Wheaton College Athletics · wheaton.edu
Sep 22, 2001
Hope hands Wheaton a 33-26 defeat at McCully Field (Boxscore)
Wheaton,
Ill. (9/22) - The Hope Flying Dutchmen had the football flying
today at Wheaton's McCully Field as the guests handed Wheaton a 33-26 defeat.
It was Hope's second win over Wheaton in as many seasons, but the Thunder
have a 9-7 advantage in the all-time series between the two teams. Hope improves
to 2-1, while Wheaton's record falls to 1-2. Wheaton's two losses this season
have been at home; marking the first time Wheaton has lost consecutive home
games since losses to Augustana and Millikin in the first two home games of
the 1997 season. Wheaton will start conference play next Saturday with a 6
PM kickoff at North Central, while Hope will host Wisconsin Lutheran next
week.
The two clubs
racked up a lot of offense, amassing 808 yards of total offense on 143 plays
for an average of 5.7 yards per play. Hope had 418 yards of total offense,
tallying 320 passing yards with five touchdowns through the air and 98 rushing
yards on 35 attempts. Wheaton amassed 390 yards of total offense with 255
passing yards and 135 rushing yards for the game. Hope had the ball for 30:47
of total possession to 29:13 for the Thunder. However, in the second half
Hope had two lengthy touchdown drives of over 6:30 to have a 17:57 to 12:03
edge in time of possession in the second half.
Wheaton quarterback
Josh Anderson (Claremont, Calif./Claremont) was 18-31 passing for 255
yards with one touchdown toss and no interceptions. Junior running back Mike
Whalen (Wimberley, Texas/Wimberley) had 20 carries for 81 yards with two
touchdown scampers. Junior Bryant Wolfsberger (San Juan Capistrano,
Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic) carried the ball nine times for 51 yards
and one touchdown, while returning three kickoffs for a total of 67 yards.
Junior receiver Jon Wills (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) made four
catches for 65 yards, while junior fullback Corey Noonan (Phoenix,
Ariz./Desert Vista) also added four catches for 31 yards with one touchdown
catch.
Junior linebacker
Justin Knapp (Ames, Iowa/Ames) led the Wheaton defense with 12 total
tackles (six solo), adding one tackle for lost yardage and a pass broken-up.
Junior defensive tackle John Diggs (San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights)
performed well with nine total tackles, including two tackles for lost yardage.
Junior defensive back Shawn Wildt (Victoria, Texas/Victoria) and sophomore
linebacker Jeff Mumm (Grapevine, Texas/Colleyville Heritage) each made
eight total tackles, as Wildt forced a fumble and Mumm made two tackles for
lost yards.
Hope's sophomore
quarterback Phil Butler completed 22 passes on 36 attempts for 320
yards with five touchdown tosses and no interceptions. Receiver Mike Gle
made eight catches for 160 yards and four touchdown catches. Gle's exceptional
day gives him 18 touchdown catches for his career, breaking a 30-year-old
Hope College record for touchdown receptions in a career. Brian Adloff
also made eight touchdown catches for 101 yards on the day. Running back
John Sloothaak carried the ball 20 times for 65 yards and made one
catch, a 10-yard touchdown reception.
Hope scored
on the opening drive of the game when Gle caught a 10-yard pass from Butler
that gave the guests a 6-0 lead with 11:56 left to play in the first quarter,
capping a nine-play drive of 80 yards. Gle gave Hope a 12-0 lead with 7:07
left in the first quarter catching a 27-yard pass from Butler, concluding
a six-play drive of 57 yards. Wheaton got on the scoreboard with 13:18 to
play in the second quarter when Whalen scored on a three-yard touchdown run.
Wheaton took a 13-12 lead with 10:35 left to play in the first half on a 16-yard
touchdown scamper by Whalen, concluding a six-play drive of 59 yards. The
Whalen touchdown was setup by two Anderson passes of 24 and 17 yards to Wills.
Wheaton missed an opportunity to stretch its lead with 4:50 left in the first
half when Noonan caught a pass from Anderson at the one yard line, but he
fumbled and the ball went out-of-bounds at the end zone giving Hope the ball
back and concluding a 64-yard drive that lasted 4:45.
Wheaton got
the ball to open the second half, but the hosts' drive stalled and Hope capitalized
immediately. Butler found Gle for a 67-yard pass on the first play of the
next drive to give the Flying Dutchmen an 18-13 lead. Wheaton's next drive
stalled and the guests scored on their next drive on an impressive drive that
lasted 21 plays, and 90 yards and took 6:36 to run. The drive concluded when
Sloothaak caught a 10-yard pass from Butler with 3:13 left to play in the
third quarter to give his team a 26-13 lead. A key moment in the drive occurred
when a Butler pass to Adloff fell incomplete at the 20-yard line on fourth
down and 15 yards to go, but Wheaton was called for defensive holding. The
penalty gave Hope a first down and the ball at the Wheaton 10-yard line -
three plays later Sloothaak was in the end zone. Wolfsberger scored on a two-yard
touchdown run with 00:08 left in the third quarter to cut the Hope lead to
26-19. Wolfsberger's run capped an eight-play drive that went 76 yards and
was setup three plays earlier on a 32-yard pass by Anderson to junior Randy
Rosen (Satellite Beach, Fla./Satellite Beach).
