Wheaton 37, Augustana College (IL) 14 · Wheaton Football History

Nov 5, 2016 · 1:00 PM · Rock Island, Ill. · CCIW game · Attendance 1,013

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Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Wheaton	7	10	6	14	37
Augustana College (IL)	0	0	7	7	14

Wheaton Player Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds ▾	TD	Long	Rating
Andrew Bowers	17	22	77.3%	237	2	57	197.8
Johnny Peltz	5	7	71.4%	68	1	23	200.2
Chase White	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Sola Olateju	15	60	4.0	1	10
Jackson Fain	6	25	4.2	1	6
Andrew Bowers	8	20	2.5	0	24
Stone Watson	4	18	4.5	0	8
Johnny Peltz	1	14	14.0	0	14
Zach Lindquist	1	13	13.0	0	13
Trey Hanley	3	2	0.7	0	7
Jon Furrow	1	2	2.0	0	2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Trey Hanley	6	135	22.5	0	57
Chase White	6	67	11.2	2	23
Zach Lindquist	3	40	13.3	0	22
Sola Olateju	2	22	11.0	0	11
Stone Watson	1	17	17.0	0	17
Adam Sandy	1	7	7.0	0	7
Tyler Pace	1	7	7.0	1	7
Noah Spielman	1	5	5.0	0	5
Phillip Nichols	1	5	5.0	0	5

Scoring

Player	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts ▾
Chase White	2	0	0	0	12
Stefan Knoerr	0	1	4	5	7
Sola Olateju	1	0	0	0	6
Jackson Fain	1	0	0	0	6
Tyler Pace	1	0	0	0	6

Defense

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot ▾	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU
Chase Greenlee	4	3	7	1.0	1.0	0	0
Caleb Ashby	4	3	7	2.0	2.0	0	0
Eric Stevenson	2	4	6	0.0	0.0	0	0
Marcus Smith	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0
Nick Blazek	4	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	0
Kyle Fox	2	2	4	0.0	0.0	0	1
Patrick O'Connell	1	3	4	2.0	2.0	0	0
Tyler Sigler	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	1	1
Luke Sahly	1	2	3	1.0	1.0	0	0
Jeremy Moore	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
Noah Spielman	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
Jared Strom	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
Jacob Killeen	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
Noah Frazier	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
Chase White	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Mason Ohendalski	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	1
Daniel Herber	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Austin Hoover	1	0	1	1.0	0.0	0	0
Levi Hatzler	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Jack Bates	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Kody Thornburg	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	1
Ben Shaw	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1

Interceptions

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Tyler Sigler	1	2	2.0	0	2

Field Goals

Player	FGM ▾	FGA	Pct	Long	Blk
Stefan Knoerr	1	1	100.0%	28	0

Punting

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Zach Feddeler	2	75	37.5	40	0	0	—

Kickoffs

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Stefan Knoerr	6	344	57.3	1	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Phillip Nichols	1	6	6.0	0	6

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Phillip Nichols	1	17	17.0	0	17

Scoring Summary

1st 13:03	WHEATON - Pace 7 yd pass from Bowers (Knoerr kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:57
2nd 12:58	WHEATON - White 7 yd pass from Bowers (Knoerr kick) 13 plays, 94 yards, TOP 6:42
2nd 08:47	WHEATON - Knoerr 28 yd field goal 10 plays, 0 yards, TOP 2:00
3rd 07:47	AUGIE - Jarosz 1 yd run (Stytz kick), 14 plays, 84 yards, TOP 7:09
3rd 04:00	WHEATON - Olateju 1 yd run (Knoerr kick failed), 8 plays, 82 yards, TOP 3:41
4th 13:44	WHEATON - White 23 yd pass from Peltz (Knoerr kick) 6 plays, 59 yards, TOP 2:12
4th 02:40	WHEATON - Fain 4 yd run (Knoerr kick), 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:35
4th 00:32	AUGIE - Sommers 16 yd pass from Fuller (Stytz kick) 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:00

Team Statistics

Statistic	Wheaton	Augustana College (IL)
Total	26	17
Rushing	8	4
Passing	17	11
Penalty	1	2
Total (Net)	153	-12
Attempts	40	22
Avg. Per Rush	3.8	-0.5
Rushing TDs	2	1
Yds. Gained	178	32
Yds. Lost	25	44
Total (Net)	305	297
Comp.-Att.-Int.	22 - 30 - 0	23 - 39 - 1
Att.	10.2	7.6
Comp.	13.9	12.9
TDs	3	1
Yards	458	285
Plays	70	61
Play	6.5	4.7
Fumbles - Lost	1 - 0	0 - 0
Penalties - Yds.	6 - 80	6 - 43
Punts - Yds.	2 - 75	5 - 160
Punt	37.5	32.0
Inside 20	0	1
50+ Yds.	0	0
Touchbacks	0	0
Fair Catch	0	3
Total - Yds.	6 - 344	2 - 129
Kickoff	57.3	64.5
Touchbacks	1	1
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs	1 - 6 - 0	2 - 29 - 0
Return	6.0	14.5
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs	1 - 17 - 0	5 - 76 - 0
Return	17.0	15.2
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs	1-2-0	0-0-0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Misc. Yards	0	0
Poss. Time	33:11	26:49
3rd. Down Conv.	9 of 13	8 of 15
4th. Down Conversions	1 of 1	0 of 1
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances	4 - 4	3 - 4
Sacks: Total - Yds.	6 - 40	1 - 10
PAT: Total - Made	4 - 5	2 - 2
2PT Conversion: Total - Made	0 - 0	0 - 0
Field Goals: Total - Made	1-1	0-0

