ALLIANCE, Ohio -- No. 2 ranked Mount Union generated 619 yards of offense while its defense held Muskingum to 59 total yards in a 57-0 shutout Saturday night at Mount Union Stadium.

It was the home and Ohio Athletic Conference opener for the Purple Raiders who move to 2-0 overall (1-0 OAC) while posting their 65th straight regular-season victory.

Sophomore quarterback Kevin Burke (Westlake/Lakewood St. Edward) accounted for six of the Raiders eight touchdowns as he threw four of them while going 12-of-17 passing for 258 yards then rushed for two others as he had four rushes for 17 yards.

Burke's first pass of the day was the longest of his college career to date as he hurled a ball 54 yards to senior wide receiver Jasper Collins (Geneva, N.Y./Geneva).  Collins ended up with another touchdown catch in the first quarter as he posted the 7th 100-yard recieving game of his career as he had a game-high five catches for 118 yards.

Senior running back T.J. Lattimore (Maple Heights/Maple Heights) also had a big play with a 72-yard run as part of a nine-carry, 106 yard performance.

Sophomore Drew Prendergast (Minerva/Minerva) also rushed for a score as Mount Union rolled up 276 rushing yards on 41 carries.

The Raider defense shut down the Muskies as they knocked out starting quarterback Alex Meredith in the first half and for the game held Muskingum to just three first downs, 31 yards rushing and 28 yards passing.

Senior safety Nick Driskill (Wabash, Ind./Southwood) had a team-high six stops while linebacker Charles Dieuseul (Winter Haven, Fla./Lake Region) had five tackles and forced a fumble on a sack to lead the unit.

Burke hit Collins on 54 and 9-yard throws to give Mount Union a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Senior Tyler Almeida (Elyria/Elyria) hit a 30-yard field goal early in the second quarter before Burke hit junior Sherman Wilkinson (Kettering/Fairmont) on a 12-yard TD pass and senior Blair Skilliter (Curtice/Genoa) on a 32-yard strike then ran five yards for a score to extend the lead to 38-0 at the half.

Burke taked on another rushing score from three yards as he raced the Raiders down the field in their first possession of the second half as they covered 74 yards in three plays, one being the 72-yard Lattimore run. 

Senior Julius Moore (Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen Senior) caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Roman Namdar (Southlake, Texas/Carroll) as it was 50-0 at the end of the third quarter.

Prendergast finished the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the 57-0 final.

Mount Union goes back on the road playing next Saturday at Marietta College with kickoff slated for 6pm from Don Drumm Stadium in Marietta.

                               Box Score (Final)
          Muskingum vs #2 Mount Union (Sep 15, 2012 at Alliance, Ohio)

  Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
  -----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
  Muskingum...........  0  0  0  0  -  0       Record: (0-2,0-1)
  Mount Union......... 14 24 12  7  - 57       Record: (2-0,1-0)

  Scoring Summary:
  1st 13:50 MTU - Jasper Collins 54 yd pass from Kevin Burke (Tyler Almeida kick), 3-65 1:10, MUSK 0 - MTU 7
      03:09 MTU - Jasper Collins 9 yd pass from Kevin Burke (Tyler Almeida kick), 4-50 1:10, MUSK 0 - MTU 14
  2nd 10:04 MTU - Tyler Almeida 30 yd field goal, 11-41 4:03, MUSK 0 - MTU 17
      07:09 MTU - Sherman Wilkinson 12 yd pass from Kevin Burke (Tyler Almeida kick), 2-62 0:32, MUSK 0 - MTU 24
      04:27 MTU - Blair Skilliter 32 yd pass from Kevin Burke (Tyler Almeida kick), 2-32 0:16, MUSK 0 - MTU 31
      00:44 MTU - Kevin Burke 5 yd run (Tyler Almeida kick), 4-56 1:53, MUSK 0 - MTU 38
  3rd 11:59 MTU - Kevin Burke 3 yd run (Tyler Almeida kick blockd), 3-74 1:20, MUSK 0 - MTU 44
      04:23 MTU - Julius Moore 22 yd pass from Roman Namdar (Johnny Hartong kick failed), 8-56 4:21, MUSK 0 - MTU 50
  4th 13:35 MTU - Drew Prendergast 1 yd run (Johnny Hartong kick), 9-61 3:36, MUSK 0 - MTU 57

