Wheaton 56, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 17

Sep 19, 2015 · 6:00 PM · Eau Claire, Wis. · Attendance 2,400

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Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Wheaton	0	21	21	14	56
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	3	7	7	0	17

Wheaton Player Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds ▾	TD	Long	Rating
Johnny Peltz	13	17	76.5%	131	1	21	160.6
Andrew Bowers	2	4	50.0%	47	1	32	231.2
Curtis McWilliams	1	1	100.0%	-1	0	0	91.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Johnny Peltz	9	124	13.8	2	64
Sola Olateju	11	111	10.1	2	31
Andrew Bowers	3	55	18.3	0	24
Jordan Shive	5	54	10.8	1	26
Jackson Fain	6	39	6.5	0	9
Danny Puknaitis	8	23	2.9	0	10
Stone Watson	2	20	10.0	0	11

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Andrew Lindquist	10	115	11.5	1	21
Matt Norton	3	56	18.7	1	32
Zach Lindquist	1	6	6.0	0	6
Jackson Fain	1	1	1.0	0	1
Noah Roberts	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Scoring

Player	TD	PAT	PATA	Pts ▾
Johnny Peltz	2	0	0	12
Sola Olateju	2	0	0	12
Daniel Gray	0	7	7	7
Jordan Shive	1	0	0	6
Andrew Lindquist	1	0	0	6
Matt Norton	1	0	0	6
Stefan Knoerr	0	1	1	1

Defense

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot ▾	TFL	Int	PBU	QBH
Mikey Swider	3	6	9	1.0	0	0	0
Adam Dansdill	5	4	9	1.0	0	1	0
Tyler Sigler	3	3	6	0.0	0	0	0
Caleb Ashby	4	2	6	0.0	0	0	0
Austin Hoover	4	0	4	1.0	0	0	0
Jeremy Moore	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
John Clark	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
Chase Greenlee	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Mendez	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Marcus Smith	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
Nick Blazek	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Ben Shaw	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
Logan McRae	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	1
Noah Spielman	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Aldrin	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
Whit Wiggins	0	2	2	0.0	0	0	0
Luke Smith	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Wes Cannonier	0	1	1	0.0	2	0	0
Jared Strom	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Kody Thornburg	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Michael Stanley	0	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Tim Lovett	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1

Interceptions

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Wes Cannonier	2	92	46.0	0	90

Field Goals

Player	FGM ▾	FGA	Pct	Long	Blk
Stefan Knoerr	0	1	0.0%	—	0

Punting

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Zach Feddeler	2	62	31.0	38	1	2	—

Kickoffs

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Stefan Knoerr	9	530	58.9	1	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	Long
Tyler Sigler	1	26	26.0	26
Andrew Bowers	1	20	20.0	13
Sola Olateju	1	16	16.0	19

Scoring Summary

1st 07:58	UWEC - Liam O'Malley 38 yd field goal 12 plays, 53 yards, TOP 7:02
2nd 14:50	WHEATON - Peltz 64 yd run (Gray kick), 2 plays, 71 yards, TOP 0:25
2nd 06:41	WHEATON - Peltz 1 yd run (Gray kick), 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 5:34
2nd 02:13	UWEC - JT Denhartog 1 yd run (Liam O'Malley kick), 8 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:23
2nd 00:26	WHEATON - Lindquist, A. 12 yd pass from Peltz (Gray kick) 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:47
3rd 14:09	UWEC - JT Denhartog 1 yd run (Liam O'Malley kick), 3 plays, 17 yards, TOP 0:51
3rd 12:13	WHEATON - Shive 26 yd run (Gray kick), 7 plays, 73 yards, TOP 1:49
3rd 04:31	WHEATON - Olateju 21 yd run (Gray kick), 3 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:10
3rd 01:51	WHEATON - Olateju 31 yd run (Gray kick), 3 plays, 65 yards, TOP 0:44
4th 13:04	WHEATON - Norton 32 yd pass from Bowers (Gray kick) 4 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:59
4th 00:04	WHEATON - Cannonier 90 yd interception (Knoerr kick)

