GRANVILLE, Ohio – The Gators were unable to stop an incessant and record-setting Denison offense on Saturday, falling to the Big Red, 45-7, at Piper Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Big Red totaled 559 total yards of offense, including 406 yards and five touchdowns through the air, scoring on seven of their 12 drives.  Allegheny forced three Denison turnovers, but it was not enough as Big Red wide receiver DuShawn Brown set a conference record with 339 yards and four touchdowns, posting the seventh best single game receiving total in NCAA Division III history.

Sophomore Jon Nigro finished the afternoon completing 17-of-28 passes, tossing for 131 yards and a touchdown.  Classmate Tyler McLaughlin went 5-of-11 under center, finishing with 63 yards through the air.  Senior Andrew Niklaus caught five passes for 49 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown in the third quarter.  Junior Tyler Smith tacked on five catches for 40 yards.  Junior Nick Deichler had 14 carries on the day, netting 74 yards while averaging 5.3 yards per carry.  Allegheny finished the afternoon with 288 yards of total offense, averaging 8.0 yards per completion and 3.6 yards per carry as a team.

Defensively, senior Julian Dean and freshman Nick Murgo each posted a team-high eight tackles, both making six solo stops while assisting on two tackles.  Dean added two tackles for a loss, including one sack while recovering a fumble in the second quarter.  Murgo assisted senior Ryan Sherry with a tackle for loss to increase his season total to 99 total tackles, including 55 solo stops.

Senior Tyler Clark picked up a pair of tackles, but made a splash for the Gators by forcing the fumble recovered by Dean in the second quarter.  Classmate Pat Jones nabbed his first interception of the season in the second quarter.

Denison struck first with an eight-play, 74-yard drive to take the early lead, building a 14-0 lead by the end of the first quarter by holding Allegheny to three punts on first quarter possessions while holding the ball for approximately nine minutes of the quarter.

A Big Red field goal to start the second quarter gave Denison a 17-0 lead, as Allegheny was once again forced to punt during the ensuing possession.  However, the Gators put themselves in position to score after Clark sacked Denison quarterback Brandon Sklenar for four yards, forcing the fumble that was scooped up by Dean and returned 14 yards to the Denison 11-yard line.  However, the Denison defense shut the door on the Allegheny opportunity and a missed field goal kept the Gators scoreless.

Denison responded from the missed field goal with a touchdown to take a 24-0 lead with 30 seconds left in the second quarter, taking the lead into halftime.

The Gators found pay dirt in their first possession of the second half, as the Allegheny offense began to click.  Nigro kicked off the drive with a six-yard completion to Smith before 17 and 10-yard rushes by Deichler pushed the Gators across the 50-yard line and into Denison territory.  After a nine-yard run by Deichler put the Gators inside the red zone, Nigro found Niklaus on a 17-yard pass for the Gator touchdown.

Denison scored touchdowns on the next three possessions while forcing fourth down turnovers on both Allegheny drives to close out the third and picking off McLaughlin during Allegheny's first drive of the fourth.  The Big Red sealed the win by forcing a final Allegheny turnover on downs.

The Gators will close the 2014 season on Nov. 15 against Wittenberg, when the team will honor the 19 seniors participating in their final home game for the Allegheny football program.