CHEYNEY DOWNS MANSFIELD 26-6 – MOUNTIES SCORE IN FINAL MINUTE ON 15-YARD TD PASS FROM BLAKESLEE TO DAVIS

CHEYNEY – Rodney Davis caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Blakeslee with 29 seconds left but it would be much too little, much too late for Mansfield as the Mountaineers fell 26-6 at Cheyney in a PSAC East game Saturday afternoon.

Mansfield struggled offensively in the first half, managing just 55 yards in total offense. Still the Mountaineer trailed by just 6-0 at halftime and were moving the ball after taking the second half kickoff before Cheyney’s Demel Chambers intercepted a pass and returned it for a 55-yard touchdown.

Cheyney scored two more touchdowns, including a 69-yard touchdown run by Chinoso Okoro with just under three minutes to play.

Mansfield averted being shutout by scoring on it’s last possession for the third straight game.

It was the first Cheyney win over Mansfield since 1998 and snapped the Wolves 65-game losing streak against PSAC East teams.

Tyler Blakeslee completed 18-of-44 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown while being intercepted twice. Rodney Davis had eight catches for 75 yards while freshman Tucker Berry ran for 43-yards on nine carries.

Andre Turner led the defense with seven tackles with freshman Josh Miller recording six.

Mansfield has now lost 11 straight games dating back to last season. The Mountaineers are 0-6 overall and 0-2 in the PSAC East

Box Score (Final)

         Mansfield University vs CHEYNEY (Oct 14, 2006 at Cheyney, PA)

  Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score

  -----------------    -- -- -- --   -----

  Mansfield University  0  0  0  6  -  6       Record: (0-6,0-3)

  CHEYNEY.............  6  0 14  6  - 26       Record: (1-6,1-2)

  Scoring Summary:

  1st 02:09 CHEY - Donald King 1 yd run (Billy Mitchell kick failed), 2-20 1:00, MANS 0 - CHEY 6

  3rd 12:43 CHEY - Demel Chambers 55 yd interception return (Derrick Murry pass failed), , MANS 0 - CHEY 12

      05:52 CHEY - Dominique Curry 5 yd pass from Derrick Murry (Billy Mitchell pass), 9-54 5:16, MANS 0 - CHEY 20

  4th 02:57 CHEY - Chinoso Okoro 69 yd run (Billy Mitchell kick failed), 4-83 2:40, MANS 0 - CHEY 26

      00:29 MANS - Rodney Davis 15 yd pass from Tyler Blakeslee (John Banzhof kick failed), 9-65 2:23, MANS 6 - CHEY 26

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                                     MANS     CHEY

  FIRST DOWNS...................       17       15

  RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    26-76   33-175

  PASSING YDS (NET).............      145      138

  Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  47-19-2  22-10-2

  TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   73-221   55-313

  Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0

  Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0     4-38

  Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     4-51     2-18

  Interception Returns-Yards....      2-0     2-52

  Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-45.0   3-35.7

  Fumbles-Lost..................      3-1      4-2

  Penalties-Yards...............     5-55    7-129

  Possession Time...............    31:26    28:05

  Third-Down Conversions........  3 of 16  4 of 11

  Fourth-Down Conversions.......   2 of 6   2 of 3

  Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-2      2-3

  Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-15     1-10

  RUSHING: Mansfield University-Tucker Berry 9-42; Kevon Calhoun 10-32; Rodney

  Davis 3-8; Tyler Blakeslee 3-2; Justin Athans 1-minus 8. CHEYNEY-Chinoso

  Okoro 6-82; Donald King 10-41; Milton Webber 5-34; Derrick Murry 8-10;

  Ronald Hunter 3-8; Robert Edwards 1-0.

  PASSING: Mansfield University-Tyler Blakeslee 18-44-2-143; Justin Athans

  0-2-0-0; Mike Gardier 1-1-0-2. CHEYNEY-Derrick Murry 10-22-2-138.

  RECEIVING: Mansfield University-Rodney Davis 8-75; Xavier Thomas 4-28;

  Tyrone Robinson 4-20; Tucker Berry 1-12; Kevon Calhoun 1-8; C.J. Okogeri

  1-2. CHEYNEY-Dominique Curry 5-57; Ronald Hunter 2-34; Billy Mitchell 2-28;

  Jon Wright 1-19.