Game Recap

Wheaton College Athletics

#10-Ranked Thunder football team returns to action with a 37-14 win at Augustana

Rock Island, Ill. – The Wheaton football team returned to action on Saturday with a 37-14 victory at Augustana (3-7, 2-6 CCIW). Wheaton, ranked 10th in the AFCA Division III Coaches Poll and 12th in the D3football.com Top-25, improves to 8-1 on the season and 6-1 in CCIW play. The Thunder will conclude the regular season next Saturday at 1:00 p.m. when Carroll University visits McCully Stadium for "Senior Day".

The Thunder offense registered 458 yards of total offense on Saturday with 305 passing yards and 153 yards on the ground. Augustana passed for 297 yards on the day, but the Thunder defense held the Vikings to -12 rushing yards – thanks to six sacks for the Thunder defense that totaled -40 yards.

Thunder quarterback Andrew Bowers completed 17 of his 22 passing attempts for 237 yards with two touchdown tosses on the day. Johnny Peltz was 5-for-7 passing on the day, for 68 yards and one touchdown toss.

Trey Hanley (PICTURED LEFT) caught six passes for 135 yards. Chase White also recorded six receptions for 67 yards. Sola Olateju led the Thunder ground game with 15 carries for 60 yards and one touchdown run.

Defensive end Chase Greenlee (PICTURED RIGHT) and linebacker Caleb Ashby each recorded seven total tackles to lead the Wheaton defense. Ashby registered two sacks (-13 yards) and Greenlee recorded one sack (-7 yards). Eric Stevenson made six total tackles and Nick Blazek and Marcus Smith each added five total tackles. Patrick O'Connell registered two sacks (-11 yards) in the game. Luke Sahly (-9 yards) and Austin Hoover (-4 yards) each had a sack for the Thunder.

Augustana quarterback Luke Bleyer was 17-of-30 on passing attempts for the game, with 227 passing yards. Andrew Garcia caught a game-high six passes 80 yards. Jack Asquini led the Vikings' defense with 11 total tackles, including two tackles for loss (-4 yards).

Wheaton took the opening kickoff and on the first offensive play of the game Bowers connected with Hanley for a 57-yard pass connection to advance the Thunder to the Augustana 18-yard line. Four plays later Wheaton reached the end zone on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Bowers to tight end Tyler Pace. Wheaton converted the PAT that followed for a 7-0 Wheaton lead with 13:03 remaining in the first quarter.

Wheaton put together a lengthy drive over the final minutes of the first quarter and the opening minutes of the second quarter. The 94-yard drive lasted 13 plays and culminated with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Bowers to White (PICTURED LEFT). Stefan Knoerr converted the PAT kick as Wheaton led the Vikings 14-0 with 12:58 remaining in the second quarter. The Thunder defense pinned Augustana' offense at the Vikings' two-yard line on the ensuing drive as the hosts were forced to punt at its own and the 23-yard punt allowed Wheaton to start its drive at the Augustana 25-yard line. Six plays after the punt, Knoerr converted a 28-yard field goal that gave the Thunder a 17-0 lead with 8:47 left in the second quarter. Wheaton maintained its 17-0 lead at the halftime intermission.

The Vikings put together a lengthy 14-play drive of 84 yards to open the second half. Augustana's Bobby Jarosz ended the drive with a one-yard touchdown run to cut Wheaton's lead to 17-7 with 7:47 remaining in the third quarter. Bowers (PICTURED RIGHT) led a strong drive for Wheaton on the ensuing Thunder possession as he passed for 49 yards and added a 22-yard run. The drive culminated with a one-yard touchdown run by Olateju. The PAT kick was wide as Olateju's touchdown increased the Thunder lead to 23-7 with 4:00 left in the third quarter.

Peltz connected with White in the fourth quarter on a 23-yard touchdown pass with 13:44 remaining in the game. White's second touchdown of the day increased Wheaton's lead to 30-7 and it ended a six play drive of 59 yards. Jackson Fain reached the end zone on a four-yard touchdown run that increased the Thunder lead to 37-7 with 2:40 remaining in the game. Fain's touchdown concluded a 14-play drive of 75 yards. Augustana countered with a nine-play drive of 70 yards in the closing minutes that concluded with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Zachary Fuller to Clayton Sommers. Sommers' touchdown accounted for the 37-14 final score.

Note Worthy: Augustana's touchdown run in the third quarter was the first rushing touchdown against the Wheaton defense this season...today's victory extended Wheaton's current win streak against Augustana to 10 games and is the program's longest-ever streak against the Vikings.