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Football Wins ECAC Title in an Offensive Shootout
Garet Lynch runs for 429 yards and seven touchdowns
November 22, 2008
 Garet Lynch runs wild against Hartwick in the ECAC Northwest Bowl(credit: Kelly Vergin)
Lynch established a new school record for rushing yards in a game midway through the second quarter. He also smashed the school's season rushing record as he finished the season with 1,665 yards and also set a new school record for TDs in a game with his seven scores. Lynch established these offensive milestones feats despite being sidelined for most of the fourth quarter with leg cramps.
Brockport (7-4) trailed 62-42 with just over two minutes to play in the third quarter but scored on a Lynch 4-yard run near the end of the quarter to cut the lead to 62-49. After a short punt on the first play of the fourth quarter, Brockport marched down the field and scored on a Zack Luke (Cambridge, NY/Cambridge) to Felipe Diaz (Syracuse, NY/Onondaga) pass to make it a 62-56 score.
Nick Duchscherer (Youngstown, NY/Lewiston-Porter) intercepted a pass three plays later which eventually led to a Lynch scoring run – his seventh of the game – from one yard out to give the Golden Eagles their first lead of the game at 63-62 with 7:17 left.
On the next Hartwick possession, Neil Fay (Olean, NY/Olean) made an open-field tackle after a completed pass, stripped the ball away from the receiver and ran 61 yards into the end zone for a 70-62 lead.
Hartwick (7-3) rallied for a score with three minutes to play but a two-point conversion attempt was intercepted in the end zone by Ryan Hynes (Dansville, NY/Dansville). The Hawks defense held Brockport with less than a minute to play and had one last chance to move into field-goal range but two incomplete passes and a sack by defensive end Josh Day (Hornell, NY/Hornell) – his fourth of the day – finally put an end to the shootout.
As one would expect from the final score, both teams piled up some unbelievable offensive statistics. The 70 points in a game tied the school record set back in 1981 when Brockport defeated Brooklyn College, 70-8. The combined score of 138 breaks the school record set earlier this year of 99 points by nearly 40 points, and it also set the all-time NCAA Division III mark for a regulation game. Jeff Cook (Rochester, NY/Penfield) broke the school record for extra points in a game with 10 successful kicks. The two teams amassed over 1,300 yards of offense and combined for a total of 20 touchdowns.
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