Senior Brecht Heuchan (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay) threw for 151 yards in the second half as No. 8 Randolph-Macon fell to No. 11 Cortland 49-14 in the semifinals of the Division III Football Championship.
The Yellow Jackets get another week together, not only playing in the semis for the first time, but hosting. Greg Thomas takes us inside a busy sports week on the Randolph-Macon campus in a Road to Salem feature.
Junior kicker Kyle Ihle (Apex, N.C./Middle Creek) booted a 34-yard field goal with four seconds left to give No. 8 Randolph-Macon a 39-36 victory at No. 7 Johns Hopkins in the third round of the Division III Football Championship, giving the Yellow Jackets their first appearance in the national semifinals.
No. 8 Randolph-Macon collected 565 yards of total offense, including 388 on the ground, and held the ball for more than 42 minutes while senior cornerback Brandon Evans (Frederick, Md./Frederick) picked off three passes in the first half in a 46-0 victory over No. 19 Ithaca in the second round of the Division III Football Championship.
No. 8 Randolph-Macon recorded 440 yards of total offense, including 232 on the ground, in defeating Christopher Newport 28-20 in the first round of the Division III Football Championship to earn a second-round matchup with Ithaca.
Senior running back Nick Hale (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) rushed for a career-high 154 yards, part of 516 yards of total offense, as No. 9 Randolph-Macon scored touchdowns on each of its first seven possessions in defeating Hampden-Sydney 49-10 on Senior Day for its 10th straight win in the series in the 128th edition of The Game
No. 10 Randolph-Macon amassed nearly 550 yards of total offense in a 49-16 victory at Ferrum to capture its 14th Old Dominion Athletic Conference football championship.
No. 9 Randolph-Macon scored touchdowns on five trips to the Red Zone, three on the ground by senior running back Nick Hale (Vinton, Va./William Byrd), in a 35-12 ODAC victory over Washington and Lee on Saturday afternoon.
No. 10 Randolph-Macon rushed for 290 yards, collected more than 500 yards of total offense and scored touchdowns on its first seven possessions while holding Shenandoah to 31 yards on the ground in a 48-13 ODAC victory on Saturday afternoon.
Senior linebacker Tony Skinner (Spotsylvania, Va./Riberbend) had a pair of interceptions and a fumble recovery that led to 17 points as No. 10 Randolph-Macon posted a 38-3 ODAC victory at Bridgewater on Saturday afternoon.
No. 10 Randolph-Macon amassed 490 yards of total offense, with 248 on the ground and 242 through the air, in a 59-7 victory over Averett in ODAC action on Saturday afternoon.
The Yellow Jackets are at a high-water mark in their history in the D3football.com Top 25, and have gone for 50 or more points in each of their first four games, plus 70 this past week. Brian Lester checks in on the buzz at Randolph-Macon.
No. 11 Randolph-Macon reached 70 points for the first time in 38 seasons in a 70-14 victory at Guilford on Saturday afternoon in the ODAC opener for both teams.
Senior quarterback Andrew Ihle (Apex, N.C./Middle Creek) threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as No. 14 Randolph-Macon dropped a thrilling 39-32 contest at Delaware Valley on Saturday afternoon in the Second Round of the NCAA Championship.
Junior Drew Campanale (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) threw for 256 yards and three touchdowns, and the Yellow Jacket defense blanked the Red Dragons in the second half, as No. 14 Randolph-Macon outscored SUNY Cortland 35-28 on Saturday afternoon in the First Round of the NCAA Championship.
The Yellow Jackets' first 10-0 season is also one with a quite balanced team behind it. Randolph-Macon comes in having won 24 of its last 25 games and has a chance to extend that run. Joe Sager has more in a Road to Annapolis feature.
Senior Nick Hale (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) rushed for a career-high 148 yards, junior Kwesi Clarke (Reigelwood, N.C./North Brunswick) had 118 yards on the ground, and senior David Wallace (Cedar Point, N.C./Croatan) added 120 receiving yards as No. 18 Randolph-Macon won 38-17 at Hampden-Sydney on Saturday afternoon for the ninth straight win for the Yellow Jackets over the Tigers and the first 10-win season in program history.
Senior quarterback Andrew Ihle (Apex, N.C./Middle Creek) rushed for a career-best 104 yards and four touchdowns on Senior Day as No. 16 Randolph-Macon amassed a season-high 563 yards of total offense in registering a 52-10 win over Ferrum on Saturday afternoon to clinch the ODAC championship and earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs.
One of Division III's original conferences and its newest football conference will get together for a two-game bowl series each of the first four seasons that the Landmark sponsors football.
Phil Nicolaides, who has been the defensive coordinator for Randolph-Macon for the past six seasons, comes west to Minnesota to be head coach at Macalester.
Sophomore Brecht Heuchan (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay) threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns as the 19th-ranked Randolph-Macon football team defeated Hampden-Sydney for the eighth straight time, a 37-14 victory in the 126th edition of The Game.
Sophomore Brecht Heuchan (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay) hit senior Joey Hunt (Olney, Md./Sherwood) with a three-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds remaining as the Randolph-Macon football team outscored Emory & Henry 34-31 on Saturday afternoon.
Randolph-Macon amassed 560 yards of total offense and scored three touchdowns in a three-minute stretch in a 44-21 ODAC win at Ferrum on Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore quarterback Presley Egbers (Clifton, Va./Centreville) grabbed a loose ball out of the air and scampered 13 yards for the winning touchdown in overtime as the top-seeded Randolph-Macon football team outlasted second-seeded Emory & Henry 13-10 on Saturday afternoon on Day Field.
On an exciting March Saturday in Division III football, UMHB held on to win the ASC title, Randolph-Macon defeated its archrival for the seventh time in a row, while CUW led for the best 50 seconds of the game and Hanover won on a last-minute field goal.
Sophomore quarterback Presley Egbers (Clifton, Va./Centreville) passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more as the Randolph-Macon football team blanked Hampden-Sydney 28-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Overtime wasn't put in NCAA-wide until 1996, which means we still had ties up through 1995. And one epic game, the highest-scoring tie in D-III history, took place 25 years ago today. Alumni and coaches from Catholic and Randolph-Macon tell the story of this amazing shootout, only on D3football.com.
Senior running back Tre Frederick (Angier, N.C./West Johnston) rushed for 143 yards and senior quarterback Burke Estes (Wilmington, N.C./New Hanover) threw for 218 yards and two TDs as the Randolph-Macon football team defeated Hampden-Sydney 45-3 in the 124th edition of The Game on Saturday afternoon on Day Field, the largest margin of victory for the Yellow Jackets in the history of the series.
RMC Football Falls to Cortland in NCAA Semifinals
December 09, 2023Senior Brecht Heuchan (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay) threw for 151 yards in the second half as No. 8 Randolph-Macon fell to No. 11 Cortland 49-14 in the semifinals of the Division III Football Championship.
