GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University football team ran 103 plays in its 2014 season opener Thursday, one shy of the school record for a single game, while producing 713 yards of offense in a 55-30 victory over Seton Hill on a warm, humid evening at Offutt Field.
 
Shippensburg (1-0) produced 34 first downs and racked up the fourth-most yards in SU single-game history by virtue of a balanced attack that included two 100-yard receivers, a 100-yard runner and two quarterbacks who threw for more than 100 yards.
 
SU and Seton Hill (0-1) combined for 1,104 yards in the game, including 746 in the air.
 
Junior quarterback Chris Lawshe became the 15^th quarterback in school history to surpass 300 yards passing in one game. He completed 23-of-34 for 310 yards and two touchdowns in addition to running for two scores.
 
Redshirt-freshman Ryan Zapoticky split time with Lawshe, playing approximately two quarters, and finished 9-of-18 for 101 yards and a touchdown in addition to 49 yards on seven carries. Both men threw one interception.  
 
The primary beneficiaries of Shippensburg's 411 passing yards were veteran wide receivers Sheldon Mayer and Trevor Harman – who combined for 21 catches.
 
Mayer had nine receptions for a game-high 194 yards. He caught a tipped pass on a short crossing pattern late in the first quarter and used a variety of broken tackles, spin moves, jukes and other impressive maneuvers to evade the defense and ultimately sprint 88 yards for a touchdown – marking the fifth-longest pass play in school history.
 
Harman led all players with 12 receptions for 120 yards and two touchdowns (one from each quarterback).
 
Senior Blair Brooks had an impressive game, running 18 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 7.4 yards per carry. The highlight of the night was a remarkable cutback run in which Brooks stopped and reversed field nearly four yards behind the line of scrimmage, pausing to sprint through a gap that closed as quickly as it opened – scoring on a 49-yard as he out-ran the entire Griffin defense.
 
Junior Andrew Smith impressed in his Red Raider debut, totaling 63 yards on five carries that includes a 45-yard scamper in the fourth quarter. Smith also had 78 kickoff return yards.
 
Shippensburg will host Edinboro at noon Saturday, September 13, from SU Student Association Field at Seth Grove Stadium.

Notes:
 
Thursday's game was the first night season opener and first Thursday season opener in Red Raider history.
 
Shippensburg won its first road opener since 2005, when it traveled to defeat Kutztown, 10-7. SU had lost seven of its last eight season-opening games entering Thursday night. SU is now 59-47-4 all-time in season-opening games.
 
Of SU's eight touchdown drives Thursday, seven were longer than 66 yards – including scoring drives of 96 and 97 yards in the second half.
 
The 302 rushing yards achieved by the Red Raiders are the most since recording 304 rushing yards on Sept. 22, 2012 versus Millersville.