More of the same Last year's Stagg Bowl participants picked right up where they left off. Defending champion UW-Whitewater opened with a victory against NAIA No. 8 St. Xavier on Friday night. No. 1 Mount Union followed by rolling over No. 10 St. John Fisher 33-3. Cecil Shorts caught six passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns and Nate Kmic began his pursuit of the Division III all-time rushing record with 231 yards on 26 carries in the victory. Ryan Renbarger intercepted Tim Bailey twice. Get the full Week 1 action on our Scoreboard page. East Texas Baptist gave No. 6 St. John's trouble, taking a 15-14 lead in the third quarter before the Johnnies rallied at home for a 29-15 victory. Photo gallery. No. 21 Franklin held on to beat Baldwin-Wallace 42-35. Justin Kulp finished a 10-play drive with a 7-yard touchdown run to lift No. 18 Ithaca past Lycoming 17-16. Along with Kmic, early offensive stars include King's running back Jeremia Jones who rambled for 192 yards and four touchdowns in the Monarchs' 34-13 win against Randolph-Macon. That's almost as impressive as Hartwick's dynamic duo of Jason Boltus and Jack Phelan. Boltus threw for 392 yards and seven touchdowns, six of which were caught by Phelan. Phelan had 289 yards on 13 receptions in the Hawks' 63-37 victory over Western New England. The Backyard Brawl turned into more of a beatdown as Millsaps trounced No. 25 Mississippi College 42-6, putting to rest the way Millsaps lost last year's game. Hardin-Simmons rallied from a 21-0 third-quarter deficit to beat UW-La Crosse 24-23 on a Matt Fields field goal with two seconds left in the game. Photo gallery. Elsewhere, St. Thomas coach Glenn Caruso had little trouble with his former team, beating Macalester 35-10. Augustana went to the spread offense but it looked a lot like 2007 as the Vikings completed six of 13 passes and beat Coe 21-6. No. 14 UW-Eau Claire made the long trip to NAIA playoff participant Bethel (Tenn.) and rode a pair of safeties and a touchdown to an 11-6 victory. More photo galleries: Olivet at Wittenberg, Adrian at Capital, UW-Stout at Menlo. | ||
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