Games of Sept. 27-28, 2003
Offense
QB Adam Knoblauch, So., Delaware Valley
Knoblauch tied a school record with five touchdowns while also rushing for a score in DVC's 48-19 rout of Susquehanna. He was 20-for-29 passing for 356 yards and ran seven times for 60 yards.
RT Kyle Lackscheide; RG Alex Olds; C Joel Jolink; LG Josh Van Laan; LT Tyler Paesens, Olivet
Olivet picked up 514 yards in a 56-0 rout of Manchester. The Comets racked-up 369 yards on the ground, and 145 in the air. Olivet is averaging 420.0 yards rushing this season on 198 attempts, a 6.4 yard average. Olivet is leading all divisions of NCAA football in rushing. The offensive line has not allowed a quarterback sack this season. Jolink was the only returning player to the offensive line as the other four are first-year players at Olivet.
RB Matt Wycoff, Sr., Coe
Wycoff rushed for 285 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries in the Kohawks’ 42-34 victory against Upper Iowa. He scored on rushes of 66 yards, four yards and two yards. Wycoff also caught two passes for 24 yards, finishing the game with 309 all-purpose yards.
RB Tony Sutton, Jr., Wooster
Sutton reset his own school and conference records for rushing yards in a game with 338 on 34 carries, as he paced Wooster's comeback win over Case with four of his six touchdowns in the second half. The six touchdowns also marked a league record and tied a school mark. Additionally, Sutton eclipsed the 2,000-yard mark (2,079) in just his 12th career game.
WR Conrad Singh, Sr., Hampden-Sydney
Singh had a team-record 12 catches for a career-best 188 yards and one touchdown to help guide 14th-ranked Hampden-Sydney to a 52-33 victory over Guilford. Singh became Hampden-Sydney's all-time leader in career receiving yards with 2,317 for his career.
WR Matt Yvon, Sr., Westfield State
Yvon had 11 receptions for a school record 257 yards and scored two touchdowns in a 30-27 win against Fitchburg State. He scored a total of 18 points as he hit a game-winning 31-yard field goal, was 1-for-1 in PAT kicking attempts and ran for a two-point conversion on a reverse play.
TE Sean Hennigar, Sr., Lycoming
Hennigar led Lycoming's receiving corps with five catches for 114 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown.
Defense
DL Thomas DeMoss, Sr., Widener
DeMoss finished with nine tackles (three solo), including holding King's out of the end zone with a tackle on second-and-goal from the 2. He broke up two passes as well.
DL Ryan Rackliffe, So., WPI
Rackliffe had 11 tackles, all unassisted, and four of WPI’s six sacks, plus a pass deflection.
DL Chad Glover, Fr., East Texas Baptist
Glover caused a fumble and ran it back for an 18-yard second quarter touchdown, then registered a late game fourth-down sack to help seal the 24-21 win against Howard Payne. Glover finished with six tackles.
DL John Loveland, Sr., Alma
Loveland was credited with 14 tackles, eight of them solos and three for lost yardage in the Scots' 16-2 victory against Defiance. He also recovered a fumble and forced another.
LB Jai Echols, Sr., RPI
Jai had 12 tackles, all solo, in a 34-26 win at Worcester Polytech. He caused and recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and broke up two more.
LB Steve Kasperski, Jr., Colby
Kasperski was in on 77 of Colby's 78 defensive snaps in a 15-13 win against Middlebury and came away with 18 tackles (13 solo), one for loss.
LB Matt Fuhrman, Jr., Merchant Marine
Fuhrman had nine tackles (seven solo) and forced two fumbles in a 21-0 win against Dickinson. The Red Devils gained just 136 yards and six first downs on the afternoon, running a total of eight plays in Kings Point territory.
DB Matt Diercks, Sr., Gustavus Adolphus
Ericks returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown against Augsburg, tying the NCAA record for previously tied twice this season. He also broke up five passes and had four tackles (two solo).
DB Nate Harrell, Sr., Chicago
Harrell returned an interception for a touchdown and was the Maroons' leading tackler (12, seven solo) as Chicago fell to Illinois Wesleyan 30-21. Harrell's 59-yard interception runback with 18 seconds left in the second quarter gave Chicago a 14-7 halftime edge. He was also credited with 12 tackles and a pass breakup.
DB George Hewan, Jr., Shenandoah
Hewan had 10 tackles and a game-high seven solo in the Hornets' 28-14 win against Ferrum. He broke up two passes and have five tackles for loss.
DB Brian Kight, Jr., Wooster
Kight made the biggest play in Wooster's 62-33 win over Case Western. With the Scots ahead 34-33 early in the fourth and the Spartans threatening at the 19-yard line, Kight stepped in front of a pass by All-American Eli Grant and sprinted untouched 85 yards for a score. Kight, who now has three career interceptions returned for a touchdown, also had 14 tackles on the afternoon.
Special teams
K Mike Clark, Jr., Augustana
Clark booted the game-winning 54-yard field goal to lift the Vikings to a 27-26 victory over UW-Platteville, he also kicked himself into the NCAA record books. Clark's 54-yarder as time expired was not only a school record, it also eclipsed the Division III standard for longest field goal to end a game. It is also the second longest play to win a game on the last play of regulation. Clark also kicked a 46-yard field goal and three extra points.
P Matt Welch, Fr., Lewis and Clark
Welch booted five punts for a 50.8 average pinning Puget Sound inside its own 5-yard line twice and also kicked the game-winning field goal.
RET Jared May, So., Hardin-Simmons
May became the first Cowboy to return a punt and kickoff for touchdowns in the same game. He returned the punt 49 yards and the kickoff for 86.