St. Norbert 46, Illinois College 18
DE PERE, Wis. -- St. Norbert capped off its first 10-win season in school history with a 46-18 win against Illinois College at Minahan Stadium. St. Norbert finished unbeaten for the first time since 1957, and broke the school record for wins -- set at nine last season. St. Norbert (10-0, 9-0 MWC) extended its Midwest Conference winning streak to 19 games.

The Green Knights advance to their third NCAA Division III Playoff, against a site and opponent to be determined Sunday afternoon.

St. Norbert totaled 442 yards of total offense, with 265 coming from junior quarterback Luke Ott. Ott completed 22 of 39 passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns. Ott found Brandon Spaulding on a 9-yard touchdown pass with 9 seconds left in the first half to give St. Norbert a 17-6 halftime advantage.

Matt O'Grady scored two third-quarter touchdowns to ice the victory. O'Grady rushed for 161 yards on 30 carries and two touchdowns. O'Grady's season totals of 1,463 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns are school records.

Illinois College (6-4, 6-3) was led by quarterback Derek Leonard, who completed 19 of 37 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns. The Blueboys were held to 48 yards rushing.

St. Norbert sophomore defensive end Chad Blahnik had five tackles for loss and four quarterback sacks, as well as forcing two fumbles. Blahnik has 14 quarterback sacks this season.

Millsaps 35, Trinity (Texas) 28 
JACKSON, Miss. -- Trinity was bested by the Millsaps Majors 35-28 in the final regular-season match-up of the year.

Trinity (8-2, 4-2 SCAC) was plagued by turnovers (two fumbles and three interceptions returned for 220 yards) and penalties (10 infractions for 105 yards) in the game, allowing two interceptions to be returned for touchdowns. The Tigers held an 11-point fourth quarter lead at one point, but could not hold it at the end as Millsaps scored 18 fourth-quarter points.

572 yards of total offense and 35 first downs just wasn't enough at the end of the game. Jeremy Boyce rushed for 151 yards on 27 carries (including two TD's), and the Tiger running game was good for 217 total yards. Roy Hampton hit for 355 yards on 28-for-38 passing, but had two costly interceptions. Jason Hunt solidified his case as one of the SCAC's top receivers, catching 11 passes for 118 yards.

Millsaps scored twice on interception returns -- one for 80 yards in the first quarter, and one for 90 yards in the fourth. Trinity had the ball for nearly 42 minutes on offense, to Millsaps' 18 minutes.

Two of the Millsaps picks came with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

MacMurray 48, Westminster (Mo.) 14
FULTON, Mo. -- Steve Ballinger ran for three touchdowns and Tim Peterson threw four touchdown passes as MacMurray defeated Westminster (Mo.) 48-14.

The game was close early on, with Westminster even holding an 8-7 lead, but MacMurray scored 20 second-quarter points to blow the game open, on a touchdown run from Ballinger and two Peterson touchdown passes. The final touchdown of the half was the biggest: After Westminster had cut the lead to 26-14 with 33 seconds left, Peterson found Brian Chapman for a 58-yard touchdown pass that made it 33-26 Highlanders at halftime. MacMurray added single scores in each of the final two quarters for the final margin.

On the day, Ballinger ran for 285 yards on 33 carries. Peterson threw for 217 yards and the four scores for the Highlanders (5-5) who rolled up 578 yards in total offense. Westminster had 399 yards in offense, as Chris Marshall threw for 328 yards, but the offense was stopped numerous times deep in Highlander territory. 

Ryan Brodecker had five catches for 112 yards to lead the Blue Jays (2-8), who finished with their first losing season since 1930. This is the fifth year since the program was revived after a long period without football.

Allegheny 22, Ohio Wesleyan 14
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College football team closed the 2000 season with a 22-14 victory over Ohio Wesleyan today at Robertson Field, setting numerous records in the process. Allegheny sealed the win when senior linebacker Tim Lorber intercepted a Mike Jonesco pass with 0:15 remaining in the contest. The Gators set or tied three team records today, while three individual records fell in the contest.

Allegheny got on the board first when junior Shane Ream went in from 11 yards out, capping the Gator's opening drive for a 7-0 lead just over two minutes into the contest. The score tied Ream with Jim Mormino for the North Coast Athletic Conference single-season scoring record at 174 points.
Ohio Wesleyan answered the Gators at the 13:06 mark of the second quarter when Chad Smith scored on a 3-yard run, tying the game at 7-7. 

