EDINBORO, Pa. — The Edinboro football team dropped their season finale to Shippensburg 28-21 on Saturday at Sox Harrison Stadium.
The Fighting Scots moved across midfield on the opening possession behind completions from
Bo Swartz to
Jacob Coburn and
Evan Zankl, but the drive stalled and
Ethan Schlief punted to the Raiders seven. Shippensburg drove into Scots territory on its first series before
Nick Rossi sacked Roman Jensen for an 11-yard loss, leading to a punt. On the ensuing Edinboro possession, Andrew Biddle intercepted Swartz at the Raiders 46. Shippensburg reached the Scots 20, but sacks by Rossi and
Jarett Wallick pushed the visitors back forcing a Wilson Ingerski 52-yard field goal attempt that was wide left at 1:37.
The Fighting Scots used a 19-yard Swartz completion to Coburn and a 21-yard
Antwan Ceasar run to push the ball Raiders 25 as the first quarter expired. Swartz opened the second quarter by completing a 25-yard touchdown pass to
Clayton Bezon at 14:54giving the Scots a 7-0 lead. Shippensburg put together a 14-play, 73-yard drive in response, with BJ Jones scoring from 1 yard at 8:55 before the missed extra point left the Fighting Scots ahead 7-6. After the Scots punted on their next possession, the defense forced Shippensburg to punt from its own 43. Swartz finished a 77-yard drive with a 52-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-3 with 1:57 left in the first half. The Fighting Scots forced another late punt, had their final possession slowed by a holding penalty and carried a 14-6 lead into halftime.
The Scots' defense set up the only points of the third quarter when
Elijah Wentz intercepted Jensen at the Raiders 33 at 14:24. The offense turned the short field into Swartz's 18-yard touchdown pass to Bezon at 11:41. Bruzda's extra point made it 21-6. Shippensburg answered with a 17-play, 48-yard possession that included a fourth-down conversion at the Scots 40 before Ingerski missed a 37-yard field goal at 3:49. The Fighting Scots were backed up on their next drive after a delay-of-game penalty, but Swartz ran for 12 yards on third-and-13 before Schlief punted to the Raiders 29 with 30 seconds left.
Shippensburg completed passes of 11 and nine yards in the final half-minute of the third sending the teams to the final frame with the Fighting Scots leading 21-6. Shippensburg opened the fourth-quarter scoring when Roman Jensen converted fourth-and-1 with a 1-yard touchdown run at 11:24, cutting the Fighting Scots' lead to 21-13 after the extra point. After a muffed kickoff was recovered by the Raiders at the Scots 29, Jensen found Jermere Jones for a 13-yard touchdown and Shippensburg added a two-point pass to tie the game at 21-21. The Fighting Scots later pinned the Raiders at their 1 on Schlief's 67-yard punt and got the ball back in Shippensburg territory, but the drive ended when Nate Myers intercepted Swartz and returned it 50 yards to the Scots 30. Shippensburg turned that field position into Jensen's 1-yard touchdown pass to Jones at 2:23, and the Scots' next possession ended in another interception as the Raiders closed out a 28-21 final.
Swartz completed 11 of 21 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 113 yards and a score on 13 carries. Bezon caught three passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns.
Parker Hoff led the Fighting Scots with 14 tackles. Rossi finished with eight tackles and two sacks.
Jensen completed 27 of 37 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown. Jones caught five passes for 34 yards and two touchdowns. Adegunle recorded team highs of 10 receptions and 68 receiving yards. Myers finished with a team-high nine tackles and an interception.
