BETHANY, W.Va. - The Bethany College football team fell to Allegheny (Pa.) College by a final score of 46-29 in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game on Don Ault Field at Bison Stadium.
Bethany (2-5, 1-4 PAC) hosted Allegheny (6-1, 4-1 PAC) on the banks of the Buffalo where the Green and White held the visiting Gators and their high-powered offense to one score in the first quarter. The Bison then piled 21 points on one of the PAC's best defenses in the second period, but a late Allegheny score kept the Gators ahead heading into the half. Bethany made it a three-point game in the second half but the opposition rattled off 14 straight points to secure the victory.
Bethany Leaders
- Junior All-PAC quarterback Brett Phillips (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) scored the trifecta of touchdowns with one passing, one receiving, and one rushing as he finished with 26 completions for 259 yards
- Sophomore running back Jaquon Reynolds (Pittsburgh, Pa./Gateway) got the ball 26 times and picked up 116 yards on the ground
- Sophomore wide receiver Jordon Ketron (Winter Springs, Fla./University) had a career-high 112 yards on nine receptions
- Junior wide receiver Jacob Burns (Charleston, W.Va./Herbert Hoover) caught his fifth and sixth touchdowns of the season and finished with three catches for 41 yards
- Junior wide receiver Marveon Boyd (Mableton, Ga./Pebblebrook) also added a niine-yard touchdown pass on a Green and White trick play
- Senior Academic All-PAC linebacker Cam Bailey (Huntington, W.Va./Spring Valley) and senior linebacker Xavier Curry (Meridian, Miss.) each led the Bison defense with eight tackles
- Graduate linebacker Ahkeem Mitchell (Fort Pierce, Fla./Vero Beach) recorded a pivotal strip sack while junior defensive lineman Dom Zenkovich (Washington, Pa./Trinity) also had a sack for two yards
- Freshman kicker Luis Fuentes (Amarillo, Texas/Palo Duro) made all three of his point-after attempts
Allegheny Leaders
- Junior quarterback Carson Colucci led the Gators with 240 yards passing with three touchdowns and 99 yards rushing with two scores
- Junior running back Malik Jefferson added two touchdowns with 80 yards on 20 carries
- Junior wide receiver Terran Mitchell only needed two receptions to rack up 62 yards and a touchdown
- Sophomore linebacker Cortlon Campbell had a game-high 11 tackles including eight solos
Second Quarter (Allegheny 32-21)
- 13:35 - The B-Men broke out the Philly Special with Boyd finding Phillips on a reverse pass (Fuentes kick good)
- 9:11 - Burns went up over a defender to haul in a 30-yard touchdown reception (Fuentes kick good)
- 0:16 - Phillips found Burns for a short strike just before the half (Fuentes kick good)
Third Quarter (Allegheny 32-29)
- 5:41 - Phillips rumbled in for a score from the one-yard line and then found senior tight end Elijah Moffatt (Atlanta, Ga./New Manchester) on the two-point conversion
The Bison are back in action Saturday, October 31 as they travel to Loretto, Pennsylvania to take on Saint Francis (Pa.) University in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game at 1 p.m. at DeGol Field.