Just under ten minutes later, Ream scored his second touchdown of the day on a 12-yard run, breaking Mormino's record and tying Stanley Drayton's school and NCAC record of 27 rushing touchdowns in a season. The PAT attempt was blocked, leaving the score 13-7.

Allegheny pushed out to a 19-7 lead when sophomore quarterback Joe Cowart hit senior halfback Jeremy Snyder on a 10-yard pass for a score. The two-point PAT attempt failed. The score was the 29th of Snyder's career. Sophomore kicker Aaron Smith gave Allegheny a 22-7 lead with 4:06 left in the third quarter when he connected on a 30-yard field goal.

Ohio Wesleyan cut the lead to 22-14 when Jonesco hit Brian Cromwell with a 13-yard pass 3:11 into the fourth quarter. The Gators were intercepted on their following possession, but the Bishops drive was foiled when senior defensive tackle Joe Rossi sacked Jonesco to force a Wesleyan punt. The sack was Rossi's 12th of the season, breaking Bob Tatsch's record of 11½ set in 1995.

After a Gator punt, the Bishops were driving when Lorber came up with his first big play of the game. On fourth-and-7 at the Gator 42-yard line, Lorber broke up a Jonesco pass to give the Gator's the ball on downs. Ohio Wesleyan got one final shot after Allegheny could not convert on fourth-and-3 in Bishop territory, but their drive and each team's season came to an end with Lorber's fourth interception of the season.

As a team, the Gator defense tied a school and NCAC record with 24 interceptions on the season, matching the mark set by Allegheny in 1994 and Ohio Wesleyan in 1990. The Gator offense established a school-record 3,061 yards in the win today, breaking the old mark of 2,981 set in 1991. And the Gators set a school and NCAC record with 42 rushing TDs on the season, breaking the former record of 40 set by the 1996 squad.

With the win, Allegheny wraps up second place in the NCAC, finishing with a 7-3 (6-1 NCAC) mark. The Bishops fell to 6-4 (4-3 NCAC).

Grove City 39, Alfred 17
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Five Wolverine seniors scored in their final game as Grove City defeated visiting Alfred 39-17 in the season finale at Thorn Field.
Grove City closed the season with three straight victories, finishing 6-4 overall for the second year in a row. Alfred finished 4-6.

Senior fullback R.J. Bowers rushed for 226 yards on 36 carries, securing NCAA all-divisions records for career 200-yard games (16) and career 100-yard games (35). He raised his all-time career rushing record to 7,353 yards and, with touchdown runs of 75 and 10 yards, boosted his career points standard to 562. With no return yardage in the game, Bowers finished with a Division III-record 9,253 career all-purpose yards, 48 shy of the all-divisions record.

"We really played well today," said Bowers. "It's too bad we didn't have this atmosphere all year long. But it happened at a great time. I'm sad to see it go."

Senior quarterback Steve Lacinski, who completed 4 of 8 passes for 71 yards, also scored twice on a pair of 2-yard runs. Senior halfback Jack Gillespie hit paydirt from 3 yards out and senior Ben Shreve booted a career-long 45-yard field goal. Senior split end and holder Jake Dailey also had a hand in the scoring, running in a two-point conversion.

The other six Wolverine seniors who helped Grove City post four consecutive non-losing seasons for the first time since 1975-78 include four-year starting center Shawn Kelly, guard Andy Jacks and offensive tackle Kyle Millet, who paved the way for 304 yards rushing against the Saxons. Senior cornerbacks Brock McCullough and John-Paul Stanislaw registered six and three, tackles, respectively, in their final game, while senior halfback Adam Shamenek contributed a 7-yard gain in his only carry.

"I think the world of our seniors, as well as the whole team," praised Head Coach Chris Smith. "They played a very good, physical team today. I'm proud of everybody's effort. It was a great way to go out."

Alfred opened up a 7-0 lead on a 61-yard halfback option pass from Jesse Raynor to Nick Freeman. Raynor accounted for 191 yards of total offense, rushing for 130 yards on 30 carries. The Wolverines answered on their next drive when Lacinski ran in from the two.

The Saxons enjoyed their last lead of the game when quarterback Todd Zandrowicz plunged in from the one, giving Alfred a 14-7 edge. Zandrowicz completed 13 of 23 passes for 113 yards.

