Football

DELAWARE VALLEY 20, KING'S COLLEGE 19

WILKES-BARRE (PA) -- Adam Knoblauch hit David Carmon with a 33-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-down play with 55 seconds remaining to lead Delaware Valley College to a 20-19, come-from-behind victory over host King's College Saturday at Betzler Fields.

With the win, 25th-ranked Delaware Valley improved to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the Middle Atlantic Conference. The Aggies are now one of just two teams (Moravian the other) to remain unbeaten in the MAC as previously unbeaten Albright College suffered a 52-35 setback to Widener University. Combined with last year's 54-37 victory in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southeast Championship Game, the team is also on its first six-game winning streak since a school-record eight wins in a row over the 1982 and 1983 seasons.

King's, which fell to 1-5 and 1-4 in conference play, suffered its fourth straight devastating loss. King's has now dropped its last four games by five or fewer points with each loss coming in the final 1:30 of each contest.

Trailing 19-13, the Aggies took over at their own 19-yard line with 2:56 remaining following a King's punt. Facing a fourth-and-two play, Knoblauch found Carmon for a 27-yard gain to the Monarch 46. Two plays later, Knoblauch scrambled for 13 yards to the King's 33. After three straight passes forced a fourth-and-10 play, Knoblauch found a streaking Carmon open at the Monarch three-yard line and the sophomore receiver raced untouched into the end zone to knot the score at 19-19. Bill Miller, who had two kicks blocked earlier in the game, came through with the winning conversion to give the Aggies their only lead of the game. Delaware Valley is now 9-for-12 on fourth down conversions this season, including five completions to Carmon.

King's advanced the ball to midfield, but a fourth-down desperation pass was batted away as the Aggies posted their first win over the Monarchs since the 1997 season.

After a scoreless opening period, King's took a 7-0 lead with 10:37 remaining in the second quarter when Blake Letchford scored on a six-yard pass from Chris Barnic to cap a 10-play, 80-yard drive.
Delaware Valley would answer with a nine-play, 80-yard drive when Knoblauch found tight end Sean McMahon on a five-yard scoring play with 2:51 remaining in the half.

The Monarchs would immediately respond when the Monarchs went 67 yards in seven plays, culminated by a 39-yard pass from Barnic to Julian Walker with 0:19 remaining in the half.
In the second half, Delaware Valley went on a seven-play, 67 yard drive and drew to within 14-13 on Knoblauch's seven-yard scoring toss to John Kiphorn. But Casey Meehan, who had blocked a field goal in the first quarter, blocked the extra-point kick and teammate Craig Haywood scooped up the loose ball and raced 82 yards to the end zone to give King's a 16-13 lead. The Monarchs extended the lead to 19-13 when Bobby Nawrocki kicked a 35-yard field goal with 6:59 left in the game.

Delaware Valley, which amassed 397 yards of total offense, was led by Knoblauch who completed just 18-of-41 passes for 302 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Carmon was outstanding in making six catches for 169 yards, including the game-winning score. Don Marshall made five receptions for 94 yards while Steve Cook rushed for 71 yards on 21 carries.

Defensively, Brandon Tolbert and Andrew Erby paced the Aggies with eight and seven tackles respectively. Kevin Bliss, Kyle Mancuso and Joe Whitesell each notched interceptions while Anthony Silver and Rob Wilkins had one sack apiece.

King's which posted 342 yards of total offense, was paced by Richard Jackson who rushed for 147 yards on 30 carries and reached the 100-yard plateau for the sixth time this season. Barnic was 15-of-30 for 217 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Blake Letchford made six catches for 56 yards while Walker added five receptions for 107 yards.

UPDATE ON THE FATHER OF HEAD COACH G.A. MANGUS - George Mangus, the father of Delaware Valley head coach G.A. Mangus, was in attendance and suffered a cardiac arrest in the first quarter. The 65-year-old was rushed to Geisinger hospital in Wilkes-Barre. As of 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, he was in stable condition and breathing on his own.