Football: Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at #11 John Carroll (3-0 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, 1:30 pm, On Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Game: game is the fourth game of the year for ONU ... It is the first road game for the Polar Bears and the first home game for the Blue Streaks ... Ohio Northern rallied for a 34-20 Homecoming Victory over Heidelberg on Sat. during Homecoming Weekend. ... Trailing 13-3 in the final minute of the first half, QB Will Freed hit WR Reed Allen over the top on a 52-yard touchdown pass on a 4th-and-1 to pull ONU within 13-10 at intermission ... Trailing 20-10 in the third period, Ohio Northern scored the final 24 points to win the game ... Allen finished the day with four catches for a career-high 170 yards and a TD and RB Justin Magazine rushed 26 times for 154 yards and a score for ONU ... Freed completed 15-of-27 passes for 274 yards and two scores and ran 11 times for 10 yards and a TD ... LB Zach Schmerge tied a career-high with 16 tackles and S Dan Eller added a career-high 12 tackles to lead the ONU defense. HU out-gained ONU 500-442 in total offense ... ONU has 15 plays of 20 or more yards in its first three games this season. QB Will Freed has 10 completions of 30 or more yards and has a 32-yard gain on the ground. WR Reed Allen has 4 receptions of 30 or more yards and RB Justin Magazine has 4 rushes for 20 or more yards ... ONU Captains: ONU has six permanent captains this year. WR Reid Allen, RB Justin Magazine, C Ethan Joseph, WR Devon Price, DB Justin Tello and LB Zach Schmerge are the permanent captains in 2015 ... JCU won the Cuyahoga Gold Bowl with a 17-14 victory over cross-town rival Baldwin Wallace last week ... RB Arin Pruitt led the way, rushing 19 times for 114 yards and a TD ... JCU led 17-7 after three quarters and withstood a fourth quarter rally as BW crossed into JCU territory on all three of its fourth quarter possessions, but would score just 7 points ... JCU out-gained BW 304-276 in total offense ... The JCU running game is led this season by RB Arin Pruitt (66 att., 294 yards, 1 TD) and RB Rio Golphin (20 att, 109 yards). QB Jake Schaefer is 61-of-99 passing for 592 yards and 7 TDs ... WR Marshall Howell (20 rec., 241 yards, 3 TDs) leads the JCU receivers ... LB Andy Bryan, DT David Porter, LB Mason McKendrick and S Jovon Dawson lead the JCU defense with 27, 19, 18 and 18 tackles, respectively. DE Ray Brown leads JCU with 2.5 sacks.
ONU Statistical Leaders
Rushing Yds. |
Passing Yds. |
Receiving Yds. |
Tackles | Sacks | ||||||||||||||
1. | Magazine |
425 |
1. | Freed |
867 |
1. | Allen | 301 |
1. | Schmerge | 40 |
1. |
Aguliar | 2.0 |
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2. | Freed | 59 | 2. |
Price | 263 |
2. | Eller | 26 | 2. | Beverly |
1.0 |
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3. |
Holmes |
28 |
3. |
Ray | 129 |
3. |
Stout |
24 |
3. |
6 Tied With |
.5 |
All-Time Series: JCU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 17-11 margin. JCU has won the last three meetings, including a tight 17-10 decision last year in Ada.
Head Coach Dean Paul: Paul in his 12th season at ONU with a 77-38 record. He is 117-50 in 16 seasons overall and is 7-4 against JCU.