Box Score

Millersville, Pa. - Cheyney utilized its power, Wing-T running game all afternoon, but when it needed a late score, Coach Jeff Braxton called on his quarterback. QB Chris Anderson marched the Wolves to a touchdown with 30 seconds remaining, giving Cheyney a 20-17 victory--its first of the season and its first over Millersville since 1983.

Millersville (2-3, 0-2 PSAC East) led 14-13 with 4:51 left in the game. The offense had sputtered much of the game, running just eight plays in the third quarter and three on its first drive of the fourth. But the combination that had worked so well all season--Bill Shirk to Jamal Smith--hooked up for a 51-yard gain, putting the Marauders in Cheyney territory. One play later, Smith hauled in a Shirk pass at the Cheyney 2-yard line.

Millersville failed to put the game away, though. Fateen Brown was stuffed for a loss on first down, and Shirk's fade to Smith fell incomplete on second. On third down, Shirk was sacked for the fifth time, forcing Millersville to settle for a 17-13 lead on an Anthony Kassab field goal.

Cheyney took over with 1:58 left, and immediately, Anderson found Prince Stewart for a 28-yard gain to the Millersville 42. The Marauder defense forced a fourth-and-nine, but in a play eerily similar to Millersville's season-opening loss to Assumption, a pass interference penalty kept the drive alive. The Wolves managed to convert one more fourth down at the Millersville nine, and another pass interference put the Wolves on the doorstep. On first-and-goal Anderson plunged across the goal line on a keeper.

A chance at a miracle was all that was left for the Marauders as they needed to travel 80 yards in 30 seconds. Shirk was sacked on the first play and his final three attempts all fell incomplete.

Cheyney did not lead until its final score. It was the first win of Braxton's three-year tenure and just the sixth in 61 all-time meetings against Millersville.

The Wolves' ground game produced 295 yards--160 of them by Marcus Jones. John Newman added 87 on six carries, including a 77-yard touchdown run. With every carry, the Wolves chewed up more clock. They held a 38:45 to 21:15 advantage in time of possession.

The Marauders' offense failed to click. It managed just 41 yards on the ground, and the usually accurate Shirk completed just 11-of-27 passes for 179 yards and two scores. His first TD pass to linebacker Jeff Longley put the Marauders up 7-0. Smith, who finished with 109 yards receiving on five catches, caught his sixth TD of the season.

Millersville, which has played five-straight games at home to open the season, plays its first road game next week. The Marauders travel to C.W. Post on Oct. 9 for a 1 p.m. start.