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Wheaton vs Millikin University

Saturday, October 29, 2022Home · McCully Stadium · Wheaton, Ill.Attendance 2,620

Summary

Wheaton beat Millikin University 69–3 at home in Wheaton, Ill. on Saturday, October 29, 2022. It was the eighth of eleven games logged in 2022, and it left Wheaton at 6-2. It was the 67th meeting with Millikin University, after which Wheaton led the series 41-26. Jesse Scott was in his second season as head coach.

Photos

30 frames from the athletics department's photographs of the game, the best of the shoot first. Players are tagged by the number they wore that season; click a name for the career, a frame to enlarge it. All game photographs →

85Ben Juska35Ben Thorson330Giovanni Weeks31Riley Schwartz38Will Eggleston392Christian Bonacquisti234Johnny Eller232Randy Vojtisek293Brayden Anthony118Caleb Mary114Clay Campbell19Cristian Carstens182Davis Reeves14Eli Odell183JD McKay188Josh Winnett144Kyle Carter12Matthew Tucker112Max Wilson146Peyton Bruce187Simeon Sechrist16Tyler Gautier1
Flying tackle Randy Vojtisek on Davis Reeves
Flying tackle Randy Vojtisek on Davis Reeves32Randy Vojtisek82Davis Reeves
Diving tackle Riley Schwartz on Ben Thorson with ball
Diving tackle Riley Schwartz on Ben Thorson with ball1Riley Schwartz5Ben Thorson
Ben Juska catch run ball clutched Max Wilson pursuit
Ben Juska catch run ball clutched Max Wilson pursuit85Ben Juska12Max Wilson
Fumble scramble ball loose on turf
Fumble scramble ball loose on turf
Run Ben Thorson with ball teammates
Run Ben Thorson with ball teammates5Ben Thorson
Giovanni Weeks run with ball Will Eggleston trailing
Giovanni Weeks run with ball Will Eggleston trailing30Giovanni Weeks8Will Eggleston
Swarm tackle on No. 24 by Ben Thorson
Swarm tackle on No. 24 by Ben Thorson24Reeves or Williams5Ben Thorson
Solo run Ben Juska mid-stride with ball
Solo run Ben Juska mid-stride with ball85Ben Juska
Tackle on Matthew Tucker with ball Johnny Eller diving
Tackle on Matthew Tucker with ball Johnny Eller diving2Matthew Tucker34Johnny Eller
Tyler Gautier sprint with ball Clay Campbell trailing
Tyler Gautier sprint with ball Clay Campbell trailing6Tyler Gautier14Clay Campbell
Cristian Carstens run with ball defender lunging
Cristian Carstens run with ball defender lunging9Cristian Carstens
Dive tackle attempt Riley Schwartz
Dive tackle attempt Riley Schwartz1Riley Schwartz
Tackle Peyton Bruce on No. 7
Tackle Peyton Bruce on No. 746Peyton Bruce7Jones or Watson
Giovanni Weeks run with ball pursued by Eli Odell
Giovanni Weeks run with ball pursued by Eli Odell30Giovanni Weeks4Eli Odell
QB under pressure Brayden Anthony No. 54 closing
QB under pressure Brayden Anthony No. 54 closing93Brayden Anthony
Christian Bonacquisti Josh Winnett tackle
Christian Bonacquisti Josh Winnett tackle92Christian Bonacquisti88Josh Winnett
JD McKay end zone catch securing ball on turf
JD McKay end zone catch securing ball on turf83JD McKay
Tackle Simeon Sechrist with ball vs No. 21
Tackle Simeon Sechrist with ball vs No. 2187Simeon Sechrist
Kick contact Caleb Mary ball on tee
Kick contact Caleb Mary ball on tee18Caleb Mary
Overhead catch Will Eggleston ball in hands
Overhead catch Will Eggleston ball in hands8Will Eggleston
FG kick No. 80 holder No. 15 ball contact
FG kick No. 80 holder No. 15 ball contact15Bonga or Pearcy
Multi defender tackle Randy Vojtisek
Multi defender tackle Randy Vojtisek32Randy Vojtisek
Ben Juska run with ball tucked
Ben Juska run with ball tucked85Ben Juska
Diving tackle Riley Schwartz on Giovanni Weeks with ball
Diving tackle Riley Schwartz on Giovanni Weeks with ball1Riley Schwartz30Giovanni Weeks
Tackle No. 86 on No. 7
Tackle No. 86 on No. 77Jones or Watson
Tackle orange runner
Tackle orange runner
Double tackle on Will Eggleston
Double tackle on Will Eggleston8Will Eggleston
Collision Kyle Carter on No. 7
Collision Kyle Carter on No. 744Kyle Carter7Jones or Watson
Millikin runner with ball Johnny Eller pursuing
Millikin runner with ball Johnny Eller pursuing34Johnny Eller
Tackle pile Christian Bonacquisti with ball ref foreground
Tackle pile Christian Bonacquisti with ball ref foreground92Christian Bonacquisti

Photographs by Wheaton College Athletics; each opens on Flickr from its caption's source line.

