College Football Final – Guilford 21, Bridgewater 14

BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Matt Pawlowski (Greensboro, N.C./Northwest Guilford) threw for two touchdowns and Josh Schow (Herndon, Va./Herndon) ran for one in Guilford College’s 21-14 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) football win at Bridgewater College Saturday.

The Quakers (4-2, 3-0 ODAC) posted their third straight win and improved to 3-0 in the league for the first time since 1998. The victory also marked Guilford’s first at Jopson Field since 1997.

Pawlowski threw a two-yard touchdown pass to junior Josh Williams (Durham, N.C./Jordan) in the first quarter to open the game’s scoring. He added a 13-yard strike to sophomore Hayden Read (Fuqya-Varina, N.C./Fuquay-Varina) in the third quarter, which opened a 21-7 advantage. The sophomore completed 16-of-24 passes for 180 yards and also added 37 rushing yards.

Bridgewater cut the Quakers’ lead to 21-14 on Jeffrey Moore’s 18-yard touchdown catch from Willie Logan. The play capped an eight-play, 89-yard scoring drive with 6:03 left in the game.

Guilford’s offense converted three key third-down plays on the ensuing possession to secure the win. Pawlowski connected with Schow for a 17-yard gain on a third-and-16 play from the Quakers’ 19. He later found Adam Smith (Mocksville, N.C./Davie) for an 11-yard pickup on third-and-six, and his three-yard keeper on a third-and-one essentially sealed the win with 2:03 left in the game.

Schow gained 30 of his 114 rushing yards on the game’s final drive and surpassed century mark for the sixth straight time. He also scored on a one-yard plunge in the second quarter, which opened a 14-0 Guilford lead. Schow has a career-high 816 rushing yards this year, the eighth-best season total in school history. His nine rushing scores stand third at Guilford.

The Quakers’ defense yielded 204 rushing yards, but limited Logan to 14-of-32 passing for 158 yards. Junior Satiir Stevenson (Roselle, N.J./Abraham Clark) made a season-high 11 tackles and sophomore JerMario Gooch (Raleigh, N.C./Knightdale) added his team-leading third interception, which was the game’s lone turnover. Gooch’s one-handed grab at the Quakers’ five-yard line ended a Bridgewater scoring chance early in the third quarter with Guilford holding a 14-7 lead.

Bridgewater’s Jacob Wright led all ballcarriers with 122 rushing yards on 23 carries. Logan added 73 yards on nine carries and scored on a 10-yard, second-quarter run. Moore was Logan’s favorite target with five catches for 76 yards, both game highs.
Coach Chris Rusiewicz’s Quakers return home to host Randolph-Macon College Saturday (10/26) at 1:00 p.m. in a meeting of 3-0 ODAC teams.

Box Score (Final)
Guilford vs Bridgewater (Va.) (Oct 19, 2013 at Bridgewater, Va.)

  Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
  -----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
  Guilford............  7  7  7  0  - 21       Record: (4-2,3-0)
  Bridgewater (Va.)...  0  7  0  7  - 14       Record: (3-3,0-3)

Scoring Summary:
1st 03:07 GC – Josh Williams 2 yd pass from Matt Pawlowski (Tyler Hunt kick), 9-67 3:43, GC 7 – BC 0
2nd 09:07 GC – Josh Schow 1 yd run (Tyler Hunt kick), 9-78 3:43, GC 14 – BC 0
03:36 BC – Willie Logan 10 yd run (C. DeHaven kick), 12-81 5:24, GC 14 – BC 7
3rd 03:22 GC – Hayden Read 13 yd pass from Matt Pawlowski (Tyler Hunt kick), 5-49 2:03, GC 21 – BC 7
4th 06:03 BC – Jeffrey Moore 18 yd pass from Willie Logan (C. DeHaven kick), 8-89 2:09, GC 21 – BC 14

                                       GC       BC
  FIRST DOWNS...................       18       20
  RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   44-180   35-204
  PASSING YDS (NET).............      180      158
  Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  24-16-0  32-14-1
  TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   68-360   67-362
  Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
  Punt Returns-Yards............     2-18     3-10
  Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     2-37     4-97
  Interception Returns-Yards....     1-19      0-0
  Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-36.2   4-38.2
  Fumbles-Lost..................      1-0      0-0
  Penalties-Yards...............     5-35     5-40
  Possession Time...............    32:30    27:30
  Third-Down Conversions........  9 of 15  5 of 13
  Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   1 of 3
  Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-5      2-3
  Sacks By: Number-Yards........      0-0      2-4

RUSHING: Guilford-Josh Schow 27-114; Matt Pawlowski 10-37; Donnie Alexander Jr. 2-17; Josh Jurgevich 3-16; Team 1-minus 1; Nick Mearite 1-minus 3. Bridgewater(Va.)-Jacob Wright 23-122; Willie Logan 9-73; Jordan Hartman 1-6; Cliff Woodard 1-3; Jeff Matthews 1-0.
PASSING: Guilford-Matt Pawlowski 16-24-0-180. Bridgewater (Va.)-Willie Logan 14-32-1-158.
RECEIVING: Guilford-Adam Smith 4-54; Nick Mearite 4-34; Hayden Read 2-31; Josh Williams 2-13; Chad Christopher 1-19; Josh Schow 1-17; Donnie Alexander Jr. 1-8; Trey Dill 1-4. Bridgewater (Va.)-Jeffrey Moore 5-76; Michael Colee 4-36; Jeff Matthews 1-22; Nick Wimer 1-20; Shawn Lee 1-4; Anthony Church 1-1; Cassidy Burns 1-minus 1.
INTERCEPTIONS: Guilford-JerMario Gooch 1-19. Bridgewater (Va.)-None.
FUMBLES: Guilford-Hayden Read 1-0. Bridgewater (Va.)-None.
SACKS (UA-A): Guilford-None. Bridgewater (Va.)-John Brilliant 1-0; Spencer Steele 0-1; Logan Whitaker 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Guilford-Satiir Stevenson 4-7; Karl Roberts 4-5; Jaylan Martin 6-1; Robert Smith 3-3; Daytwyn Rascoe 3-3; Chris Ward 2-2; Alex Smith 2-2; Jordan Sutton 1-3; CJ Hobbs 2-0; Tyler Eller 2-0; Kevin Peppers 2-0; JerMario Gooch 2-0; Ricky Douglas 1-1; Calvin Kling 1-1; Jordan Farmer 1-0; Josh Williams 0-1; Mitchell Skidmore 0-1; Ira Warwick 0-1; Marquez Eleazer 0-1. Bridgewater (Va.)-Andrew Palmer 5-6; N. Cawthon 5-2; James Winfield 5-1; Alex Collins 3-3; George Buskey 2-4; Lucas Elliott 5-0; Mitchell Parks 4-1; Logan Whitaker 2-2; Daniel Brent 2-1; Jack Wecker 2-1; Spencer Steele 1-2; Tyler Knight 1-2; Don Mills, Jr. 2-0; William Hanna 1-1; John Brilliant 1-1; Sammy Coleman 1-1; Kyle Keister 1-0; Brian Bosak 0-1; Kenneth Szabo 0-1; A. Moton, II 0-1; Collin Delauter 0-1.