Bowers opened the scoring in the second quarter with a 75-yard run from scrimmage -- his longest rush of the season. Dailey mishandled the snap on the extra-point try but alertly popped up and ran it in for two points, putting the Wolverines ahead for good 15-14, with 9:57 left before halftime.

The Wolverines went ahead 18-14 in the final moments of the first half when Shreve nailed a 45-yard field goal, eclipsing his previous career long of 41 yards.

Grove City outscored Alfred, 21-3, in the second half, picking up another 2-yard touchdown run by Lacinski late in the third quarter, which extended the lead to 25-14.

After an Alfred 24-yard field goal, the Wolverines closed the scoring on touchdown runs by Bowers and Gillespie. Bowers, wanting Gillespie to record his first career touchdown, called the play in the huddle that resulted in his fellow senior's 3-yard TD jaunt.

Freshman Matt Styer drilled four extra points.

Three Wolverine freshmen helped the defensive cause. Outside linebacker John Bialowas was credited with a team-high 10 tackles, while cornerback Dan Roseum and outside linebacker Jake Tobolewski each had an interception.

Junior outside linebacker Adam Corbett made eight tackles, giving him a team-high 119 on the year -- seven shy of the school's single-season record set by Casey Creehan in 1998.

Austin 28, Sul Ross State 27
ALPINE, Texas -- Austin closed out a successful 2000 season with a 28-27 come-from-behind win against Sul Ross State on Saturday afternoon.

Trailing 27-14 with 14:05 to play in the fourth quarter after Sul Ross' Michael Hildalgo returned a fumble 46 yards for a score, Austin College scored the game's final two touchdowns to secure the win.

The 'Roos cut the Lobo lead to 27-21 with 7:50 to play when Keiston Alexander, who was 11-for-13 passing for 128 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions on the day, connected with running back Joel Gill on a 7-yard touchdown pass and Chad Turner added the PAT.

Austin College then went ahead to stay when senior Aaron Kernek capped a seven-play, 60-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge with 3:03 to play, and Turner added the extra point which was the difference in the game.

On the day, Kernek led all rushers with 166 yards on 34 carries with two touchdowns.

Kernek finished his AC career with a school record of 3,245 yards, and he also set a single-season school record with 1,548 rushing yards in 2000.

He also tied the school record for touchdowns scored in a season with 16 set by Jason Johnson in 1990.

Salisbury State 18, Frostburg State 8
WASHINGTON -- Freshman Mac Mollet ran for 86 of Salisbury State's 257 rushing yards and scored a touchdown to lead the Sea Gulls past Frostburg State 18-8 in the Second Annual Regents Cup Saturday at RFK Memorial Stadium.

The Bobcats concluded their season at 4-6 overall and 3-3 in the Atlantic Central Football Conference, while Salisbury State finished 5-5 overall and 3-3 in the ACFC.

The Sea Gulls took a 9-0 lead at halftime by scoring twice in a span of 2:17 of the first quarter. Paul Jacko opened the scoring with a 21-yard field goal, and, after Khalid Attia recovered Bobcat sophomore quarterback Grant Burrough's fumbled snap on FSU's ensuing possession, Reggie Boyce followed with a 14-yard touchdown run two plays later.

Salisbury State threatened again when Chris Varlotta recovered Michael Wood's fumble of the ensuing kickoff at the Bobcat 26. But, Tony Ellis lost control of the ball after racing 12 yards to the FSU 12, and Bobcat cornerback Derek Kirk pounced on it at his own 6-yard line to keep the deficit at nine.

The teams traded punts on the first five possessions of the second quarter before the Sea Gulls marched 41 yards in 10 plays down to the Bobcat 22. But, Jacko's 39-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds left in the first half was wide right.

Jacko hit from 22 yards out on Salisbury State's first possession of the second half to give the visitors a 12-0 lead, and Mollet raced into the end zone for a 15-yard score with 3:18 left in the third as the Sea Gulls opened a comfortable 18-0 advantage.

Frostburg State finally caught a break when Ronald Luczak recovered a Mollet fumble at the Sea Gull 34 on the last play of the third quarter. Six plays later, Billy Jackson found Andrew Dinbokowitz for a 23-yard scoring strike to get the Bobcats on the board.

