PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania sprint football team stayed undefeated on the season, topping Caldwell 24-14 on the road on Saturday afternoon.
 
Quarterback Michael Malone threw a 17-yard passing touchdown to Jake Wang late in the third quarter to push Penn past Caldwell to give the Quakers their best record since 2010. 
 
Quaker Notemeal
*The Red and Blue completed 81 plays compared to the Lions' 57. 
 
*Penn had 19 successful first downs compared to Caldwell's 4.  
  
*Freshman Malone passed for 112 yards and two touchdowns. 
 
*Both teams punted five times and were intercepted twice.  
 
*Kicker Adrian Montemayor tallied three extra-point kicks and one field goal kick while also causing an interception in the outing.
 
*The reigning CSFL Offensive Player of the Week, Tom Rebstock, kept up his hot pace, totaling 24 receiving yards, 73 rushing yards, and a rushing touchdown. 
 
*Cam Janock led the defensive charge with eight solos and nine total tackles, followed by Matt McKillop's seven tackles. 
 
How It Happened
Caldwell opened the scoring, tallying a 23-yard passing touchdown from quarterback Josh Smith three minutes into the game to lead 7-0 early. Both teams were held scoreless after the Cougars' touchdown until the second quarter when the Quakers tied the battle up at the 8:44 mark of the period off a 35-yard dagger from Malone to sophomore Andy Falletta.
 
The Cougars retaliated on the third play of their second possession, as Smith found Zaheir Mitchell for a 75-yard touchdown to lead 14-7. Both teams went back and forth with two unsuccessful drives, but once the Quakers got the ball back, Malone's first pass was intercepted by Kyle Readus to hand the rock right back to Caldwell. Luckily for Penn, the defense held strong to hold the Cougars unsuccessful on the drive to end the offensive attempts of the first half.
 
Coming out of the break, both defenses continued to stand tall as both offenses had three and out outing on their first possessions. Senior Montemayor nailed his sole field goal with 9:03 on the clock to cut the deficit to 14-10. Five minutes later, after holding the Cougars' offense down, Malone tossed a 17-yard passing touchdown to wide receiver Wang to give the Quakers a 17-14 lead they would not relinquish.
 
The Cougars opened the fourth quarter with quarterback Josh Smith being picked off by senior Janock to dampen any momentum Caldwell tried to muster. The Quakers took almost six minutes off the clock and scored their final touchdown of the game from senior Rebstock, who bumped the lead to its final tally of 24-14.
 
Up Next
The Quakers (5-0) bring their talents to Annapolis next week, heading to Navy for a 7 p.m. battle on Friday, Nov. 1.