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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University football team completed the 2021 season with a 9-2 overall record and a 5-2 division record.

Its only losses came on the road to nationally-ranked opponents Kutztown and Shepherd – teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively in the final edition of the NCAA Super Region 1 rankings.
 
Shippensburg's 9-2 overall record is its best since 2017, when the Raiders went 10-2 and qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
 
The 2021 season marks the seventh time in school history that Shippensburg has won nine or more games in a season (2017 (10-2), 2012 (11-2), 2009 (9-3), 2004 (10-2), 1991 (10-3), 1981 (12-1)).
 
Shippensburg posted a 6-0 record at home in 2021, marking its first undefeated season at Seth Grove Stadium since 2012 and just its second this century. In the modern era of SU Football (1960-present), it is the seventh time that SU has completed a season with an undefeated home record (1976, 1978, 1982, 1991, 1999, 2012). SU outscored opponents by a 217-76 margin at Seth Grove Stadium this season. 

Team National Rankings

Shippensburg ranked among the nation's Top 20 teams in the following categories:
 
• 8th in Red Zone Offense (91.1; 41-of-45)
• 11th in Rushing Defense (86.3)
• 11th in Time of Possession (33:21)
• 14th in Third Down Conversion Percentage Defense (28.8)
• 14th in Fourth Down Conversion Percentage Defense (30.0)
• 16th in First Downs Defense (155)
 
Team Conference Rankings
 
Shippensburg ranked among the PSAC's Top 3 teams in the following categories:
 
• 1st in Time of Possession (33:21)
• 2nd in Red Zone Offense (91.1; 41-of-45)
• 2nd in Third Down Conversion Percentage Defense (28.8)
• 2nd in Fourth Down Conversion Percentage Defense (30.0)
• 2nd in First Downs Defense (155)
• 3rd in Defensive Touchdowns (2)
• 3rd in Fumbles Recovered (9)
• 3rd in Fewest Passes Intercepted (7)
 
Individual National Rankings
 
The following Shippensburg players ranked among the nation's Top 25 individual performers in the following categories:
 
Matt Feeney
• 22nd in Fumbles Recovered (2)
 
Jaxson Montross
• 9th in Field Goals/Game (1.36)
 
Brycen Mussina
• 22nd in Completion Percentage (63.5)
• 24th in Passing Efficiency (149.7)
• 25th in Points Responsible For (164)
 
Dante Witcher
• T-6th in Kickoff Return TDs (1)
 
Individual Conference Rankings
 
The following Shippensburg players ranked among the conference's Top 3 individual performers in the following categories:
 
Jaxson Montross
• 2nd in Field Goals/Game (1.36)
• 3rd in Total Points (85)
 
Evan Morrill
• 3rd in Punt Returns (5.0)
 
Brycen Mussina
• 2nd in Points Responsible For (164)
• 3rd in Completion Percentage (63.5)
• 3rd in Completions/Game (17.9)
• 3rd in Passing Yards (2,475)
 
Trey Paul
• 3rd in Passes Defended/Game (1.2)
 
Dante Witcher
• T-1st in Kickoff Return TDs (1)
 
Brycen Mussina's Career
 
Quarterback Brycen Mussina was among the 21 Raider seniors honored before Saturday's game.
 
In his three seasons at Shippensburg, he amassed the following statistics that rank him among SU's career record holders in the following categories:
 
• 1st with 61.6 completion percentage (minimum 500 attempts)
• 2nd with 8,500 career passing yards
• 2nd with 73 career passing touchdowns
• 2nd with 662 career completions
• 2nd with 1,075 career attempts
 
David Balint III's Career
 
Tight end David Balint III was among the 21 Raider seniors honored before Saturday's game.
 
In his three seasons at Shippensburg, he amassed the following statistics that rank him among SU's career record holders in the following categories:
 
• 11th in career receptions (115) [1st among SU tight ends]
• 16th in career receiving yards (1,333) [1st among SU tight ends]
 
Other Notes
 
• Freshman kicker Jaxson Montross kicked 15 field goals this season, tied for second-most in SU single-season history with Howie Guarini (15 in 1990). Jamie Reder kicked a school-record 17 field goals in 2005.
• Montross finished second in single-season school history for points by kicking with 85 (Billy Deane had 92 points by kicking in 2015).
• Montross's 50-yard field goal in the season opener is the longest field goal in school history.
• Shippensburg scored 81 points off turnovers and allowed just 23 points off turnovers.
• Shippensburg's 33:27 average time of possession per game is its highest rate under head coach Mark Maciejewski and its highest average time of possession per game in a single season since 2002 (33:45).
• Shippensburg's defense allowed 220 points in 2021 compared to 387 points allowed in 2019. Likewise, Shippensburg allowed 949 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns in 2021 compared to 2,117 rushing yards and 32 rushing touchdowns in 2019.