The score seemed to spark FSU briefly, and John McElhenny brought the Bobcats to within 10 when he tackled Mollett in the end zone for a safety with 7:16 left in the game. The play was set up by senior Tim Loss' 40-yard punt down to the four and Luczak's back-to-back tackles for losses.

Wood gave the Bobcats good field position on the ensuing free kick with a 24-yard return to the FSU 41, but the Bobcats turned the ball over on downs at the SSU 30. Sea Gull cornerback Du'Juan Wilson intercepted Jackson's desperation toss in the end zone on the last play of the game, returning it 28 yards to run out the clock.

The Sea Gulls held FSU to 72 rushing yards on 40 carries and 170 total yards. Pat Brannan led Salisbury State with 13 tackles, while Chris Seguinot paced the Bobcats with a career-high 21 stops. Luczak added 18 tackles in a losing cause.

UW-Stout 17, Minnesota-Duluth 15
MINNEAPOLIS -- Call them the comeback kids. Call them the conference champions. Call them undefeated.

The UW-Stout football team put the wraps on a perfect regular season with a 17-15 come-from-behind win over Minnesota-Duluth in the final game of the Border Battle at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

The Blue Devils (10-0) trailed 9-7 at halftime, then took the lead with 4:22 remaining in the game when Matt Bichanich connected on a 10-yard pass play with Eric Baker to go ahead 14-9. The drive was made possible when defensive back Kevin Dewey intercepted a pass and returned it to the Stout 47.

But no lead would be safe in this contest, and Duluth (7-4) drove 66 yards, getting all of their yards on the pass, including the go-ahead touchdown, a 5-yard strike from quarterback Ricky Fritz to Chris Walker with 2:02 remaining. The two-point conversion failed, and the Bulldogs led, 15-14.

Stout started its drive from its own 33. Luke Bundgaard raced up the middle for 11 yards on first down, but the Blue Devils appeared stopped on third and 10 when Bichanich scrambled for 17 yards, then drew a pass interference penalty to bring the ball to the Duluth 21. A 3-yard Bundgaard run took the ball to the 18, but more importantly to the middle of the field with 13 seconds remaining.

Following a time out, Kevin McCulley split the uprights from 35 yards out to give Stout what would prove to be the winning margin.

The Bulldogs would not roll over and Erik Hanson returned the kickoff 23 yards to the Duluth 44. Fritz heaved a "Hail Mary" pass to the end zone, but Tony Beckham batted the pass away to keep Stout perfect heading into the playoffs.

The Blue Devils didn't fare so well in the first half, giving up a 67-yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage. The dangerous Fritz connected with Chris Walker with only 24 ticks off the clock.

Seven minutes later after sticking Stout on the 1-foot line with a perfect punt, the Bulldogs swarmed Mark Ralph, dragging him into the end zone for a safety and a 9-0 lead.

Stout finally got on the board late in the first period. Steve Miller intercepted Fritz and returned the ball 21 yards to the 50.

Bundgaard and Bichanich took turns moving the ball before Bichanich hooked up with tight end Brian Johnson for a 4-yard score.

The Bulldogs won the battle of statistics, rolling up 303 yards to Stout's 249. Duluth got 270 yards in the air, but were intercepted three times, with Rob Weinstein getting the third interception. Stout held Duluth to 33 rushing yards on 33 carries as Stout sacked Fritz three times, with Jeff Hazuga getting 2½ sacks.

Duluth's Walker hauled in three passes for 117 yards, while Steve Battaglia had four catches for 57 yards.

Bundgaard finished the game with 144 rushing yards, and broke the single season rushing record of 1105 set by Steve Burr in 1978. Bundgaard broke the record on his first carry of the night. Needing 12 yards for the mark, he rolled off a 17-yard rush and currently has 1238 yards.

Eric McCorkle finished with 43 yards on seven carries. Stout racked up 39 yards in passes, but did score on two pass plays.

The victory gave Stout their only unbeaten, untied record in Blue Devil football history. The only team to come close was in 1921 when Stout finished at 5-0-2.

Gettysburg 17, Franklin & Marshall 3
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Playing in his final collegiate game, Gettysburg senior
Dennis Flaherty completed 21 of 27 passes for 243 yards and two milestone touchdowns to lead the Bullets past Franklin & Marshall 17-3 in a battle of winless Centennial Conference (CC) teams on Saturday.

