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	1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Final
Kutztown	0	14	0	13	27
Shenandoah Valley	6	0	8	0	14

Highlights: At Shenandoah, the Cougars picked up where they left off last year by opening the season with a victory over the Blue Devils.

Kutztown defeated Shenandoah Valley 36-0 in the season finale last year to snap a 35-game losing streak that dated back to the end of the 2016 season.

Jacob Lafferty rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cougars. He also completed 3-of-6 passes for 49 yards.

Leonard Neiman rushed for a 178 yards and a touchdown and caught one pass for 29 yards.

Kutztown used a surprise on-side kick in the fourth quarter to put the game away.

After Neiman scored on a 10-run run to put Kutztown ahead 21-14, David Ruhf recovered the on-side kick by Anthony Kenney to set up a 43-yard TD run by Lafferty.

Lafferty also scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter. Issac Schneider got Kutztown on the board earlier in the second quarter with a 4-yard TD run after Shenandoah Valley had taken a 6-0 lead.

Kutztown controlled the game with a running attack that racked up 394 yards on 61 attempts. The Cougars ran 67 plays compared to 36 for the Blue Devils.

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Scoring Summary 

Team	Play By	Yards	From	Extra Point By	Extra Point
Shenandoah Valley	Ryan	38 pass from	Kosar		kick failed
Kutztown	Schneider	5 run		Thomas	pass from J. Lafferty
Kutztown	J. Lafferty	2 run			run failed
Shenandoah Valley	Vevasis	5 pass from	Kosar	Kosar	run
Kutztown	Neiman	12 run		Neiman	kick
Kutztown	J. Lafferty	41 run			kick failed

Team Statistics

Category	Kutztown	Shenandoah Valley
First downs	19	7
Rushes-yards	61 - 394	11 - 11
Passing yards	49	227
Total yards	443	238
Passes	3 - 6 - 1	13 - 22 - 0
Fumbles-lost	1 - 0	1 - 1
Punts-avg.	0 - 0.00	3 - 35.00
Penalties-yards	4 - 30	3 - 15