SUWANEE, Ga. - With its comeback win at Trinity, the DePauw Tigers clinched a share of its second straight SCAC championship and the league's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division III Football Championship. DePauw also became the first team in Division III to earn a playoff bid in the process.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College took 24 hours and 15 minutes to complete its Homecoming game against Rhodes College over the weekend with severe weather suspending Saturday’s contest to Sunday morning, and in the end the ‘Roos used a 17 yard touchdown pass from Travis Zambiasi to Greg Harrell with 1:07 left in the game to pull out a 17-16 victory to improve to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the SCAC. After play was suspended with 3:18 left in the first quarter and no score on Saturday, the ‘Roos and Lynx picked things up on Sunday and wasted little time putting points on the board. The ‘Roos got an early field goal from Mitch Anderson and after Rhodes answered with a field goal of their own, Matt Finke stepped in front of a pass and raced 76 yards the other way for a pick six to make it a 10-3 game. Rhodes would come back with 13 straight points to make it 16-10 with less than three minutes to play, but the ‘Roos moved methodically down the field to set up Zambiasi’s game winning toss to Harrell in the back of the endzone. Zambiasi completed 9-of-13 passes for 157 yards and added 81 yards rushing on 16 carries. Harrell was responsible for most of those passing yards, hauling in five completions for 126 yards. Finke finished with seven tackles to go along with his pick, and Kenneth Eneh made 16 tackles and forced and recovered a fumble in the win. Austin College is off this Saturday and will return to action on November 6 against DePauw.
Entering the game with one conference loss apiece, Centre fell 30-18 to Millsaps Saturday, Oct. 23 at Farris Stadium in Danville, Ky. The game was played as part of Centre's Homecoming weekend and marks the fifth straight defeat to the Majors. The loss also evens the overall series at 11 wins apiece between the two schools. Centre was limited to season-lows in total offensive plays (59), total offensive yards (290), rushing attempts (29), rushing yards (107), first downs (18) and time of possession (23:45). The loss was also the first for Centre on Homecoming since 2006 when the Colonels fell 17-10 to Trinity. Centre will next take to the road to play Rhodes Saturday, Oct. 30 in Memphis, Tenn.
A Greg Harrell 17 yard touchdown reception with 1:07 remaining in the fourth quarter, rallied Austin College to a 17-16 win over Rhodes, in a game played in Sherman, Texas on Sunday, October 24th. The game was resumed after being suspended at the 3:18 mark of the first quarter on Saturday, October 23rd, because of severe lightning in the Sherman area. Rhodes led for the majority of the second half and extended their lead to 16-10 on Lucas Stockhausen's 3rd field goal of the day, from 28 yards with 2:53 to play. Austin College started their game winning drive from their own 28 yard-line and marched 72 yards in 6 plays for the winning score. The game winning touchdown was the only offensive touchdown the Kangaroos could score against a stingy Lynx defense, led by senior linebacker Andrew Meier. Meier recorded a team high 12 tackles, and returned a fumble 19 yards.
A 28-point second quarter by Birmingham-Southern doomed Sewanee, as the host Panthers ran away with the win, 50-10. The Tigers turned in a sharper offensive performance than what they’ve had most of the season, but Birmingham-Southern was able to capitalize on several Sewanee miscues to seal up the victory. Statistically, the Tigers were much improved this week. Sewanee totaled 265 yards of offense, while the Panthers tallied 353. The Tigers gained 128 yards on the ground and 137 in the air. Schurlknight finished the day 10 for 17 passing with two interceptions. Cleveland led the Tigers’ receiving corps with 56 yards on five catches. He gained 123 all-purpose yards after running for 32 yards and returning kickoffs 35 yards as well. Wilson led the Sewanee rushing attack with 99 yards on 20 attempts. The Tigers fall to 1-7 on the season and head to Jackson, Mississippi to take on the Millsaps Majors on Saturday.
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