Scoreboard

Week Two Game Summaries

Dayton 52, Ohio Northern 31
DAYTON - Ohio Northern wanted to prove it could play with the big boys.

Saturday night before 9,342 fans at Welcome Stadium, Northern nearly
showed it could beat them.

The Polar Bears built an early 14-3 lead and rallied from a 30-14 third
quarter deficit, but the Dayton ground game eventually proved to be too much as the Flyers posted a 52-31 victory against Ohio Northern.

Jamal Robertson carried 19 times for 189 yards and two scores and Shane Franzer completed 13 of 27 passes for 200 yards and two scores to lead the ONU attack.

The Flyers (2-0) ran 69 times for 377 yards, including a 19-carry, 133-yard
effort by David George and a 22-carry, 118-yard effort by Jermaine Bailey.

Total yardage was nearly even as UD out-gained ONU (0-1) just 471-468.

"I am very excited about our effort tonight, but we simply got beat by a
better team," ONU head coach Tom Kaczkowski said. "We knew it was a big challenge to line up and play a Division I opponent like Dayton. We took it as a challenge and responded well. I was very pleased with our effort. Jamal Robertson and Shane Franzer had great nights."

The Polar Bears went up 7-3 with 3:20 left in the first quarter when Franzer hit Troy Welsch with a 13-yard TD strike. The Flyers got on the board first on a 37-yard field goal by Jesse Obert with 7:12 to go in the first quarter, giving UD an early 3-0 lead.

Northern answered with an 80-yard drive, capped by a 30-yard strike from
Franzer to Tony Mitchell with 12:49 left in the first half, making it 14-3 Polar Bears.

Dayton then rattled off 27 consecutive points to go up 30-14 midway through the third quarter.

Spiker rolled out and scored from 16 yards out at the 8:22 mark of the first half. Chad Lorton sacked Spiker on Dayton's two-point conversion, leaving the Bears with a 14-9 advantage.

The Flyers took a 17-14 halftime lead when Randy Hemmelgarn scored on a
reverse from 8 yards out 10 seconds before halftime. Spiker ran in the 2-point conversion. Dayton converted twice on fourth downs to keep the drive alive.

The Flyers scored on their first two possessions in the third quarter to take a 30-14 lead. Jermaine Bailey ran in from 9 yards out with 3:34 gone in the period to make it 24-14 and Ryan Jones caught a 45 yard pass from Spiker with 9:46 left. Northern blocked the extra point to keep it at 30-14.

Robertson broke loose on an 81-yard TD run on ONU's next possession to bring the Bears within 30-21 with 9:16 left in the period.

The Polar Bear defense held and Northern got the ball back on its own 43-yard line. The Bears drove to the UD 7-yard line and settled for a 27-yard Cipra field goal, making it 30-24 with 5:08 to go in the third. Northern marched 51 yards in seven plays for the score.

Dayton went up 38-24 when David George plowed in from a yard out with 12:52 to play in the game. Bailey swept around right end for the 2-point conversion. The drive covered 54 yards in 9 plays after an ONU fumble.

Robertson swept in from 1 yard out on the Bears' next possession, capping a 7-play, 64 yard drive, pulling ONU within 38-31.

The Flyers intercepted Franzer and took over on ONU's 23-yard line. It took four plays for UD to score on a 3-yard run by George. The PAT made it 52-31 with 3:53 remaining.

Northern State 28, UW-River Falls 21 (OT)
UW-Stevens Point's streaks of "Spud Bowl" victories and non-conference wins came to an end in overtime Saturday night in a 28-21 loss to Division II Northern State (S.D.) at Goerke Field in Stevens Point.

The Pointers had won all 13 of the previous "Spud Bowl" games, which traditionally marks the team's home opener. UW-Stevens Point also had won 14 consecutive regular season non-conference games, including 13 of those against Division II or I-AA opponents. The last regular season non-conference game the Pointers lost was a 28-16 loss to Butler in 1994. The loss also snapped an eight-game home win streak.

Northern State senior running back Tyrone Morgan, a Division II Player of the Year candidate last season, rushed 35 times for 194 yards, including a 20-yard run in overtime that proved to be the game winner. UW-Stevens Point had the second possession and, after a 1-yard rushing gain, threw three consecutive incomplete passes to end the game.

The Pointers struggled through the air all night, completing just four of 21 passes for 73 yards. However, the running game was solid with 44 rushes for 319 yards. Senior Wally Schmitt rushed for 110 yards and freshman Kurt Kielblock had 56 yards rushing - all in the fourth quarter.

Northern State led 21-13 after three quarters, but the Pointers tied the game early in the fourth quarter on a 31-yard run by freshman quarterback Scott Krause, who also hit Chad Valentyne on the ensuing conversion.

UW-Stevens Point had beaten Northern State by a combined seven points the past two seasons as the Wolves defeated the Pointers for the first time in four meetings.

Wittenberg 33, Heidelberg 14
TIFFIN, Ohio - For the second week in a row, Wittenberg leaped out to a huge lead in the first half and cruised home for a victory, this time defeating host Heidelberg 33-14.

Senior tailback Casey Donaldson, a week after setting the Wittenberg rushing record, was back at it again Saturday, rambling for two first-half touchdowns and 106 yards in the game. He had plenty of help offensively again as senior quarterback Anthony Crane threw for 220 yards - on just 11 completions, good for a 20-yard average - and two scores. His favorite target on this night was junior wide receiver Steve DeGraffinreed, who set career highs in receptions (7) and yards (134). His biggest catch was a 69-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter that put the Tigers ahead 20-0.

Junior wide receiver Mike Aljancic also had a big night, grabbing three balls - including two circus catches in which he stole the ball from defenders - for 72 yards and a 35-yard touchdown.

Defensively, the Tigers again yielded few yards or points until the game was well in hand. Junior linebacker Dustin Goldsbury had a team-high seven tackles, while senior linebacker Trevor Yost had his first interception of the season that set up the Tigers' final score of the night.

Winona State 27, UW-LaCrosse 9
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Division II Winona State University raced out to a 20-3 halftime lead and went on to defeat UW-La Crosse 27-9 Saturday night at Roger Harring Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The Warriors (1-1) managed 243 yards of total offense, but recorded 165 yards in kick returns, including 125 in punts. Kevin Curtin had four punt returns for 125 yards, including a 59-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter.

UW-L (0-2) managed only 212 yards of total offense and were 3-for-15 on third-down attempts. A crowd of 5,037 watched the Eagles finish with ten first downs and 48 yards rushing.

Western Maryland 21, Randolph-Macon 0
ASHLAND, Va. -- Behind a swarming defense that intercepted three Randolph-Macon passes, Western Maryland College got back to its winning ways Saturday with a 21-0 shutout on the road. The Green Terror's opening-week loss to Bridgewater College halted a 30 game regular-season win streak.

A first-quarter statement Saturday silenced any thoughts of a WMC letdown. Just three minutes into the contest, junior quarterback Jamie "Boo" Harris hit wideout Teron Powell on a 44-yard pass play, setting up his own 2-yard touchdown run and a 7-0 lead.

On the next series, the Green Terror blocked the punt of Yellow Jackets freshman Adam Tiller and recovered the ball at the Randolph-Macon 25-yard line. Two plays later, senior running back Joe Kendorski sprinted clear 19 yards for a touchdown. WMC went ahead 14-0 with 8:58 remaining in the opening quarter after the PAT.

The two teams played scoreless football in the second and third quarters, with the Yellow Jackets never mounting a threat offensively, while Western Maryland missed on several opportunitiues inside Randolph-Macon territory.

WMC capped the offense in the fourth quarter with a three-play, 19-yard drive set up by a turnover. Kendorski ploughed in from the 1-yard line to round out the scoring with 6:16 left in the contest.

Kendorski's two-TD performance netted him 72 rushing yards on 16 carries. But it was Harris who led Western Maryland in rushing with 94 yards on 16 carries and one touchdown. He also passed for 151 yards, completing 11 of 26 passes and one interception. Of his 11 completions, five went to Powell, who amassed 104 receiving yards.

WMC allowed just 105 total yards in the game defensively and sacked Yellow Jacket quarterback seven times. Randolph-Macon mustered only 17 passing yards on six completions. The shutout was the first for Randolph-Macon since 1994 and the first at home since 1987.

Thomas More 41, Urbana 19
Thomas More extended its win streak to seven games (dating to 1999) with its defeat of Urbana University.  The Saints were led by Jesse Lowrey's 233 yards passing and 3 touchdowns.  He completed 70% of his passes (14-for-20) and had no interceptions. 

T.J. Waters paced the Saints with 5 receptions for 123 yards from the backfield, and Senior TB Will Castleberry rushed for 113 yards on 25 caries with 2 TDs.  He also had 2 receptions for 25 yards on the day.

Defensively, Eric Fette paced the squad with seven tackles and two pass breakups, and Chris Estep recorded five tackles and one pass breakup as well.  The Saints' defense held Urbana to 67 yards rushing, and recorded the first score of the day, with Eric Davis' return of an Urbana fumble for a 19-yard TD.

Grove City 21, Kenyon 14 (OT)
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Senior fullback R.J. Bowers ran for 155 yards and the winning touchdown in overtime, but it was Grove City's defense that rallied the Wolverines to a 27-21 victory against visiting Kenyon in Saturday's home opener. 

The Wolverine defense recorded four sacks, forced three turnovers and stopped Kenyon four times on fourth down.

“I think (the defense) did well,” Grove City coach Chris Smith said. “They had to. I give Kenyon a lot of credit. They didn’t quit, they didn’t go away. You have to give our kids credit because we didn’t quit and we didn’t go away.”

Inside linebacker Adam Corbett led the Wolverines with a pair of quarterback sacks and a career-high 19 tackles. Meanwhile, strong safety Michael Volchko returned an interception 30 yards and posted 10 tackles.

Kenyon held a 21-13 lead with under ten minutes remaining in the game and had possession of the ball at midfield. However, freshman cornerback Dan Roseum intercepted Tony Miga’s pass at the Wolverine 39 and returned 43 yards to put Grove City deep in Lord territory.

The Wolverines quickly took advantage of the opportunity on the first play of the drive. Halfback Michael Orlando took Steve Lacinski’s option pitch and raced 18 yards along the sideline for the touchdown.  

“We did a great job, I thought, in the third quarter and went up 21-13,” Kenyon head coach Vince Arduini said. “I really thought we were going in to score again and we throw the interception. They really made the most of it.”

Grove City then drew even as Bowers ran in the two-point conversion with 9:25 left.

“Defense comes up with a huge play, a huge momentum swing,” Lacinski said. “It got the crowd back into it. It revived us, too, and gave us a little extra push. I looked in the guys’ eyes and I just knew we were getting in the end zone.”

In overtime, Kenyon won the toss and elected to take the first possession. On 3rd-and-4, sophomore nose tackle Kevin Wolf sacked Miga for a 7-yard loss. Miga’s fourth down pass was broken up by free safety Josh Sachleben, ending the Lord threat.

Grove City, meanwhile, needed only four plays to secure the winning score. Bowers ran for a half-dozen yards on the initial play of the drive. Lacinski and Orlando each scratched out five yards, giving Grove City a 2nd-and-5 at the Kenyon 9. Bowers then raced into the end zone to give the Wolverines the win.

The score was Bowers’ second of the afternoon, giving him 75 rushing touchdowns for his career. He picked up his 155 yards on 37 carries, leaving him 155 yards short of the all-time NCAA Division III record.

Last season, Bowers ran for a school-record 305 yards at Kenyon.

“I think we’re still coming together as an offense,” Smith said. “You always give your opponent credit for a good game plan and a good effort when they do that, and (Kenyon) did.”

Still, the Wolverines managed a season-high 304 yards rushing.

“They had some beef up front,” guard Andy Jacks said. “When we tried to run up the middle, we had to make some big kicks and push them out. They were fairly quick on the outside.”

The Wolverines quickly grabbed a 7-0 lead on the game’s first possession. From midfield, senior halfback Jack Gillespie sprinted 35 yards after receiving Lacinski’s pitch, putting Grove City at the Kenyon 15.

Orlando capped the drive on the next play with a 15-yard scoring ramble, breaking several tackles along the way.

Kenyon rebounded early in the second quarter with a 12-play, 57-yard drive that Miga wrapped up with a 1-yard quarterback sneak. Chris Moriarty’s PAT tied the game 7-7.

The teams then traded turnovers late in the first half. Grove City drove to the Kenyon 11. However, Lacinski and Bowers had problems with a handoff and Lord linebacker Ben Mellino recovered.

However, the Wolverine defense came through with 1:28 left in the half. After Miga’s pass was caught by Milan Perazich, Sachleben stripped the ball and pounced on it at the Lord 45. Sachleben also recorded seven tackles and a sack.

Grove City then moved the pigskin down the field, with a 21-yard swing pass to Bowers putting the Wolverines at the 11. Bowers then followed Gillespie and Orlando to paydirt from 2 yards out with 33 seconds left, giving Grove City a 13-7 halftime lead.

Kenyon recovered, though, using a 59-yard drive to take the lead on the first possession of the third quarter. On 4th-and-2, Miga found Perazich wide open in the end zone.

The lead swelled to 21-13 early in the fourth as Andy Mills scored on a 1-yard run. Mills also recorded 8 tackles for Kenyon, returned an interception 29 yards and blocked two kicks.

Last week, the Wolverines could not convert several scoring opportunities at Dickinson. Saturday, Grove City made better use of their chances.

“We knew what we did wrong last week,” Jacks said. “We made adjustments. We felt, in our hearts, that we had to win this game. We weren’t going to let it happen twice.”

Mass-Boston 9, Fitchburg State 7
BOSTON - Massachusetts-Boston ended a 21-game losing streak Saturday with a 9-7 victory over Fitchburg State.

Mass-Boston (1-1) converted two Fitchburg miscues into a 9-0 lead. Michael Bissanti recovered a 53-yard punt and then hit a 19-yard field goal as Mass-Boston scored with 59 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Beacons intercepted a Fitchburg pass, and Frank Campo scored on a
42-yard run with 14:09 left in the second. Fifth-string tailback Steve Maze, who had only 23 yards in two seasons before Saturday, scored for Fitchburg (0-1) on a 3-yard run with 2:47 left in the second quarter. Maze finished with 28 carries for 102 yards.

Facing 4th-and-12 from their own 34-yard line and under 30 seconds remaining, Falcons quarterback Nino DeCarolis found Sean McGuire on a tipped ball for a 55-yard gain to the Beacons' 11. With 10 seconds left, Fitchburg kicker Joe Davolio's 28-yard field goal attempt to win the game was waved off when the Falcons had too many men on the field. The ensuing 33-yard attempt hit the crossbar.

The UMass-Boston losing skid extended back to Nov. 15, 1998, when they beat Framingham State.

Loras 27, William Penn 18
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Big plays and blocked kicks lifted Loras to a 27-18 win over William Penn on Saturday. Penn fell to 0-2 overall and in the Iowa Conference while Loras stands at 1-0.

The host school started off the scoring early in the game as Loras blocked a punt and Justin Bettcher returned it eight yards for a touchdown. Wade Berget's kick was good to move Loras out front 7-0.

The next score did not occur until halfway through the second quarter when Loras capitalized on an 88-yard pass from Adam Hamil to Steve Ruden for six points. Berget's kick failed as Loras went ahead 13-0.

With a minute and a half to play in the first half, Loras struck gold again on a 39-yard pass from Hamil to Ruden but the two-point conversion failed. The Duhawks took a 19-0 lead into the locker room.

The big blows continued after the break when Loras blocked another Penn punt and as it rolled out of bounds behind the end zone, Loras picked up two more points for the safety to lead 21-0.

Penn regrouped and answered with a 25-yard run by junior Brian Robinson for a score with 3:17 on the clock in the third. The two-point conversion failed and the scoreboard read 21-6 after the quarter.

With 1:05 gone in the final quarter Robinson hit senior Tarvar Baskerville for a 56-yard TD pass. The two-point attempt was no good but the Statesmen narrowed the gap to 21-12.

After back-to-back 15-yard penalties were charged to Penn, Loras used two rushing plays to get the ball into the end zone for their final score. The Statesmen blocked the extra-point attempt.

Trailing 27-12, Robinson again connected with Baskerville for a 3-yard touchdown pass with 1:24 left in the game but it was too little, too late. The two-point conversion failed.

Robinson was 15 of 30 with for 205 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for the game. He also carried the ball nine times for 34 yards and a score.

Baskerville had three carries for 24 yards and caught five balls for 99 yards and two scores. Junior Ephraim Twillie picked up 74 yards on 27 carries.

Senior Mike Wilcher had three receptions for 50 yards and classmate LaTravis Bernard added three catches for 26 yards.

Junior Marty Duffy returned five punts for 28 yards and two kickoffs for 45 yards with a long return of 23 yards.

Leading the Statesmen defense, senior Gabe Washington had eight solo tackles, four assists and one interception. Sophomore Dyllon Marsolf had four solo tackles, five assists and one was for a three-yard loss.

Senior Dustin Dobbins had six solos, one assist and two tackles for a total loss of 17 yards and junior Cliff Bellinger had five solos, one sack for a loss of three yards and one forced fumble. Tremaine Danielfield was credited with four unassisted tackles and one was for a two-yard loss.

Penn had 21 first downs compared to Loras College's 12 and Penn netted
354 yards of total offense, 100 more yards than Loras.

Washington & Jefferson 54, Allegheny 41
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- Running back Roger Snyder rushed for a school record 307 yards and three touchdowns leading Washington & Jefferson to a 54-41 win at Allegheny.

Snyder, a sophomore making his first collegiate start, scored on runs of 67, 83 and 90 yards as the Presidents racked up 698 yards total offense. Sophomore quarterback Brian Dawson broke his own school record for passing yards, hitting on 19 of 28 attempts for 381 yards and four touchdowns with one interception.

Three of Dawson's scoring passes were hauled in by junior wide receiver Dave Armitage, who finished with four catches for 187 yards.

Allegheny, which lost in its opener to Mount Union, didn't go quietly.  In fact, the Gators rolled up 651 yards on 96 plays from scrimmage.

Running back Shane Ream netted 238 yards on 42 carries, scoring four touchdowns.  Receiver LaMarcus Thurman caught nine passes for 136 yards.
Quarterback Joe Cowart, who misfired on his first four passes, finished the day 17-for-32 for 281 yards and 1 interception.

The Presidents led 34-10 at halftime but turned the ball over on their first two possessions, leading to 10 Allegheny points.

Dawson then connected with Armitage for a 70-yard scoring play, and following a Gator turnover, Dawson found Ryan Silvis for 33 yards and a touchdown, giving W&J a 46-20 lead.

Ream scored with one second remaining in the third quarter, followed by Snyder's longest run of the day, a 90-yard scoring jaunt over the right side of the line, putting the game out of reach.

Dawson was playing in his first game back after suffering a broken leg in the ninth week of the 1999 season.

Snyder was starting in place of John Pons and Joey Nichols, the team's top two returnees from last season.  They are serving a team-imposed two-game suspension for violating team rules.

Willamette 32, Chapman 20
ORANGE, Calif. -- Willamette opened the 2000 football season in impressive fashion Saturday night, rushing for 448 yards en route to a 32-20 victory at Chapman.

The Bearcats had two ball carriers rush for more than 100 yards, and a third that finished with 99 yards. Leading the way was quarterback Luke Atwood, who carried the ball 15 times for 126 yards; an average of 8.4 yards.

Fullback Justin Peterson, a backup to Ardell Bailey last year, ran for 121 yards on nine carries; an average of 13.4 yards a carry. Freshman T.K. Matthews, who had 45 friends and family members at the game, ran for 99 yards on eight totes. He had touchdown runs of 59 and 28 yards in the second half.

Willamette never trailed in the game and limited Chapman to just 255 yards of offense, 224 of which came through the air. The Bearcats limited the Panthers to just 31 yards rushing on 27 carries. Free safety Tim Stewart was in on six tackles and had an interception, and freshman cornerback Marcus Boards was in on five tackles, including a six-yard quarterback sack.

The Bearcat defense came up with two big plays in the game. With WU holding a slim 9-7 lead late in the first half, Matt Wilmot returned a blocked punt 38 yards for a touchdown. Later in the game, reserve linebacker Colin Campbell intercepted a pass and returned it 23 yards. Junior kicker Duncan Libby opened the scoring with a 34-yard field goal, then ended the scoring with 3:37 to play, converting a 26-yard field goal that gave the Bearcats a 12-point cushion.

UW-River Falls 34, UW-Oshkosh 0
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- In a non-conference matchup, Wisconsin-River Falls football team defeated Wisconsin-Oshkosh 34-0 at Titan Stadium.  The teams, having a difficult time finding non-conference opponents, will meet in a WIAC contest on Oct. 21 in River Falls.

UW-River Falls (1-1) scored three touchdowns on the ground and another two in the air.  The Falcons opened the scoring with 4:18 left in the first quarter on a 21-yard pass from quarterback Cory Mueller to split end Scott Kusilek.  The duo also hooked up on a 36-yard score with 57 seconds left in the second quarter.  UW-River Falls also got rushing touchdowns of 1 and 4 yards from Andrew Kruger and 13 yards from Mark Shepherdson.

UW-River Falls ran its wishbone offense to perfection, rolling up 341 yards in 60 rushing attempts.  The Falcons also added 104 yards via the air.  UW-Oshkosh (1-1), which turned the football over four times in UW-River Falls territory, totaled 197 yards of offense.  Another key stat was third down conversions, where UW-River Falls was 9-for-16 and UW-Oshkosh just 2-for-15.