56Wheaton
14North Park University
2004 season · Game 9 of 12
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Wheaton vs North Park University

Saturday, November 6, 2004Home · McCully Field · Wheaton, Ill.Attendance 3,918

Summary

Wheaton beat North Park University 56–14 at home in Wheaton, Ill. on Saturday, November 6, 2004. It was the ninth of twelve games logged in 2004, and it left Wheaton at 8-1. It was the 36th meeting with North Park University, after which Wheaton led the series 31-5. Mike Swider was in his ninth season as head coach.

Line Score

Team1234F
North Park070714
Wheaton14735056

Player Statistics

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYdsTDIntLongRating
Jeremy Chupp263378.8%2912125166.8
Frank Andrews22100.0%200012184.0

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDLong
Mark Hamstra5387.6121
Garrett Granberg11353.2113
Luke Bazacas7202.906
Frank Andrews3144.706
Skip Ast284.006
Chaz Black471.804
Jeremy Chupp263.015
Jamie Aucutt144.004
Drew Thornfeldt122.012
Kirk Sundberg221.002
Will Ahrberg100.000

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgTDLong
Colin Sinclair1619412.1225
Brad Musso8658.1015
Noah Dreyer22010.0012
Garrett Granberg11717.0017
Drew Thornfeldt11515.0015

Scoring

PlayerTDFGMPATPATAPts
Colin Sinclair200012
Andrew Day00888
Mark Hamstra10006
Garrett Granberg10006
Luke Bazacas10006
Jeremy Chupp10006
Drew Thornfeldt10006
Joe Foley10006

Defense

PlayerSoloAstTotTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFFFRBlk
Phil Montes73102.51.0021000
Mike Lindberg4260.00.0020000
Jonathan Toal1560.00.0000000
Caleb Walters2350.00.0000000
Nate Odom4042.01.0000101
Muhammad Weusi2240.00.0000000
Tom Molenkamp1340.00.0000000
Todd Travis2130.00.0110000
Ja Heckendorn1230.00.0000000
Jon Shuptar1230.00.0000000
Kirk Swanson1121.01.0000000
Tim March1120.00.0010000
Tim Cryer0220.00.0000000
Jason Isaacson0220.00.0020000
Geoff Kirkendall0220.50.0002000
Brian Griffin1011.00.0000000
Kirk McKenney0110.00.0000000
Chaz Black0110.00.0000000
Mark Hamstra0110.00.0000000
Nate Mealy0110.00.0000000
Justin Boxley0110.00.0000000
Joe Foley0000.00.0000010

Interceptions

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Todd Travis100.000

Punt Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Chaz Black26934.5054
Brad Musso15353.0053
Nate Odom13636.000

Kick Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Luke Bazacas14040.0040
Mike McKinney133.003

Fumble Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Luke Bazacas00—1—
Joe Foley00—1—

Team Stats

StatisticWheatonNorth Park University
FIRST DOWNS2716
Rushing62
Passing1912
Penalty22
NET YARDS RUSHING1362
Rushing Attempts3921
Average Per Rush3.50.1
Yards Gained Rushing14053
Yards Lost Rushing451
NET YARDS PASSING311280
Completions-Attempts-Int28-35-124-48-1
Average Per Attempt8.95.8
Average Per Completion11.111.7
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS447282
Total offense plays7469
Average Gain Per Play6.04.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost0-02-1
Penalties: Number-Yards6-636-39
PUNTS-YARDS0-06-237
Average Yards Per Punt0.039.5
Net Yards Per Punt0.011.3
Inside 2000
Touchbacks01
Fair catch00
KICKOFFS-YARDS9-5463-129
Average Yards Per Kickoff60.743.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff52.828.7
Touchbacks41
Average Per Return21.514.2
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD1-0-01-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards00
Possession Time30:2129:39
Red-Zone Scores-Chances6-70-0
Sacks By: Number-Yards3-260-0
PAT Kicks8-82-2
Field Goals0-00-0

Scoring

1st 10:53WHEATON - Sinclair, Colin 19 yd pass from Chupp, Jeremy (Day, Andrew kick)
1st 06:01WHEATON - Sinclair, Colin 11 yd pass from Chupp, Jeremy (Day, Andrew kick)
2nd 12:42NPU - Harris, Jon 34 yd pass from Haehn, Mike (Thomsen, Christ kick)
2nd 08:43WHEATON - Chupp, Jeremy 1 yd run (Day, Andrew kick)
3rd 12:56WHEATON - Bazacas, Luke 11 yd blocked punt return (Day, Andrew kick)
3rd 09:04WHEATON - Thornfeldt, Dr. 2 yd run (Day, Andrew kick)
3rd 05:15WHEATON - Hamstra, Mark 10 yd run (Day, Andrew kick)
3rd 03:40WHEATON - Foley, Joe 6 yd fumble recovery (Day, Andrew kick)
3rd 01:05WHEATON - Granberg, Ga. 2 yd run (Day, Andrew kick)
4th 01:11NPU - Harris, Jon 43 yd pass from Haehn, Mike (Thomsen, Christ kick)

