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1997

Knights
Opponents
Date
Opponent
R
Score
Rush
Pass
Total
Rush
Pass
Total
Aug. 29
Mercyhurst
L
14-16
110
  99
209
  86
  91
177
Sept. 6
Warren
L
12-13
141
  97
238
150
  58
108
Sept. 12
Greenville
L
  6-32
  39
    7
  46
220
111
331
Sept. 19
Strong Vincent
L
12-34
  52
  87
139
234
117
351
Sept. 26
Titusville
L
  6-27
116
  43
160
241
108
359
Oct. 3
Hickory
L
23-27
145
  70
215
244
  91
335
Oct. 9
Erie East
W
28-12
249
  52
301
191
    2
193
Oct. 17
Meadville
L
34-42
168
127
295
343
    0
343
Oct. 24
Oil City
L
  0-23
  54
  25
  79
271
  57
328
Oct. 31
Slippery Rock
W
28-12
220
109
329
  88
  56
144


Top Games
Rushing
Clinton Washington
Meadville
19-133
Clinton Washington
East
27-126
Passing
Tim Miller
Meadville
127 (3-5)
Receiving
Dave Smith
Mercyhurst
2-75
Dave Smith
Meadville
4-67
Brad Latchaw
Slippery Rock
2-56
Dave Smith
Hickory
3-54




Knights Notes

The Knights dropped their opener to Mercyhurst in the last 2:13,  lost to Warren in overtime in their second game and things didn't get much better from there...They also lost to Hickory when Terrence Gash returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown with 58 seconds left...

Later on, Meadville's Bo Woodrow rushed for 213 yards and scored six touchdowns against the Knights. Teammate Javar Manning added 114 yards...Clinton Washington scored four TDs and 26 points for the Knights...

The Knights trailed Slippery Rock 12-0 at the quarter but exploded for 22 points in the second period and went on to win...A key play came when Cory Ace stripped the ball from the Rock's Craig Harry and went 25 yards for a touchdown...

Clinton Washington, a 5-6, 215-pounder,  rushed for 623 yards on 134 carries and scored 10 TDs. He led the Knights in rushing and scoring despite missing two games with an ankle injury...Ace scored three defensive TDs, one on a 50-yard return of a blocked punt, and finished the season with four touchdowns...QB Tim Miller completed 46 of 117 passes for 643 yards and seven TDs...Four of his scoring passes went to TE Dave Smith, who had 21 catches for 387 yards...Miller also rushed for 245 yards and four TDs...ILB Chris Taylor led the Knights with 78 tackles...

Smith finished his four-year career with 45 catches for 742 yards...

All-Conference

First team -- TE-DE Dave Smith, C Marty Lynch

Second team -- OT Andy Richards, FB Clinton Washington

Honorable mention -- RB Cory Ace, OG Colton McBryer, ILB Chris Taylor