Line Score

Team1234F
Millikin University30003
Wheaton720222069

Player Statistics

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYdsTDIntLongRating
Will Bowers253180.6%2884131194.8
Jeremiah Tucker33100.0%481017344.4
Ben Thorson1333.3%700752.9

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDLong
Giovanni Weeks181669.2361
Ben Thorson13535.0135
Henry Brown6233.809
Will Bowers6203.3018
Cristian Carstens6183.017
Ben Juska242.003
Jeremiah Tucker3-8-2.706

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgTDLong
Tyler Gautier58216.4131
Ben Juska68113.5225
Matthew Tucker78011.4029
Will Eggleston3258.3217
Jack Allen3217.009
McNeill Stout11616.0016
Giovanni Weeks2168.0010
Cristian Carstens11515.0015
JJ Ruff177.007

Scoring

PlayerTDFGMPATPATAPts
Giovanni Weeks300018
Ben Juska200012
Will Eggleston200012
Ben Thorson10006
Cristian Carstens10006
Tyler Gautier10006
Caleb Mary00676
Jack Ryken00121

Defense

PlayerSoloAstTotTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFFFRBlk
Clay Campbell4150.00.0000000
Jalen Shaffer3141.50.0000000
Brayden Anthony2242.51.0000000
Jaden Ferlita3142.01.0000000
Philip LoChirco2132.02.0000111
Riley Schwartz2020.00.0000000
Virgil Cannon1121.50.0000000
Max Wilson2020.00.0100000
Ryan Miller0220.00.0000000
Johnny Eller2021.01.0000000
Kegan Babick2020.00.0000000
Luca Torti2020.00.0000000
Caleb McClung2021.01.0000000
Andrew Partyka0110.00.0000000
Will Bowers1010.00.0000000
Stephen Watson0110.00.0010000
Noah Jones1010.00.0000000
Isaac Parrish0110.50.5000000
Sam Bell1010.00.0010000
Davis Reeves1010.00.0000000
Phillip Husband1010.00.0001000
Caleb Kuhn0110.50.0010000
Christian Bonacquisti0110.50.5000000
Gavin Roe1010.00.0000000
Dimitrie Skakavac1010.00.0000000
Ben Thorson0000.00.0000000
Tyler Gautier0000.00.0000000
Will Eggleston0000.00.0000000
Cristian Carstens0000.00.0000000
Caleb Mary0000.00.0000000
Giovanni Weeks0000.00.0000000
Ben Juska0000.00.0000000
Jack Ryken0000.00.0000000

Interceptions

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Max Wilson100.000

Punting

PlayerNoYdsAvgLongIn20TBBlk
Evan Spisz313043.34911—

Kickoffs

PlayerNoYdsAvgTBOB
Caleb Mary741959.920
Josh Winnett422255.500

Punt Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Philip LoChirco12929.0029
McNeill Stout3248.0015

Kick Returns

PlayerNoYdsAvgTDLong
Jack Allen38327.7049

Team Stats

StatisticWheatonMillikin University
Total318
Rushing132
Passing175
Penalty11
Total (Net)255-56
Attempts4427
Avg. Per Rush5.8-2.1
Rushing TDs50
Yds. Gained28648
Yds. Lost31104
Total (Net)343142
Comp.-Att.-Int.29 - 37 - 113 - 33 - 1
Att.9.34.3
Comp.11.810.9
TDs50
Yards59886
Plays8160
Play7.41.4
Fumbles - Lost1 - 12 - 1
Penalties - Yds.6 - 518 - 52
Punts - Yds.3 - 13011 - 317
Punt43.328.8
Inside 2011
50+ Yds.00
Touchbacks11
Fair Catch11
Total - Yds.11 - 6413 - 156
Kickoff58.352.0
Touchbacks20
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs4 - 53 - 00 - 0 - 0
Return13.30
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs3 - 83 - 03 - 47 - 0
Return27.715.7
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs1 - 0 - 01 - 80 - 0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs0 - 0 - 00 - 0 - 0
Misc. Yards00
Poss. Time35:4724:13
3rd. Down Conv.5 of 132 of 16
4th. Down Conversions3 of 30 of 2
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances5 - 71 - 1
Sacks: Total - Yds.7 - 603 - 23
PAT: Total - Made7 - 90 - 0
2PT Conversion: Total - Made0 - 10 - 0
Field Goals: Total - Made0 - 01 - 1

