Games of Oct. 30-31, 2004
Offense
QB Nick Ohman, Sr., UW-Stout
Ohman led UW-Stout to a 31-21 win against No. 11 UW-La Crosse. Ohman averaged 4.8 yards per rush (125 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries) and 8.5 yards per pass attempt as Stout rolled up 560 total yards of offense. He was 30-for-41 passing for 347 yards and two TDs with one interception.
OL Travis Temple (TE); Andy Quain (T); Tyler Coleman (G); Jeff Purcell (C); David Stoltz (G); Mike Zeifert (T); Tom McIntire and Jon Sebby (TEs); Augustana
Augustana outgained even its own lofty average in rallying from a 21-6 defecit to beat Elmhurst 49-27. The Vikings ran for 444 yards on 63 attempts in the game.
RB Zach Weber, Sr., Ohio Northern
Ran for a career-high 232 yards on 26 carries and and TDs of 65 and 5 yards as Ohio Northern defeated Capital 38-35. He carried the ball on all five plays in a five-play, 80-yard drive, scoring from 5 yards out, to give ONU a 38-21 lead with 5:21 left. He also scored from 65 yards out on the first play of the second half to give ONU the lead for good, 17-14. Weber had 179 of his yards in the second half as ONU rallied from a 14-9 deficit at intermission.
RB James Edington, Sr., Alma
Edington had 28 carries for 212 yards and three touchdowns as Alma defeated Wisconsin Lutheran 44-21.
WR Schuyler Anderson, Sr., Louisiana College
Anderson scored an 80-yard touchdown on a screen pass on the Wildcats' first play of the game, going on to finish with seven catches for 234 yards. He also scored on pass plays of 48 and 52 yards. The 234 yards set an LC single game record for receiving yards in a game, and he became LC's single season yards receiving record holder with 822 yards on the year.
WR David Crowley, Sr., Centre
The senior's 218 receiving yards is a school record breaking his record he set earlier in the year. Crowley's 11 catches also give him 70 for the year breaking a single-season receptions record. He scored a pair of touchdowns.
TE Jon Branche, So., RPI
Branche had six catches for 131 yards in RPI's 35-33 win against WPI.
Defense
DL Colby Townsend, So., Maryville (Tenn.)
Townsend was credited with nine tackles (six solo), three sacks and two quarterback pressures from Maryville's 28-26 victory against Thomas More.
DL Reggie Robinson, So., Hardin-Simmons
Robinson had nine tackles, all solo, four tackles for loss and a pair of sacks in a 41-7 win against McMurry.
DL Aaron Einhaus, Sr., Trinity (Texas)
Einhaus had eight tackles, four and a half for loss and three and a half sacks in a win against Rhodes.
DL Erik Anderson, Sr., Chicago
Anderson collected four tackles for loss and three sacks among his six total tackles as Chicago defeated Bethany 31-7.
LB Brandon Olson, Jr., Linfield
Olson had 11 tackles, one for loss, in anchoring a Wildcat defense that gave up a season-low 13 points in rolling past Menlo.
LB Steve Gauthier, Sr., Adrian
Gauthier posted nine tackles (six solo), broke up three passes and caused a pair of fumbles in a 30-12 win against Tri-State.
DB Brad Stotsky, Jr., Allegheny
Stotsky recorded a career-high 11 tackles, all solo, in the Gators' 16-10 overtime victory at Wabash. On a late-game Little Giant possession, he made two stops in three plays to force a Wabash punt, which led to Allegheny's game-tying touchdown in regulation. He also broke up one pass in the victory.
DB Chase Chandler, Sr., Albion
Chandler had just two tackles, but intercepted a MIAA-record four passes in a 17-13 win at Hope.
DB Mike Wilmus, Jr., Washington and Jefferson
Wilmus had a team-high 15 tackles, 13 of them solo, and added a pair of interceptions in the Presidents' 35-30 win against Waynesburg. Both interceptions came on W&J's side of the field, one of them in the end zone.
DB Shawn Wells, Fr., Howard Payne
Wells had a season-high 16 tackles, nine solo. He broke up seven passes and intercepted three, returning them for a total of 87 yards.
DB Anthony Johnson, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Johnson had four tackles, all solo, and tied a UMHB single-game record with three interceptions in a 60-33 win against East Texas Baptist. He had 49 yards of returns, including a touchdown, and broke up three other passes.
Special teams
K Brock Boland, Salisbury
Boland was 3-for-3 on field goals, including kicks from 45 and 47 yards, in a 35-18 win against Wesley.
P Anthony Boyd, So., Emory and Henry
In Emory and Henry's 42-13 win against Catholic, Boyd, had a 40.8-yard average, with four of his five punts being placed inside the Cardinal 20, three inside the 6.
ST Mike Civitello, Sr., Colby
Civitello leaped over Colby's middle front two blockers to knock the potential game-tying extra point away with 15 seconds left and preserve a 17-16 win against Bates. It was his eighth career blocked placekick and his third game-winning block in two seasons.
RET Mike Schmidt, Fr., Widener
Schmidt returned a Moravian kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown, which sparked the Pioneers' comeback in the third quarter from 15 points down for a 35-31 upset win.