CHEYNEY, Pennsylvania – Senior QB Dominick Trautz accounted for a school record six touchdowns, five passing and one rushing to lead the Cheyney Wolves to a 56-0 first half lead en route to a 56-28 victory over the Lincoln Lions in the Battle of the First on a soggy Saturday afternoon inside O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium.The Wolves (1-0) jumped out to a 35-0 lead after the first quarter with Trautz opening the scoring with a 9-yard run and connecting on a 12-yard pass to Jr. TE Kyle Berlin and two more scoring tosses to R-Fr. WR Brandon Joyner for 20 and to Sr. WR Nigel Wiley for 37 yards, sandwiched around a 1 yard TD run by Fr. RB Damon Williams.
The Lions (0-1) scored 28 second half points on a pair of touchdown runs from Ramese Owens a run from QB Vincent Espinoza and a 41-yard toss from Espinoza to Andre Price to close out the scoring.
Fr. Kicker Alexander Rummel converted all eight of his point after touchdown kicks to establish a new Cheyney mark in his first collegiate game.
Sr. RB Brandon French led all rushers with 79-yards and scored from a yard out to open the scoring in the second quarter.
Cheyney scored on its first six possessions of the game and could have made it seven, but a fumble at the one-yard line went through the endzone for a touchback.
After a Lincoln punt, Trautz connected with Sr. WR Yvesner Ferdinand for a 31-yard score and closed the scoring by finding Berlin again by taking advantage of the 6 foot 7 inch juniors' height with a dart over the middle.
Cheyney forced a three and out to start the game, The Wolves took over on its own 21, and Trautz opened the scoring by capping a 9 play 79 yard drive with a 9-yard run.
The Lions then returned the ensuing kickoff to the Cheyney 28 and a penalty put the ball on the Wolves 14.
On the next play, Sr. LB Jamiel Hines picked off a pass at his own 10 and returned it 82 yards to the Lions 8-yard line.
Two plays later Trautz scrambled and then found Berlin who made a diving catch for a 12-yard score to make it 14-0.
The Wolves defense then forced another three and out and Cheyney took over at the Lions 23-yard line following a 15-yard return by Ferdinand.
Williams, who rushed for over 3,300 yards and scored 32 times in two seasons at Boswell, HS in Fort Worth, Texas, took his first collegiate carry down to the one and scored his first CU touchdown on the following play, to put Cheyney ahead 21-0.
On the first play after the kickoff, Sr. Keyson Dingle recorded a sack and forced a fumble that was recovered by So. LB Phillip Harley at the Lincoln 32.
Three plays later Trautz connected with Joyner for his first career-touchdown from 20-yards out.
After the lions picked up their initial first down of the game, the wolves then forced a punt attempt, but the snap was bobbled and Dingle and Furbush tackled the punter at the Lincoln 37.
Cheyney wasted no-time converting as Trautz found Wiley down the right sideline for a 37-yard score, to make it 35-0 with 2:46 left in the first period.
The 35 points are the most by a Cheyney team ever against the Lions.
Another punt snap issue put the Wolves at the Lincoln 24, capped off by a French 1-yard run to the endzone to open the second quarter.
Trautz finished the day going 15-20 for 230 yards five touchdowns passing and rushed four times for 28 yards and one rushing score in three quarters of work.
Freshman Chad Palmer played quarterback in the fourth quarter, and completed his only attempt for two yards .
Joyner grabbed five passes for a team-high 57 yards and a score, Wiley pulled in three passes for 51 yards and a score, Berlin had three catches for 44 yards and two scores and Ferdinand made two catches for 41 yards and a TD.
Williams rushed 38 yards on eight carries and a TD, and R-Fr. Marcus Sullivan carried 10-times for 26 yards in the fourth.
The defense was led by So. DT Stephen Haynes who recorded seven solo and one assisted tackle including three tackles for loss. R-Fr. DB Terez Franklin was credited with six stops and a recovered fumble.
Sr. LB Chaplin Johnson-Davis recorded six tackles and Dingle made six stops, five for a loss. With two sacks and a forced fumble.
Cheyney is now on the road for three straight weeks, starting with a trip to California, Pa. next Saturday for a contest against the #6 ranked Vulcans at 1:00 p.m.
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