Wheaton 7, North Central College 20 · Wheaton Football History

Sep 18, 2021 · 6:00 PM · Wheaton, Ill. · CCIW game · Attendance 4,727

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Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	F
North Central College	0	7	7	6	20
Wheaton	7	0	0	0	7

Wheaton Player Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds ▾	TD	Int	Long	Rating
Luke Anthony	23	42	54.8%	275	1	0	35	117.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds ▾	Avg	Long
Giovanni Weeks	13	53	4.1	15
Luke Anthony	6	44	7.3	14
Jeremiah Tucker	5	10	2.0	7
Matthew Tucker	1	5	5.0	5
Sam Singleton	1	4	4.0	4
Jake Hibben	1	4	4.0	4

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Giovanni Weeks	7	119	17.0	0	35
Adam Terrini	6	68	11.3	0	18
Matthew Tucker	5	32	6.4	0	9
Bert McJunkin	1	32	32.0	0	32
Spencer Peterson	3	14	4.7	1	9
Daniel Leadbetter	1	10	10.0	0	10

Scoring

Player	TD	FGM	PAT	PATA	Pts ▾
Spencer Peterson	1	0	0	0	6
Tommy Gallagher	0	0	1	1	1

Defense

Player	Solo	Ast	Tot ▾	TFL	Sacks	PBU	QBH	FF	FR	Blk
Ryan Schwartz	6	3	9	0.5	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Dallas McRae	6	1	7	2.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Gammichia	5	1	6	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Herber	2	3	5	0.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Caleb Grotelueschen	5	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
River Shindledecker	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Shaffley	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Holaday	4	0	4	1.0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Brayden Anthony	3	0	3	1.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0
Wyatt Lee	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Egbert	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
Matthew Bunnel	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Punting

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB	Blk
John Bickle	4	191	47.8	50	1	2	—

Kickoffs

Player	No ▾	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Tommy Gallagher	2	117	58.5	1	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Matthew Tucker	1	11	11.0	0	11

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds ▾	Avg	TD	Long
Matthew Tucker	2	45	22.5	0	24
Giovanni Weeks	1	10	10.0	0	10

Scoring Summary

1st 10:09	WHEATON - Peterson 9 yd pass from Anthony, Luke (Gallagher kick) 10 plays, 68 yards, TOP 4:51
2nd 09:56	NCC - Hardy, D. 44 yd pass from Lehnen, L. (Mitchell, T. kick) 1 plays, 44 yards, TOP 0:07
3rd 09:40	NCC - Greenfield, E. 3 yd run (Mitchell, T. kick), 10 plays, 87 yards, TOP 5:20
4th 01:36	NCC - Greenfield, E. 18 yd run (Mitchell, T. kick blocked), 4 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:56

Team Statistics

Statistic	Wheaton	North Central College
Total	20	18
Rushing	8	6
Passing	12	11
Penalty	0	1
Total (Net)	120	126
Attempts	27	41
Avg. Per Rush	4.4	3.1
Rushing TDs	0	2
Yds. Gained	122	155
Yds. Lost	2	29
Total (Net)	275	345
Comp.-Att.-Int.	23 - 44 - 0	13 - 20 - 0
Att.	6.3	17.3
Comp.	12.0	26.5
TDs	1	1
Yards	395	471
Plays	71	61
Play	5.6	7.7
Fumbles - Lost	0 - 0	2 - 2
Penalties - Yds.	5 - 22	4 - 42
Punts - Yds.	4 - 191	2 - 85
Punt	47.8	42.5
Inside 20	1	0
50+ Yds.	2	1
Touchbacks	2	0
Fair Catch	0	0
Total - Yds.	2 - 117	3 - 158
Kickoff	58.5	52.7
Touchbacks	1	0
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs	1 - 11 - 0	1 - 34 - 0
Return	11.0	34.0
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs	3 - 55 - 0	1 - 11 - 0
Return	18.3	11.0
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs	0-0-0	0-0-0
Misc. Yards	0	0
Poss. Time	29:06	30:54
3rd. Down Conv.	9 of 16	5 of 12
4th. Down Conversions	0 of 3	2 of 4
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances	1 - 3	2 - 5
Sacks: Total - Yds.	3 - 23	0 - 0
PAT: Total - Made	1 - 1	2 - 3
2PT Conversion: Total - Made	0 - 0	0 - 0
Field Goals: Total - Made	0-0	0-1

