Games of Sept. 16-17, 2005
Offense
QB Chris Edwards, Sr., Washington and Jefferson
Edwards set a Division III record with 21 consecutive completions to start the game against Allegheny. He finished 33-for-37 with 419 yards and four touchdowns.
OL Jordan Daniel, Aaron Terrell, Josh Knox, Brent Friday, Tye Conry, Hardin-Simmons
The line paved the way for three 100-yard backs and a school-record 385 yards rushing in a win against Louisiana College. It did not allow a sack in 31 pass attempts.
RB Lee Rankinen, Jr., Beloit
Rankinen registered the first 200-yard rushing performance in the Midwest Conference this season, doing so against a Lake Forest defense that entered the contest having allowed 138 yards in two games. Despite carrying 33 times, Rankinen was stopped for a loss only once (for 1 yard).
RB Denny Kimmel, Jr., Anderson
Kimmel ran for a school-record 283 yards on 27 carries in a 48-7 win against Earlham. He scored three touchdowns, one on a 95-yard run, and added six catches for 40 yards.
WR Nathan Chandler, Sr., Millikin
Chandler set a school record for receiving yards in a game (274) on six receptions and caught TD passes of 87, 68 and 86. His 87-yard catch ended up being the game-winner in Millikin's 31-24 victory at Franklin.
WR Mike Russell, Sr., Hanover
Russell caught 15 passes for 131 yards and four touchdowns in a 56-42 loss to Bridgewater (Va.). It’s his second consecutive week with 15 receptions.
TE Michael Allan, Jr., Whitworth
Allan scored three touchdowns and had five catches for 94 yards in a 43-28 win against La Verne. Two of his touchdown receptions came on fourth down.
Defense
DL Jason Trusnik, Sr., Ohio Northern
Trusnik had 12 tackles (seven solo), six tackles for loss and three sacks. He is now ONU's career sacks leader with 32. Trusnik led an ONU defense that limited Baldwin-Wallace to 133 yards of total offense, including just 43 in the second half.
DL Mike Sheldon, Jr., Albion
Sheldon recorded nine tackles (seven solo) in the Britons' 27-13 loss to UW-Oshkosh. He collected two tackles for loss, including a quarterback sack.
DL Anthony Goranson, Fr., Monmouth
Goranson had seven tackles (six solor) and six tackles for loss, two of them of St. Norbert standout running back Casey Meehan, in Monmouth’s 28-20 win. The freshman had three sacks for an average of 7.7 yards apiece.
DL Bryan Robinson, So., Wesley
Robinson had seven tackles with three for a loss in Wesley's 45-9 win against Buffalo State. Robinson also had one sack for 9 yards and four pass breakups.
LB Ross Weymiller, Sr., Coe
Weymiller had a career-high 18 tackles (10 solo) and an interception which led to the decisive field goal in Coe's 17-14 victory at Central. He also had two and a half tackles for loss and a sack.
LB Kyle Follweiler, So., Wilkes
Follweiler had a game-high 12 tackles, including 10 unassisted stops in the Colonels’ dramatic 17-14 loss to then-No. 10 Delaware Valley on Saturday. The sophomore linebacker registered three tackles for loss and also had a pass breakup.
LB Ward Brady, Jr., Elmhurst
Brady led Elmhurst’s defense with 11 tackles (six solo) including five tackles for a combined loss of 30 yards in the team’s 21-17 win over Chicago. Brady also recorded three sacks for minus-27 yards.
DB Chad Hinrichs, Sr., Buena Vista
Hinrichs tied a school record with three interceptions, including a fourth-quarter pick that he returned 55-yards for a touchdown to seal Buena Vista’s 14-0 victory over Loras. He had five tackles, four solo, and broke up two more passes.
DB Matt Price, Jr., Maryville (Tenn.)
Price tied a school record with three interceptions among a school-record seven Maryville recorded in a win against Greensboro. He added six tackles (three solo) and two more passes broken up.
DB Aaron Margo, Sr., Grove City
Margo, a senior strong safety, posted a career-high three sacks in Grove City's 15-7 loss at Thomas More. The Wolverine defense limited Thomas More to just three offensive points, 36 yards rushing and just 171 yards of total offense. Margo had three and a half tackles for loss among his 15 tackles, seven solo.
DB Joe Seep, Sr., UW-Stout
Seep had six tackles (four solo), two for loss and an interception in Stout’s 24-7 win at Springfield.
Special teams
ST Matt Sheridan, So., Moravian
Sheridan tied an NCAA Division III record by blocking three punts in Moravian’s 29-18 victory at King’s. Sheridan blocked the Monarchs’ first, fourth and seventh punts of the game. All three punts were blocked inside the King’s 30-yard line and two were inside the 15-yard line. Sheridan is the sixth player in Division III history to block three punts in a game and the first since 2002.
K Brett Kitenplon, Jr., Ithaca
Kitenplon hit eight extra-points and a 37-yard field goal in Ithaca’s 59-41 win against Hartwick. He also placed six of nine kickoffs within Hartwick’s 5-yard line.
P Jesse Harms, So., Coast Guard
Harms tied a school record with an 81-yard punt in the second quarter. The punt forced Norwich to start at the 4-yard line, after which Coast Guard blocked Norwich’s punt for a TD and a 17-0 lead. Harms averaged 52.5 yards on four punts.
RET RoShawn Johnson, Jr., East Texas Baptist
Johnson opened the game with an 84-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in ETBU's 23-20 win over Howard Payne. He later added a 77-yard TD catch that gave the Tigers a 17-10 lead they would not relinquish the rest of the way.