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Anthony Swan set a school record with five touchdowns to lead the
University at Buffalo to a 49-13 victory over Fordham in head coach Craig
Cirbus' inaugural game before 7,025 fans at UB Stadium. Swan had touchdowns of 1, 3, 4, 6 and 74 yards en route to a career-high 204 yards on 26 carries as UB outscored the Rams 35-0 in the second half. Junior quarterback Mark Taylor completed 12-of-22 passes for 157 yards and the Bulls' first touchdown, a 2-yard flip to John Szymendera. Fordham pulled to within 14-13 on a 26-yard field goal by Bob Hagan after Joe Moorhead had thrown a 12-yard TD pass to Randy Zingo late in the second quarter. UB took control of the game when Swan ripped off a 74-yard run around right end on the Bulls' first play of the second half. "I think the balance between our passing and running allowed our offense to take control of the game," said Cirbus, a 1980 UB grad who spent the previous 11 years at Penn State. "We came out with a lot of intensity in the second half and started to control the line of scrimmage." Chris Behan had five catches for 85 yards for UB (1-0) while Craig Guest and Pete Conley each had 10 tackles for the Bulls. Guest also broke up three passes. Jason Kuehn had two sacks for the Bulls in the game. Jack Pieracini and Carl Barbera had 13 tackles each for Fordham. The Bulls allowed Fordham to just 10 yards of net rushing on the evening while piling up 279, the most since a 215-yard output vs. Colgate last season. UB's 35 points in one half also was the most since they scored 42 in the first half of their Oct. 31, 1992 win (60-27) at Central Connecticut State. The Bulls' 49 points was also the most since that game. Swan's five touchdowns broke the old mark held by Pat Whitehead who scored four rushing TDs in UB's 42-14 win over Albany State on Nov. 6, 1982. It was also the first time since 1991 that a UB rusher gained over 200 yards in one contest. Alan Bell rushed for 266 in a 49-0 win over Duquesne on Nov. 2, 1991 to set the school record for rushing in one contest. Last season, Swan gained 363 yards in nine games with one touchdown. His previous rushing high was 120 yards vs. Illinois State and was the last time that a Bull had gained better than 100 yards in a game. - Ted Wasko, Sports Information Office
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