John Harrison completed 26 passes for 404 yards and five touchdowns to lead Franklin & Marshall (7-1, 5-1 CC) to a 41-20 win over McDaniel (4-4, 2-4) on Saturday in Westminster, Md.
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The sophomore quarterback reset F&M's season records for completions, passing yards and touchdowns in the win. He also broke the single-game record for passing yards with the first 400-yard day in F&M history.
Harrison's first touchdown, a 1-yard pass to a wide-open Mike Deutch in the back of the end zone, reset the single-season record for touchdown passes. His 22nd touchdown pass of the season topped Geno Pagnozzi's mark of 21 set in 1989. Harrison's assault on the record book was just getting started.
Tied with Kyle Turner at 2,203 yards, Harrison hit George Eager in stride, wide open on the McDaniel 30-yard line, late in the second quarter. He jogged in for a 50-yard score, helping Harrison blow by the single-season yardage record in emphatic fashion.
Eager and Deutch each caught a pair of touchdowns in the win. Eager's first touchdown looked much like Deutch's. The senior camped out in the back of the end zone and collected a high pass, keeping his heels in play on a 1-yard score. Deutch's second score of the day was the only touchdown in which a McDaniel player made physical contact with the Diplomats' scorer. Facing third-and-goal from the 7-yard line, Deutch caught the ball on the five and pushed two McDaniel defenders into the end zone for a fourth-quarter score.
Eager recorded 13 receptions on the afternoon for 175 yards. Deutch and John Kaschak each caught four passes for 47 and 38 yards, respectively.
Cornerback Barry Lovett scored for the second straight week, intercepting a Thomas Massuci pass that was deflected by Jeff Kellar and rolling 62 yards down his sideline for a score.
McDaniel's Massucci completed 16 of 33 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown.
The Diplomats return to Maryland next Saturday, Nov. 7, to play Johns Hopkins. F&M then returns home to face Gettysburg.
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