LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – All four SCAC football teams took the field last Saturday for week two of the 2015 regular season.
Trinity University topped Willamette 35-6 to improve to 2-0 while Southwestern University defeated McMurry 7-6 earning a 1-1 record. Austin College (1-1) fell to S'western Assemblies with a final score of 20-17 while 18th-ranked Texas Lutheran University was upset by Hardin-Simmons 35-27 to fall to 1-1.
This week's leaders:
Passing (Yards & TDs): Trenton White - Texas Lutheran (670 yards, 7 TDs)
Rushing (Yards): Jeremy Simmons - Trinity University (254 yards)
Receiving (TDs): Jekovan Holmes - Texas Lutheran (4 TDs)
Tackles: Julian Turner - Trinity (28 Total)
Austin College (1-1)
Sep. 12: vs. S'western Assemblies, L 17-20
Box Score | AC Recap | Photo Gallery
Southwestern University (1-1)
Sep. 12: @ McMurry, W 7-6
Box Score | SU Recap
Texas Lutheran University (1-1)
Sep. 12: vs. Hardin-Simmons, L 27-35
Box Score | TLU Recap
Trinity University (2-0)
Sep. 12: vs. Willamette, W 35-6
Box Score | TU Recap
This week in SCAC Football History:
(September 15 - September 21)
September 18, 2004
In a 51-27 victory over the Redlands, Trinity University broke a school-record (680 yards against Texas A&I) that had been standing since 1952, and also shattered the CAC/SCAC mark (670 yards by Trinity against Rose-Hulman in 2001) for that same record of total offense. The Tigers team piled up 701 yards of total offense with 389 of those yards coming on the ground as the front five controlled the line of scrimmage for its best team rushing performance in three years. Overall, Trinity averaged better than 10 yards per play on offense, needing just 68 plays to break 700 yards.