Game Recap

Wheaton College Athletics

No. 4 North Central edges fifth-ranked Thunder, 20-7 in the "Battle for the Little Brass Bell"

Wheaton, Ill. - The fifth-ranked Thunder football team dropped a tightly contested 20-7 matchup at home on Saturday night against fourth-ranked North Central College (2-0, 1-0 CCIW). Wheaton is now 1-1 on the season with an 0-1 record in CCIW play. The Thunder travel to North Park next Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff against the Vikings.

Wheaton totaled 395 yards of offense on Saturday with 120 rushing yards and 275 passing yards. The Cardinals amassed 414 yards of offense tonight with 126 yards on the ground and 288 passing yards.

Thunder quarterback Luke Anthony (PICTURED LEFT) completed 23 of his 42 passing attempts, for 275 yards with one touchdown pass. Running back Giovanni Weeks caught seven passes for 119 yards and ran for 53 yards for Wheaton, on 13 carries. Adam Terrini caught six passes for 68 yards.

Linebacker Ryan Schwartz had a team-high nine total tackles for the Thunder. Dallas McRae recorded seven total tackles, including two tackles for loss (-6 yards) and a sack (-4 yards). Luke Gammichia registered six total tackles, recovered a fumble and had a tackle for loss (-1 yards). Caleb Groteleuschen and River Shindledecker each recorded five total tackles. Senior lineman Jake Holaday (PICTURED RIGHT) had four solo tackles, including a quarterback sack of -12 yards, a fumble recovery and a pass break-up.

Wheaton received the opening kickoff and Matthew Tucker returned it 21 yards to the Thunder 32-yard line. On the third play of the opening drive, Anthony connected with receiver Bert McJunkin on a 32-yard catch on third-and-seven. Anthony also converted on a key third down later in the drive when he threw a 12-yard pass on third-and-11 to Weeks to move Wheaton to the Cardinals' 22-yard line. On first-and-goal at the Thunder nine-yard line Anthony connected with Spencer Peterson for a nine-yard touchdown toss. Following the PAT by Tommy Gallagher, the Peterson touchdown gave Wheaton a 7-0 lead with 10:09 remaining in the first quarter (VIDEO).

North Central scored on the first play of its third drive of the game with a 44-yard touchdown pass by Luke Lehnen to DeAngelo Hardy to tie the game at 7-7 with 9:56 remaining in the second quarter. The contest was tied 7-7 at halftime.

North Central received the second-half kickoff and responded with a 10-play drive of 87 yards that culminated with a three-yard touchdown run for Ethan Greenfield to give the guests a 14-7 lead with 9:40 remaining in the third quarter.

Greenfield reached the end zone a second time for the Cardinals with an 18-yard TD run with 1:36 remaining in the game. The ensuing NCC PAT attempt was blocked by Caleb Egbert as the Cardinals' lead was extended to 20-7. Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Matthew Tucker

5' 9"

Junior

Adam Terrini

6' 1"

Graduate Student

Tommy Gallagher

6' 2"

Senior

#13

Caleb Egbert

6' 2"

Senior

#15

Spencer Peterson

6' 6"

Senior

#16

Luke Gammichia

5' 11"

Senior

#18

Luke Anthony

6' 3"

Senior

#30

Giovanni Weeks

6' 0"

Junior

#34

Ryan Schwartz

5' 10"

Senior

#54

Dallas McRae

6' 0"

Senior

Players Mentioned

Matthew Tucker

5' 9"

Junior

Adam Terrini

6' 1"

Graduate Student

Tommy Gallagher

6' 2"

Senior

#13

Caleb Egbert

6' 2"

Senior

#15

Spencer Peterson

6' 6"

Senior

#16

Luke Gammichia

5' 11"

Senior

#18

Luke Anthony

6' 3"

Senior

#30

Giovanni Weeks

6' 0"

Junior

#34

Ryan Schwartz

5' 10"

Senior

#54

Dallas McRae

6' 0"

Senior

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