Wheaton 31, North Park University 7 · Wheaton Football History

Oct 3, 2015 · 1:00 PM · Chicago, Ill. · CCIW game · Attendance 992

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Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Wheaton	7	10	7	7	31
North Park University	0	0	7	0	7

Wheaton Player Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds ▾	TD	Int	Long	Rating
Andrew Bowers	21	30	70.0%	372	2	1	45	189.5

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Sola Olateju	9	58	6.4	1	49
Andrew Bowers	17	54	3.2	1	17
Jackson Fain	8	29	3.6	0	11
Danny Puknaitis	1	14	14.0	0	14
Matt Norton	1	4	4.0	0	4
Jordan Shive	4	3	0.8	0	2
Curtis McWilliams	3	-4	-1.3	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Andrew Lindquist	5	123	24.6	1	45
Matt Norton	5	97	19.4	1	29
Zach Lindquist	3	65	21.7	0	32
Luke Thorson	4	38	9.5	0	14
Sola Olateju	1	23	23.0	0	23
Jordan Shive	1	15	15.0	0	15
Trey Hanley	1	8	8.0	0	8
Stone Watson	1	3	3.0	0	3

Scoring

Player	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts ▾
Daniel Gray	0	1	4	4	7
Sola Olateju	1	0	0	0	6
Andrew Bowers	1	0	0	0	6
Matt Norton	1	0	0	0	6
Andrew Lindquist	1	0	0	0	6

Defense

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot ▾	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	Blk
Mikey Swider	7	4	11	0.5	0.0	0	1	0
Adam Dansdill	3	7	10	0.0	0.0	0	1	0
Caleb Ashby	3	6	9	1.0	1.0	0	4	1
Josh Aldrin	1	6	7	1.0	0.0	0	0	0
Wes Cannonier	3	3	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Logan McRae	5	0	5	4.0	3.0	0	1	0
Noah Spielman	1	4	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Mendez	2	2	4	1.0	0.0	1	2	0
Marcus Smith	0	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Chase Greenlee	0	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Jeremy Moore	1	2	3	0.5	0.0	0	0	0
Tyler Sigler	1	2	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Nick Blazek	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Jon Furrow	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Danny Puknaitis	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
John Clark	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Kody Thornburg	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Jack Nussbaum	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Alex Mendez	1	30	30.0	0	30

Field Goals

Player	FGM ▾	FGA	Pct	Long	Blk
Daniel Gray	1	2	50.0%	48	0

Punting

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Zach Feddeler	3	137	45.7	54	1	1	—

Kickoffs

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Stefan Knoerr	6	319	53.2	1	1

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Tyler Sigler	1	10	10.0	0	10
Matt Norton	1	2	2.0	0	2

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Stone Watson	2	38	19.0	0	19

Scoring Summary

1st 02:09	WHEATON - Lindquist, A. 23 yd pass from Bowers (Gray kick) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:59
2nd 11:21	WHEATON - Norton 17 yd pass from Bowers (Gray kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:04
2nd 00:04	WHEATON - Gray 48 yd field goal 7 plays, 54 yards, TOP 2:08
3rd 12:32	NPU - Burton, Anthony 13 yd pass from Conway, T.D. (Moore, Noah kick) 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:24
3rd 07:19	WHEATON - Olateju 7 yd run (Gray kick), 13 plays, 69 yards, TOP 5:07
4th 04:32	WHEATON - Bowers 1 yd run (Gray kick), 3 plays, 67 yards, TOP 0:51

