Four teams were in the 2009 Division III football playoffs already, and more joined them Saturday. Week 10 scoreboard.

Who joined Thomas More, Monmouth, Mount St. Joseph, Central and Linfield in the field? Mount Union did so in style, crushing No. 15 Otterbein 58-7. Second-ranked UW-Whitewater did the same with a 40-7 victory over UW-Oshkosh.

No. 20 Delaware Valley was the first team to clinch an automatic bid on Saturday, rolling over Albright 45-16 to remain unbeaten in the MAC. The Aggies scored the first 31 points of the game behind quarterback Mike Isgro, who returned from an injured shoulder. It was the first loss for Albright, which was ranked higher in the AFCA poll and the regional rankings but unranked by D3football.com. Photo gallery. The Lions will finish the season against Lebanon Valley, which is also 8-1 after beating Lycoming, 31-21.

Elsewhere in the East region, Ithaca dealt Alfred its first loss 31-10 and denied the Saxons the automatic bid for at least one week. The win clinched Ithaca's 39th consecutive winning season, the second-longest such streak in college football behind Linfield. St. John Fisher rolled over Springfield 34-7 and kept its hopes of making the NCAA playoffs alive.

Fourth-ranked St. John's got a shutout from its defense and clinched the MIAC 28-7 against Augsburg. No. 14 Wittenberg defeated Allegheny 52-10, clinching the NCAC and its first playoff bid since 2006. Trine wrapped up its second straight MIAA title with a 21-16 win over Adrian.

DePauw will go to the Monon Bell game with its playoff bid secure, as the Tigers clinched the automatic bid out of the SCAC with a 34-23 win against Austin College and Centre's 27-17 loss at Trinity (Texas). No. 19 Illinois Wesleyan had another showdown with a ranked conference opponent and registered another win, this time topping No. 12 Wheaton (Ill.) 20-17. No. 18 North Central defeated Augustana 45-26, denying the Titans the at-large bid for at least one more week. Illinois Wesleyan will make the playoffs for the first time since 1996 with a win next week at North Park.

If a two-loss team will get an at-large bid, and the odds are not looking likely considering the way the NCAA has stacked the regional rankings deck against them, it might go to No. 17 Ohio Northern. The Polar Bears defeated No. 13 Capital 31-21 as Kyle Simmons ran for 113 yards and threw for 163 more in the victory. Photo gallery. St. Thomas remained in at-large contention by beating Bethel 19-10 (Photo gallery) while Coe did the same by beating Buena Vista 31-20.

The three leading Pool B candidates each won again. No. 3 Wesley topped Division II Lake Erie 28-13 despite playing without starting quarterback Shane McSweeney. Ninth-ranked Case Western Reserve won 34-17 at Carnegie Mellon, while Huntingdon rolled at Birmingham-Southern 59-28.

Kean beat William Paterson and Montclair State topped Rowan to set up a showdown for the NJAC title next Saturday. Susquehanna pulled away from Worcester Polytech 35-21 to set up a showdown with Union next week for the Liberty League title.

Randolph-Macon made sure "The Game" against Hampden-Sydney next week will be even larger for the rivals. The Yellow Jackets beat Bridgewater (Va.) 33-23 to set up a showdown with the Tigers for the ODAC title next Saturday. Dontavius Watson ran for two touchdowns after the end of regulation and Averett survived to beat Ferrum 34-28 in triple overtime. That, combined with North Carolina Wesleyan's win at Shenandoah sets up a USA South title game for next week.

Johns Hopkins rolled past Franklin and Marshall 51-13 to keep pace with Dickinson in the Centennial Conference. On Friday night, the Red Devils scored on four of their first five possessions to roll past Juniata 41-14 and remain in contention for the Centennial Conference title.

Eureka and Crown combined for 132 points, a Division III record, as Crown won 69-63 in the closing seconds.

Monmouth got a goose egg in the Bronze Turkey game, shutting out Knox 42-0. And as seniors' careers wind down, perhaps it's best to keep in mind the words of McDaniel senior linebacker Mike Weick. He told the Carroll County Times: "We have 120 minutes left of college football for the rest of our lives," Weick said. "That's a scary thought."

Good luck, seniors. At least McDaniel's seniors had something to be happy about today, with a game-winning field goal in the final seconds to edge Gettysburg 22-20. Cornell also sent its seniors off on a Senior Day high note, snapping a 34-game IIAC losing streak by defeating Loras 23-16. Cornell hadn't won any home game since Sept. 8, 2007.

One week after MacMurray and Crown flirted with the Division III single-game record for combined scoring, Crown and Eureka wrote themselves in, combining for 132 points in a game Crown won 69-63.

