WASHINGTON, Pa. - Frostburg State hung tough for as long as it could but in the end No. 13 Washington & Jefferson proved to be too tough as the Bobcats dropped their season opener to the Presidents 49-21, Saturday at Cameron Stadium.

Box Score

The high powered W&J (2-0) offense scored touchdowns on seven of its 10 possessions of the ballgame including six scoring drives of five minutes or less. Washington & Jefferson quarterback Bobby Swallow and running back Curt Jones each scored three touchdowns to lead the attack. Swallow threw for 391 yards on 29-of-39 pass attempts while Jones ran the ball 14 times for 85 yards.

The Presidents came out firing with touchdowns on their first three possessions for a 21-0 lead. Swallow tossed a pair of touchdown passes around a Jones 16-yard scoring run as W&J looked to be in control early on.

The Frostburg State (0-1) offense, which struggled on its first three drives, got rolling on its fourth as the Bobcats chewed up 10:31 of the second quarter and marched 85 yards in 17 plays before finding the endzone on a sophomore Anton Wade (Baltimore, Md./Patterson) one-yard scoring run. The FSU offense converted four third downs to keep the drive alive. Wade led the Bobcats in rushing as he carried the football 12 times for 57 yards and the touchdown. Classmate Anthony King (Germantown, Md./Northwest) was second on the team with 47 yards on 16 rushing attempts.

On the ensuing W&J drive, junior linebacker Chindy Agugua (Gaithersburg, Md./Watkins Mill) intercepted a Swallow pass and returned it 44 yards for an FSU touchdown as it cut into the deficit and trailed just 21-14.

Swallow helped regain the momentum for the Presidents as they scored on their final drive on the first half to push their lead back to double digits, 28-14. Swallow found David Revida for a 16-yard touchdown with 1:13 to play to cap a wild first half.

Washington & Jefferson started the second half as it did the first, needing just 1:46 to extend its lead to 35-14. Swallow tossed his third touchdown of the ballgame, this time a 37-yarder to Ryan Church with 13:14 left in the third quarter to complete a five-play 67-yard drive.

However, Frostburg State came right back and narrowed the gap to 35-21 when the Bobcats covered 76 yards in 5:11 to score its second offensive touchdown. Junior quarterback Bryan Brosnan (Leesburg, Va./Heritage) tossed his first career touchdown, a two-yard fourth-down strike to junior wideout to Ali Konteh (Hyattsville, Md./Northwestern Hyattsville), as the Bobcats refused to back down.

Washington & Jefferson answered again with another touchdown with 31 seconds left in the third to extend it lead to 42-21. Jones found the endzone from 20 yards out to cap a seven-play 60-yard drive that lasted just 3:11.

Backup quarterback Steven Shumaker scored the seventh and final touchdown of the game for W&J with 3:13 to go in the fourth to lift the score to 49-21. The possession was the only drive that lasted more than five minutes for the Presidents all game as they moved 78 yards in 17 plays in 10:07 to eat away much of the fourth quarter clock and keep the Bobcat offense of the sideline.

Brosnan, in his first career start, was very efficient completing 11-of-14 pass attempts for 141 yards and a touchdown. Junior Avery Willie (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) led the FSU receiving corps with four catches for 63 yards. Sophomore Terryl Monroe (Temple Hills, Md./Dematha) led the Bobcat defense with nine tackles, one TFL and a pass breakup.

Frostburg State returns to the field next Saturday for its home opener at Bobcat Stadium when it hosts SUNY Brockport at 1:00 pm.