Team Statistics

Statistic	Wheaton	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Total	26	15
Rushing	15	5
Passing	10	9
Penalty	1	1
Total (Net)	426	85
Attempts	44	30
Avg. Per Rush	9.7	2.8
Rushing TDs	5	2
Yds. Gained	427	88
Yds. Lost	1	3
Total (Net)	177	198
Comp.-Att.-Int.	16 - 22 - 0	18 - 31 - 2
Att.	8.0	6.4
Comp.	11.1	11.0
TDs	2	0
Yards	603	283
Plays	66	61
Play	9.1	4.6
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 1	1 - 1
Penalties - Yds.	10 - 94	3 - 18
Punts - Yds.	2 - 62	5 - 184
Punt	31.0	36.8
Inside 20	1	1
50+ Yds.	0	1
Touchbacks	2	0
Fair Catch	0	2
Total - Yds.	9 - 530	4 - 230
Kickoff	58.9	57.5
Touchbacks	1	0
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Return	0	0
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs	3 - 62 - 0	8 - 164 - 0
Return	20.7	20.5
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs	2-92-1	0-0-0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Misc. Yards	0	0
Poss. Time	28:58	31:02
3rd. Down Conv.	7 of 10	2 of 12
4th. Down Conversions	0 of 1	2 of 3
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances	2 - 4	3 - 4
Sacks: Total - Yds.	0 - 0	0 - 0
PAT: Total - Made	8 - 8	2 - 2
2PT Conversion: Total - Made	0 - 0	0 - 0
Field Goals: Total - Made	0 - 1	1 - 1

Game Recap

Wheaton College Athletics

Seventh-ranked Thunder score 35 unanswered points to beat UW-Eau Claire 56-17

Eau Claire, Wis. - The seventh-ranked Thunder football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a dominant 56-17 victory at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Saturday. Wheaton scored the game's final 35 points after the Blugolds cut the lead to four points in the opening minute of the second half. Wheaton will be idle next week before opening conference play on October 3 at North Park.

The Thunder rolled to 603 yards of total offense with 426 yards coming courtesy of a rushing attack that averaged 9.7 yards per carry. The Blugolds managed 283 yards of total offense with 196 yards coming through the air and 87 yards rushing.

Starting quarterback Johnny Peltz led an efficient passing attack by completing 13 of 17 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown. Andrew Bowers completed two of his four passes for 47 yards passing and a touchdown. Andrew Lindquist led the Thunder receiving corp by catching 10 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown. Matt Norton caught three passes for 56 yards including a 32-yard touchdown reception.

Peltz led an balanced rushing attack with nine carries for 124 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Sola Olateju carried 11 times for 111 yards including two touchdowns. Jordan Shive had five carries for 54 yards and a touchdown.

Adam Dansdill was the leading tackler for the Thunder with seven tackles, one for a loss. Wes Cannonier (PICTURED RIGHT) recorded two interceptions including a 90-yard interception return for a touchdown that capped the scoring with four seconds left.

The Blugolds opened the scoring by holding onto the game's opening possession before settling for a 38-yard field goal by Liam O'Malley to take a 3-0 lead. Both teams failed to score on their next possessions and but Johnny Peltz broke free on the first play of the second quarter for a 64-yard touchdown run to give Wheaton a 7-3 lead. Peltz punched in Wheaton's next possession with a one-yard quarterback sneak to give Wheaton a 14-3 lead.

Using a methodical offense, UW-Eau Claire was able to drive to the Thunder two-yard line before the Thunder defense held stout on the first three attempts to score. On fourth down, UW-Eau Claire quarterback J.T. Denhartog was able to cross the goalline on a quarterback sneak to cut the Thunder lead to 14-10 with 2:13 left in the first half. Denhartog finished the game 12 of 23 passing for 130 yards and an interception.

After the ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, Wheaton drove from their own 35-yard line and finished the drive when Peltz found Andrew Lindquist (PICTURED LEFT) on a 12-yard touchdown pass with 26 seconds remaining in the half to take a 21-10 lead into halftime.

UW-Eau Claire forced a fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half and scored three plays later when Denhartog took a pitch from Toure Wallace to turn a broken play into a touchdown and cut the deficit to 21-17.

Wheaton answered with a seven play, 73-yard drive that finished on a 26-yard touchdown run by Jordan Shive. Sola Olateju capped Wheaton's next two drives with touchdown runs of 21 and 31 yards. Andrew Bowers found Matt Norton on a 32-yard touchdown pass on Wheaton's next drive and Cannonier finished the scoring with his interception return.Print Friendly Version