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FOOTBALL 2009
THE WOLVERINES IN OVERTIME
Entering the 2009 season, Grove City owns a 4-3 all-time record in overtime. Below is a look back at those seven games.
WOOSTER 7
GROVE CITY 6
September 14, 1996
Grove City, Pa.
Game Summary
Doug Steiner put Grove City up 6-0 in
the second overtime with a one-yard
touchdown run. But Wooster blocked the
extra point and on the Scots’ ensuing
possession, Jeff Elser tied the game by
scoring from the 2. Will Schober’s extra
point gave Wooster the win. Steiner ran
for 102 yards.
Score By Quarter
Wooster 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Grove City 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
Scoring Summary
G-Steiner 1 run (kick blocked)
W-Elser 2 run (Schober kick)
GROVE CITY 31
MUHLENBERG 34
November 7, 1998
Allentown, Pa.
Game Summary
Grove City overcame a 21-point deficit
and the loss of All-American fullback R.J.
Bowers to force overtime before falling
to the Mules. Bowers finished with 172
yards and two touchdowns before leaving
with a broken ankle in the third quarter.
Jake Dailey hauled in a touchdown
pass while Aaron Kaiser’s 20-yard run tied
the game at 28 in the fourth quarter. Ben
Shreve’s 33-yard field goal in overtime
put Grove City up 31-28.
Score By Quarter
Grove City 0 14 0 14 3 31
Muhlenberg 14 7 0 6 6 34
Scoring Summary
M-Brader 2 run (Dickinson kick)
M-DeLuna 22 pass from McCabe (Dickinson kick)
M-Brader 1 run (Dickinson kick)
G-R.J. Bowers 25 run (kick failed)
G-R.J. Bowers 41 run (Bowers run)
M-Carter 12 pass from McCabe (Dickinson kick)
G-Dailey 31 pass from Napotnik (Shreve kick)
G-Kaiser 20 run (Shreve kick)
G-FG Shreve 33
M-McFarlane 25 pass from McCabe
MUHLENBERG 24
GROVE CITY 31
November 6, 1999
Grove City, Pa.
Game Summary
One year after dropping the season finale
to Muhlenberg in overtime, the Wolverines
picked up their first overtime victory
in the 1999 finale. After Muhlenberg
erased Grove City’s 10-point lead, the
Wolverines re-took the lead in the fourth
quarter on Garret Schmidt’s 41-yard
touchdown catch from Steve Lacinski.
With the game tied at 24 in overtime, R.J.
Bowers scored his second touchdown of
the day on his school-record 46th carry
of the afternoon. Brock McCullough’s deflection
of a fourth-down pass sealed the
win for Grove City.
Score By Quarter
Muhlenberg 7 0 14 3 0 24
Grove City 7 7 3 7 7 31
Scoring Summary
M-Wolfsohn 18 pass from McCabe (Reed kick)
G-Lacinski 9 run (Shreve kick)
G-R.J. Bowers 1 run (Shreve kick)
G-FG Shreve 32
M-Carter 85 kickoff return (Reed kick)
M-Carter 8 pass from McCabe (Reed kick)
G-Schmidt 41 pass from Lacinski (Shreve kick)
M-FG Reed 27
G-R.J. Bowers 13 run (Shreve kick)
KENYON 21
GROVE CITY 27
September 9, 2000 G
Grove City, Pa.
Game Summary
Grove City needed an extra session to
knock off Kenyon in the 2000 home
opener. Mike Orlando gave Grove City
the lead just two minutes into the game
on a 15-yard run. But the Lords bounced
back and maintained a 21-13 lead midway
through the fourth quarter. Dan
Roseum’s 43-yard interception return
gave Grove City new life, however, and
Orlando followed with his second scoring
run of the day. In overtime, Kenyon
won the toss but did not score on its
possession. R.J. Bowers then bulled in from
the 9 on Grove City’s fourth play.
Score By Quarter
Kenyon 0 7 7 7 0 21
Grove City 7 6 0 8 6 27
Scoring Summary
G-Orlando 15 run (Styer kick)
K-Miga 1 run (Moriarty kick)
G-Bowers 2 run (kick blocked)
K-Perazich 13 pass from Miga (Moriarty kick)
K-Mills 1 run (Moriarty kick)
G-Orlando 18 run (Bowers rush)
G-Bowers 9 run
GROVE CITY 32
WAYNESBURG 29
October 14, 2000
Waynesburg, Pa.
Game Summary
The longest game in school and Presidents’
Athletic Conference history, Grove
City’s four-overtime victory over
Waynesburg kept the Wolverines’ hopes
for a third conference title in four years
alive. Ben Shreve’s 40-yard field goal in
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the fourth overtime gave Grove City the
lead for good while Jonathan Forbes’ block
of a Waynesburg field goal attempt cemented
the victory. R.J. Bowers ran for 266
yards and three touchdowns, his NCAArecord
32nd straight game with at least
100 yards.
Score By Quarter
Grove City 9 7 0 0 7 0 6 3 32
Waynesburg 6 0 3 7 7 0 6 0 29
Scoring Summary
G-Bowers 44 run (kick blocked)
W-Long 1 run (kick blocked)
G-FG Shreve 33
G-Bowers 51 run (Styer kick)
W-FG Santoro 30
W-Schake 4 run (Santoro kick)
W-Schake 1 run (Santoro kick)
G-Byrer 25 pass from Lacinski (Styer kick)
W-Schake 2 run (pass failed)
G-Bowers 25 run (pass failed)
G-FG Shreve 40
GROVE CITY 20
BETHANY 14
October 28, 2000
Bethany, W. Va.
Game Summary
Fullback R.J. Bowers became college
football’s all-time leading rusher with his
128-yard outing. But it was his third
touchdown run of the day, an 11-yard
sprint in overtime, that gave Grove City
its fourth overtime win in a nine-game
span. The Wolverines trailed 14-7 in the
fourth quarter before a Bowers score tied
the game. Mike Orlando added 114 yards
on just 16 carries for the Wolverines.
Score By Quarter
Grove City 7 0 0 7 6 20
Bethany 0 7 7 0 0 14
Scoring Summary
G-Bowers 3 run (Styer kick)
B-Isbell 9 run (Henderson kick)
B-Anderson 7 run (Henderson kick)
G-Bowers 1 run (Styer kick)
G-Bowers 11 run
CARNEGIE MELLON 9
GROVE CITY 6
September 14, 2002
Grove City, Pa.
Game Summary
Two Mike Titzel field goals gave Grove
City the lead but Chris Kay’s 25-yard
touchdown catch gave CMU the win in
the 2002 home opener at Thorn Field.
Score By Quarter
CMU 0 3 0 0 6 9
Grove City 0 3 0 0 3 6
Scoring Summary
G-FG Titzel 23
C-FG Palmer 40
G-FG Titzel 37
C-Kay 25 pass from Wykosky
OVERTIME HISTORY