Games of Nov. 2-3, 2001
Offense
QB Steve Slowke, Jr., Alma
Slowke was 33-for-48 passing for 339 yards and three touchdowns and ran 21 times for 119 yards and another touchdown in a 38-13 win against Adrian. He also has set the single season record for total offense, with 4,168 yards.
OL Menlo, T Chris Jones, Fr.; G Jason Puccinelli, Sr.; C Lucas Ortiz, Sr.; G Arthur Taylor, Fr.; T Doss Barnes, Jr.
The Menlo line did not allow a sack for the first time all season, and Zamir Amin, in his return to the starting lineup, celebrated with 328 passing yards and led the Oaks to 471 yards of total offense in a 58-7 win against La Verne.
RB Jeremy Boyce, Jr., Trinity (Texas)
Boyce broke a 28-year-old school record in a 38-7 win against Sewanee, rushing 28 times for 305 yards and three touchdowns.
RB Daniel Grove, Jr., Wittenberg
Grove ran for 204 yards on just 23 carries, good for an 8.9 yards per carry average. He added three touchdowns — a 30-yard run in the first quarter, a 3-yard burst early in the fourth quarter and a game-breaking 59-yard jaunt with 8:20 left in the game.
WR Nate Jackson, Sr., Menlo
Jackson caught 13 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns in a 58-7 win against La Verne. For the season, he has 88 catches for 1321 yards and 15 touchdowns.
WR Michael Coleman, Sr., Widener
Coleman caught 11 balls for a career-high 238 yards and three touchdowns as undefeated and No. 2 Widener picked up a 69-26 victory against Juniata. The win was Widener's ninth overall and clinched the Pioneers' conference-leading 15th and second straight Middle Atlantic Conference title. Coleman went over 200 yards for the third time in his career and second game in a row. His touchdowns spanned 43, 73 and a one-handed off-balanced 13-yard catch.
TE Josh Liddell, Jr., Mount Union
Liddell caught a career-high seven passes for 97 yards in a 17-3 win against Baldwin-Wallace.
Defense
DL Paul Schmitt, Sr., UW-Stevens Point
Schmitt made eight total tackles (seven solo), including four tackles for loss, two sacks, in a 28-14 win against UW-Platteville. Stevens Point held Platteville's passing attack (No. 1 in nation at 375 yards per game entering the day) to 210 yards with a strong pass rush.
DL Tim Corr, Sr., Westfield State
Corr recorded 10 tackles, including four for losses totaling 37 yards, two sacks, a forced fumble, and a pass deflection in a 34-30 win against No. 18 Worcester State. He also punted 10 times for a 37.5-yard average.
DL Kevin Watson, Jr., Occidental
Watson had six total tackles (three solo), including two sacks and another tackle for loss. He also blocked a punt, coming through the center of the Cal Lutheran line in a 30-27 win.
DL Austin Crow, So., UW-Eau Claire
Crow was in on every Blugold sack, registering three in six total tackles as the Blugolds held UW-La Crosse to 66 yards rushing and 178 yards passing and just one score in a 10-7 win that gave the Blugolds at least a share of their second WIAC title in four years. He also broke up two passes.
LB Josh Stanton, Jr., Wabash
Stanton helped Wabash to a 49-12 win over Denison, the sixth consecutive win for the Little Giants. Stanton's 4½ sacks (as part of seven total tackles, five solo) were part of a school-record 10 sacks by Wabash on Saturday.
LB Curt Hartman, Jr., Ohio Northern
Hartman posted a team-high 17 tackles (10 solo, two for loss) as the ONU defense held Capital 17 points below its season average in a 43-17 win.
LB Doug Luciano, Jr., Cortland State
Luciano recorded 13 tackles (six solo), including one for loss in a 37-20 win against Kean. He also intercepted two passes and broke up another.
DB Erik Hammar, Sr., Muhlenberg
Hammar picked off four passes, the most by a Muhlenberg player since 1942, in the Mules' 63-13 win at Hartwick. He also broke up another.
DB Mark Tilki, So., Tufts
Tilki intercepted passes on three consecutive Colby possessions in the third quarter to help Tufts hold on to a 10-3 lead. Late in the second quarter, he had recovered Tufts' second blocked punt of the day to set up the game's only touchdown on the next play, a 23-yard run by Tufts junior back Chuck McGraw. He also broke up five other passes.
DB Ros Lee, So., Montclair State
Lee recorded seven solo tackles, broke up three passes and had an interception in a 31-7 win against New Jersey City.
DB B.J. Hogan, Fr., Widener
Hogan led a defense that forced 12 Juniata turnovers, one shy of the NCAA record, which the offense went on to convert to 43 of a school-record 69 points. Hogan made a school-record three interceptions, broke up three passes, recovered a fumble and made two tackles. The defense was only on the field for a total of 16 minutes.
Special teams
K Matt Deter, Sr., Chapman
Deter's 51-yard field goal with five seconds remaining gave Chapman a 27-25 win against NAIA Top 25 Azusa Pacific. Deter was also perfect on three extra-point attempts, as well as a 32-yard field goal, while averaging more than 60 yards in the air on five kickoffs.
P Charlie Carr, Jr., St. John's
Carr punted five times for a 48.2 average in a 28-14 win against Concordia-Moorhead on Nov. 3. The 48.2 punting average was the sixth-best average in SJU single-game history. Carr's longest punt in the game was 65 yards.
RET Chris McKinney, Jr., Guilford
McKinney scored a career-high three touchdowns in the Quakers' 32-23 win against Catholic. He put Guilford on the board with his NCAA Division III record-tying fourth punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter. He becomes the fifth Division III player to return four punts for a touchdown and the first since Ferrum's Chris Warren did it in 1989. He also hauled in a 21-yard scoring pass late in the third quarter to give the visitors a 26-10 lead. McKinney recovered a muffed punt on the Cardinals' 19-yard line with 6:42 left in the game. The recovery set up his second TD reception of the day, a key score on fourth and goal from the 9-yard line with 3:53 remaining. The touchdown ended a 13-0 Catholic rally.