Week #2 Post-Game Recaps

University of Minnesota-Morris 24 MacMurray College 21

The game was as close as the scoreboard indicated with the only notable difference being the turnover separation. MacMurray’s four turnovers led to 10 points for the Cougars, including the field goal which proved to be the final difference on the scoreboard. Dan Gerrigan led the UM-Morris offense to a 24-21 victory with 154 yards passing and a pair of touchdowns. Leandro "Limitless" Dower was limited to 17 rushing yards despite his nickname. Gerrigan and Foss rotated at quarterback again with Gerrigan proving to be the more effective passer today. Cody Hussey threw for 230 yards for the Highlanders, but once again, MacMurray came up just short.

Eureka College 17 Crown College 14

Eureka escaped from St. Bonifacius with a victory despite almost blowing a 10 point lead with five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. It took Crown almost the entire game to get their offense in gear, but, down by 3 with 2 minutes remaining in the game and the ball on their own 24, the Storm drove the length of the field and were in position to send the game to OT. However, Kurt Fickle missed a 27 yard field goal attempt to leave a scrappy Crown team heartbroken. Eureka's defense had a strong showing limiting Crown’s offense and RB Amos Schmidt to 229 yards of production. Schmidt, who last week rushed for four touchdowns in Crown’s win at MacMurray struggled to get anywhere today and only gained 39 yards on 18 carries. Eureka’s WR Matt Dawson was NCAA record-holder Sam Durley’s go-to receiver and led all players with 147 yards receiving and accounted for both of Eureka’s touchdowns.

Northwestern College 35 Presentation College 10

Coming off of a big upset at Westminster last week, Northwestern came out slow and struggled to move down the field in the first quarter against the Presentation Saints. The Saints however, struggled offensively as Northwestern’s defense shut them down, especially on the ground as NWC player Kabakas Clark said on Facebook, “On defense to gave up negative 109 yards rushing”. (Couldn't have said it better myself Kabakas) Official stats have not yet been reported, but Senior WR Brian Lecheler appeared to lead Northwestern with several long receptions. With a touchdown from Lecheler and two from RB Chris Simon-Wallace, Northwestern won the game easily, 35-10. The only thing worse than the Presentation offense in this game was the online streaming in which the camera was pointed at the wrong end of the field 40% of the game.