Games of Sept. 26-28, 2008
Offense
QB Jordan Berg, Sr., Augsburg
Berg completed 37 of 53 passes for 397 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, leading the Auggie offense to touchdowns on its first five drives to build a 35-14 halftime lead, en route to a 49-21 win over St. Olaf.
OL Ralph Stambaugh, Mike Cebrosky, Rob Shedlosky, Mike Long, Mike Lewis, Delaware Valley
The line paved the way for a 41-point, 487-yard effort against No. 6 Salisbury. They allowed just one sack in 35 opportunities and exceeded their rushing average by 29 yards.
RB Adam Reutzel, Sr., Simpson
Reutzel ran 23 times for 209 and two touchdowns, becoming the first Simpson running back since 1998 to rush for at least 100 yards in four consecutive games. He also punted four times with a 47-yard average in a 28-9 win against Luther.
RB Adam Anderson, Jr., Whitworth
Anderson set a school record with 324 all-purpose yards in Saturday's win at previously unbeaten Chapman. He tied a school record with four total touchdowns. His final touchdown, an 8-yard reception in the fourth quarter, was a diving effort on fourth down. He finished with 144 yards on 23 carries and five receptions for 56 yards.
WR Brandon Fox, Jr., Delaware Valley
Fox, who had just one career catch (TD against Wesley) coming into the game, had spectacular touchdowns of 53 and 50 yards in the Aggies' win against No. 6 Salisbury.
WR Kody LeMond, So., Wabash
LeMond tied the Wabash and North Coast Athletic Conference records with four touchdown receptions. His 228 receiving yards was the second-highest total for a Wabash receiver in school history. LeMond has topped 100 receiving yards in each of his first three career starts.
TE Pedro Sosa, Jr., Rochester
Sosa caught a 5-yard TD pass from freshman Braezen Subick with 29 seconds to play as Rochester defeated Union, 29-25. In the fourth quarter, Sosa caught seven balls for 62 yards. He had four catches for 25 yards in the winning TD drive. He opened Rochester's scoring with a 16-yard TD catch from Subick.
Defense
DL Denarold Anderson, Sr., Millsaps
Anderson had a team-high eight tackles, including a sack for minus-9 yards, to lead a Millsaps defense that surrendered just 135 yards of total offense at Rhodes in a 49-2 win.
DL Austin Rodgers, So., Albion
Rodgers was credited with eight tackles (four solo and four assists). He collected two tackles for loss, including a quarterback sack, knocked down a pass, and he blocked Central's extra-point attempt following its first touchdown in a 13-12 loss.
DL Alex Fitch, Jr., DePauw
Fitch had five tackles and blocked an extra-point attempt and a field goal in the Tigers' 27-20 win against Sewanee.
LB Kyle Supianoski, Jr., UW-Whitewater
Supianoski compiled eight tackles, seven solo, one and a half for loss and broke up a pass in the Warhawks' 60-7 win at Puget Sound.
LB Matt Wenger, Jr., North Central (Ill.)
Wenger led North Central in tackles for a third straight week (12, seven solo), including two of the team's nine tackles for loss and half a sack. The Cardinals' defense limited Olivet to 229 total yards.
LB Cornell Hunt, Sr., Montclair State
Hunt notched a game-high 18 tackles while helping to limit visiting Brockport to just 2.5 yards per rush in the Red Hawks’ 16-14 victory. With his second double-digit tackle game of the season, he has registered 10 or more tackles in 11 of his last 13 games.
LB Matt DeGrand, Jr., Wooster
DeGrand registered a career-high 17 tackles (six solo), one and a half for loss in a 21-10 win against Denison. This season, he has 12 more tackles than anybody else on a Wooster defense, which has given up just 18 points through three games.
DB Matt Stack, Sr., Rochester
Stack broke up a pass in the end zone as time expired to help Rochester preserve a 29-25 victory over Union, Rochester's first in Schenectady since 1987. Both of Stack's pass breakups occured in the fourth quarter. He had seven tackles, five solo, and two tackles for loss.
DB Chris Copeland, Sr., Colby
Copeland led the Mules in tackles for the second straight week (11 total, 10 solo) in a 24-19 win over Middlebury, the defending NESCAC champs.
DB Zack Sloan, Jr., Centre
Sloan recorded five tackles (three solo), intercepted two passes, broke up another one and recovered a fumble in a 22-17 win against Austin. Sloan's first interception ended the Kangaroo's second drive of the day at the Centre 2-yard line. He later recovered a fumble at the Colonels' 32-yard line at the end of the first half and picked off his second pass at the end of the game to end Austin's comeback attempt at Centre's 15-yard line.
DB Conor Quinn, Sr., Trinity (Conn.)
Quinn intercepted two passes, each inside Trinity territory. He returned one 17 yards into Williams territory to set up the game-winning touchdown in a 20-17 victory.
Special teams
K Jeffrey Lang, Sr., Cortland State
Lang made a 34-yard field goal, was 3-for-3 on extra points and caught a two-point conversion pass from the Red Dragons' holder on a broken play in a 32-28 win at Kean. He also caught five passes for 104 yards and a touchdown from his tight end position.
P Nathaniel Fitzsimmons, Sr., Trine
Fitzsimmons had five punts for a 45-yard average and a 44.8-yard net in Trine's 30-27 upset win against Franklin. Four of his punts landed inside the 20. One punt was fumbled and recovered on the 1-yard line which led to a Trine touchdown.
RET Caleb Urban, Jr., Trinity (Texas)
Urban's 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half turned a close game into a 21-3 lead for the visiting Tigers. Urban's first career return touchdown is the first for a Trinity player since his older brother, D3football.com All-American Jerheme Urban, returned a 91-yard kickoff for a score in the 2002 playoffs against St. John's.