GoBigRecruiting.com Game of the Week: Gov. Mifflin vs. Exeter
GoBigRecruiting.com Game of the Week
Gov. Mifflin (5-0) vs. Exeter (4-2)
Kick: Friday, 7, at Don Thomas Stadium.
Series: Mustangs lead 20-5.
Last season: Nick Singleton rushed for 248 yards on 13 carries, Brandon Strausser gained 171 yards, and each scored two touchdowns as the Mustangs won 56-14 at Mifflin Stadium. The Mustangs led 42-7 at the half.
About the Mustangs: Ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 5A and No. 1 in the District 3 Class 5A power ratings… Have won 18 consecutive regular season games… Return after sitting out last week, when Reading High was forced to cancel its league-opener due to COVID concerns… Have mercy-ruled each of their five opponents; averaging 50.2 points and winning by an average of 38.4… Penn State recruit Nick Singleton leads Berks with 1,022 rushing yards… He’s the only player in Berks history to rush for 1,000 yards four times… His 5,289 rushing yards, 94 touchdowns, 86 rushing touchdowns and 568 points are all Berks records… Singleton is averaging 13.1 yards per carry; last year he averaged 12.2… He is averaging 9.9 yards per carry in his career… Quarterbacks Eden Johnson and Delsin McNeil have combined to complete 8-of-10 passes, with three TDs… Johnson is averaging 7.5 yards per carry… FB Trey Rock is averaging 6.2 yards per carry… As a team, averaging 9.5 yards per rush… Have turned it over three times in five games… Opponents are averaging just 2. 4 yards per carry and completing just 36.9 percent of their passes, with six interceptions… Have allowed only two first-half touchdowns, and no first-quarter points.
About the Eagles: Have won two straight since 17-14 loss at Hempfield… Coming off record-setting 77-7 win over Muhlenberg, in which they smashed program records for points and margin of victory; previous high point production had come in 61-12 win over Central Columbia… Averaging 43.2 points, second-most in Berks… Senior Colin Payne is Berks’ top-ranked passer. He is completing 63.3 percent of his passes, for 1,034 yards and a Berks-leading 11 TDs, with just two INTs… Eric Nangle leads team in rushing with 538 yards… Ty Yocum is averaging 8.3 yards per carry and has six TDs on just 38 touches… Joey Schlaffer averaging 18 yards on team-high 20 receptions… Defense allowing opponents an average of 2.46 yards per carry… Berks-leading plus-11 in turnover differential… Have turned it over just three times in six games… Earned first win over Wilson in Week 2, 42-14… Opened season with 35-28 loss to Central York, which is unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the District 3 Class 6A power ratings.
Fast fact: Exeter’s 77 points last week are the most scored in a Berks football game since 1914, when Reading High scored 96 against Pottstown. The Red Knights scored 83 in a win over Allentown in 1913. Exeter’s point total is third-highest in Berks history.
Did you know? Gov. Mifflin has won five straight and 14-of-15 in the series. Exeter’s only win in that stretch came in 2015, when Michal Menet helped rally the Eagles form a 14-0 deficit to win 35-21. They went on to win the Section 1 title.
Series flashback 2014: Jan Johnson ran for three first-half touchdowns as the Mustangs built a 28-6 lead en route to a 31-28 victory. Johnson finished with 168 rushing yards, 97 passing yards, kicked a career-best 40-yard field goal an blocked a PAT. The Eagles mounted a fierce comeback, scoring three fourth-quarter TDs, the last a 2-yard TD run by Chase Yocum that cut the league to three with 8:08 left. They never got the ball back, as the Mustangs ran out the clock.
Fast fact: Since joining the Berks Football League in 2004, Gov. Mifflin has gone 15-2 vs. Exeter, with 12 section titles.