Games of Oct. 18, 2008
Offense
QB Derek Lewis, Sr., Louisiana College
Lewis led the Wildcats to a 27-20 win over East Texas Baptist by completing 27 of 43 passes for 382 yards with three touchdowns. He led Louisiana College on touchdown drives of 99 yards, 66 yards, and two drives of 80 yards.
OL Sean Keith, Keith Lageman, Greg Frey, Clayton Garrigus, Tim Mosley, Thomas More
The Saints' line helped Thomas More run for 351 yards on 46 carries in a 35-14 win against Grove City, a hundred yards over the team's average.
RB Matt Jimenez, So., Montclair State
Jimenez gained 192 yards rushing on just 12 carries for an average of 16.0 yards per rush in a 45-28 win against Buffalo State. He also registered a pair of touchdown runs (7, and 37 yards apiece), including a score in the fourth quarter which gave MSU a 31-28 lead that they would not relinquish. Jimenez, who entered the game with only 29 career rushing yards
RB Adam Anderson, Jr., Whitworth
Anderson tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns in a 35-7 win against Whitworth and had 26 carries for 214 yards.
WR Wesley Idlette, Fr., Maryville (Tenn.)
Idlette caught nine passes for 149 yards in a 38-31 loss to Christopher Newport.
WR Jon Gubish, Jr., Westminster (Pa.)
Gubish had career highs in both catches (11) and receiving yards (104) in Westminster's 46-43 win over Bethany for the largest comeback in school history after the Titans trailed 28-0 in the first quarter and 43-29 in the fourth quarter. His 19-yard catch on fourth-down-and-10 advanced the Titans to the Bethany 22-yard line before Westminster kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired.
WR Aaron Rusch, So., UW-Whitewater
Rusch caught eight passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns in UW-Whitewater's 44-3 win against UW-Oshkosh.
Defense
DL Jacob Bloomhuff, Jr., Washington and Jefferson
Bloomhuff had three and a half tackles for loss and two and a half sacks in the Presidents' 72-20 win against St. Vincent. The Presidents allowed minus-90 rushing yards.
DL Zach Sanchez, Sr., Hampden-Sydney
Sanchez forced two fumbles and had 12 tackles, eight solo and three for loss in a 39-29 win at Washington and Lee.
DL Paul Cynewski, Sr., Salisbury
Cynewski registered four sacks for 30 yards and had six tackles in a 39-15 win against Lake Erie.
LB Kyle Gesswein, So., Delaware Valley
Gesswein had career highs of 17 tackles (10 solo) and 3.5 sacks and also blocked a punt which led to Delaware Valley's first score in a 19-14 loss to FDU-Florham. He led an Aggie defense that held the Devils to just 227 yards of total offense.
LB Alex Mierau, Sr., Luther
Mierau racked up 19 total tackles, 15 of them solo, in the Norse's 6-3 win against Buena Vista.
LB Courtney Pearson, Sr., Trine
Pearson had two and a half sacks and four and a half tackles for loss among his 21 tackles (six solo) as Trine defeated Olivet 21-10.
LB Blake Roemer, Jr., UW-La Crosse
Roemer had three sacks and forced a fumble in UW-L's 37-6 victory over UW-Platteville. The Eagles recorded seven sacks overall, their most since the 2000 season.
DB Tom Flynn, Sr., Concordia-Moorhead
Flynn finished the game with a team-high 10 tackles, including seven solo tackles. He was credited with one forced fumble and two pass breakups in a 40-18 win against Augsburg, in which the Auggies were held to a season-low 275 yards.
DB Lance Stone, Jr., Louisiana College
Stone had a game-high 13 tackles in a 27-20 win against East Texas Baptist, as well as an interception in the end zone with the Wildcats leading 20-13 with five minutes remaining.
DB Brad Bodine, Jr., Moravian
Bodine registered eight tackles with solo stops and had an interception that included a 33-yard return that set up a field goal for Moravian's first lead of the game. Bodine finished the game with two passes defended after breaking up a pass on F&M’s first drive in the fourth quarter after Moravian had taken the 23-20 lead it would end the game with.
DB Nick Yahl, Sr., Mount St. Joseph
Yahl recorded three of the team's conference-record seven interceptions in a 37-19 win against Hanover, and had five solo tackles to boot.
Special teams
K Scott Birkhofer, Sr., Linfield
Birkhofer was a perfect 7-for-7 on extra points and had two field goals from beyond 50 yards, with a long of 56, in the Wildcats' 55-7 win against Lewis and Clark.
P Monte Morales, So., Sul Ross State
Morales punted six times for a 47.8-yard average in a 21-17 win against McMurry. Three of the six landed inside the 20-yard line.
RET Larry Beavers, Sr., Wesley
Beavers ran the opening kick back 79 yards for a touchdown. Later in the game, he dove over a defender and the pylon to cap a 43-yard punt return touchdown in the Wolverines 48-0 win over Newport News.