Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

University of Mount Union

Athletics Site of the Mount Union Purple Raiders
Athletics Site of the Mount Union Purple Raiders

Football

Fast Start For #1 Football Results in Win

Quarterback Kurt Rocco (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon), wide reciever Cecil Shorts III (Cleveland/Collinwood) and running back Terrance Morring (Sanford, FL/Winter Springs) all had career days to lead a Mount Union (6-0, 5-0 OAC) offense that out-gained Heidelberg (1-5, 0-5 OAC), 536-333.

 

Rocco completed 24-of-34 passes for a career-best 406 yards and a career-high four TD passes.  The 406 passing yards was the fourth-best performance in Mount Union history.

 

Shorts was his favorite target as he caught a career-high 13 receptions for 297 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

 

Morring tallied a career-high 22 carries for 108 yards and two scores.

 

Heidelberg received the opening kickoff and on its first play from scrimmage quarterback Andrew Miller was picked off by Raider safety Alex Ferrara (Independence/Walsh Jesuit).

 

Three plays later Morring capped a three-play 41 yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run.

 

Heidelberg then fumbled the ensuing kickoff that was recovered by James Coppeler (Worthington/Worthington Kilbourne) to give Mount Union the football on the Student Prince 17-yard line.  Two plays after that, Rocco hit reciever Vince Petruziello (Mentor/Lake Catholic) for a 21 yard touchdown pass to give Mount Union a 14-0 lead in the game's first two minutes.

 

Mount Union scored again just under four minutes later as Morring would run in from nine yards out to extend the lead to 21-0.

 

Heidelberg would get on the board when Miller ran in from a yard out to make the score 21-7 at the end of the first quarter.

 

The Raiders made it 24-7 with a Jay Carpenter (Fairmont, WV/Fairmont) 33-yard field goal with 9:10 remaining in the second quarter.

 

Shorts would get his first touchdown catch on a 79-yard catch and run as Mount Union would take a 31-7 lead into the lockers.  The 79-yard reception was longest of Shorts' career.

 

Shorts would be at it again as he hauled down a 45-yard pass from Rocco just 1:15 into the second half and that would be the only score of the third quarter as Mount Union led 38-7.

 

Rocco tossed his fourth touchdown of the day early in the fourth quarter when he hit tight end Kyle Miller (Elida/Elida) on an 11-yard pass.

 

Heidelberg finished the scoring as Brett Weidemann caught a five-yard pass from Miller for the 44-14 final.

 

Linebacker Judd Lutz (Tiffin/Tiffin Columbian) had a team-best nine tackles in his hometown on his high school field to lead a Mount Union defense that had four sacks and forced three turnovers.

 

Mount Union extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games and the nation's longest regular season winning streak to 39 games.  The Raiders have also now won 93 consecutive regular season road games.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Jay Carpenter

#1 Jay Carpenter

K/P
5' 11"
Senior
James Coppeler

#16 James Coppeler

DB
5' 11"
Senior
Alex Ferrara

#7 Alex Ferrara

DB
5' 10"
Sophomore
Judd Lutz

#40 Judd Lutz

LB
6' 1"
Senior
Kyle Miller

#89 Kyle Miller

TE
6' 6"
Senior
Terrance Morring

#5 Terrance Morring

RB
5' 10"
Senior
Vince Petruziello

#8 Vince Petruziello

WR
6' 2"
Senior
Kurt Rocco

#14 Kurt Rocco

QB
6' 6"
Senior
Cecil Shorts III

#10 Cecil Shorts III

WR/QB
6' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Jay Carpenter

#1 Jay Carpenter

5' 11"
Senior
K/P
James Coppeler

#16 James Coppeler

5' 11"
Senior
DB
Alex Ferrara

#7 Alex Ferrara

5' 10"
Sophomore
DB
Judd Lutz

#40 Judd Lutz

6' 1"
Senior
LB
Kyle Miller

#89 Kyle Miller

6' 6"
Senior
TE
Terrance Morring

#5 Terrance Morring

5' 10"
Senior
RB
Vince Petruziello

#8 Vince Petruziello

6' 2"
Senior
WR
Kurt Rocco

#14 Kurt Rocco

6' 6"
Senior
QB
Cecil Shorts III

#10 Cecil Shorts III

6' 2"
Senior
WR/QB