Team Statistics

Statistic	Wheaton	North Park University
Total	25	19
Rushing	10	6
Passing	15	13
Penalty	0	0
Total (Net)	142	65
Attempts	44	27
Avg. Per Rush	3.2	2.4
Rushing TDs	2	0
Yds. Gained	230	113
Yds. Lost	88	48
Total (Net)	372	235
Comp.-Att.-Int.	21 - 30 - 1	25 - 42 - 1
Att.	12.4	5.6
Comp.	17.7	9.4
TDs	2	1
Yards	514	300
Plays	74	69
Play	6.9	4.3
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 2	0 - 0
Penalties - Yds.	8 - 76	3 - 22
Punts - Yds.	3 - 137	8 - 272
Punt	45.7	34.0
Inside 20	1	0
50+ Yds.	1	0
Touchbacks	1	1
Fair Catch	0	3
Total - Yds.	6 - 319	2 - 111
Kickoff	53.2	55.5
Touchbacks	1	0
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs	2 - 12 - 0	1 - 10 - 0
Return	6.0	10.0
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs	2 - 38 - 0	4 - 43 - 0
Return	19.0	10.8
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs	1 - 30 - 0	1 - 0 - 0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Misc. Yards	36	0
Poss. Time	32:00	28:00
3rd. Down Conv.	6 of 14	2 of 13
4th. Down Conversions	1 of 1	1 of 2
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances	4 - 7	1 - 2
Sacks: Total - Yds.	4 - 30	3 - 23
PAT: Total - Made	4 - 4	1 - 1
2PT Conversion: Total - Made	0 - 0	0 - 0
Field Goals: Total - Made	1 - 2	0 - 1

Game Recap

Wheaton College Athletics

#7-ranked football team remains undefeated with 31-7 win at North Park

Chicago, Ill. - The seventh-ranked Thunder football team advanced its record to 4-0 on the season with a 31-7 victory at North Park in the CCIW opener for both teams. Wheaton led 17-0 at halftime and answered an early second half score by the Vikings with 14 unanswered points. The loss pushes North Park to 1-3 on the season and 0-1 in CCIW play. Wheaton will return home next Saturday to host Augustana at 1 PM in the annual Homecoming game for the Thunder.

Wheaton amassed 514 yards of total offense on the day with 372 yards passing and 142 yards on the ground. North Park gained 235 yards through the air with 65 yards on the ground to total 300 yards of total offense. Andrew Bowers led the Thunder offense by completing 21 of his 30 pass attempts for 372 yards and two touchdowns and an interception. Sola Olateju led the Thunder ground attack with 58 yards on nine carries. Bowers managed 54 yards on 17 carries. Andrew Lindquist led the Thunder with five catches for 123 yards and a touchdown. Matt Norton narrowly missed his second straight 100-yard game by tallying 97 yards on five catches and a touchdown.

Wheaton cashed in their third possession of the game after Bowers jumpstarted the offense by completing four consecutive passes, finishing the drive with a 23-yard touchdown to Andrew Lindquist to give Wheaton a 7-0 lead. A fumbled punt return set North Park up with a short field to end the first quarter, but a sack by Logan McRae (PICTURED RIGHT) put North Park behind the chains and the Caleb Ashby emphatically ended the Vikings chance to score with a blocked field goal that was recovered by Alex Mendez and returned to just shy of midfield. A 16-yard scramble by Bowers moved the Thunder into the red zone and a 17-yard touchdown pass to Matt Norton gave Wheaton a 14-0 lead with 11:21 to play in the first half.

A fourth down stop at their own 15-yard line stalled a 16-play, 79 yard Viking drive and gave Wheaton the ball back with 2:12 left in the first half. Bowers quickly found Lindquist for a game of 45 yards and two plays later drove a long throw into a window to Zach Lindquist for a gain of 32 yards down to the Viking eight-yard line. After a sack and a poor snap, Wheaton would close the half with a 48-yard field goal by Daniel Gray to take a 17-0 lead into halftime.

North Park took the initial possession in the second half for quick touchdown to cut the lead to 17-7 and end a 12-quarter scoreless drought against the Thunder dating back to 2012. Wheaton answered with a 13 play, 69 yard drive that ended with a seven-yard touchdown run by Olateju (PICTURED LEFT). Bowers and Andrew Lindquist extended the drive with a 24-yard completion on fourth and 10 from the North Park 26 yard line.

Wheaton put the game away in the fourth quarter when a 49-yard run by Olateju moved the ball down to the one-yard line and Bowers punched it in to make the score 31-7.

Mikey Swider led the Thunder defense with 11 tackles on the day. Adam Dansdill recorded 10 tackles and Caleb Ashby had nine tackles with a sack. Logan McRae recorded five tackles, four for loss, and three sacks. Alex Mendez had four tackles to go with an interception.Print Friendly Version