BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University football team dropped their 2024 regular season finale to host Wilkes University, 47-28, in Landmark Conference action Saturday afternoon.

How It Happened

• The Greyhounds had the opening possession of the contest and picked up one first down before punting
• The Colonel also punted on their first drive
• The Blue & Grey put together a 15-play drive but turned the ball over on downs after getting inside the Wilkes 30-yard line
• The Colonels answered with a 12-play drive and had the first opportunity to score but Wilkes missed a 42-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter
• Moravian punted again after three plays
• Wilkes finally opened the scoring at the 10:31 mark of the second period with a two-yard touchdown run. The Colonels went for two and missed to set the score at 6-0
• The Hounds countered right back with a seven-play, 69-yard drive capped off with a 13-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Jared Jenkins to graduate student wide receiver Jordan Bingham. The TD pass was Jenkins' 27th of the season to break his own single season record set a year ago. Freshman Jack Corrigan split the uprights to give the Blue & Grey a 7-6 lead with 7:51 until the intermission
• After each squad punted once, Wilkes retook the lead with a ten-yard touchdown run to finish a four-play, 74-yard drive to make it 13-7 with 3:51 on the clock in the first half
• The Colonels scored again with a 52-yard interception return for a score with 2:21 until halftime
• Moravian punted once more while Wilkes added one more touchdown on a one-yard pass. The extra-point failed but the Colonels took a 26-7 lead into the locker room
• Wilkes opened the second half with a six-play drive that was capped off by a 43-yard touchdown run to make the advantage 33-7 just two and a half minutes into the third quarter
• The Hounds answered right back in two plays and Jenkins connected with Bingham on a 64-yard touchdown catch. The reception was Bingham's school record 70th catch of the season, surpassing the mark he set a year ago. Corrigan added the extra-point to make it 33-14 with 11:29 on the clock
• The Blue & Grey recovered an onside kick but turned the ball over on downs
• The Colonels needed six plays to find the end zone on a ten-yard run to make it 40-14 with 6:46 to go in the third quarter
• After a punt from the Hounds, Wilkes used ten plays to find the end zone for the final time on a five-yard rush to make it 47-14 with 1:02 remaining in the third period
• Moravian scored with 6:37 left in the contest when Jenkins rushed into the end zone for the first time in 2024 with a three-yard touchdown run to finish a six-play, 65-yard drive. Corrigan's PAT cut the deficit to 47-21
• The Hounds added one more score with 2:36 remaining as graduate student running back Joey Richmond scored on a five-yard run to finish off a 78-yard, seven-play drive. Corrigan added the extra-point to set the final score at 47-28

Inside the Numbers

• The Greyhounds offense had 343 yards on 69 plays with 316 yards passing and just 27 yards on the ground while the Colonels rushed for 329 of their 440 yards in the game
• Jenkins completed 29-of-39 passes for 269 yards, two touchdowns and an interception and he also had one rushing touchdown. Senior quarterback Carter Hallgren was 2-for-3 for 43 yards while freshman Declan McCarthy completed his only pass for four yards and added five yards on one rushing attempt
• Bingham hauled in eight passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns to become the ninth player to reach 1,600 career yards, and he is now seventh with 1,666 yards. Bingham also moved into second in program history with 19 career touchdown receptions
• Senior wide receiver Diego Del Castillo caught a game-high 11 passes for 96 yards while sophomore running back Avery Koser had seven receptions for 35 yards
• Freshman wide receiver Josh Ludlow added two catches for 12 yards to go with three punt returns for 23 yards while senior wide receiver Bryan Monge had two receptions for ten yards
• Richmond led the rushing attack with 18 yards and a touchdown on his seven carries while freshman running back Jed Bendekovits added two carries for 12 yards and one reception for 23 yards and junior running back Isiah Rico had five yards on four attempts to go with one catch
• Freshman wide receiver Justin Wistuba returned five kickoffs for 44 yards while graduate student Declan Coors had a pair of kickoff returns for ten yards to go with a pair of tackles
• Corrigan punted six times for an average of 39.8 yards, and he kicked off four times for an average of 47.0 yards to go with his four extra points
• Sophomore defensive back Aidan Lane and junior defensive back Dorian Gray led the Hounds' defense with eight tackles apiece while freshman defensive lineman Hunter Johnson had seven stops with two for loss
• Junior linebacker Clay Basile registered six tackles while junior defensive lineman EJ Harvey added five tackles with one for loss
• Freshman linebacker Malachi McNeil-Harrison, senior linebacker Chad Newhard, junior linebacker Chris Cacace and senior defensive lineman Jeremy McGuigan all had four tackles with McNeil-Harrison adding a pass break-up and McGuigan recording a half a sack along with junior linebacker Ethan O'Neil
• Junior defensive back Shea Endean and junior defensive lineman Jashon Teller each had three tackles with Teller contributing a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry 

Up Next for the Greyhounds

• Saturday, November 23 vs. to be determined in the Chesapeake Challenge Bowl Series in Salem, Virginia, TBA