Wheaton 34, North Central College 31 · Wheaton Football History

Oct 25, 2014 · 7:00 PM · Wheaton, Ill. · CCIW game · Attendance 4,552

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Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	F
North Central College	6	10	0	15	31
Wheaton	3	14	14	3	34

Wheaton Player Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds ▾	TD	Int	Long	Rating
Johnny Peltz	22	28	78.6%	236	2	0	30	172.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Johnny Peltz	22	83	3.8	0	8
Keegan Kemp	6	54	9.0	1	17
Danny Puknaitis	9	52	5.8	1	13
Jesse Geary	8	40	5.0	0	12

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Keegan Kemp	7	96	13.7	1	22
Luke Thorson	4	67	16.8	0	30
Zach Lindquist	2	18	9.0	0	10
Matt Norton	1	15	15.0	0	15
Matt Mitchell	2	13	6.5	1	9
Jesse Geary	2	12	6.0	0	10
Danny Puknaitis	3	9	3.0	0	8
Brandon Gray	1	6	6.0	0	6

Scoring

Player	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts ▾
Keegan Kemp	2	0	0	0	12
Sam Cote	0	2	4	4	10
Danny Puknaitis	1	0	0	0	6
Matt Mitchell	1	0	0	0	6

Defense

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot ▾	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH
Logan McRae	4	8	12	1.0	0.0	0	0	1
Mikey Swider	6	5	11	1.0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan Dornbush	3	5	8	1.0	0.0	0	0	0
Adam Dansdill	1	7	8	0.0	0.0	0	1	0
Mitch Warren	2	4	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Jared Todd	1	4	5	1.0	1.0	0	0	2
Wes Cannonier	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Aldrin	0	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Michael Risher	3	0	3	1.0	0.0	0	0	0
Danny Puknaitis	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Caleb Ashby	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
David Suominen	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Mendez	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	0
Jackson Brown	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Andrew Haines	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Ben Shaw	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Luke Sahly	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Alex Mendez	1	0	0.0	0	0

Field Goals

Player	FGM ▾	FGA	Pct	Long	Blk
Sam Cote	2	2	100.0%	37	0

Punting

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Sam Cote	1	38	38.0	38	0	1	—

Kickoffs

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Andrew Haines	6	325	54.2	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Keegan Kemp	4	91	22.8	0	24
Matt Norton	1	20	20.0	0	20

Scoring Summary

1st 10:55	NCC - Kuhl 4 yd pass from Warden (Zavaglia kick failed) 9 plays, 81 yards, TOP 4:05
1st 06:41	WHEATON - Cote 37 yd field goal 9 plays, 50 yards, TOP 4:14
2nd 14:19	NCC - Zavaglia 22 yd field goal 13 plays, 57 yards, TOP 7:22
2nd 11:30	WHEATON - Kemp 13 yd pass from Peltz (Cote kick) 7 plays, 76 yards, TOP 2:49
2nd 07:36	NCC - O. Brown 8 yd run (Zavaglia kick), 8 plays, 63 yards, TOP 3:54
2nd 03:21	WHEATON - Kemp 9 yd run (Cote kick), 10 plays, 74 yards, TOP 4:15
3rd 08:51	WHEATON - Mitchell 9 yd pass from Peltz (Cote kick) 14 plays, 87 yards, TOP 6:09
3rd 01:26	WHEATON - Puknaitis 4 yd run (Cote kick), 15 plays, 83 yards, TOP 6:46
4th 11:23	NCC - O. Brown 3 yd run (Warden rush), 11 plays, 60 yards, TOP 5:03
4th 04:53	NCC - Ulmer 59 yd pass from Warden (Zavaglia kick) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:18
4th 00:00	WHEATON - Cote 29 yd field goal 13 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:53

Team Statistics

Statistic	Wheaton	North Central College
Total	28	21
Rushing	14	14
Passing	13	7
Penalty	1	0
Total (Net)	228	220
Attempts	46	42
Avg. Per Rush	5.0	5.2
Rushing TDs	2	2
Yds. Gained	232	237
Yds. Lost	4	17
Total (Net)	236	179
Comp.-Att.-Int.	22 - 28 - 0	8 - 15 - 1
Att.	8.4	11.9
Comp.	10.7	22.4
TDs	2	2
Yards	464	399
Plays	74	57
Play	6.3	7.0
Fumbles - Lost	0 - 0	0 - 0
Penalties - Yds.	8 - 49	1 - 15
Punts - Yds.	1-38	0-0
Punt	38.0	0
Inside 20	0	0
50+ Yds.	0	0
Touchbacks	1	0
Fair Catch	0	0
Total - Yds.	6 - 325	6 - 355
Kickoff	54.2	59.2
Touchbacks	0	1
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Return	0	0
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs	5 - 111 - 0	6 - 126 - 0
Return	22.2	21.0
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs	1-0-0	0-0-0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Misc. Yards	0	0
Poss. Time	33:24	26:36
3rd. Down Conv.	9 of 12	6 of 10
4th. Down Conversions	1 of 1	2 of 2
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances	6 - 6	4 - 4
Sacks: Total - Yds.	1 - 4	0 - 0
PAT: Total - Made	4 - 4	2 - 3
2PT Conversion: Total - Made	0 - 0	1 - 1
Field Goals: Total - Made	2 - 2	1 - 2

Game Recap

Wheaton College Athletics

#11-Wheaton defeats #12-North Central in a thrilling Battle for the Little Brass Bell

Wheaton, Ill. - The #11-Thunder football team emerged with a dramatic 34-31 victory against #12-ranked North Central on Saturday night at McCully Stadium in the Battle for the Little Brass Bell. Wheaton earned the victory in tonight's tightly contested matchup on a 29-yard field goal by Thunder senior Sam Cote as time expired, breaking a 31-31 tie.

