Summit vs. Mendham @ Summit - 10/10/98

  1 2 3 4 Total
Summit 7 7 0 7 21
Mendham 13 15 0 12 40

Mendham killed us on Big plays. On their 1st play from scrimmage Mendham's Matt Rastocky ran off a 73 yard touchdown. You will note that Mendham only had 4 first downs. That was because they scored on 6 big plays that didn't count as first downs. In fact, 253 of their total of 361 yards from scrimmage occured on just 5 plays. After Mendham's initial score the play was pretty even until late in the 1st quarter when Summit recoved a fumble on the Mendham 24. 7 plays later Matt Bendetti hit Jon Campagna on a 7 yard touchdown pass. Sophomore Chris Slama booted the extra point to tie the score, and give Summit some hope. But our hopes plummeted when Rastocky took our kickoff on the Mendham 5 yard line and ran it 95 yards for a touchdown. Mendham missed the extra point so Summit was only down 6 points. But mid-way through the 2nd quarter a Keith Schroeder punt put Mendham on their 28. On the first play Rastocky did it again, going 72 yards to put Mendham up 21-7. On the kickoff Mike Nelson returned the ball to the Mendham 31. After an incomplete pass, Nelson, with the help of a sensational block by Campagna, ran 31 yards to score. Unfortunately, Mendham wasn't about to quit. After a 30 yard return of the kickoff to their 40, 3 running plays by Rastocky and a 19 yard pass put Mendham back in command.

The 3rd quarter was scoreless but Summit actually seemed to have the edge. Late in the quarter Summit moved from their 28 and had a first down on Mendham's 15, but a fumble brought the drive to an abrupt end. In the 4th quarter Summit had to take some chances and went for it on 4th and 3 at midfield and were stuffed for no gain. On Mendham's 2nd play they hit a wide open receiver for a 47 yard touchdown. That seemed to put the game completely out of reach. But on the kickoff Dominic Fornaro went 95 yards for Summit's 3rd score. However, Mendham's Rastocky added the final insult when he scored yet another touchdown on a 43 yard run.

Game Statistics Summit Mendham
First Downs 9 4
Rushes 40 28
Rushing Yards 124 271
Pass Attempts 19 10
Completions 8 4
Interceptions 1 0
Passing Yards 54 90
Total Yards 178 361
Return Yards 212 159
Penalty Yards 24 90
Fumbles 1 1
Fumbles Lost 1 1

Rushing Statistics Rushes Yards
Mike Nelson 19 91
Kysim Thompson 7 29
Dominick Fornaro 8 27
Matt Benedetti 4 -26
Karim Wilburn 2 3

Passing Statistics Attempts Complete Int. Yards
Matt Benedetti 19 8 1 54

Receiving Statistics Receptions Yards
Billy Wheeler 2 12
Jon Campagna 3 23
Dominick Fornaro 2 23
Mike Nelson 1 -4

Return Statistics Returns Yards
Mike Nelson 4 80
Dominick Fornaro 2 126
Kysim Thompson 2 6

Punting Statistics Punts Yards/Punt
Keith Schroeder 6 30.3