Coverage

Official recap · Wheaton College Athletics, wheaton.edu

Thunder gridders defeat North Park 56-14 (Boxscore)

Wheaton, Ill. The Wheaton Thunder football team, ranked 13th in this week's American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Top 25, was a 56-14 victor over North Park University at McCully Field on Saturday afternoon. Wheaton is now 8-1 on the season and 5-1 in the CCIW, while North Park falls to 1-7 overall and 1-5 in the CCIW.

Wheaton will conclude the regular season next Saturday at Augustana (7-2/5-1 CCIW). Wheaton needs a victory over the Vikings to earn at least a share of its third consecutive CCIW Championship. If Wheaton wins next Saturday it would be assured of at least a tie with Carthage for the conference championship. The winner of the Wheaton-Augustana game will have a 6-1 league record and if Carthage (8-1/5-1 CCIW) wins at home against Elmhurst next Saturday the Redmen will tie the Wheaton-Augustana winner for the CCIW Championship. If Carthage loses to Elmhurst the Wheaton-Augustana winner will win the CCIW outright. If two teams are tied for the CCIW Championship a tiebreaker will be used to determine the recipient of the conference's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Playoffs. CLICK HERE FOR AQ TIEBREAKERS.

Wheaton recorded 447 yards of total offense with 311 passing yards and 136 rushing yards in today's victory over the Vikings. Thunder quarterback Jeremy Chupp completed 26 of his 33 passing attempts for 291 yards with two touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown. Senior Colin Sinclair (PICTURED LEFT) caught 16 passes for 194 yards with two touchdown receptions. Sinclair's 16 receptions ties Wheaton 's single-game receptions record that is also held by Mark Loeffler (against Mount Union on 11/25/95) and Pete Bylsma (against Millikin on 10/19/74). Senior Brad Musso caught eight passes for 65 yards. Senior tailback Mark Hamstra ran for 38 yards on five carries with one touchdown. Senior Garrett Granberg carried the ball 11 times for 35 yards with one touchdown.

Senior linebacker Phil Montes made a team-high 10 tackles with 2-1/2 tackles for lost yardage (-13 yards) and two passes broken-up. Senior Mike Lindberg and Jonathan Toal each made six total tackles and defensive back Caleb Walters added five total tackles. Linebacker Nate Odom (PICTURED RIGHT WITH MONTES) made four solo tackles, including a quarterback sack of -13 yards and blocked a Viking punt that resulted in a Thunder touchdown.

North Park quarterback Mike Haehn completed 24 of his 48 passing attempts for 280 yards with two touchdown passes. Jon Harris caught 11 passes for 159 yards with both of North Park 's touchdowns. Tim Rotenberry led North Park with a game-high 14 goals and Paul Mutschler added 10 tackles.

Wheaton led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter thanks to pair of touchdown passes by Chupp to Sinclair. North Park put points on the scoreboard with 12:42 left in the second quarter when Haehan threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Harris. Chupp scored on a one-yard touchdown run to give Wheaton a 21-7 lead with 8:43 remaining in the first half. The Thunder advantage remained 21-7 at halftime.

With 12:56 left in the third quarter North Park attempted a punt at its own 47-yard line. Odom blocked the punt and it was picked up by Luke Bazacas at the Viking 11-yard line and returned for a touchdown by Bazacas to increase the Wheaton lead to 28-7. A pair of touchdown runs by Drew Thornfeldt and Hamstra increased Wheaton 's lead to 42-7 with 5:15 left in the third quarter. With 3:40 left in the third quarter Odom sacked Haehn and forced a fumble that was picked up by Joe Foley and returned for a touchdown that increased the Thunder lead to 49-7. Granberg scored on a two-yard touchdown run with 1:05 left in the third quarter to increase Wheaton 's lead to 56-7. Haehn threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Harris with 1:11 left in the game to score North Park 's final points and make it a 56-14 final score.

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Sources

The score, line score and player statistics on this page come from the official box score published by Wheaton College Athletics.

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