In a game that featured more than 1,400 yards of total offense and lasted nearly four hours, Storm junior quarterback Adam Hayes delivered a 31-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Robert Yang with 13.3 seconds remaining to break a 63-63 tie.

Eureka forced a 63-63 tie with 1:17 remaining in the fourth quarter when senior quarterback Nick Lindsey scored on a quarterback sneak. Crown started its ensuing possession at its own 19-yard line with 1:08 remaining. The Storm put together a six-play, 81-yard drive in just 54 seconds that was capped by the strike from Hayes to Yang. The visitors gained at least 12 yards on four plays during the hurry-up drive, including a 16-yard run from Hayes to convert on third down early in the series.

The Red Devils had 7.7 seconds to cover 53 yards in its comeback effort, but a 7-yard completion from Lindsey to sophomore Wes Schmidgall and a Sam Durley incompletion intended for Schmidgall near the end zone as time expired ended Eureka's last chance.

The teams finished with a combined 1,430 yards of total offense, setting another Division III single-game record. Eureka finished with 744 yards of total offense, Crown with 686.

Schmidgall set career-highs for the second time in three weeks with 11 catches for 230 yards and four touchdowns. Lindsey ran for 150 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries. He also threw for a season-high 336 yards and three scores. Durley added 169 passing yards and found Schmidgall for a 52-yard touchdown throw early in the second quarter. Playing in his final collegiate game, senior running back Chris Wakid ran for a season-high 83 yards. Junior wide receiver Keifer McComas set a new career-high with 95 receiving yards on five receptions.

Crown had three receivers go over 100 yards, with Steve Boger catching nine passes for 131, Robert Yang grabbing seven for 114 and Callan McKinley adding 101 yards on five catches.

Lindsey scored his first of four rushing touchdowns to open the scoring and give Eureka a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. A passing touchdown from Hayes to Boger and an 11-yard touchdown run from Hayes sandwiched a career-long 43-yard field goal from Eureka freshman kicker Travis Huber to give Crown a 14-10 lead after the first quarter. The Red Devils scored 17 unanswered points on touchdowns from Schmidgall and Lindsey and another field goal from Huber to open the second quarter and race to a 27-14 lead, but Crown scored three touchdowns in the final 7:05 of the half to regain the momentum. Schmidgall caught his second touchdown pass of the day with 1:23 remaining before intermission, but Crown held a two-point halftime lead.

The first half featured nine touchdowns and a pair of field goals from Huber. His successful 43-yard try is the longest on record at Eureka, breaking Huber's previous career-best of 41 yards set earlier this season at UW-Stout. Neither team punted during the first 30 minutes and Crown carried a 35-33 lead into intermission.

Eureka and Crown traded touchdowns and the lead on the first two possession of the second half before Huber converted his third field goal try of the game for a 42-42 tie with 5:22 left in the third quarter. Huber finished the game 3-for-3 on field goal attempts and finished his freshman season a perfect 6-for-6 on field goal tries.

With the score tied at 42-42 late in the third quarter, the Eureka defense forced Crown to punt for the first time. The Red Devils needed just three plays on their ensuing possession to regain the lead when Lindsey found Schmidgall with a 30-yard strike for a 49-42 lead. The Storm answered with a nine-play drive capped by a 3-yard touchdown plunge from Tyler Hallblade to tie the game again at 49-49.

Eureka was poised to regain the lead on its first drive of the fourth quarter, but a pass from Lindsey was intercepted by Conrad Dewey at the Crown 13-yard line, ending Eureka's bid to regain the lead. The interception was Eureka's only turnover of the day and marked the only time in Eureka's nine trips to the red zone the Red Devils did not come away with points.

The Storm put together its longest drive of the game on the ensuing possession, grinding out 87 yards on 14 plays in 6:04 to take a 56-49 lead on another 3-yard touchdown run from Hallblade with 7:45 remaining. Schmidgall pulled down his fourth and final touchdown catch of the day just six plays later on an 11-yard toss from Lindsey for a 56-56 tie. Hallblade and Lindsey traded rushing touchdowns late in regulation before the Storm put together its game-winning drive in the final minute.

Hallblade led all players with 184 rushing yards on 28 carries.

Defensively, Eureka freshman linebacker Seth Zehr recorded game-highs with 10.5 tackles and eight solo stops. Junior cornerback Rosney Beverly made 9.5 tackles and also recorded one of Eureka's two pass breakups on the day. Junior defensive lineman Tyler Schnarr contributed with Eureka's only solo sack of the day when he threw Hayes for an 11-yard loss early in the fourth quarter.

In all, the game lasted 3 hours, 39 minutes and featured 10 lead changes and five ties. Lindsey and Durley combined for 505 passing yards.