EDINBORO, Pa. – The sixth ranked Slippery Rock University football team won its 19th straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division game and remained unbeaten on the year with a 49-13 victory at Edinboro University Saturday afternoon.
 
The Rock improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in PSAC West action with the victory and extended their PSAC West winning streak to 19 games dating back to Oct. 21, 2017. Edinboro dropped to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in PSAC West games with the loss.
 
The Fighting Scots got off on the wrong foot on Homecoming Saturday after attempting to go for it on fourth down in their own territory on the first series of the game. Slippery Rock stuffed the rushing attempt and took over on the Edinboro 30-yard line. The Rock took just five plays to find the end zone and scored with an Andrew Koester quarterback keeper with 11:00 to play in the quarter. SRU converted a two-point conversion with DJ Opsatnik throwing to Max Maciejewski to lead 8-0.
 
Edinboro would hold the ball for nearly 20 minutes in the first half, but would never lead in the game. The Rock converted a 30-yard touchdown pass to Jermaine Wynn Jr. and got a 58-yard rushing score from Cinque Sweeting on the way to leading 22-10 at the break.
 
Edinboro capitalized on an SRU turnover on the first series of the second half and converted a field goal off the turnover, but SRU slammed the door from there and outscored the hosts 27-0 over the final 25 minutes.
 
Slippery Rock posted a 529-291 advantage in total offense after rushing for a season-high 263 yards and passing for 266 yards. Edinboro rushed for 164 yards on 35 attempts and threw for 127 yards while recording a 34:06 to 25:54 advantage in time of possession.
 
The Fighting Scots dropped six men into coverage, doubled Henry Litwin on nearly every play and dared Slippery Rock to run the football to beat them, so The Rock obliged. SRU threw it just eight total times in the first half and finished the game with 39 rushing attempt to 24 passing attempts.
 
Koester completed 14-of-24 passes for 266 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions while also rushing for one score on the ground.
 
Wynn caught two of those touchdown passes and finished with five catches for 102 yards. Sweeting caught two passes for 47 yards and one touchdown and also rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on just seven carries. Maciejewski caught one 14-yard touchdown pass to go along with his two-point conversion and Izzy Adeoti made his SRU debut and caught a 49-yard pass on his first play of the season.
 
Tim Smith rushed for 95 yards on 17 carries. Chris D'Or added 53 rushing yards and 15 receiving yards and Reis Watkins rushed for 27 yards.
 
Selvin Haynes led The Rock defense with 10 total tackles and a half-sack. Savion Harrison and Dalton Holt each had eight tackles, while Tim Vernick and Peyton Remish both had 1.5 tackles for loss and Chad Kuhn and Munchie Johnson each had one sack. Khadir Roberts pulled down one interception for SRU's only takeaway of the day.
 
Edinboro was led by Anfreenee Williams with 80 rushing yards on 19 carries. Isaac Bernard made his first career start at quarterback and completed 19-of-29 passes for 127 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
 
Slippery Rock will now turn its focus to its annual Homecoming game and will welcome rival Indiana (Pa.) next Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff between two of the three teams currently tied atop the PSAC West standings (SRU, Cal U and IUP are all 3-0 in PSAC West play).

 
GAME NOTES: Slippery Rock won its 19th straight PSAC West game and has not lost in the division since Oct. 21, 2017 at Edinboro … SRU has won 23 of its last 25 PSAC Western Division games … SRU won its third straight game against Edinboro and improved to 9-2 against the Fighting Scots in the last 11 meetings … Slippery Rock is 6-0 overall for the second straight season… Shawn Lutz improved to 45-11 as the SRU head coach … SRU won its ninth straight road game and its 11th straight road game in PSAC West play dating back to Oct. 21, 2017 at Edinboro … Andrew Koester's four touchdown passes give him 20 on the season and move him into a tie for 10th on the single-season ledger at SRU … Jermaine Wynn Jr.'s 102 receiving yards bring his SRU career total to 2,501 yards and make him the third SRU player in history to top the 2,500 receiving yard mark … He and Henry Litwin (2,926) are the first teammates to ever top 2,000 yards in the same seasons … Wynn now has 174 catches to move up to fourth all-time at SRU … Wynn now has 29 receiving TDs to move up to second all-time at SRU behind only Litwin (35) … Wynn now has 3,712 all-purpose yards at SRU to move into 8th all-time … Chad Kuhn's one sack gives him 25.0 career sacks and moves him up into a tie for fourth all-time at SRU … it also gives him 40.0 tackles for loss and makes him the seventh player in SRU history with 40.0 TFL.
 


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