                                     MUSK      MTU
  FIRST DOWNS...................        3       29
  RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    39-31   41-276
  PASSING YDS (NET).............       28      343
  Passes Att-Comp-Int...........   10-4-0  25-20-0
  TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....    49-59   66-619
  Fumble Returns-Yards..........     1-10      0-0
  Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0     6-81
  Kickoff Returns-Yards.........    6-133      0-0
  Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0      0-0
  Punts (Number-Avg)............  11-36.0   1-50.0
  Fumbles-Lost..................      1-0      2-2
  Penalties-Yards...............     6-73     3-20
  Possession Time...............    31:09    28:51
  Third-Down Conversions........  2 of 14  8 of 10
  Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   0 of 0
  Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      0-0      6-8
  Sacks By: Number-Yards........      0-0     3-18

  RUSHING: Muskingum-Shane Dotson 7-14; Jerry Manukin 15-11; Alex Meredith 3-7; CJ
  Snider 1-5; J.Washington 1-4; Xavier Roberts 1-0; Marvin Morris 1-minus 1;
  Anthony Frye 10-minus 9. Mount Union-T.j. Lattimore 9-106; Mason Minnich 5-66;
  Julius Moore 2-50; Jake Simon 8-34; Kevin Burke 4-17; Drew Prendergast 10-16;
  Blair Skilliter 1-4; Roman Namdar 1-3; TEAM 1-minus 20.

  PASSING: Muskingum-Jerry Manukin 4-7-0-28; Alex Meredith 0-3-0-0. Mount
  Union-Kevin Burke 12-17-0-258; Roman Namdar 7-7-0-77; Shane Peludat 1-1-0-8.

  RECEIVING: Muskingum-J.Washington 2-7; Wes Rataiczak 1-15; Anthony Frye 1-6.
  Mount Union-Jasper Collins 5-118; Chris Denton 4-86; Julius Moore 3-38; Jack
  Nicholls 2-25; Blair Skilliter 1-32; Sherman Wilkinson 1-12; Brandon Mathie
  1-12; Luc Meacham 1-8; Shannon Stewart 1-6; Jake Simon 1-6.

  INTERCEPTIONS: Muskingum-None. Mount Union-None.

  FUMBLES: Muskingum-Jerry Manukin 1-0. Mount Union-TEAM 1-1; T.j. Lattimore 1-1.

  SACKS (UA-A): Muskingum-None. Mount Union-Nyejel Thomas 0-2; Ted Rosalva 0-1;
  Colton Bridges 0-1; Charles Dieuseul 1-0.

  TACKLES (UA-A): Muskingum-Jacques Dorsey 8-3; Alex Simmons 3-2; Thomas Ross Jr.
  3-2; Matt Hundenski 4-0; Chaney Fulton 2-2; Erik Hall 1-3; Steven Vinson 3-0; S.
  Stooksbury 2-1; Gianni Fuscardo 2-1; Jake Antolak 1-2; Hank Smith 1-2; Andy
  McMillen 2-0; Alex Adams 2-0; Andrew Davis 1-1; Damond Goggins 1-1; Jordan Smith
  0-2; Logan Ladd 1-0; Ben Durbin 1-0; Tristan Heath 1-0; Danny Snively 1-0; Kevin
  Comerford 1-0; Jeremy Heck 1-0; Alvin Taylor 0-1; Evan Wiggall 0-1; Joseph
  DeWitt 0-1; Josh Haase 0-1. Mount Union-Nick Driskill 6-0; Charles Dieuseul 4-1;
  Ted Rosalva 3-2; Frank Orteca 1-4; Hank Spencer 4-0; Isaiah Scott 4-0; Christian
  Suprano 3-0; Dan Allen 2-1; Shawn Riley 1-2; Tom Lally 2-0; Jonathan Gonell 2-0;
  Jack Laforce 1-1; Colton Bridges 1-1; Nyejel Thomas 0-2; Josh Butler 1-0; Matt
  Fechko 1-0; Joshua Scott 1-0; Brock Briggs 1-0; Antonio Tate 1-0; Tyler Almeida
  1-0; Alex Kochoff 1-0; StephawnFeatherstone 0-1; Alex Nicholls 0-1; Pat Mahoney
  0-1; Isaiah Chambers 0-1.