Bucknell vs. Georgetown Postgame Notes
10/21/2001 8:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 21, 2001
Bucknell recorded its first shutout since 1997 (33-0 over Towson) with a 34-0 blanking of Georgetown on Homecoming Day at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium ... the Bison defense was dominant, yielding only 28 rushing yards and 167 total yards ... the Herd outgained the Hoyas 528-167 on the day ... Bucknell claimed three more takeaways, giving it 19 in the last four weeks ... it was the second time in three weeks the Bison held an opponent under 30 yards rushing ... Georgetown advanced into Bucknell territory only three times all day and only twice inside the red zone ... CB Reed Tunison set the tone for the day when he returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown on the game's first play from scrimmage ... it was his second interception for a touchdown this season, tying the Patriot League record ... the win was Bucknell's fifth straight and the 5-1 start matches last year's hot beginning ... head coach Tom Gadd won his 47th game at Bucknell, leaving him one shy of the school record of 48 held by Bob Curtis ... the Bison need to win only one of their last four games to clinch their seventh straight winning season ... RB Jess Brinson carried the running load as RB Jabu Powell sat out with a rib injury ... Brinson carried 18 times for 164 yards and a 53-yard touchdown, his first career 100-yard day ... QB Todd Wenrich completed his first 10 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns ... he finished 19-for-29 for 264 yards ... FB J.C. Morgan caught his second TD pass of the season in the first quarter, and WR Albert Marquardt gave Bucknell a commanding 27-0 first-quarter lead with an acrobatic 18-yard TD catch in the back of the end zone ... freshman QB Cole Ciesnolevicz came on in relief in the fourth quarter and competed his first career pass, a 12-yard hookup with WR Brett Yordy ... junior FB Todd Warmington scored his first career touchdown on a 14-yard run in the opening quarter ... the Bison defense recorded five sacks on the day, including two by OLB Mark Tallman ... SS Virgil Rush led all players with eight tackles ... P/LB Billy Windle recovered a fumble on defense and averaged 36.8 yards on four punts, including a 51-yarder ... K Chris Lundberg missed a 47-yard field goal on his only attempt of the day, marking the first game this season in which he has not booted a three-pointer ... Bucknell tied its school record with 14 penalties ... the crowd of 8,050 was the 11th-largest since the remodeling of Mathewson Stadium in 1989 ... Bucknell's four remaining opponents have a combined record 16-8 overall, 9-2 in Patriot League play ... Bucknell, Lehigh and Holy Cross are all 3-0 in league play, while Colgate is 2-0.