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12/25
The 86th season on Bryant kicks off today with a bang. Teams are back in action and what an exciting day of football it was. All of the top 25 in the above power rankings finished the day at 1-0 or with a loss to another team that also made the power rankings.
Huntingdon is #1 in this season's power rankings and advances to 1-0 with a
40-12 win over
Millsaps. Huntingdon QB
Lewis Brown was named the player of the game with 426 yards through the air and 3 TD tosses.
Walter Robinson was his most productive target with 114 yards and 3 TDs.
MIT managed to barely edge past
Albion finishing the game with a 63 yard drive capped off with
Patrick Navarro connecting with
Patrick Summers in the final minute of the game to claim a
10-9 victory.
One of today's big matchups featured
California Lutheran and
Whittier. Whittier played the better first half and went into halftime with a 14-8 lead thanks to 2 TDs and their defense keeping Californa Lutheran out of the endzone. However, California Lutheran made a habit of finishing drives in the endzone in the 2nd half with 4 TD's to claim a
36-24 win in their season opener.
King`s fell to
Curry today with a score of
14-31. Curry dominated the time of possession all game long controlling the ball for over twice as long as King`s and running 24 more plays.
Stanley Phillips played a large role in keeping the TOP in Curry's favor with an average of 6 yards per rush with 23 carries for 139 yards and 2 TDs King`s and Whittier will both be looking to avoid an 0-2 start in tomorrow's match-up between these two teams.
Bridgewater made a big statement in their season opener by beating
Waynesburg on the road.
Joe Albright led Bridgewater to TDs on their first 3 possessions and never looked back as Bridgewater won
37-10. Waynesburg seemed unsure about their QB situation with time split between
Larry Rodriguez and
Bobby Peterson. Both threw more INT than TD in the loss and neither seemed to have the performace Waynesburg was hoping for.
The final game featured today is
Macalester hosting
Mount Union. Macalester advances to 1-0 thanks to RS So QB
Eugene Willis throwing for 5 TD and 335 yards. Mount Union's defense was great on 3rd and 4th downs where they held Macalester to 4/12 on 3rd down conversions and 0/2 on 4th downs. However, they were unable to consistently get Eugene Willis and the Macalester offense into 3rd down situations leading to a
42-24 defeat.
12/26
Today the frontrunner of Bryant DIII,
Huntingdon, faced their first challenging opponent and came out on top with a
28-21 victory at
Rhodes.
Luis Brown had another excellent game going 35/55 for 447 yards and 3 TD. The Rhodes defense was able to make some big plays, netting 3 sacks and 3 INT (one of which allowed Rhodes to enter halftime with the lead) but ultimately had no answer to Huntingdon's passing attack.
Trinity (TX) was unable to beat
Macalester on the road despite forcing 3 INT and holding Macalester to 0.5 yards per carry.
Ferrum beat
Otterbein by a score of
35-6 to advance to 2-0.
Mount Union racks up the upset of the day by overcoming an 11 point deficit in the 4th quarter to defeat
Austin by 3 in OT. Mount Union LB
Michael Hurd was named player of the game after picking off Austin QB
Henry Sterling to seal the
21-18 win for Mount Union in OT.
Linfield, the defending National Champions continue their winning streak from last season's playoffs with a
34-10 win over
Greenville. After a quiet first half with the game tied at 3-3, Linfield RB
Jerry Lewis scored 3 TD in the 4th quarter to finish off Greenville. He finished the game with 130 yards on 19 carries for an average of 6.8 YPC.
Whittier falls to 0-2 after losing to
King`s. In a wild game with over 1100 total yards, 80 points and 8 turnovers, King`s defense steps up in the final minutes to force a turnover on downs along with 2 INT's by
Russell Ortiz on Whittier's 3 final possessions to take and keep the lead for a
48-38 victory.
The remaining teams in both the pre-season top 25 power rankings and coaches poll all secured a win to advance to 2-0 or 1-1 if they suffered a loss yesterday.
12/27
Games to watch:
Huntingdon advances to 3-0 with a win at
South-Sewanee. They controlled the ballgame racking up 443 total yards while holding South-Sewanee to 177 and less than 1 yard per carry.
47-10 was the final and Huntingdon offensive stars QB
Louis Brown and RB
Kevin Hines each individually racked up more yards than their opponent.
Macalester was unable to continue its impressive winning streak against quality opponents today as they fell to the defending national champion.
Linfield's defense picked off Macalester QB
Eugene Willis 5 times culminating in a
10-20 Linfield victory.
Wisconsin-Platteville holds off
Waynesburg to advance to 3-0 on the season. Waynesburg managed to outgain Wisconsin-Platteville by 33 yards and 1 first down, but couldn't convert big plays when they needed them going 8/20 on 3rd down and 0/2 on 4th. Waynesburg kicker
Derek Buckley also missed his solo FG attempt giving Wisconsin-Platteville a solid
34-14 win.
