2009 Victory Bowl

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2009 Victory Bowl
1234Total
Geneva0713929
Greenville7615028
DateNovember 21, 2009
Season 2009
Stadium Francis Field
Location Greenville, Illinois
MVPOffensive: Gerard Muchette (Geneva College)
Attendance800
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The 2009 Victory Bowl was a college football post-season bowl game. The game was played on November 21, 2009 at Francis Field in Greenville, Illinois. [1] The Geneva College Golden Tornadoes, a provisional member of NCAA D-III Presidents' Athletic Conference played against the Greenville College of NCAA D-III Upper Mid-West Athletic Conference.

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Geneva College won their fifth Victory Bowl in its sixth appearance (both NCCAA Victory Bowl records).

Game summary

Geneva claimed a hard-fought victory over Greenville 29-28, with the issue being decided in the game's final seconds. [2] Greenville took an early lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by Ambers. Gerard Muschette put Geneva on the board with a 5-yard touchdown run during the second quarter to tie the game at 7-7. The Panthers extended their lead on a 39-yard touchdown run by Ambers. The failed extra point gave Greenville a 13-7 lead going into the half.

Ambers scored his third of three touchdowns for Greenville with a 14-yard run. Friedrich caught a two-point conversion attempt from Lira to extend Greenville's lead over Geneva to 21-7. The Golden Tornadoes answered back with Muschette's second touchdown run. The 1 yard run and the extra point cut the Panther's lead to 21-14. Greenville's final points of the game came in the third quarter when Fred scored on a pass of 33 yards from Lira. Ackerman's extra point put the score at 28-14 Greenville. Offensive MVP Gerard Muschette scored his third touchdown of the day late in the 3rd quarter on a five-yard run, but a failed extra point resulted in a scored of 28-20. Senior Matt Barge scored for the Golden Tornadoes with 4:54 left in the 4th quarter to cut the Panther's lead over the Golden Tornadoes to 28-26. A failed two-point conversion attempt by the Golden Tornadoes left Greenville ahead. A successful stand by the Golden Tornado Defense, led by Brian Wilson, gave the ball back to Geneva with 2:12 remaining.

The Drive

The Golden Tornadoes' final possession of the 2009 season began on their own 3 yard line, with 2:12 remaining in the game. Junior quarterback David Girardi completed a first down pass to Barge for a ten-yard gain. Three incomplete passes resulted in a 4th and 10 for Geneva from their own 13 yard line. Heavy pass rush caused Girardi to scramble from the pocket who then completed a pass to Barge for a gain of 10 and a first down. Another pass to Barge, this time for 14 yards moved the ball out to Geneva's 37 yard line. A short gain on a pass by Girardi to Thurston moved the ball out to Geneva's 41 yard line. The Golden Tornadoes then relied "900 Saint Vincent" for a 47-yard gain down to Greenville's 12 yard line. [3] The play called for Girardi to take a few steps towards Geneva's bench, asking for a new play. The ball was then directly snapped to running back Matt Barge who then lateralled the ball back to Girardi. Girardi then completed a deep post to Nuetzel for a huge gain. Geneva gained 8 more yards on two short passes to Dean and Thurston. A final incomplete pass led to a 4-2 at Greenville's 3 yard line when Nick Dipietro kicked the game-winning field goal with :19 seconds left in the game.

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary

[4]

PlaysYardsScoring PlayTimeScore
1st quarter
1054GC - Ambers, 1-yard run (Ackerman kick)4:30Gen 0 - GC 7
2nd quarter
654Gen - Muschette, 5-yard run (Dipietro kick)2:34Gen 7 - GC 7
643GC - Ambers, 39-yard run (Ackerman kick failed)0:45Gen 7 - GC 13
3rd quarter
471GC - Ambers, 14-yard run (Friedrich pass from Lira)1:37Gen 7 - GC 21
860Gen - Muschette, 1-yard run (Dipietro kick)2:42Gen 14 - GC 21
437GC - Fred, 33-yard pass from Lira (Ackerman kick)1:57Gen 14 - GC 28
465Gen - Muschette, 5-yard run (Dipietro kick failed)0:54Gen 20 - GC 28
4th quarter
534Gen - Barge, 7-yard run (two-point conversion failed)2:09Gen 26 - GC 28
1294Gen - Dipietro, 20-yard field goal1:53Gen 29 - GC 28

Statistics

Statistical Comparison [5]
GenGC
1st Downs2116
Total Yards358331
Passing Yards24892
Rushing Yards110239
Penalties4-284-30
3rd Down Conversions2-125-16
4th Down Conversions2-32-5
Turnovers11
Time of Possession27:2932:31

Geneva College

Greenville College

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