October 13, 2001

Washington, D.C. (October 13, 2001)--Georgetown senior Eric Speron (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) intercepted the potential game-tying two-point conversion pass in the final minute as the Hoyas held off Davidson 26-24. The Wildcats scored a touchdown with 52 seconds remaining, but Speron picked off Paul Nichols' pass to give the Hoyas their second-straight win. Earlier in the contest, Speron blocked an extra-point attempt.

Graduate student Marc Samuel (Anchorage, Ky./Ballard) made all four of his field goal attempts in the game, including what proved to be the game-winner from 41 yards out with 3:04 to play. Samuel has now made five of his six attempts this season.

The two teams traded field goals in the first quarter, but GU went ahead with 8:31 to play in the half. Punter Dave Paulus (Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers) took the snap and ran 53 yards for a touchdown to give the Hoyas a 10-3 lead. Samuel kicked a field goal with just under three minutes to play to make the score 13-2 in favor of Georgetown at the half.

Davidson answered with the first two scores of the second half. Chris Costello kicked a 41-yard field goal and John Leverett ran 9 yards for a touchdown as Davidson climbed to 13-12. Speron blocked Dan Hanks' kick as GU held the lead.

Georgetown's Kurt Bennett (Burlington, Mass./Belmont Hill) answered less than a minute later when he hauled in a 65-yard touchdown pass from Sean Peterson (Gaithersburg, Md./Watkins Mill). It was Bennett's first career touchdown. Davidson came back on the next series, getting to 20-18 on Nichols' 1-yard keeper with 1:53 left in the third quarter. Samuel kicked two fourth-quarter field goals that put Georgetown up 26-18 with 3:04 left in regulation.

The Hoyas begin a three-game road trip next Saturday when they visit Bucknell in a Patriot League game. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m.

Davidson     3   0   15  6   -   24Georgetown  3   10  7   6   -   26 ScoringFirst Quarter 9:45    D   Dan Hanks 18 yard field goal3:27    GU  Marc Samuel 33 yard field goal Second Quarter8:31    GU  Dave Paulus 53 yard run (Marc Samuel kick)2:47    GU  Marc Samuel 22 yard field goal Third Quarter 12:05   D   Chris Costello 41 yard field goal4:13    D   John Leverett 9 yard run (kick blocked)3:19    GU  Kurt Bennett 65 yard pass from Sean Peterson (Marc Samuel kick)1:53    D   Paul Nichols 1 yard run (pass failed)Fourth Quarter 8:56    GU  Marc Samuel 22 yard field goal 3:04    GU  Marc Samuel 41 yard field goal0:52    D   Ward Gibson 6 yard run (pass intercepted) A - 1,765 Statistics        D       GU First downs 20      17           Rushes-yards    33-126      38-152Passing yards   230     221Comp-Att-Int    35-22-1     31-17-0Punts-Avg.  4-32.5      5-38.0Fumbles-Lost    2-1     2-1Penalties-Yards 6-42        11-83    Time of Possession  27:05       32:55  Individual Statistics RushingD - Gibson 17-108, Leverett 9-33, Halkitis 1-0, Nichols 6-(-15)GU - Paulus 3-65, Sims 13-54, Brown 7-22, Dicks 7-6, Peterson 4-(5), Bowser 1-3, Wooten 1-(-1)PassingD - Nichols 35-22-1, 230 yardsGU - Peterson 26-15-0, 186 yards, Paulus 5-2-0, 35 yardsReceivingD - Johnson 8-78, Gibson 4-55, Tarver 3-19, Caison 2-21, Halkitis 2-17, Hunt 2-14, Monfiletto 1-26GU - McArdle 5-30, Bennett 3-81, Hillier 2-33, Brown 2-28, Cote 2-28, Bowser 1-11, Sims 1-6, Fleming 1-4