Two long interception returns led to 10 points as the Muhlenberg football team closed out its home schedule with a 30-16 win against Gettysburg.
With the victory, their 14th straight against the Bullets, the Mules (5-4, 3-3) retained possession of the Old Tin Cup and clinched their 16th consecutive non-losing season.
On the fourth play from scrimmage, linebacker
CJ Newman - one of 23 seniors and graduate students honored before the game - intercepted a Gettysburg pass and returned it 58 yards to the Gettysburg 8. Two plays later, senior
Amari Dunn carried in from 2 yards out for his 19th career rushing touchdown.
Dunn finished with 96 yards, bringing his season total to 910 and leaving him with 90 yards to get in next week's finale at Dickinson to record the first 1000-yard season by a Muhlenberg back since 2018.
The Bullets (2-7, 0-6) put up a touchdown and a field goal on their next two drives, however, to take a 10-7 lead. The Mule defense did not allow another score until the fourth quarter.
Junior
Logan Nordeck (pictured above) caught back-to-back passes of 19 and 25 yards, the second in the end zone, to cap a five-play, 58-yard drive in the second quarter that gave Muhlenberg the lead for good.
The Mules lost a fumble at their own 22 late in the half, but the defense held and forced an incomplete pass on fourth down from the 5.
Muhlenberg took control of the game by scoring on three straight possessions to open the second half.
After freshman
Jahmir Brown returned the opening kickoff of the half 44 yards to near midfield, junior
Justin Mondestin caught a 14-yard pass on fourth-and-9 to keep the drive alive and set up a 3-yard scoring strike from junior
Luke Spang to junior
JR Walley.
The defense forced a three-and-out, with senior
Dominick Genario tackling Gettysburg's tight end short of the line to gain on third-and-3, and nine plays later the Mules were in the end zone again. This time it was a 29-yard pass from Spang to freshman
Cody Arevalo on fourth-and-1.
Spang finished 17-of-21 for 189 yards and three touchdown passes, while also rushing for 50 yards.
On the second play of the next Gettysburg possession, Brown picked off a pass and returned it 56 yards to the 5-yard line, setting up a 22-yard field goal by senior
Nicholas D'Amico.
After scoring its final touchdown, the Bullets moved inside Muhlenberg territory on their next drive but were forced back with a pair of sacks, one by sophomore
David Gjergji and one by junior
Joseph Papa that forced an intentional grounding penalty.
The Mules took the punt that ended that drive and held the ball for the final 7:01.
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