Wheaton 42, North Central College 20 · Wheaton Football History

Oct 14, 2017 · 6:00 PM · Wheaton, Ill. · CCIW game · Attendance 1,322

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Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	F
North Central College	10	3	0	7	20
Wheaton	0	7	21	14	42

Wheaton Player Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds ▾	TD	Int	Long	Rating
Curtis McWilliams	18	29	62.1%	287	3	1	44	172.4
Spencer Peterson	1	1	100.0%	34	1	0	34	715.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Sola Olateju	22	120	5.5	1	29
Spencer Peterson	1	1	1.0	0	1
Curtis McWilliams	2	-11	-5.5	1	4

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Zach Lindquist	5	78	15.6	0	44
Trey Hanley	3	73	24.3	1	36
Carter Roberts	2	72	36.0	1	38
Phillip Nichols	6	68	11.3	1	18
TJ Williams	1	14	14.0	1	14
Sola Olateju	1	11	11.0	0	11
Chase White	1	5	5.0	0	5

Scoring

Player	TD	PAT	PATA	Pts ▾
Sola Olateju	1	0	0	6
Curtis McWilliams	1	0	0	6
Trey Hanley	1	0	0	6
Carter Roberts	1	0	0	6
Phillip Nichols	1	0	0	6
TJ Williams	1	0	0	6
Stefan Knoerr	0	6	6	6

Defense

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot ▾	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR
Eric Stevenson	5	5	10	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Sahly	6	2	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Chase Greenlee	4	3	7	1.0	1.0	0	3	0	0	0
Luke Smith	4	2	6	1.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Corey Kennedy	5	1	6	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	1	1
Kyle Fox	4	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Blazek	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Dallas McRae	4	1	5	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Hoover	1	3	4	1.5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Marcus Smith	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0
Patrick O'Connell	0	3	3	0.5	0.0	0	1	1	0	0
Robby Schwartz	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Killeen	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Hanley	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Caden Sigler	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Scheidt	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Dmarte Arafiles	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Noah Frazier	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
John Vargyas	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Bates	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Whit Wiggins	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0

Interceptions

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Luke Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Nick Blazek	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punting

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
Zach Feddeler	2	76	38.0	39	0	1	—
Griffin Bowes	1	39	39.0	39	0	0	—

Kickoffs

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Griffin Bowes	7	426	60.9	1	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Phillip Nichols	1	15	15.0	0	15

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	Long
Carter Roberts	3	85	28.3	47
Luke Van Dyke	1	9	9.0	9
Noah Frazier	1	0	0.0	0

Scoring Summary

1st 07:52	NCC - Crotty,L. 19 yd field goal 13 plays, 74 yards, TOP 7:08
1st 03:41	NCC - Muoghalu, D. 5 yd run (Crotty,L. kick), 7 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:13
2nd 02:12	NCC - Crotty,L. 23 yd field goal 12 plays, 74 yards, TOP 5:18
2nd 01:12	WHEATON - Roberts 34 yd pass from Peterson (Knoerr kick) 4 plays, 53 yards, TOP 0:49
3rd 11:28	WHEATON - Williams 14 yd pass from McWilliams (Knoerr kick) 7 plays, 78 yards, TOP 3:32
3rd 09:00	WHEATON - Olateju 8 yd run (Knoerr kick), 5 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:57
3rd 03:24	WHEATON - Hanley 15 yd pass from McWilliams (Knoerr kick) 7 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:29
4th 14:57	NCC - Muoghalu, D. 4 yd run (Crotty,L. kick), 10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:21
4th 13:32	WHEATON - Nichols 18 yd pass from McWilliams (Knoerr kick) 3 plays, 63 yards, TOP 1:20
4th 09:24	WHEATON - McWilliams 4 yd run (Knoerr kick), 4 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:18

Team Statistics

Statistic	Wheaton	North Central College
Total	20	23
Rushing	5	8
Passing	14	12
Penalty	1	3
Total (Net)	105	116
Attempts	28	36
Avg. Per Rush	3.8	3.2
Rushing TDs	2	2
Yds. Gained	143	164
Yds. Lost	38	48
Total (Net)	321	296
Comp.-Att.-Int.	19 - 30 - 1	23 - 45 - 2
Att.	10.7	6.6
Comp.	16.9	12.9
TDs	4	0
Yards	426	412
Plays	58	81
Play	7.3	5.1
Fumbles - Lost	1 - 1	3 - 2
Penalties - Yds.	8 - 75	8 - 74
Punts - Yds.	3 - 115	1 - 38
Punt	38.3	38.0
Inside 20	0	0
50+ Yds.	0	0
Touchbacks	1	0
Fair Catch	0	0
Total - Yds.	7 - 426	5 - 251
Kickoff	60.9	50.2
Touchbacks	1	0
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs	1 - 15 - 0	2 - 5 - 0
Return	15.0	2.5
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs	5 - 94 - 0	6 - 111 - 0
Return	18.8	18.5
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs	2 - 0 - 0	1 - 0 - 0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Misc. Yards	0	0
Poss. Time	26:36	33:24
3rd. Down Conv.	7 of 12	6 of 14
4th. Down Conversions	0 of 0	0 of 3
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances	5 - 7	4 - 5
Sacks: Total - Yds.	2 - 15	1 - 15
PAT: Total - Made	6 - 6	2 - 2
2PT Conversion: Total - Made	0 - 0	0 - 0
Field Goals: Total - Made	0-0	2-2

Game Recap

Wheaton College Athletics

Wheaton surges when play resumes in suspended game to defeat No. 4 North Central 42-20

Wheaton, Ill. - This year's "Battle for the Little Brass Bell" game between Wheaton and North Central took a few extra days to complete, when play was suspended at halftime on Saturday due to lightning, However, the wait was worth it for the hosts, as the Thunder rolled in the second half to earn a 42-20 victory against the fourth-ranked Cardinals.

