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Kick save gets season started off right

Rhodes receiver Brandon Box comes up with the catch off the deflection off the foot of Willamette's Nick Brickous and keeps the drive alive, leading to a game-clinching TD. It's the D3football.com Play of the Week.

We solicit video of top plays from every Division III football program and this was our top clip.

Week 1 Play of the Week finalists

Here are some great plays which deserved extra mention:


Trailing 49-48 at Whitworth in the first overtime, Central rolled the dice and went for a 2-point conversion. Kohle Helle took his first snap of the first game and rolled right looking to pass before diving across the pylon for the 50-49 win. This was the favorite of the fan vote and a very close second for the week!


Justus Drakeford took Christopher Newport from potentially trailing at half to being up by two scores as his interception return for a touchdown put CNU up 16-7 vs. Kean on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016.


Case Western Reserve's Justin Phan returns a punt 85 yards for a touchdown, giving the Spartans a 21-3 lead and putting the game out of reach for the University of Chicago. The Maroons never got closer than two scores the rest of the way in a 45-17 win.


Jayson Leigh reaches up and intercepts a Cory Benedetto pass and races 36 yards for the TD. It was one of three interceptions on the night as St. Lawrence opened the season with a 28-0 win over Morrisville.

You can see more nominated plays on our Week 1 highlights playlist below, and even more top plays on the D3sports.com YouTube channel.

Week 1 Play of the Week nominees

Use the forward and back buttons to scroll through the list below.

Sep. 4: All times Eastern
7:00 PM
Brockport at Buffalo State
7:00 PM
Carroll at UW-Eau Claire
Sep. 5: All times Eastern
6:00 PM
Concordia (Wis.) at Thiel
7:00 PM
Moravian at Muhlenberg
7:00 PM
Juniata at Gettysburg
Sep. 6: All times Eastern
TBA
Ohio Northern at Franklin
TBA
John Carroll at Waynesburg
TBA
Case Western Reserve at Rowan
TBA
Kenyon at Bluffton
TBA
TCNJ at Lycoming
TBA
Crown at Hamline
TBA
Macalester at Grinnell
12:00 PM
Grove City at Cortland
12:00 PM
Union at Susquehanna
12:00 PM
Johns Hopkins at Ithaca
12:00 PM
Utica at Washington and Jefferson
12:00 PM
Calvin at Oberlin
1:00 PM
Wooster at Wilmington
1:00 PM
Alfred State at Anderson
1:00 PM
Salisbury at Washington and Lee
1:00 PM
Ky. Christian at Brevard
1:00 PM
Carnegie Mellon at Chicago
1:00 PM
Alma at UW-River Falls
1:30 PM
Wheaton (Ill.) at Mount Union
2:00 PM
Baldwin Wallace at Wittenberg
2:00 PM
Denison at Allegheny
2:00 PM
Central at Illinois Wesleyan
2:00 PM
Wabash at St. Norbert
2:00 PM
Albion at UW-Stevens Point
2:00 PM
Augsburg at Valley City State
2:00 PM
Carleton at UW-Whitewater
2:00 PM
Millikin at Luther
2:00 PM
UW-Platteville at Aurora
2:00 PM
Beloit at Rockford
2:00 PM
Dubuque at UW-Stout
4:00 PM
UW-Oshkosh at Linfield
4:00 PM
Gustavus Adolphus at Whitworth
6:00 PM
Huntingdon at Berry
7:00 PM
DePauw at Rose-Hulman
7:00 PM
Hanover at Centre
7:00 PM
Augustana at Simpson
7:00 PM
Carthage at Lakeland
7:00 PM
North Park at Ripon
8:00 PM
Mayville St. at Concordia-Moorhead
8:00 PM
Monmouth at Wartburg
8:00 PM
Rhodes at Washington U.

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