University of Pennsylvania Athletics

PHILADELPHIA – Penn sprint football took down Molloy 28-6 on Friday night at Franklin Field for its second win of the season.

The Quakers rode their running game once again, rushing for 223 yards on 47 carries. Penn's defense held Molloy to just 145 total yards.

Dante Coury paced Penn with 136 yards on 30 carries. John Franchini was 10-for-14 passing for 87 yards. He also scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak.

With the win, the Quakers moved to 2-2 (1-1 CSFL South) while Malloy dropped to 0-4, (0-2 CSFL South).

How It Happened
Penn received the opening kickoff and went on a methodical drive, going 83 yards on 14 plays for a 9:23 scoring drive to go up 7-0. Quarterback John Franchini finished the drive with a one yard score on a QB sneak. Penn didn't throw a pass in the drive, rushing 14 straight times.

The Quakers defense stymied the Lions offense, forcing four punts and allowing just two first downs in the first 30 minutes.

Penn scored its second and final touchdown of the first half on its second drive, going 10 plays for 65 yards in 6:22. The drive was capped off by Dante Coury, who scored on a one-yard touchdown run to put his team up 14-0. Coury had 73 rushing yards in the first half to lead the offense.

Malloy hit on a 35-yard double pass near the end of the half to get into Penn territory, but ran out of timeouts and the clock ran out to end the half.

The Lions would get on the board in the second half with a 46-yard field goal in the third quarter. It capped of a 37-yard drive across seven plays.

Penn ran 10 plays over the final 7:48 of the third quarter, driving down to the Lions 18 yard line entering the fourth. They would score on another one yard touchdown run from Coury to go up 21-3, capping off a 16-play, 70-yard drive spanning 10:07.

On the second play of Molloy's next drive, there was a fumbled exchange on the handoff between quarterback and running back. Paul Tjoumakaris recovered for Penn at the Molloy 35. 

Four plays later, JT Goodman rushed for a 19-yard touchdown to put his team up 28-3. It was his ninth career score and first of the season.

Molloy would tack on a late field goal to make it 28-6, which would be the final score.

Quaker Notemeal
*Dante Coury led the rushing attack with 136 yards on 30 carries.
*Andrew Piscatelli paced the receiving core with two catches for 24 yards.
*Jack Kim had five tackles, including a sack and tackle for loss to lead the defense.
*Ryan Goodrich also had five tackles, including two solo stops.
*Penn had its two longest drives of the season, spanning 9:23 in the first quarter and 10:07 in the third and fourth quarters.
*JT Goodman scored his ninth career touchdown and first of the season.
*Molloy was held to just 41 rushing yards, the lowest total of a Penn opponent this season.
 
Up Next
The Quakers are on bye next week before getting back into action on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Franklin Field against Mansfield.
 
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