CARLISLE, Pa.  – Dickinson College held Gettysburg College out of the scoring column for the final three quarters on the way to claiming a 30-7 decision and the rights to the Little Brown Bucket at Biddle Field Saturday afternoon.
 
The meeting marked the 50th involving the Little Brown Bucket, which has been a staple of the series since 1938. Gettysburg (0-3, 0-2 CC) opened with the game's first score on a blocked punt return for a touchdown late in the first quarter, but Dickinson (1-2, 1-1 CC) ran off the next 30 points for the win.
 
Sophomore quarterback Mike Welsh (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) led the Bullets with 35 yards rushing and completed 7-of-17 passes for 70 yards. Junior Andrew Howard (Swansea, Mass./Moses Brown School) and senior Johnny Davis (Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah) each caught three passes, the former totaling 42 yards and the latter racking up 38 yards.
 
Senior Mike McKnight (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin) led the defense with 10 tackles, two tackles for a loss, and one forced fumble. Freshman Kevin Sawtell (Hillsborough, N.J./Delbarton) and senior Jake Skinner (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) each posted eight tackles with Sawtell also blocking a punt and returning it to the end zone for a touchdown.
 
Billy Burger finished 24-of-39 for 209 yards and two touchdowns for Dickinson. Burger also posted 35 yards rushing. Phillip Butler and Jeremy Walsh piled up 48 and 46 yards on the ground, while Daniel Salamone hauled in eight passes for 78 yards. James Turner led the defense with seven tackles and an interception return for a touchdown.
 
Gettysburg held Dickinson to just one first down on its opening two possessions. The second Red Devils possession ended with McKnight punching the ball loose and the Bullets jumping on the loose ball.
 
The Orange and Blue drove into the red zone on the next possession, but Welsh was intercepted inside the 10-yard line by Matt Butz who returned it up the field 36 yards. Gettysburg's defense held firm with senior Logan Aikey (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) sacking Burger on third down and Sawtell coming up with the biggest play of his young career on the next play, swatting the attempted punt and running the ball back 30 yards into the end zone for a 7-0 lead.
 
The Red Devils answered with an 88-yard drive capped with a 39-yard rush by Butler to tie the game with just seconds left in the first quarter.
 
Dickinson's defense stepped up in the second quarter and held Gettysburg to just 50 total yards in the period. Turner provided a momentum-shifting play with a 42-yard pick-six to lift the Red Devils in front 14-7 less than a minute into the quarter. Burger found Jake Walbert for a touchdown reception just before the half to make it 20-7.
 
The hosts forced a fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half and converted a field goal to make it 23-7. Another defensive stop by the Red Devils, this time on downs, set the stage for a touchdown pass from Burger to Chris Longo and a 30-7 lead with 5:31 remaining in the third quarter.
 
Dickinson dominated the clock for over 10 minutes to close out the final period.
 
Gettysburg returns to the friendly confines of Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium for next Saturday's Homecoming game against McDaniel College. Game time is 1 p.m.