Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Schwieger Good as Gold

From a Dartmouth release (I'd excerpt and just throw the link up but I can't find the story so here's the whole release):
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth sophomore running back Nick Schwieger (Norton, Mass.)

received another accolade today when he was given the Gridiron Club of Boston
Gold Helmet Award as the outstanding player in New England last week. The award
was announced at the New England Football Writers Weekly Luncheon today.

Schwieger was also named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week as well as
the National FCS Offensive Player of the Week by The Sports Network for setting
a Dartmouth school record with 242 rushing yards in a 28-6 homecoming victory
over Columbia on Oct. 24. The win snapped a 17-game Big Green losing streak that
dated back to 2007.

The previous record was 229 yards set by Al Rosier '91 during the 1991 season
against Brown, and Schwieger's total is just the sixth 200-yard rushing game in
the Dartmouth annals. Schwieger also had a 66-yard touchdown run to clinch the
game in the fourth quarter, the longest run by a Big Green rusher since Shon Page
'90 broke a 79-yard run against Harvard in 1990.

Schwieger had 69 yards in the first quarter to help set up both Dartmouth touchdowns
as the Green built a 14-0 lead. By halftime, he had his second career 100-yard
game and a new personal high of 128 yards.

Dartmouth (1-5, 1-2 Ivy) next plays at Ivy co-leader Harvard (4-2, 3-0 Ivy) on
Saturday at noon.

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