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BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University football team opened the home season with an impressive 63-21 defeat of Wilmington College in an Ohio Athletic Conference and 47th Lee Tressel Shrine Classic game on the Tressel Field inside the George Finnie Stadium.
BW (2-0, 1-0 OAC) improved to 23-3 in the all-time series, including winning 15 straight games over Wilmington (1-1, 0-1 OAC). During the 15 game winning streak, the Yellow Jackets have outscored the Quakers 714-221.
Shrine Classic Players of the Game
- BW junior Academic All-OAC running back George Linberger (Barberton/St. Vincent-St. Mary)
- Wilmington senior wide receiver De'Anta Sanon
Yellow Jacket Leaders
- Offense accounted 648 yards of total offense (371 yards rushing and 277 yards passing)
- Defense allowed just 280 yards of offense and had two interception returns for touchdowns
- Junior All-OAC quarterback Charlie Bubonics (Solon) completed 19-of-29 passes for 257 yards with two touchdowns
- Linberger rushed for a career-high 173 yards on 12 carries with a career-best three touchdowns.
- Senior All-OAC wide receiver Tim Conwell (Avon) caught a game-high eight passes for a career-high 124 yards and one touchdown
- Senior linebacker Devontae Jackson (Cleveland/John Hay) tallied a team-high nine tackles, including 1.5 for a loss, one pass breakup and an 83-yard interception for touchdown
Quaker Leaders
- Senior quarterback Isaac Ross completed 19-of-29 passes for 257 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions
- Ross rushed for 18 yards on seven carries
- Sanon caught five passes for 107 yards with one touchdown
- Sophomore defensive back Tyler Gregory recorded a game-high 14 tackles
First Quarter (BW, 14-7)
- 12:01 Linberger 15-yard run (Freshman place kicker Robert Feamster, Jr. (Edenton, N.C./EA Laney) kick is good)
- Linberger 8-yard run (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
- Sophomore running back Kai Smith 15-yard pass from Ross (Freshman place kicker Camden Marx kick is good)
Second Quarter (BW, 28-14)
- 14:54 Senior wide receiver Donovan Birkett (Barberton/Rootstown) 10-yard pass from Bubonics (Feamster, Jr. kick is good) -- First career touchdown for Birkett
- 14:35 Smith 100-yard kickoff return (Marx kick is good)
- 0:39 Linberger 3-yard run (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
Third Quarter (BW, 42-14)
- 10:39 Junior defensive lineman JD Crouse (North Lima/South Range) 18-yard interception return (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
- 5:06 Jackson 83-yard interception return (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
Fourth Quarter (BW, 63-21)
- 12:14 Conwell 5-yard from Bubonics (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
- 10:08 Sanon 34-yard pass from Isaac (Marx kick is good)
- 8:48 Senior Academic All-OAC Mark Wilson (Northfield/Nordonia) 2-yard run (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
- 5:34 Freshman running back Boston Mulinix (North Benton/West Branch) 6-yard run (Feamster, Jr. kick is good)
BW is back in action on Saturday, September 20 when it travels to Bexley for an OAC game against Capital University on Purmort Field inside Bernlohr Stadium at 1:30 p.m.