Flaherty broke the program record for passing yards in a season (2,095) and career touchdown tosses (33) while helping Gettysburg (1-9, 1-6 CC) snap an 11-game losing streak and send the Diplomats (0-10, 0-7) to their first winless season since 1962.

Jay Toscano and Alex Nicholas each caught second-quarter touchdown passes to key the victory, which gave Gettysburg a 40-39-7 advantage in the all-time series with F&M and helped the Bullets avoid their first winless campaign since 1903.

In his final appearance in a Gettysburg uniform, senior Bryan Pojanowski carried 13 times for 39 yards and also caught a team-high five passes for 60 yards to finish the season as the team's leader in rushing yards (406) and receptions (37). Fellow senior Pat Currier also went out in style with two of Gettysburg's four interceptions on the afternoon.

For Franklin & Marshall, Paul Fix carried 31 times for 104 yards while the quarterback tandem of Dave Makson and Mark Rowand went a combined 14-for-34 for 115 yards and four interceptions as the Diplomats lost their 10th consecutive game.

After a scoreless first 15 minutes, Gettysburg got on the board following Currier's first interception midway through the second quarter. Flaherty opened the drive from the Gettysburg 31 with a 40-yard pass. Following a 5-yard carry by Toscano, Flaherty found Pat Jordan on a 16-yard pass to the Diplomat 8.

A Gettysburg false start penalty -- one of 11 on the day against the home team for a total of 99 yards -- moved the ball back to the Diplomat 13, but Toscano took an underneath pass from Flaherty into the end zone on the next play to give the Bullets a 7-0 lead with 7:10 left in the half. The pass capped a four-play, 69-yard march and made Flaherty the ninth quarterback in CC history to throw for over 5,000 career yards.

Franklin & Marshall answered with a 14-play, 51-yard drive on its next possession, but had to settle for a 23-yard field goal from Kevin Lonergan to pull within 7-3.

On its next possession, Gettysburg marched 67 yards on eight plays to take a 14-3 lead when Flaherty found Nicholas on a 2-yard pass with seven seconds left before halftime. Flaherty went 6-for-6 on the drive while Toscano ripped off runs of 11 and 15 yards.

Interceptions by Ryan Moore and Chris Jordan on F&M's first two possessions of the second half helped to maintain the Bullets' 11-point edge through a scoreless third quarter. Jordan's acrobatic pick, the first of his collegiate career, came on a Makson pass into the end zone with 3:25 left in the third to stop a 12-play, 58-yard drive.

Gettysburg also had a golden opportunity to add to its lead in the third quarter, but lost a bad snap at the F&M 15. The Bullets did, however, extend their lead to 17-3 on a 29-yard field goal by Dan Evanko with 6:06 remaining in the game.

Franklin & Marshall drove to the Gettysburg 41 on its next possession, but Currier recorded his second interception of the day on a Rowand pass to keep the lead at 14 with 3:31 left.

The Diplomats' final drive of the game ended at the Bullet 29 on an incomplete pass on fourth-and-15.

In addition to his team-leading fifth interception of the season, Moore recorded a team-high nine solo tackles to finish the campaign as the Bullets' tackles leader for a third straight season with 109. Keith Adams recorded six solos among his 10 total tackles to finish with 83 tackles on the year.

Flaherty wrapped up his collegiate career with numerous program records, including career marks for completions (386), attempts (808), passing yards (5,136) and touchdowns (33). He also set single-season marks in 2000 with 168 completions, 295 attempts and 2,095 passing yards.

Zach Facaros led the Diplomats with 13 tackles, including eight solos while Matt de la Rosa made 10 stops and recorded the team's lone sack of the afternoon. Matt Lintal returned an interception 74 yards to halt Gettysburg's first drive of the game deep in F&M territory.

St. Olaf 42, Carleton 35
NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Manuel Spreigl broke the MIAC single game scoring record with six rushing touchdowns while rolling up 259 yards rushing to lead St. Olaf to a 42-35 victory against Carleton in MIAC football action at Laird Stadium on the Carleton campus.

Spreigl scored on runs of 20, 5, 1, 40, 98 and 1 yards, breaking the MIAC record of 34 points scored, set by Jeff Norman of St. John's in a 1976 game. With the victory, St. Olaf secured possession of the storied Goat Trophy for the fourth season in a row and improved to 6-3 MIAC, 7-3 overall. This was good for a tie for third place in the conference, its highest finish since 1991. Carleton finished their season at 1-9, 1-8.