Concordia (WI) was on the road this week facing
New Jersey who they dismantled
47-6. WR
Charles Thompson was Concordia's biggest offensive weapon with 7 receptions for 122 yards along with a TD and
Antonio Thomas led the defense with 7 tackels, 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.
Loras also managed to win big on the road this week with a
41-7 win at
Rhodes. Loras QB
Robert Newman had 238 yards through the air and was just short of completing 80% of his passes while Loras RB
Jason Carter managed the rushing attack with 21 carries for 196 yards with an average of 9.3 YPC.
Colorado College beats
Whittier to stay undefeated in today's final featured match-up. Colorado RB
James Garcia accounted for all 3 of Colorado's TDs on 15 carries totaling 117 yards. Whittier is now 0-3, and probably the best 0-3 team in the league with its losses coming to BCP
#8 California Lutheran,
#18 King`s and #7 Colorado College.
12/28
Rhodes fell to
Austin in today's game by a final of
16-17. Austin WR
Robert Lewis was able to haul in a 39 yard toss early in the 4th quarter to give Austin a 1 point edge. Austin was able to hold on to that lead for the remainder of the game advancing to 3-1.
Wisconsin-Platteville defeated
Franklin & Marshall on the day by a score of
21-7. Wisconsin-Platteville DL
Terry Bennett led his defense with 8 tackles, 3 of which were sacks, 2 more were tackles for loss, and he also had one forced fumble to top off his monster game.
Loras was unable to conjure up a win today as they faced
Susquehanna on the road. Susquehanna QB
John York put up 3 TD's connecting with a different receiver for each one. Loras wasn't able to do much in terms of stopping him and drops to 3-1 after the
13-24 defeat at Susquehanna. Susquehanna should see another big day of action tomorrow as they face Austin.
New Jersey loses a low scoring affair with
Colorado College,
9-13. Colorado QB
Leroy Anderson completes a pass to WR
Michael Jacobson in the 3rd quarter to account for the only TD of the game. Colorado is now 4-0 and has successfully averted the 0-3 rut that they began their last season with.
12/29
As the non-conference portion of the schedule wraps up,
Huntingdon comes away with a win against
Menlo. Huntingdon Fr. RB
Joseph Miller scored all 3 of Huntingdon's TD's on the game, but their offense was again largely fueled by
Luis Brown and
Kevin Hines who combined for 347 total yards. Huntingdon won by a score of
27-10.
Rhodes drops to 0-5 after facing an undefeated
Ferrum who dominated that match-up
52-13. Ferrum QB
Michael Buckner had 4 passing TD supported by 3 on the ground by various RB all contributing to the massively lopsided outcome of the game.
Austin falls yet again today dropping to 3-2 while their opponent
Susquehanna will enter conference play at 5-0. Susquehanna QB
John York was named the player of the game passing for 300 yards and all 4 of Susquehanna's TDs, but Susquehanna's defense played just as well holding Austin without a TD all game long. The final was
9-31.
34-20 was the final score as
Linfield mounts an impressive 3rd quarter performance to beat
Trinity (TX) in a very good game. Linfield QB
Peter Park exhibited super hero like abilities as he threw for 3 TD's in the 3rd quarter breaking the 13-13 tie to secure the lead for Linfield. He ended the game with 347 total yards, outgaining the entire team of Trinity by 111 yards.
Wisconsin-Platteville and
Bridgewater (VA) meet in a battle of two undefeated teams where Wisconsin-Platteville walks out the victor winning
31-14. Wisconsin-Platteville QB
James Frazier was the star of the game with 3 TD's and 424 passing yards. Bridgewater's defense was able to slow him down with 6 sacks but that wasn't enough to make any significant difference on the outcome of the game.
Concordia (WI) is another team to enter conference play at 5-0 after beating
Macalester 37-20. Concordia (WI) outplayed Macalester for three quarters of the game, but Macalester showed they were still a formidable opponent in the 2nd quarter where they scored on every possession for a total of 20 points. However, they were outscored 23-0 in the other 3 quarters and the 2nd half effort wasn't enough to get Macalester a win against an impressive Concordia (WI).
Loras falls to 3-2 losing to undefeated
Curry in their final non-conference game. Loras had the better stats in first downs (23 to 16), 3rd down conversions (11/19 to 4/9), total yards (403 to 262), passing yards (223 to 146), rushing yards (170 to 116) and time of possesion (36 minutes to 23 minutes). However, one crucial stat that wasn't in Loras's favor was the final score:
16-31. A giant kick return of 81 yards by Curry WR
William Briggs set up a TD at the beginning of the 3rd quarter followed just 2 plays later by
Donald Zamora being the first player this season to pick off
Robert Newton giving Curry another short field leading to another TD. Curry already had the lead at the start of the 3rd quarter and those additional points were just too much for Loras to recover from.
12/30
Games to watch:
California Lutheran @ East Texas Baptist
Loras @ Waynesburg