Games of Oct. 22, 2005
Offense
QB Brett Elliott, Sr., Linfield
Elliott completed 17 of 22 passes, throwing for six TDs for the second time this season. Linfield amassed a season-high 566 yards of offense. He played the first half and one series of the second half in Linfield's lopsided 62-7 win over Puget Sound.
OL Jason Bockey, Mike Schwartz, Kevin Thomas, Zach Walton, Devin Russell, Ohio Northern
The line paved the way for 217 rushing yards against the nation's best team against the run (allowing 44 yards per game), as ONU ended Mount Union's 110-game regular season win streak.
RB Phil Porta, Jr., Bethel
Porta set Bethel's all-time rushing record by rushing for 202 yards against a Cobber run defense that had averaged giving up only 55.7 yards per game. Porta's first carry of the afternoon was the record breaker when he scampered for a 79-yard TD run. Porta now has 3,571 career rushing yards on 631 carries (5.7 yards per carry).
RB Jake Sheffield, So., Delaware Valley
Sheffield made his first collegiate start a memorable one as he carried the ball 23 times for a career-high 173 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-14 victory over Susquehanna. His touchdowns went for 15 and 22 yards.
WR Jeff Green, Sr., Kalamazoo
Green set a school record with 223 receiving yards and tied the mark with four touchdowns on his 13 receptions in a 38-37 upset of Alma.
WR Chris Barnette, Jr., Guilford
Barnette had a career-high 13 receptions and a school-record 200 receiving yards in the Quakers' 28-26 last-second victory over first-place Washington and Lee. Barnette scored two touchdowns, both in the decisive fourth quarter, including the game-winning score from 12 yards out on fourth down with three seconds remaining.
WR Jim Leszczynski, Sr., UW-Whitewater
Leszczynski caught 12 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns in three quarters of a 63-28 win against UW-Platteville.
Defense
DL Dustin Allen, Jr., Trinity (Texas)
Allen led a defense that allowed only seven points, recording three sacks in the first half against Centre on Saturday. He finished with six tackles (all solo), four for loss and a forced fumble.
DL Dustin Hertel, Sr., DePauw
Hertel had eight tackles (all solo) with two sacks. Both of his sacks forced fumbles in 51-14 win over Millsaps.
DL Anthony Silver, Jr., Delaware Valley
Silver was in the Susquehanna backfield all afternoon as he finished with 10 tackles (nine solo), including four for losses of 15 yards. He also added two forced fumbles (both recovered by Delaware Valley) and a sack.
DL Kevin Culbert, Sr., Frostburg State
Culbert made a season-high 11 tackles, including five and a half for loss and a career-high four nad a half sacks, in a 45-9 win over Seton Hill
LB Brian Steinert, Sr., Rhodes
Steinert sparked Rhodes' 35-7 win over Colorado College with two interception returns for touchdowns. Steinert's first interception came at the 13:25 mark of the second quarter to tie the game at 7-7. Steinert then extended the Lynx lead to three touchdowns, with his 85 yard interception return with 50 seconds remaining in the first half. Steinert had eight tackles (four solo), half a tackle for loss, a quarterback hurry and the two interceptions.
LB Adam Neitzel, So., UW-La Crosse
Neitzel recorded a school record 29 tackles in UW-L's 27-20 double overtime loss at UW-Eau Claire. The 29 tackles breaks the UW-L record of 27 held by Chuck Woodke vs. UW-Eau Claire (Oct. 20, 1979), as well as the Division III record held by Kenyon's Casey McConnell. Neitzel had 13 solo tackles in the game, one and a half tackles for loss and a sack.
LB Mark Carlisle, Sr., Thomas More
Carlisle 17 tackles (14 solo), his second consecutive game with 15 or more. The Saints held Anderson to just 112 yards passing in the 38-14 win.
DB Alex Markel, So., Union
Markel returned an interception for 76 yards and a touchdown with 31 seconds remaining in regulation to lift Union to a 7-0 victory over Coast Guard. He also had two tackles, one for a loss, a pass deflection, and a fumble recovery that came at the Union 38 midway through the third quarter. It was his first start at safety this season.
DB Ben Leuthold, Sr., Coast Guard
Leuthold and the Coast Guard defense held Union 265 yards below its season average and shut the Dutchmen offense out in a 7-0 loss. Leuthold had 18 tackles (12 solo), three for loss, and also broke up four passes and had two interceptions.
DB Rusty Midlam, Sr., Ohio Northern
Midlam had a school record-tying three interceptions, incluing one in the end zone to thwart a scoring opportunity, in Ohio Northern's 21-14 victory at Mount Union. Midlam has seven interceptions this year and has a school-record 20 for his career.
DB Aharon Kiett, Jr., Kean
Kiett tied a school record with three interceptions in Kean's 35-14 loss to Rowan. He also notched four total tackles, including three solo stops in the contest.
Special teams
K Ben Scott, Jr., Johns Hopkins
Scott gave the Blue Jays the lead with a 42-yard field goal with 9:53 left in a 13-10 win at Muhlenberg. He was 2-for-2 on field goals in the win, connecting from 42 and 36 yards
P Tim Eskridge, Sr., Lycoming
Eskridge, punting on a short field, averaged eight kicks for 37 yards and dropped four inside the Lebanon Valley 20-yard line in a 7-6 win. Three times he punted from inside Lebanon Valley territory, once from midfield and once from his own 49-yard line.
RET Arwin Gbolie, Sr., Dickinson
Gbolie set a school record with 133 yards on kickoff returns against Franklin & Marshall. He returned the opening kick 85 yards for a score and later added an 88-yard rushing TD.
ST Pat Quinlan, Sr., Plymouth State
Quinlan blocked the extra point attempt after Husson's first two touchdowns in a 21-19 Plymouth State win. He also had five tackles on defense.