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For Release: October 4,
2003
LATE SCORE LIFTS MIDDLEBURY
OVER AMHERST
AMHERST, Mass.- Mike Keenan
found Mike Murray for a five-yard scoring
strike with 1:12 left to play to lift
Middlebury to its first win of the season
with a 17-14 road victory over previously
unbeaten Amherst. Keenan connect on six of
seven passes for 51 yards on the
game-winning, 13-play, 86-yard drive. Eric
Shanley chipped in with 21 rushing yards
in the series.
Amherst took a 7-0 lead on
the first play of the second quarter with
a short touchdown run. Middlebury tied the
game late in the second quarter when Mike
Murray blocked and recovered a punt before
he scampered 36 yards for the touchdown. A
27-yard field goal from Andy Bohlin gave
the Panthers a 10-7 lead early in the
fourth quarter before the Jeffs came back
to take a 14-10 lead on a short rush with
54 seconds left in the third quarter.
Keenan completed 18 of 28
passes on the day for 197 yards, including
a touchdown. Shanley carried the ball 25
times for 81 yards, while Ryan Armstrong
led the team in receptions with six for 39
yards. Tom Cleaver caught five passes for
95 yards, while Murray had two, including
the game-winning touchdown catch along
with the blocked punt. Rookie Scott Secor
led the defense with 17 tackles and an
interception, while Craig Pittman had 11
tackles and an interception to end
Amherst's final drive with 1:01
remaining.
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