Georgetown is a team that went winless in the Patriot League last year, coming into this weekend was 0-5 and had lost its last two games a combined 100-7.
Still, a win is a win.
The Quakers secured their first victory of the season with a 42-13 drubbing of the Hoyas that was never close.
The Quakers used an almost perfect first quarter to make quick work of Georgetown. Penn scored on each of its first four possessions, while holding the Hoyas to 13 total yards and a turnover en route to a 28-0 first quarter.
Following three painful losses - the first by one point, the second as a result of seven interceptions and the third from six failed fourth down conversions - this victory is more than just a notch in the win column.
"It's definitely a weight off of your shoulders," quarterback Bryan Walker said. "It's something that we needed to experience again. It can get frustrating sometimes when we feel like we're moving the ball, we feel like things are going well, and yet the only thing that matters is whether you win or lose."
Walker, starting for the injured Robert Irvin, had a nice game for himself - 14 for 24 for 180 yards and two touchdowns - but running back Joe Sandberg carried the team on his back from the first possession.
On the nine-play opening drive, Sandberg rushed six times for 44 yards and the eventual four-yard touchdown. By halftime he had 13 carries for 117 yards and two scores to go up 35-0.
The Red and Blue defense, however, may have had the even more impressive game.
The combination of option quarterback Robert Lane and pocket passer Matt Bassuener got little done all afternoon, throwing for only 140 yards while running an offense that produced a mere 97 on the ground. Georgetown would always prefer to run over pass - it didn't drop back to throw the entire first quarter - but relying on the run would soon become unfeasible.
"We were behind schedule, the thought process is to be able to run the ball, control the clock," Georgetown coach Kevin Kelly said. "We have a young defense and we didn't slow them down and didn't get any first downs, so that snowballs and you become one-dimensional at that point and time."
Penn forced two fumbles, had 6.5 tackles for loss, allowed 2.4 yards per rush and only five yards per pass.
Check tomorrow's DP for more on the game.
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