Saturday's first half consumed three hours and 30 minutes, including a lighting delay of 2:11 in the first quarter. Monday's second half was played in an hour and 22 minutes.

Wheaton accumulated 426 yards of offense in the game, including 321 passing yards with 105 rushing yards. The Cardinals passed for 296 yards and ran for 116 yards to total 412 yards of offense.

Thunder quarterback Curtis McWilliams completed 18 of his 29 passing attempts for 287 yards with three touchdown tosses and a touchdown run. Senior running back Sola Olateju ran for 120 yards on 22 carries with one touchdown run. Sophomore Phillip Nichols caught six passes for 68 yards with a touchdown catch. Zach Lindquist caught five passes for 78 yards and Trey Hanley caught three passes for 73 yards, with a touchdown reception.

Linebacker Eric Stevenson (PICTURED LEFT) led the Thunder defense with a team-high 10 total tackles. Luke Sahly recorded eight total tackles, including six solo stops. Corey Kennedy, Luke Smith and Chase Greenlee (PICTURED RIGHT) each made six total tackles. Greenlee and Austin Hoover each recorded a quarterback sack. Smith and Nick Blazek each had an interception and Greenlee registered three quarterback hurries.

On Saturday when play resumed following the first delay, North Central completed its drive with a 19-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead with 7:52 remaining in the first quarter. The Cardinals reached the end zone on their drive that followed with a five-yard touchdown run by Dominick Muoghalu to cap a seven-play drive of 56 yards. Muoghalu's touchdown run extended the Cardinals' lead to 10-0 with 3:41 remaining in the first quarter.

Late in the second quarter, North Central capped a 12-play drive with a 23-yard field goal to give the guests a 13-0 lead with 2:12 remaining in the first half. Wheaton's Carter Roberts returned the kickoff that followed the NCC field goal out of the end zone to the Thunder 47-yard line. Four plays later Thunder quarterback Spencer Peterson connected with Carter Roberts (PICTURED LEFT) on a 34-yard touchdown pass to to cut the NCC lead to 13-7 with 1:12 remaining in the first half. North Central ran two plays before the first half expired and play was suspended as both teams left for the locker rooms.

Action resumed under a sunny sky on Monday night. Wheaton returned the kickoff to open the second half; and second day of play. Wheaton marched down the field on a seven-play drive of 78 yards that culminated with a 14-yard touchdown pass from McWilliams to TJ Williams to give the Thunder a 14-13 lead with 11:28 remaining in the third quarter. The key play of the drive was a 44-yard pass from McWilliams to Lindquist on third-and-four that moved the ball from the Thunder 28-yard line to the NCC 28-yard line. The Thunder defense forced a three-and-out on the Cardinals' first drive of the second half. Wheaton had strong field position to start its second drive of the second half, beginning at the NCC 47-yard line. Olateju (PICTURED RIGHT) had runs of 29 yards and eight yards on the drive; and the eight yard run reached the end zone to increase the hosts' lead to 21-13 with 9:00 left in the third quarter. Smith intercepted a NCC pass on the Cardinals' ensuing drive to stall the guests' offense at the Thunder 35-yard line. Seven plays later, McWilliams connected with Trey Hanley for a 15-yard touchdown pass to increase the Wheaton lead to 28-13 with 3:24 remaining in the third quarter. The Thunder had an impressive third quarter with 190 yards offense in the quarter, including 139 passing yards.

The Cardinals reached the scoreboard for the first time on Monday with a four-yard touchdown run by Muoghalu that cut the Thunder lead to 28-20 with 14:57 remaining in the fourth quarter. Wheaton responded on the drive that followed as Olateju had runs of six and 24 yards on the first two plays of the drive. McWilliams (PICTURED RIGHT) connected with Nichols for an 18-yard touchdown pass to increase the Wheaton lead to 35-20 with 13:32 remaining in the game. The Thunder defense forced Cardinals into a four-and-out and the NCC 26-yard line as Wheaton regained the ball at the guests' 26-yard line. The ensuing Thunder drive culminated with a four-yard touchdown run by McWilliams to increase Wheaton's lead to 42-20 with 9:24 left in the fourth quarter.

North Central followed with a lengthy drive, but Wheaton's defense stopped the Cardinals' offense on third-and-three and fourth-and-three at the Thunder seven-yard line to regain the ball as Wheaton held on for the key win against its longtime rival.

Wheaton (5-2, 3-2 CCIW) travels to North Park next Saturday and North Central (5-1, 3-1 CCIW) hosts Augustana.Print Friendly Version