Scoring

1st 10:40WHE - Weeks,Giovanni 61 yd run (Mary,Caleb kick), 5 plays, 56 yards, TOP 02:57
1st 03:12MIL - Ramirez,David 22 yd field goal 4 plays, yards, TOP 00:22
2nd 11:24WHE - Gautier,Tyler 31 yd pass from Bowers,Will ( ) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 02:43
2nd 02:46WHE - Weeks,Giovanni 7 yd run (Mary,Caleb kick), 13 plays, 78 yards, TOP 05:10
2nd 02:17WHE - Eggleston,Will 2 yd pass from Bowers,Will (Mary,Caleb kick) 1 plays, 2 yards, TOP 00:05
3rd 13:46WHE - Juska,Ben 16 yd pass from Bowers,Will (Mary,Caleb kick) 3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 01:05
3rd 08:33WHE - Weeks,Giovanni 32 yd run ( ), 2 plays, 35 yards, TOP 00:46
3rd 07:57WHE - 0 yd safety
3rd 04:52WHE - Juska,Ben 22 yd pass from Bowers,Will (Mary,Caleb kick) 7 plays, 62 yards, TOP 03:00
4th 14:55WHE - Carstens,Cristian 1 yd run (Mary,Caleb kick), 2 plays, 8 yards, TOP 00:32
4th 09:24WHE - Eggleston,Will 17 yd pass from Tucker,Jeremiah (Ryken,Jack kick) 5 plays, 48 yards, TOP 02:44
4th 02:43WHE - Thorson,Ben 35 yd run ( ), 3 plays, 51 yards, TOP 01:17

Coverage

Official recap · Wheaton College Athletics

The Thunder football team tops Millikin 69-3 at home

Wheaton, Ill. - The Wheaton College football team, ranked 15th in this week's D3football.com Top-25 Poll, defeated Millikin University 69-3 on Saturday afternoon at McCully Stadium. Wheaton improves to 6-2 on the season, with a 6-1 record in CCIW play. Wheaton travels to WashU in St. Louis next Saturday for a key CCIW matchup at 1:00 p.m. in the regular season road finale for the Thunder.

Wheaton had 598 yards of offense this afternoon as the hosts passed for 343 yards and ran for 255. The Thunder defense held Millikin to just 86 yards of total offense as the Big Blue had minus-56 yards on the ground and passed for just 86 yards.

Thunder running back Giovanni Weeks (PICTURED LEFT) averaged 9.2 yards per carry with three touchdown runs. Weeks ran for 166 yards on 18 carries. Matthew Tucker caught a team-high seven receptions for 80 yards. Ben Juska grabbed six catches for 81 yards, with two touchdown receptions. Tyler Gautier caught five passes for 82 yards with one touchdown catch.

Starting quarterback Will Bowers completed 25 of his 31 passing attempts for 286 yards with four touchdown passes. Jeremiah Tucker was 3-for-3 passing, with 48 yards through the air and one a touchdown pass. Ben Thorson was 1-for-3 passing for seven yards, with a 35-yard touchdown run to his credit.

Clay Campbell led a strong effort by the Thunde defense today with a team-high five total tackles. Jaden Ferlita, Jalen Shaffer, and Brayden Anthony (PICTURED RIGHT) each added four total tackles. Defensive lineman Philip LoChirco was all over the place today with three total tackles, including two quarterback sacks (minus15-yards). LoChirco also forced a fumble and blocked a punt that he recovered at the Big Blue two-yard line to setup a Wheaton touchdown on the very next play. Johnny Eller (minus-16 yards), Brayden Anthony (minus-8 yards) and Caleb McClung (minus-7 yards) also recorded solo sacks.

Weeks scored Wheaton's first touchdown with 10:40 remaining in the first quarter when he blasted through the Big Blue defense on a 61-yard touchdown run. Caleb Mary converted the PAT kick to give Wheaton a 7-0 lead with 10:40 remaining in the opening quarter. Millikin's lone points in the game came on a 22-yard field goal with 3:12 remaining in the first quarter to trim Wheaton's lead to 7-3. The Thunder would go on to scored 62-unanswered points.

Bowers had a 31-yard touchdown pass and a two-yard touchdown pass to Eggleston in the second quarter. Weeks scored on a seven-yard touchdown run in the quarter as the Thunder led 27-3 at halftime.

The Thunder scored 22 points in the third quarter. Bowers threw touchdown passes of 16 yards and 22 yards to Juska (PICTURED RIGHT) in the third quarter. Weeks' third and final touchdown of the game was a 32-yard run into the end zone in the third quarter. Wheaton's special teams recorded a safety when a the snap of a Millikin punt attempt sailed out of the end zone.

The Thunder offense tallied three more touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Cristian Carstens scored on a one-yard touchdown run and quarterback Ben Thorson scored on a 35-yard touchdown run in the final quarter. Eggleston's second touchdown catch of the day was a 17-yard touchdown pass from Jeremiah Tucker.

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Sources

The score, line score and player statistics on this page come from the official box score published by Wheaton College Athletics.

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