The Thunder offense totaled 464 yards tonight, with 236 passing yards and 228 rushing yards. Wheaton's effort was aided by an offensive line that was outstanding tonight as the unit help Wheaton control the line of scrimmage throughout the contest.

North Central recorded 399 yards of offense with 220 yards on the ground and 179 passing yards.

Sophomore quarterback Johnny Peltz completed 22 of his 28 passing attempts for 236 yards and two touchdown tosses. The sophomore also led the Thunder in rushing with 83 yards on 22 carries. Junior Keegan Kemp caught seven passes for 96 yards, with one touchdown. Kemp also averaged nine yards per carry as he rushed for 54 yards on six carries, with a nine-yard touchdown run. Luke Thorson caught four passes for 67 yards.

Adam Dansdill (PICTURED LEFT WITH CALEB ASHBY) and Jordan Dornbush led the Thunder defense with eight total tackles apiece. Logan McRae and Mikey Swider each recorded seven total tackles with a tackle for lost yardage. Senior captains Mitch Warren and Jared Todd each made five total tackles and Todd tallied a quarterback sack of four yards.

North Central running back Oshayne Brown ran for 142 yards on 21 carries, with two touchdown runs. Quarterback Dylan Warden threw for 179 yards as he completed eight of his 15 passing attempts with two touchdown passes and an interception. Peter Mann led the Cardinals' defense with 13 tackles and Justin Stuursma recorded 10 total tackles.

North Central took an early 6-0 lead with 10:55 left in the first quarter as the Cardinals opened the game with a nine-play drive of 81 that culminated with a four-yard touchdown pass by Warden. The PAT that followed the Cardinals' touchdown was no good. Wheaton countered on its first drive of the game with a nine-play drive of 50 yards. Cote (PICTURED LEFT) converted a 37-yard field goal to conclude the drive for a 6-3 lead for the Cardinals with 6:41 remaining in the first quarter.

On the Cardinals' next drive the guests methodically used 7:22 off the in a 13-play drive of 57 yards that concluded with a 22-yard field goal by Dom Zavaglia that gave the Cardinals a 9-3 lead. Wheaton responded with an impressive drive that featured strong passing plays. The Thunder had the ball at the North Central 38-yard line when Peltz connected with Thorson on a 30-yard reception to put the Thunder in the red zone. Peltz then responded with a 13-yard touchdown pass through the NCC defense to Kemp (PICTURED RIGHT) in the end zone to give the hosts a 10-9 lead with 11:30 remaining in the first half. The two teams continued trading scores in the first half when Brown scored on an eight-yard touchdown as the Cardinals regained the lead with a 16-10 advantage with 7:36 left in the second quarter.

Wheaton responded on the ensuing drive with a nine-yard touchdown run by Kemp with 3:21 remaining in the first half for a 17-16 Wheaton lead. Kemp's touchdown was set up two plays earlier on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Peltz (PICTURED RIGHT) to Kemp. The Wheaton defense stood strong in the ensuing drive to provide the first drive of the game that did not result in a score. The Cardinals had the ball at the NCC 31-yard line when Warden completed a 35-yard pass to Demarco Tillman to put the guests at the Wheaton 34-yard line with 58-seconds remaining in the first half. Warden reached Wheaton's 28-yard line on a six-yard run to give the Cardinals a second down with four yards to go. Todd, the Thunder defensive end, forced pressure on Warren to force an incomplete pass and setup third-and-four. Mikey Swider pushed through the NCC defense to tackle Warden on a loss of one yard, setting up fourth-and-five with 11-seconds remaining in the first half. A 46-yard field goal attempt by Zavaglia missed to allow Wheaton to maintain a 17-16 lead at the halftime intermission.

Wheaton took the third-quarter kickoff and patiently moved the ball down the field on the opening drive of the second half. The drive culminated with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Peltz to Matt Mitchell to increase Wheaton's lead to 24-16 with 8:51 remaining in the third quarter. On the second play of the ensuing NCC drive, Warden's pass was intercepted by Thunder defensive back Alex Mendez at the Wheaton 17-yard line. The Thunder capitalized on Mendez's interception with an eight-play drive of 15 yards that ended with a four-yard touchdown run by Danny Puknaitis to increase Wheaton's lead to 31-16 with 1:26 left in the third quarter.

North Central took advantage of its next possession, resulting in a three-yard touchdown run by Brown. Brown's touchdown cut Wheaton's lead to 31-24 with 11:23 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Thunder drive that followed Brown's touchdown was Wheaton's first drive result in a Thunder punt. North Central took advantage as Warden connected with Alex Ulmer on a 59-yard touchdown pass to cut Wheaton's lead to 31-29 with 4:53 remaining in the game. Warden reached the end zone on a two-point conversion that followed the touchdown to tie the game at 31-31.

The offense and the Thunder offensive line continued its impressive methodical play in the final drive of the game. The drive started at Wheaton's 32-yard line and on third-and-five Peltz hit Zach Lindquist with a 10-yard pass to keep the drive alive with 4:03 remaining in the game. Jesse Geary had a 12-yard run to put the ball in NCC territory at the 41-yard line with 3:17 left in the game.

On third-and-10 Kemp (PICTURED LEFT) had a nine-yard reception that gave the Thunder a fourth-and-short at the NCC 32-yard line with 1:55 remaining in the game. The Thunder opted to attempt a fourth-down play and Peltz gained two yards to give Wheaton a key first-and-ten at the NCC 30-yard line. Wheaton continued to run the ball, getting the pigskin to the North Central 12-yard line. A timeout by each team with three seconds remaining set up Cote's 29-yard field goal attempt that made it through the uprights to give Wheaton is first win at home against North Central since 2006.Print Friendly Version