Sunday, September 26, 2004

MORAVIAN’S CHRIS JACOUBS & CLIFF GARR EARN MAC WEEKLY FOOTBALL HONORS

ANNVILLE, PA --- Sophomore tailback Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) and sophomore linebacker Cliff Garr (Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) of the Moravian College football team have been named the Middle Atlantic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their performances Saturday in Moravian’s 27-20 victory at Lebanon Valley College.

Jacoubs, who was named the MAC Offensive Player o the Week for the second consecutive week, had his second straight 200-plus yard rushing afternoon with 257 yards on 36 carries and three touchdowns in Moravian’s victory at Lebanon Valley. Jacoubs, who had touchdown runs of 53, four and eight yards, also caught a 16-yard touchdown pass to account for all four Greyhounds touchdowns in the game. Jacoubs had a chance to tie the school record of five touchdowns in a game when he scampered into the end zone with 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter, but a holding penalty nullified the score. Jacoubs, who moved into ninth all-time at Moravian with 1,663 yards in just 13 career games, also owns the school record for a single game with 319 yards at Albright College last November. Jacoubs has three of the top five games in school history and has run for more than 100 yards in six of his nine career starts. In just three games this season, Jacoubs has run for 612 yards on 91 carries with seven touchdowns.

Garr helped the Moravian defense lead the Greyhounds to their third win of the season. Garr had seven tackles in the game with a sack for a loss of six yards, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and his first career interception which he returned three yards. The Moravian defense forced Lebanon Valley into six turnovers in the game.

Moravian, which is 3-0 overall and in the MAC, is slated to return to action on Saturday, October 2nd in another MAC game versus King’s College at Steel Field in Bethlehem. Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m.