Kutztown Football
Game Recap

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 

West Chester (3-2, 2-0 PSAC East)            49
Kutztown (1-4, 0-2 PSAC East)                    8
BOXSCORE 

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Joe Wright passes for six touchdowns to lead West Chester to a 49-8 win over Kutztown in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division game at University Field. 

Wright finished 19-of-27 for 385 yards. He tied WCU’s single-game record for touchdown passes, held by three other Golden Rams. 

Mike Washington, who set WCU’s career record for TD catches with 49 and moved within one of the PSAC career record, had two TDs on seven catches for 142 yards. Ryan Paulson and Steve Miller also had two TD catches. Paulson finished with 118 yards on four catches, while Miller had 89 yards on five catches.

Travis Ford-Bey returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown for the Golden Rams. Matt Colyar, Abe Brooks and T.J. Cascio had five tackles each for WCU. 

For Kutztown, Matt Dineen (so. Wilmington, Del./Concord) hit field goals of 28 and 26 yards, and the Golden Bears scored a fourth-quarter safety when WCU’s punt snap went out of the end zone. Shane Martin (jr. New Holland/Garden Spot) was 11-of-25 for 110 yards and also picked up 41 yards on the ground. He was intercepted twice. 

Mike Gardier (jr. Dunmore/Dunmore) had 10 tackles to lead all players. He added a tackle for loss and a pass breakup. Brent Howard (jr. Gilbertsville/Boyertown) had seven hits. Greg Rotkowski (so. Macungie/Emmaus) had a sack.   

West Chester took the opening kick and marched 69 yards on eight plays, capped by Wright’s first TD pass to Miller, a 24-yard hookup.

Kutztown answered with a 10-play, 49-yard drive, which ended with Dineen’s 28-yard field goal. 

After the teams traded punts, Wright hooked up with Washington on the first play of the Rams next drive for a 57-yard scoring strike. Then, on the first play of the second quarter, Martin was hit as he passed and it was picked off by Ford-Bey who rumbled 26 yards to the end zone for a 21-3 lead. 

Kutztown answered with a 26-yard Dineen field goal, after going 74 yards on 16 plays.    

The Rams stretched the lead to 28-6 with one second left in the half when Washington hauled in a 5-yard pass from Wright. The scoring drive had been kept alive by pair of costly KU penalties, including a roughing the kicker flag on a punt. 

WCU quickly upped its lead to 42-6 in the third quarter. After a KU punt, Wright found Paulson on the fourth play of the ensuing drive for a 43-yard hookup. Martin was intercepted on the next play from scrimmage and WCU went 77 yards on six plays, capped by Wright’s 47-yard scoring strike to Paulson with 7:54 left in the third.  

Wright’s sixth touchdown came on a 32-yard pass to Miller with 1:40 left in the third. 

The scoring was capped with 13:06 left in the game when WCU’s long snapper sailed one over the head of the Rams punter and out of the end zone for a safety. 

Kutztown falls to 1-3 overall, 0-2 in the PSAC East. The Golden Bears will look to snap their four-game losing streak at Cheyney next Saturday.   

West Chester improves to 3-2 overall, 2-0 in the division. West Chester travels to East Stroudsburg next Saturday.