WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University football team put together more than 500 yards of total offense, scoring nine touchdowns en route to a 69-0 victory over Catholic on Saturday afternoon at Cooper Field. With the win, the Hoyas move to 2-1 on the season, while the Cardinals fall to 0-2.
 
KEY STATS

• The Hoyas manageed 567 total yards to Catholic's 72 and ran for 353 yards on the ground while holding the Cardinals to -8 rushing yards.
• Gunther Johnson finished 4-of-8 passing for 177 yards and a touchdown, while rushing twice for 49 yards.
• Joseph Brunell completed 8-of-9 passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns.
• Joshua Stakely rushed for a team-high 98 yards and his first career touchdown.
• Max Edwards, Jackson Saffold and Joshua Tomas all scored two touchdowns.
• Herman Moultrie III and Jay Tolliver each added a rushing touchdown.
• Brad Hurst connected on field goals from 44 and 35 yards.
• Justin Fonteneaux led the GU defense with six tackles, while David Owens and Palmer Nix each had five.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Saffold scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, surrounding a Hurst 44-yard field goal. He had scoring runs from 1- and 5-yards out. Khristian Tate ran for a 2-point conversion after the first touchdown.
• Brunell passed to Edwards for a 5-yard touchdown before connecting with Tomas for a 40-yard score on back-to-back possessions to start the second quarter.
• Moultrie followed with a 3-yard touchdown run, before Johnson hit Edwards on a deep 76-yard pass for his second touchdown reception of the quarter.
• Tomas returned a punt 66 yards for a touchdown to cap the first half scoring and give GU a 53-0 lead at halftime.
• Hurt connected on a 35-yard field goal for the only scoring in the third quarter.
• Stakely had a 50-yard touchdown run and Jay Tolliver added a 3-yard score to complete the scoring.

 
OF NOTE

• Zaire Webb blocked a punt on the first possession of the game. GU's first punt block since Roemello Walton in 2017 at Holy Cross.
• The 69 points are the most since Georgetown became a Division I program and the most in a game since 1971, when the Hoyas also scored 69 points against Catholic.
• GU's 567 total yards are the program's most in a game since 1996 when the Blue & Gray registered 568 against Fairfield.
• The 353 rushing yards are the most in a game by a Georgetown team since rushing for 353 against Iona in 2000.

• Tomas' punt return for a touchdown was GU's first since Kevin Macari in 2012 against Yale. The 66 yards was the fifth-longest return in program history.
• The shutout was Georgetown's first since blanking Stony Brook in 2006.

 
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will enjoy their first bye week of the season next weekend before traveling to New York for consecutive games against Ivy League opponents. Georgetown will face Columbia on Sept. 28 in a battle for the Lou Little Trophy before playing at Cornell on Oct. 5.