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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (Sept. 20) - Junior quarterback James Harris (Woodstock, Ga./Etowah) passed for 439 yards, while senior Terrell Roberson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) and sophomore Nick Grissom (Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods) both rushed for three touchdowns, as the Vulcans earned a 56-34 win at Shippensburg on Saturday afternoon in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) action.

With the win, the California University of Pennsylvania football team improves to 2-1 this season with a 1-1 record in league play. Meanwhile, Shippensburg falls to 2-1 overall with a 1-1 mark in conference action. Beginning this season, all league-mandated games (Week 2, Week 3) are reflected in the PSAC standings.

Harris finished the game with 439 passing yards and two touchdowns on 24-of-33 attempts with no interceptions. He threw for 363 yards on 21-of-26 attempts in the first half while becoming the fifth quarterback in school history to finish with over 400 passing yards in a game. A Georgia native, Harris finished only four passing yards shy of tying the single-game school record of 443 yards set by Kevin McCabe against West Chester in the 2008 PSAC Championship.

Grissom and Roberson combined to rush for 228 yards and six touchdowns against the Red Raiders. Grissom registered the first 100-yard game of his career, finishing with 139 yards on 19 attempts, and scored three rushing touchdowns for the second time in his career (Millersville, 2013). Roberson set a career high with 89 rushing yards and three scores on 14 carries.

Sophomore Garry Brown (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South) and junior Kowan Scott (Easton, Pa./Wilson) both posted 100-yard receiving games in the victory. Brown tallied the sixth-highest receiving yard total in school history, finishing with 190 yards on 10 receptions. Scott caught a pair of touchdowns while totaling 149 receiving yards and seven catches, both career highs.

Shippensburg scored a touchdown on its opening possession of the game before Cal U countered with a two-yard touchdown run by Roberson following a 42-yard completion from Harris to Brown. The Vulcans took a 14-7 lead on their next possession when Harris found Scott for a three-yard touchdown score after the pair connected for a 42-yard gain on the first play of the drive.

In the second quarter, the Vulcans stretched the lead to 28-7 with short touchdown runs by Roberson on back-to-back drives. Cal U forced a turnover on downs just outside the red zone on the next Shippensburg drive. Following a first-down run, Harris connected with Brown for a 30-yard completion before finding Scott for a 46-yard touchdown with 3:16 left before halftime. Shippensburg then mounted a 12-play scoring drive to cut the deficit to 35-14 with nine seconds remaining in the second quarter.

The teams traded touchdowns on their first two possessions of the second half with Grissom scoring on a pair of touchdown runs, including a 37-yard score to give the Vulcans a 49-28 lead with 6:00 remaining in the third quarter. Cal U halted the next two Shippensburg drives near midfield with interceptions by senior defensive back Corey Ford (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) and junior defensive back Chaz Veal (Cleveland, Ohio/Hamilton).

Early in the fourth quarter, Ford blocked a punt that gave the Vulcans field possession at midfield. Grissom stretched the lead to 56-28 following a 33-yard touchdown run with 13:55 left to play. The Red Raiders advanced inside the red zone on the ensuing possession before the Vulcans forced a turnover on downs following three-straight incomplete passes at the 10-yard line. Shippensburg scored the final touchdown of the game with 4:00 remaining before junior Rodney Gillin (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) blocked the PAT attempt.

Senior linebacker Spencer Lynn (Belle Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon) paced the team with eight tackles (four solo), while sophomore defensive back Arnel Farmer, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pa/Central Catholic) and Veal both added seven stops. Junior defensive lineman Kenny Wilkins (Washington, Pa./Trinity) registered five tackles (four solo), 2.0 TFL and 1.0 sack.

Cal U returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 27, when it opens divisional play by hosting Edinboro at 1 p.m.

Notes:
The teams combined to amass 1,179 yards of total offense with the Vulcans posting 660 yards of total offense, their highest single-game mark since the 2005 season ... Cal U featured a pair of 100-yard wide receivers in a game for the first time since 2012 ... The Vulcans scored touchdowns on all five of their trips inside the red zone ... Cal U scored six rushing touchdowns in a game for the first time since 2007; The Vulcans were held without a rushing score through the opening two games this season ... The 56 points scored by Cal U are the most allowed at home by Shippensburg since Nov. 16, 1996