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Football - Jon Resch Wins Gold Helmet |
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 Jon Resch and head football coach Bill George receive the Gold Helmet at Harvard University.
Resch, who had just one completion on the season coming into the game, came off the bench on Saturday in a historical performance earning him New England Football Conference (NEFC) Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors.
In a 76-49 loss to Maine Maritime, a game which featured 1,330 yards of total offense and a NEFC record 125 points, Resch came in for the injured Jesse Karr in the first quarter and proceeded to set a school record with 469 yards passing and six touchdowns. Resch tied a school-record with 34 completions on 46 attempts with one interception. The Bears also set a single-game record with 482 passing yards.
The old Coast Guard school records were 412 passing yards set by Jeff Hagan in 1985 vs. Trinity which was also the team record for passing yards in game. Four different quarterbacks had thrown four touchdowns in a game to share the record coming into the day. The record of 34 completions is also held by Hagan in that in 1985 game vs. Trinity.
Resch, who will make his first career start this weekend at Framingham State in the final game of the season, had completed just one of four passes on the season entering last week’s game. The one completion was a 75-yard touchdown pass, a week ago in a win at Worcester State.
Coast Guard quarterback Niles Pierson won the Gold Helmet in 2006 in his second career start when he threw four touchdown passes and ran for another. In 1988 fullback Scott Huerter set a school-record rushing for 240 yards on 19 carries, including a 97-yard touchdown run in a 41-10 win over Norwich University.
Resch is 35 of 50, completing 70 percent of his passes this season for 544 yards with seven touchdowns and one interception. |
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