackles for loss, three and a half sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery while senior Bryan Kohlbecker (Middletown, NJ/Middletown South HS) added 33 tackles including seven tackles for loss, one and a half a sacks and a fumble recovery he returned four yards versus Juniata College. Senior Robert Stockley contributed 32 tackles with five and a half tackles for loss, three and a half sacks, an interception returned seven yards at Lycoming College, a pass break-up and a fumble recovery while senior defensive tackle Mike Hurden (Spring Lake, NJ/Wall HS) contributed 21 tackles with two and a half a tackles for loss, a sack and a pass break-up. Junior Alex Smith-Constantine (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus HS) had 14 tackles with two and a half for loss and an interception he returned nine yards versus Susquehanna University. Sophomore defensive tackle Tom Braxmeier had 13 tackles with three for loss, two sacks, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble while sophomore defensive tackle Matt Adams (Dover, NJ/Dover HS) had three tackles. Senior Corey Czerniak had six tackles this season with a tackle for loss, half a sack and a pass defended while senior Keith Jacobson (Cresskill, NJ/Cresskill HS) had three tackles including one for loss.

THE LINEBACKER CORPS: Senior linebacker Chad DiFelice led the Moravian defense with 97 tackles including 13 tackles for loss, six and a half sacks, four pass break-ups, an interception with a six yard return versus Muhlenberg College, five forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Freshman Andrew Morrissey made 88 tackles with three tackles for loss, half a sack, three forced fumbles, one of which he recovered, an interception he returned 18 yards at FDU-Florham and a pass break-up while junior Cliff Garr added 70 tackles with two and a half tackles for loss, one and a half sacks, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and an interception returned 32 yards for a touchdown versus Susquehanna University. Sophomore linebacker Mike Prata (Little Ferry, NJ/Paramas Catholic HS) had 21 tackles on the season with half a tackle for loss, a pass defended and a blocked kick while sophomore Dan Edleman (Pottstown, PA/The Hill School) had seven tackles with half a tackle for loss. Sophomore Arturo Duran (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood HS), who also saw action as a defensive end, added 12 tackles with one for loss and a forced fumble this season while junior Tony Gro (Schwenksville, PA/The Hill School) contributed four tackles with half a tackle for loss.

THE DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD: In the defensive backfield, senior safety Mario Bevilacqua made 68 tackles with three and a half tackles for loss, four passes defended and a forced fumble. Senior safety GJ Weiss (Gilbertsville, PA/St. Pius X HS) added 46 tackles with half a tackle for loss, an interception he has returned 16 yards and nine pass break-ups. Senior cornerback Tyler Chomik contributed 43 tackles with one for loss, an interception returned 42 yards for a touchdown against Juniata College and ten pass break-ups for a total of 11 passes defended while junior cornerback Israel Aguila (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom HS) had 38 tackles with one and a half tackles for loss, ten pass break-ups and an interception for 11 passes defended, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble. Sophomore defensive back Matt Sheridan had 22 tackles with a pass break-up and a forced fumble while junior defensive back Tom Carroll (Blackwood, NJ/Paul VI HS) made 12 stops.

KICKING GAME: Senior Corey Czerniak averaged 35.2 yards per punt on 47 attempts. He had a long punt of 51 yards with eight punts fair caught, 13 inside the 20-yard line and just three touchbacks including two at Frostburg State. Freshman kicker Brian Reckenbeil was ten-for-13 on field goal attempts with a long of 38 yards versus Susquehanna University and 28-for-29 on extra-point attempts. Reckenbeil’s 55 points are a new single season Moravian record, and the nine field goals tied Chad Kurtz’s record. Freshman kicker Andrew Waggoner attempted his first field goal of the season at Frostburg State.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Freshman wide receiver Rob Shaffer had three punt returns for zero yards and 16 kickoff returns for 309 yards including a long kickoff return of 45 yards. Shaffer also made eight special teams tackles while junior wide receiver Shawn Martell had nine tackles. Martell also returned six kickoffs for 115 yards and a long of 23 yards. Senior defensive back Tyler Chomik had 14 punt returns for 59 yards with a long of 13 yards and 14 kickoff returns for 360 yards with a long of 74 yards versus Juniata College. Sophomore defensive back Matt Sheridan had two punt returns for nine yards after blocking three punts at King's College, which tied an NCAA Division III record while freshman running back Tyler McCambridge had three punt returns for seven yards. Freshman offensive lineman Doug Bocchino (Madison, NJ/Madison HS) had four special teams tackles while junior fullback Joe Costanzo added 11 special teams tackles and one kickoff return for 13 yards. Junior running back Justin Klement (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) had six special teams tackles while freshman defensive back Carl Robinson (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley HS) added three tackles on special teams. Freshman running back Morgan deRouen (West Milford, NJ/West Milford HS), who had one carry for seven yards, contributed five tackles on special teams while senior wide receiver Russ Demko made three tackles.

OVERTIME ‘HOUNDS: Moravian has played a total of seven overtime games since the NCAA instituted the rule for the 1996 season and is 5-2 all-time in the extra-session. This year was the fifth time since 1996 that the Greyhounds did not play at least one overtime game. Moravian has played four overtime games with Juniata College, two with Widener University and one with Delaware Valley College.

WINNING WAYS: Moravian had 11 consecutive winning seasons—all under Coach Scot Dapp, from 1987 to 1997 and has had 15 winning seasons in Dapp’s 19 years including 2005. The 11-straight winning seasons is the longest in school history. Dapp ranks third among Greyhound coaches in winning percentage.

The Greyhounds will have a lot of players returning next season with game experience and the squad looks to challenge for the MAC's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs.