Scoreboard

Week Five Game Summaries

Coe 26, Simpson 21
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- A controversial call and a subsequent loss of down stymied a Simpson drive in the fourth quarter and helped No. 25 Coe remain undefeated with a 26-21 win.

With 6:25 remaining in the game, the Storm went on a 17-play, 79-yard drive that started at their own 6-yard line. On first and goal from the Coe 1-yard line, Ryan Doehrmann appeared to have gotten in the end zone for the game-winning touchdown, but the officials crew ruled Doehrmann down at the 1-yard line. When the Storm attempted to plead their case, a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called.

After the penalty, the crew ruled it should be third and goal from the 15, signifying a loss of down. On the resulting third down play a halfback option play from Collin Freeburg did not go anywhere. On fourth down, Brad Zelenovich's pass into the end zone was knocked down by the Kohawks. Coe took over possession and iced the game.

Simpson (3-2, 3-2 IIAC) led 21-12 at halftime, but on the first series of the second half, Zelenovich had a pass intercepted by Kohawk linebacker Brent Dill who returned it 62 yards and cut the Storm lead to 21-19. Coe (5-0, 5-0) scored the game-winning touchdown with 4:22 to go in the third quarter on a 1-yard Fred Jackson touchdown run.  

Tim Vinyard, the Iowa Conference's leading passer was held below his average and charted 217 yards in the game.  Jackson rushed for 119 yards on 21 carries.  The leading kickoff returner in Division III, Jackson returned one kick for 28 yards.

Lost in the effort was Troy Clemen's 239 yard rushing performance. Clemen ran 35 times and scored two of the three Simpson touchdowns.  It was the most rushing yards in a game by a Storm player since Guy Leman posted 361 yards against Luther in the final game of the 1998 season.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 20, Lewis & Clark 3
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Ryan Gocong rushed for 94 yards and one touchdown and the Claremont-Mudd defense did the rest as the Stags defeated host Lewis & Clark 20-3 in a non-conference game at Griswold Stadium.

The Stags (2-2) spotted the Pioneers (1-2) with a 3-0 lead on a Ben Eshelman 25-yard field goal at the end of the first quarter, then scored the game's final 20 points on TD runs by Nicholas Bonacci (1 yard) and Cocong (4 yards) and an 35-yard interception return by Chivas Fujimoto.

In addition to Fujimoto's defensive score, the Stags sacked Pioneer quarterback Trent Thompson five times for a total of 34 yards -- Travis Nagunst had three and John Filson two.  The Stags also limited the Pioneers to 37 yards on the ground.

Jason Hill, one of NCAA Division III's leading receivers, was a bright spot for the Pioneers with game highs of six receptions and 87 yards.

Despite heavy rain at times during the game, the teams committed just two turnovers apiece.

Whitworth 30, Simon Fraser 29
BURNABY, B.C., Canada -- Scott Biglin's 11-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Tawney with two seconds left in the game gave visiting Whitworth College a 30-29 win against Simon Fraser in a non-conference college football game on Saturday.

Biglin's touchdown pass capped a 70-yard drive that took only 44 seconds, coming after it looked like Simon Fraser had won the game with their own dramatic touchdown.  The Pirates benefited from two key Clan penalties on the final drive. A personal foul tacked on to the end of an 18-yard completion gave the Pirates a first-down on the SFU 26-yard line with 25 seconds to play.  Three plays later, a pass interference penalty gave the Pirates a first down on the SFU 11-yard line with seven seconds left.  Biglin connected with Tawney on the next play.

The Pirates and the Clan shared what appeared to be three miracle wins between them in the final two minutes of the game. 

After trailing the entire contest, Whitworth went into the fourth quarter down 23-9.  Whitworth scored early in the fourth when Cody Lamens recovered a fumble by the Pirates' Ty McGregor in the endzone.  McGregor had carried four yards to the goal line before the fumble.

The Pirates began what appeared to be a game-winning drive with 3:55 to play on their own 25-yard line. On fourth and three on the Whitworth 45, Biglin completed a 43-yard pass to Matt Padilla deep into Clan territory.  On third and 13 from the SFU 15, Biglin scrambled into the endzone with 1:45 left to play in the game. He then hit Tawney for a two-point conversion that gave the Pirates (2-2) their first lead of the game, 24-23.

Simon Fraser (1-3) began their drive on their own 29-yard line with 1:39 to play.  On third and 13 on their own 39, Troy Therrien hit Steve Maheu for a 23-yard completion to the Whitworth 38-yard line. On the next play Mike Vilimek took a counter play 38-yards for the score with 46 seconds to go.  A two-point pass attempt failed and SFU had apparently won the game 29-24.
Until the Pirates' final drive.

Offensively Whitworth finished with 458 total yards, its highest output this season.  Biglin completed 21 of 43 passes for 285 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.  He also ran the ball 11 times for 56 yards and a score.  McGregor caught nine passes for 110 yards for the Pirates.  Billy Condon finished with 68 yards on 12 carries, leading a Pirate ground game that compiled 173 yards.

Vilimek gained 182 yards on 25 carries for SFU, the highest output by a Whitworth opponent this season. He also scored twice. Overall, the Clan ran for 323 yards on 55 attempts, both are also season-highs by Pirate opponents.  Therrien completed 7 of 13 passes for 73 yards.  He was intercepted three times, twice by Pirate corner back Ian Sanders.

Washington U. 48, Rhodes 7
MEMPHIS -- In stunning fashion the Washington University Bears football team handed the Rhodes Lynx their first loss of the season 48-7.

The Lynx were playing from behind the entire game for the first play from scrimmage was a 51 yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Brian Tatom to senior wide receiver C.O. West that put the Bears up 7-0. After a stalled Rhodes offensive drive the Bears were again able to move the ball to the Lynx 27 yard-line, where freshman place kicker Jonathan Feig booted a 44 yard field goal to make it 10-0.

The Lynx showed signs of being able to move the ball as they put together a 16 play, 87 yard drive that ended in an English missed 22 yard field goal. After several stalled drives by both teams the Lynx put together a 17-play, 85-yard drive which was aided by a controversial pass interference call against the Bears placing the ball on the Washington University 2 yard-line. Three plays later Kevin Gennusa punched the ball in for a 1-yard touchdown.

Going into half with a glimmer of hope, the Lynx came out fired up to only see the Bears lead extend throughout the half. Throughout the game the Lynx were bothered by sloppy play and penalties (7 for 88 yards).

On the offensive side, Kevin Gennusa again led the Lynx on the ground gaining 51 yards on 15 carries with the lone touchdown of the day. Freshman quarterback Gary Rockne completed 12 out of 23 attempts for 79 yards while adding 48 yards on 10 carries.

On the defensive side of the ball, senior linebacker Brad Hearne led the Lynx with 8 tackles on the day. 

Kings Point 42, Worcester Tech 27
Junior wide receiver Jay DeBruhl caught a total of nine passes for 141 yards, including three for touchdowns, in leading Kings Point to a 42-27 victory over Worcester Polytechnic Institute today at WPI's Alumni Field. Following its season-opening 40-14 victory against Mass-Lowell, WPI (1-4, 0-1 FFC) has lost four straight.

DeBruhl's TDs were of 37, 7, and 26 yards, all coming from the arm of freshman quarterback Dan Circelli. DeBruhl's three scores tie a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy record for most touchdown receptions in a game.

Kings Point (1-4, 1-2) took the lead just 4:32 into the game when Circelli found DeBruhl from 37 yards out.

WPI, however, took the advantage on a pair of 3-yard runs by Nick Fluet -- one on the last play of the first quarter, and the second just 2:24 into the second quarter. WPI led  14-7.

But Kings Point scored twice more to take a 21-14 lead at the half. Down 14-13, DeBruhl made his prettiest catch of the day, a one-handed, 7-yard grab in the left corner of the end zone. A two-point conversion followed when Circelli hit junior wideout Will Felch who made a diving catch in the right corner of the end zone, giving the Mariners a 21-14 lead going into the locker room.

The Mariners then scored on their first possession of the second half. Just 1:24 in, Circelli hit DeBruhl again from 26 yards away, and Kings Point led, 28-14.

WPI countered when Fluet scored his third TD of the afternoon on a 75-yard romp with 5:22 left in the third quarter. King Point led 28-21. But the Mariners then quickly matched that touchdown less than two minutes later. With 3:27 left in the third period, junior running back Trenel Hardy ran one up the gut from 16 yards out, and Kings Point led 35-21 on their way to the win.

WPI actually outgained Kings Point, 447 yards to 415 but turned the ball over four times to the Mariners' two. Fluet wound up with a career-high 174 yards rushing and three TDs.

Circelli had a fine day, completing 17 passes in 27 attempts for 288 yards, with one interception (by sophomore linebacker Joe Rennert). On defense for Kings Point, junior defensive back Michael Ross had two interceptions to go along with seven tackles. Leading the Mariners in tackles was freshman linebacker David McIlravy with a game-high 10.

For WPI, senior defensive back Jeff Martin, a co-captain, had 9 tackles, the fifth consecutive week he has led WPI in tackles. He also had one fumble recovery.

Western Connecticut 56, Plymouth State 7
DANBURY, Conn. -- Defending Freedom Football Conference champion Western Connecticut State University made up for many years of frustration Saturday by handing Plymouth State College the worst loss in its 31-year history 56-7 at Midtown Campus Field.

The Colonials, who won for the 17th time in their last 18 games, improve to 5-0 overall and 1-0 in the FFC.  The Panthers drop to the .500 mark at 2-2 and 1-1.

Western Connecticut needed a field goal on the final play of the game in 1999 to defeat PSC and snap a 16-game losing skid to the Panthers. This year, the Colonials took the lead midway through the first quarter and never looked back, capturing their second in a row against PSC and just the third victory in 24 career meetings.

The 49-point loss was the largest margin of defeat ever for PSC, worse than the 40-7 setback at Springfield in 1998.  The 56 points surrendered with the most ever, eclipsing the 51 allowed at home to Springfield last year.

"Western is a very, very good team, and they showed that today," said PSC head coach Chris Rorke about a Western team that is ranked 12th in the nation in Division III.  "It basically came down to physical match-ups, and their defensive front outplayed us.  Because of injuries, we were down to one normal starting offensive lineman, and we made mistakes because we had to go with younger players."

Plymouth State actually led 7-0 less than two minutes into the contest, scoring
on the opening possession of the game.  Sophomore quarterback Matt Simpson hit classmate Phil Pagan on a 29-yard pass play down the left sideline.

It was all WCSU the rest of the way, and Colonials scored three touchdowns in the opening stanza to take a 21-7 advantage.  Freshman Damion Sumpter recovered a blocked punt in the end zone to tie the game at 7-7, senior Corey Enman scored on a 12 yard reception and Aaron Russell was on the receiving end of a 12-yard TD play.

"The blocked punt didn't help us," said Rorke, "and it turned the momentum around in a hurry."

WCSU quarterback Matt LeFever tossed his third TD pass in the third quarter to Chris Bennett from 42 yards out to make it 28-7.  The Warriors added two more rushing touchdowns in both the third and fourth quarters, one each by Ben LaBelle, Chris McPhail, Cecil Snowden and Ray Estwick

"Basically we're playing like a young team," said Rorke, "because we are a young team due to injuries.  The game went from a decent game to a rout, because our defense tried to make plays, and got beat."

Western Oregon 23, Willamette 0
SALEM, Ore. -- Western Oregon freshman Ryan Brown blocked two Willamette punts that were recovered for touchdowns to lead the Division II Wolves (3-2) to a 23-0 victory at Division III Willamette (1-3).

Western got on the board with a safety when the Bearcats' Steve Nass was tackled in the end zone with 6:05 to play in the first quarter. Then Brown went to work. Brown blocked Kyle Hughes' punt in the end zone and the ball was recovered by Brinton Smith at the 1:53 mark of the opening period, making the score 9-0. Two drives later, Brown snuffed Hughes again in the end zone and this time the recovery was made by Jay Banks with 11:10 to play in the second quarter.

The Wolves closed out the scoring 20 seconds before halftime when Jermaine
Ervin ran the ball in from two yards out. 

Willamette actually outgained Western in total offense, 302-233, thanks to the rushing of flanker Andy Miguel. He rushed 23 times for a game-high 118 yards. 

The Bearcat defense was led by sophomore strong safety Trebor Struble, who, in his first collegiate start, was in on 10 tackles and returned an interception 13 yards in the first half.

Western received sterling defensive performances from safeties Chris Angel and Banks. Angel registered 14 tackles, all unassisted. Banks recorded 12 unassisted tackles, five of which resulted in 18 yards in losses.

Western quarterback Adam Bledsoe completed 14 of 30 passes for 135 yards, with the one interception. The Wolves managed just 98 yards rushing on 41 carries, with David Swopes running for 73 yards on 23 totes.

Hartwick 27, St. John Fisher 21
PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Hartwick held on to its 21-3 halftime-lead and came away with a 27-21 victory against host St. John Fisher at Growney Stadium in front of 3,355 fans. Hartwick's Ty Smith rushed for 181 yards on 28 carries to lead the Hawks (4-1), while quarterback Dan Pincelli completed 12 of 26 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns and three interceptions.

Fisher freshman Matt Davis gained 119 yards on 28 attempts, while quarterback Greg Roland threw for 171 yards on 19-for-33 passing and one touchdown. 

Hartwick jumped out to a 14-0 lead after Ryan Soule caught a 11-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and Mike Onorata scored on a five-yard run. Fisher's Mike Woods kicked a 28-yard field goal with 2:22 left in the half, but Hartwick answered with another touchdown pass from Pincelli to Soule with 54 seconds left in the half. 

In the third quarter, Fisher (0-5) pulled to within seven points after a 3-yard touchdown run from Davis and a 32-yard field goal from Scott VanAlst. Pincelli, however, put Hartwick back up by 13 with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Luke Urtz with 13:35 left in the game. 

Fisher's Jeff O'Neil scored on a 29-yard touchdown pass from Roland with 4:13 left in the game, but the Cardinals  never touched the ball after that.  Hartwick converted on fourth-and-three at the Fisher 37 with just over one minute left by completing a 16-yard pass from Pincelli to Greg Balcavage. Fisher did not turn the ball over and forced five turnovers, including interceptions from Gerald Dias, Tim Beadnell and Kevin Leckinger.

Muskingum 31, Marietta 29
NEW CONCORD, Ohio -- Senior kicker Kevin Smith kicked a 23-yard field goal with nine seconds left, giving Muskingum a 31-29 win against Marietta in an Ohio Athletic Conference game Saturday night.

Muskingum's win came despite 254 yards rushing and two touchdowns from the Pioneers' Kenneth Sasu.

Smith's game-winning kick capped an 11-play, 59-yard drive that took 4:03 off the clock. Marietta (2-2 overall, 1-2 OAC) had taken a 29-28 lead on Erik Blackburn's 31-yard field goal with 4:12 remaining.

Sasu scored on a 67-yard run in the first quarter and gave the Pioneers a 19-3 lead with a 2-yard TD run with 10:07 to go in the third. But Muskingum (2-2, 1-2) responded with three touchdowns for its first lead at 25-19.

Senior quarterback Jeff Morris threw a 60-yard scoring pass to junior wide receiver John Bullard, senior fullback Luke Thimmes ran 11 yards for a score, and junior defensive back Dirk Gadd returned an interception 40 yards to put Muskingum ahead.

Carnegie Mellon 16, Franklin & Marshall 14
PITTSBURGH -- Wide receiver Justin Salton caught 16 passes for 216 yards, breaking a school record for receptions, but it wasn't enough as the Tartans of Carnegie Mellon edged the Diplomats 16-14 today in Pittsburgh.

Salton, the team's leading passer following a perfect two pass performance last week versus Muhlenberg, shattered the mark of 12 pass receptions in a game. Salton now has 19 receptions for 267 yards in the team's four games.

At quarterback, David Makson was superb in his first collegiate start completing 23 of 39 attempts for 316 yards and two second-half touchdowns. However, it was the Tartans who jumped out to a 10-0 first half lead due to an 11-yard scoring run by Adam Urbanczyk and an early second quarter 24-yard field goal by Mike Palmer.

Following intermission, and Carnegie Mellon turning the ball over on downs at the F&M 31, Makson led his team down the field for a 7-yard scoring strike to wideout Matt Wagaman due in large part to the newly devised "Scatter-Gun" offense.

In the offense, three receivers group together at the wideout position, confusing the opposing defense and allowing a fourth receiver on the other end to be open for an easy pass play.  The Diplomats used the formation sporadically throughout the game, bamboozling the Tartan defense on five consecutive plays to set up the score.

In addition, F&M (0-4) racked up 316 passing yards and 351 total yards, far surpassing their season total of 296 in three games entering today's contest.

Wagaman's touchdown were the first offensive points of the year for F&M which had gone over 215 minutes this season without a point from its offense.

With 7:43 to play in the fourth quarter, and F&M trailing 16-7 following an Eric Zimpfer to Mike McLaughlin five yard pass play at 4:36, Makson rallied the team with 2:23 left in the half for a 28-yard pass to Salton for a touchdown.

F&M then attempted an on-sides kick, but Carnegie Mellon recovered to run out the clock.

Defensively, the Diplomats had their best game of the season sacking Zimpfer four times for 15 yards and holding the hot-passing Tartans to only 139 yards through the air, a season low.

Leading the F&M charge was sophomore Chris Gallino, a converted running back, who tallied 12 solo tackles, four assisted, and a sack for five yards.  Linebacker Zach Facaros added 10 tackles, seven solo. The Tartans' Jeff Klinefelter led Carnegie Mellon in tackles with 12 and an interception.

Wittenberg 35, Allegheny 21
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- In the annual grudge match that has gone a long way toward determining the North Coast Athletic Conference championship every year since 1990, the Wittenberg Tigers made it four wins in a row against archrival Allegheny on Saturday.

Responding to their first significant second-half challenge of the 2000 season, the Tigers ripped off two late touchdowns to break open a 21-21 game and record a huge victory.

The Tigers extended their overall regular season win streak to 26 games and their NCAC win streak to 17. Wittenberg, ranked seventh in Division III, improved to 5-0, 2-0 in the conference.

After Allegheny -- which is now 2-3 overall this year, with all three losses coming against Top 10 opponents -- put the first points on the board with an 11-yard Jeremy Snyder run with 9:22 left in the first quarter, the Tigers responded in lightning-quick fashion. Junior defensive back Jason Jackson ran 94 yards untouched with the ensuing kickoff to knot the game at seven. It was Jackson's first career touchdown, and it tied a Wittenberg school record for longest kickoff return previously set by Leighton Antonio in 1986 against Baldwin-Wallace.

In the second quarter, the Tigers threatened to break the game open as senior quarterback Anthony Crane loosened up the Gator defense by hitting on several big passing plays. Senior wide receiver Labon Storts was his favorite target on this day, catching six passes to move into seventh place on the all-time Wittenberg receiving list with 81 catches. He pulled in a 16-yard TD from Crane early in the second quarter to put the Tigers in front.

Senior fullback Gary Henson tacked on the team's third TD from a yard out with 6:16 left in the first half to make it 21-7. But an Allegheny interception deep in Wittenberg territory late in the half gave the Gators a burst of momentum they carried into the second half. Gator tailback Shane Ream, the NCAC's leading rusher, caught a 6-yard pass from quarterback Joe Cowart with 36 seconds left before halftime.

In the second half, the team's traded defensive stops until Allegheny again converted off a Wittenberg turnover. This time, a fumble led to Jon Turner's 21-yard touchdown reception from Cowart and a 21-21 tie on homecoming in Meadville.

The Tigers, however, responded in strong fashion. Again it was Storts and Crane hooking up, this time on an 18-yard touchdown reception that capped a 4-play, 81-yard drive. It was highlighted by senior tailback Casey Donaldson's two bursts of 13 and 42 yards, which gave him the necessary yardage to break the all-time NCAC rushing record of 4248, previously held by Chris Spriggs of Denison.

Then Donaldson capped the scoring with a 1-yard plunge midway through the fourth quarter, giving the Tigers an insurmountable 35-21 lead and himself a share of two NCAC scoring records. Donaldson tied Allegheny's Stanley Drayton, who had 56 career touchdowns and 336 career points.

Donaldson finished the game with 158 yards, 132 of which came in a big second half. Crane was an efficient 11-for-19 passing in the game for 185 yards, although he did throw his first two interceptions of the season. Storts had 76 yards on six catches, while junior wide receiver Steve DeGraffinreed continued to be a big-play guy, catching three passes for 87 yards.

Defensively, the Tigers finally bottled up the Allegheny offense and Ream late in the game. One of the top rushers in the country, Ream finished with 88 yards on 25 carries. Junior defensive tackle Juan Howard, junior linebacker Dustin Goldsbury and senior linebacker Trevor Yost all finished in double-digits in tackles for the game. Junior defensive tackle Tim Daoust and sophomore defensive end Allen D'Andrea each notched three tackles for loss.

Westfield State 28, Framingham State 14
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Junior Shawn Lyman rushed for two touchdowns and 124 yards on 30 carries to lead Westfield State to a 28-14 New England Football Conference victory against Framingham State. It was the first victory of the season for the Owls, who are 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the NEFC Bogan Division. Framingham dropped to 1-4 overall.

Westfield dominated the first half -- compiling 230 yards in total offense to Framingham's 75 -- and led 21-0 at intermission. Lyman ran for 1-yard touchdowns midway through the first and second quarters. Westfield scored with 1:08 left in the first half on a 26-yard pass from senior quarterback John Frasco to freshman wide receiver Matt Yvon. Yvon was Westfield's leading receiver with five catches for 86 yards.

Framingham finally got on the scoreboard with 28 seconds left in the
third quarter on a 76-yard pass-run play from standout quarterback Luke
Callahan to receiver Abe Bascon.

Westfield scored four minutes later on a 19-yard scamper by Frasco, who finished with 33 yards rushing on seven carries and completed 8 of 16 passes for 133 yards. Frasco also converted all four extra point attempts and punted six times for a 41.8 average.

Framingham scored with 3:15 remaining on an 18-yard scramble by Callahan. He completed 21 of 38 passes for 304 yards and rushed for 27 net yards on 23 carries. Callahan, however, was sacked eight times and intercepted twice.

Defensive standouts for Westfield were junior lineman John Cloutier with two sacks and a fumble recovery, and end Tim Corr with nine tackles, including four for losses and two sacks.

Trinity (Texas) 39, Rose-Hulman 7
SAN ANTONIO -- The Tigers moved one step closer to their goal of another Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title with a 39-7 victory against Rose-Hulman.

Trinity (5-0, 2-0) led 20-0 at the half, and held the Fightin' Engineers to only 80 total first-half yards.  Trinity took the opening kickoff 65 yards for the score, and then stopped Rose-Hulman on the first series for the "Black Flag" defense.  Despite stalling due to a turnover on the next possession, Trinity still dominated and put up over 300 yards in the half. 

Running back Jeremy Boyce enjoyed his first 100-yard game of the season, as he totaled 161 yards on 20 carries. Quarterback Roy Hampton passed for 236 yards and three touchdowns. He completed 18 of his 26 passes. Hampton also was able to spread out his passes to four different receivers:  Jason Hunt caught six passes for 98 yards, while Jerheme Urban had five receptions for 57 yards, and Matt Cheatham had three catches for 34 yards.  Hunt, Urban, and Cheatham all had touchdown catches, and Travis Munro caught two balls for 24 yards.

The "Black Flag" was stingy as usual Saturday night, allowing only 212 total yards, while the offense racked up 511 total yards for Trinity. Brandon Whitman helped out significantly in adding to that total, as he had 63 yards on seven carries, including a touchdown.

Augustana 49, Elmhurst 31
ELMHURST, Ill. -- Thanks to a 149 yard effort on 18 carries by junior runningback David Chorney, Augustana batted the Elmhurst defense for 476 yards rushing on 70 attempts in a 49-31 Augustana victory in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin opener for both teams. First-year head coach Jim Barnes' team needed all of that offense as the Bluejays gave the Viking defense fits all afternoon.

Augustana moved to 4-0 overall and won for the 10th consecutive time in regular season, dating back to a 20-7 loss to Elmhurst on October 2, 1999. The Vikings were nearly unstoppable on offense, running off a total of 520 yards in total offense. They had 44 yards passing to go along with the 476 rushing.

The catalyst was Chorney, who carried the ball 18 times and averaged 8.3 yards per attempt. He scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of 19 and one yards. All the Viking ball carriers produced as sophomore quarterback Ben Kleinhans had 68 yards on just three attempts, including a 47 yard touchdown run. Senior wingback Corey Ungaro had 63 yards on 13 carries with one touchdown. Sophomore quarterback Brad Wendell had 51 yards on six carries, senior fullback Bart Reed picked up 50 yards on 10 attempts and Brad Blake had 44 yards on six carries with one touchdown. Junior fullback Brad Carlock gained 34 yards on nine attempts and scored a pair of touchdowns.

The Vikings got on the board first when Carlock banged over from a yard out to cap a 35 yard, six play drive with less than five minutes gone in the game. The short drive was set up by a short Elmhurst punt that Ungaro returned eight yards to the 35.

The Bluejays tied the game at 7-7 on a 15 yard run by quarterback Juan Quesada with 8:40 to play in the first quarter. Kleinhans ripped off his 47 yard scoring run on an option play with 7:24 left in the first quarter and Ungaro scored on a seven yard run with 4:12 to play in the stanza to make it 21-7.

Elmhurst's Chris Welter scored on a one yard run early in the second quarter to cap a short 31-yard drive that was set up by an Augustana fumble. Chorney's 19 yard touchdown with 2:42 left before halftime put the finishing touches on an 83 yard, 12 play drive that pushed the score to 28-13. The Bluejays beat the halftime clock, however, with Quesada scoring from a yard out on a fourth down play as the horn sounded to end the first half. The two point conversion failed and it was 28-19 at intermission.

In the third quarter Chorney scored from a yard out to cap a 55 yard, eight play drive that made the score 35-19 with 4:04 left. That drive was set up when strong safety Chris Beard intercepted Quesada's pass at the Augustana 45. A snap mishandled by Bluejay punter Mike Jacklin allowed Augustana to take over at the Bluejay 29 for its next possession. Carlock scored on a two yard run to make the score 42-19 with 1:03 left in the third quarter.

Quesada scored on a 24-yard run early in the fourth quarter to slice the lead to 42-25 but Blake answered with a 25 yard midway through the period to make it 49-25 after Augustana kicker J.J. Hazelett was perfect on his seventh extra point of the day. Elmhurst's Landon Turner scored on a one yard run with 3:03 left to play to account for the final score.

Elmhurst piled up 418 yards of total offense on the Viking defense, 250 of those on the ground and 168 through the air. Augustana was led in tackles by Roy Fritz and Brad Haverback with nine each.

Carleton 27, Macalester 14
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kyle Swartout rushed for 126 yards and two scores, leading Carleton to a 27-14 victory against Macalester.

The victory allowed Carleton to reclaim possession of the "Book of Knowledge" trophy in the series infamously known as the "Brain Bowl." The game was also Homecoming for the Scots.

After the Scots fumbled away the kickoff, the Knights (1-3 overall, 1-2 MIAC) drew first blood in the game when Swartout scored his first touchdown on a 13-yard run. Macalester (1-3, 0-3) struck back in the second quarter with a 9-yard strike from Aaron Quitmeyer to Scott Derrington. They scored again later in the second quarter on an 18-yard run by the elusive Grant Huett.

A bumbling Carleton offense got a shot in the arm when the defense forced a safety with two minutes left in the half. The offense responded with a 63-yard touchdown bomb from Jon Groteboer to Dan Reider to tie the game going into halftime.

The Knights dominated the second half, scoring 13 unanswered points to secure the victory. Swartout scored his second touchdown in the third quarter on a 76-yard sweep. Defensive end Jeff Thurk scored in the fourth, returning a fumble 15 yards for the touchdown.

Coach Bob Sullivan cited three key reasons for the Knights victory: "Our defensive stands in the red zone in the first half, our big plays on offense (from Reider and Swartout), and our ball control drive in the fourth quarter which ate about six minutes off the clock."

J.J. Franz led the Knights defense with seven tackles, one forced fumble, and a sack. With that sack, Franz broke the school record of 22 for all-time sacks held by Troy Ethen (1984-87). Other defensive standouts for the Knights included Josh Schroeder who had 14 tackles and one interception and Scott O'Reilly who had 11 tackles.

On the offensive side of the ball, Sullivan was pleased with the rushing game, which produced 178 yards on 38 carries. Groteboer completed 9 of 28 passing attempts for 178 yards and one touchdown. Reider led the Knights in receiving, with five receptions for 134 yards.

Macalester was led by Huett, who rushed for 89 yards and one touchdown, and Quitmeyer, who completed 30 of 49 attempts for 282 yards and one touchdown. David Schumaker led the Scots' receiving corps with 10 receptions for 88 yards.

Hardin-Simmons 45, Louisiana College 12
PINEVILLE, La. -- Jacob Freeman meet Louisiana College -- Louisiana College meet Jacob Freeman. Freeman introduced himself to the Wildcats in a big way, guiding Hardin-Simmons to an easy 45-12 win against LC on Saturday.

The win moved the fifth-ranked Cowboys to 4-0 on the season and 3-0 in American Southwest Conference action. It also continued several streaks. The win was the Cowboys: 23rd consecutive regular-season win, 17th consecutive conference win, 26th game in a row with at leas 25 points and the 70th straight the Cowboys have scored a point.

HSU's defense also had its second-best effort in school history limiting the Wildcats to 133 yards of total offense, including only 1 yard in the first half. LC managed to lose 28 yards rushing on the day, a school record for rushing defense for the Cowboys.

Most of the defensive work was done by the Cowboys' front seven, with a lot of influence from Freeman. The junior from Roscoe had nine tackles, four for losses of 31 yards, three sacks for 30 yards and forced two fumbles that were returned for touchdowns, all in the first half.

Freeman scored the first of two Cowboy defensive scores, when he ripped the ball right out of the running backs hands and ran it 16 yards for a score.  He later landed a shot on the quarterback that knocked the ball loose letting Marte Amrine rumble 16 yards for a score.

The Cowboy offense was methodical and spotty at best in the game. HSU had four turnovers, but rolled up 263 yards rushing, with nine different Cowboys getting into the action, led by Dustin Bookhout, who had 76 yards on 10 carries. Eleven different Cowboys caught passes in the game.

The Cowboy starters did not take the field in the second half as the game was 38-0 at halftime.

Tufts 12, Bates 10
MEDFORD, Mass. -- Junior Howie Rock kicked a 40-yard field goal with 7:31 left in the fourth quarter that lifted the Tufts University Jumbos to a 12-10 victory over the Bates College Bobcats in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) action on Sunday afternoon.

The Tufts defense, which allowed Bates just 152 yards of offense including minus-8 rushing, had to stop a Bobcat drive late in the game to seal the win. Taking over on their own six-yard line for their final chance with just 1:16 left on the clock, Bates moved to the Tufts 43 when sophomore quarterback Steve Barry completed a pass for 51 yards to sophomore running back Sean Atkins. Barry and Atkins connected again to move down to the Tufts 29, but Jumbo senior linebacker Joe McLean sacked Barry for a loss of 13 yards on the next play. It took the Bobcats out of potential game-winning field goal range and the game was soon over.

Early on it looked like Bates was going to run away with it. They built a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter on a six-yard touchdown run by Barry and a 37-yard field goal by senior Rejean Guerriero. Freshman linebacker Pat Foley then blocked a Tufts punt to give Bates the Ball at the Jumbo 19. But Barry fumbled when he was sacked by Tufts senior lineman Everett Dickerson and junior linebacker David Supple recovered.

Tufts took the ball from there and got on the scoreboard late in the half when sophomore Scott Treacy engineered a 15-play, 85 yard drive that ended with his 1-yard push into the end zone with 37 seconds left until the break. The Jumbo defense then quickly forced a Bates punt and the snap went over the head of senior Jason Place, who kicked it out of the end zone for a safety to avoid a touchdown, cutting the Bates lead to 10-9 at the half.

Another Bates miscue set up Rock's game-winning field goal in the fourth. With Tufts back to punt on fourth and eight, the Bobcats were flagged for roughing the kicker and the Jumbos got an automatic first down. Senior running back Brian Holmes, who finished with 131 yards on 31 carries, rushed the ball five straight times to set up Rock's attempt, which sailed through the uprights with plenty to spare.

Neither team moved the ball well, with Tufts' 184 total yards barely surpassing the 152 of Bates. Atkins, who rushed for 218 yards against Trinity last week, was held to just 56 on 20 runs by the Jumbo D. The game featured 15 punts and 18 penalties. It was Tufts' 15th consecutive win against Bates.