The Oles took an early lead in the game, scoring at the end of the first quarter on a Spreigl 20-yard run, and again in the second quarter on a Spreigl five-yard run. Momentum seemed to shift, however, when an emotionally charged Carleton offense scored 1:56 remaining in the second quarter as Jon Groteboer hit Brody Felchle with an 18-yard touchdown pass on a slant pattern.

The Oles answered by marching back downfield, facing fourth and five on the Carleton 32-yard line. Carleton gambled by calling timeout to stop the clock with a minute left, hoping to regain possession and a chance to score. The gamble backfired, however, as the Oles converted on fourth down and scored four plays later, with the help of a questionable defensive pass interference call that negated a Carleton interception.

The Knights' offense broke out in the second half, as they outscored the Oles 28-21. Big plays continued to hurt the Knights on defense, however. Spreigl scored on a 40-yard rush in the third quarter, after a five-play, 57-yard drive. The momentum shifted further in favor of the Oles after Groteboer's pass was intercepted on the 2-yard line and Spreigl broke a 98-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage. Carleton Head Coach Bob Sullivan identified this play as a crucial turning point in the game: "The call on pass interference which gave them their third touchdown and the 98-yard run were the two most important plays in the game."

The Knights scored four of the last five touchdowns of the game, as the Carleton passing game finally got in a rhythm. Groteboer completed 26 of 42 passes for 310 yards and three touchdown passes, leading the Knights to 457 total offensive yards, their best performance of the year. Sullivan was not surprised by the performance: "Today's game offensively was what I expected all season long. Don't ask me why we waited to the last game to do it."

Dan Reider led the Knights receivers with nine catches for 136 yards, including one touchdown. On the defensive side of the ball, Scott O'Reilly had 15 tackles. Defensive end J.J. Franz had one sack, while the other Knight defensive end, Jeff Thurk, had half a sack. These two end their careers sharing the Carleton all-time career sack record, with 25½ career sacks each. 

St. Olaf was led offensively by Spreigl, who carried the ball 37 times for 259 yards. "He's an exceptional player, and a hard a worker as you could get. Its finally paying off in his third year." St. Olaf head coach Paul Miller remarked.

Matt Laferty led the Oles' defense with 10 tackles.

Today's game marked the last game of Sullivan's coaching career, who announced his retirement after 42 years of coaching, 22 years at Carleton. When asked what it felt like to coach his last game, Sullivan responded, "Well it's over. It would have been nice to go out with a victory, but I am happy we played well."

Coach Miller added, "Coach Sullivan is great at what he does. Their offensive performance today reflects that."

John Carroll 20, Baldwin-Wallace 17
Sophomore quarterback Tom Arth connected with senior wide receiver Larry Holmes on a 4-yard touchdown pass with just over three minutes remaining, as the Blue Streaks defeated the Yellow Jackets 20-17 this afternoon in the 12th Annual Cuyahoga Gold Bowl, played at Wasmer Field.

The victory was John Carroll's first against its crosstown rival since a 20-17 overtime victory in 1997. Baldwin-Wallace still leads the overall series, 19-17-2.

Once again, the Cuyahoga Gold Bowl was a contest marked by late-game dramatics, as this was the fifth game in as many years to have the winning score tallied in the final four minutes.

John Carroll got on the board first by marching 24 yards in four plays after an interception by junior Eric Urdzik. Arth capped the drive when he hooked up with junior Jeff Lerner from 8 yards out. John Carroll added two field goals from senior David Vitatoe (37 and 25 yards) to take a 13-7 halftime lead. B-W got on the board when quarterback Dan Larlham ran 20 yards for a touchdown.

After a scoreless third quarter, B-W used a 20-yard field goal from Brian Hegnauer and a 1-yard touchdown run by Larlham within a span of four minutes to take its first lead, 17-13. 

That set up the stage for Arth and Holmes, who hooked up five times on the afternoon for 59 yards. The fifth time was a third-and-goal play from the 4-yard line with 3:12 remaining in the fourth quarter.

With the 59 yards, Holmes broke the John Carroll season receiving yardage mark. His 950 yards broke the record of Sean Williams, who had 932 in 1994. Holmes also finished his career with the second most career receiving yards.