Hope increased
its lead to 33-19 with 2:56 left in the game when Gle caught an 11-yard pass
from Butler, capping a 15-play drive of 86 yards that ate 7:16 off of the
clock. Noonan caught a 14-yard pass from Anderson in the end zone with 00:34
left in the game to cap an 11-play drive of 63 yards that lasted 2:22. Wheaton
was unable to recover the onside kick that followed the touchdown and Hope
ran out the clock to secure the victory.
Thunder
rolls over Wabash, 58-33 (Boxscore)
Crawfordsville,
Ind. (9/15) - When a football team scores 58 points, it sounds
impressive. In the case of Wheaton's 58-33 win at Wabash on Saturday
the win was impressive, as was the overall effort by the team. The Thunder
offense tallied 30 points in the win, while Wheaton's defense scored
12 points and regularly set up the offense's scoring opportunities by
forcing five Little Giant turnovers. The Thunder special teams also
contributed to the total 'team effort' by directly putting 13 points
on the scoreboard, and giving its offense good field position throughout
the game on returns. During the game Wheaton took advantage of good
field position that it received from the Little Giants on a number of
opportunities. Both Wheaton and Wabash now have 1-1 records on the season.
Wheaton will host Hope (1-1) next Saturday at McCully Field.
Wheaton
started the scoring five minutes into the contest when it scored on
its first drive of the game when junior Mike Whalen (Wimberley,
Texas/Wimberley) scored on a five-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead.
The touchdown drive thoroughly established the Thunder offense in the
game. Wheaton got the ball when the Little Giants' first drive of the
game stalled and Whalen returned a punt 13 yards to the Wabash 49-yard
line. Whalen single-handedly accounted for the next 49 yards as he had
seven rushes for 49 yards on the seven play drive, including a 32-yard
scamper. The hosts tied the game at 7-7 when Chris Morris scored
on a nine-yard touchdown run to cap an eight-play drive of 80 yards.
Wheaton
set the tone for what would be a frenetic second quarter when wide receiver
Jon Wills (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) caught a 43-yard pass
from quarterback Josh Anderson (Claremont, Calif./Claremont),
just 22 seconds into the second quarter. Wills' (PICTURED LEFT) touchdown
catch was the first play of a drive that started when Wheaton got the
ball on the Wabash 43-yard line on a 17-yard punt. A little over one
minute later fullback Matt Harris (Glenview, Ill./Glenbard South)
reached the end zone on a one-yard run to give the guests a 21-7 lead
with 13:24 left in the first half. Harris' touchdown was setup two plays
earlier when Justin Knapp (Ames, Iowa/Ames) intercepted a pass
from Little Giant quarterback Jake Knott at the Wabash 35 yard line,
as the Thunder defensive line put heavy pressure on Knott. One play
after Knapp's interception Anderson found receiver Randy Rosen
(Satellite Beach, Fla./Satellite Beach) wide open on a 34-yard pass
to the Wabash one-yard line that setup Harris' scamper into the end
zone on the next play. Just one minute later Wheaton took a 28-7 advantage
on a 47-yard interception return by linebacker Jeff Mumm (Grapevine,
Texas/Colleyville Heritage), with 12:22 left in the first half. Wabash
scored with 6:22 left in the first half when Knott threw a five-yard
pass to Ryan Short to cut the Wheaton lead to 28-14. The Little Giants
cut the lead to seven at 28-21 when Knott threw a 14-yard pass Brandon
Clifton with 5:52 left in the first half. On the next drive Wheaton
sustained a long 11-play drive of 4:30 minutes that concluded when sophomore
Grant Tillotson (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) kicked a 22-yard
field good with 1:28 left in the first half. Tillotson's field goal
was setup by a 24-yard pass from Anderson to Corey Noonan (Phoenix,
Ariz./Desert Vista) on fourth and six at the Wabash 24-yard line.
Wheaton
began to stretch its lead on the kickoff that opened the second half
when junior Bryant Wolfsberger (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Santa
Margarita Catholic) returned the kick 80 yards by darting through a
number of Little Giants up the middle of the field, and giving his team
a 37-21 lead. Wabash closed the Thunder lead to 37-27 with 13:08 left
in the third quarter when Knott found Short for a 64-yard touchdown
toss. With 5:49 left in the third quarter Wolfsberger scored on a 12-yard
touchdown run for a 44-27 Wheaton advantage.
The
scoring re-started again in the fourth quarter when senior defensive
back Bob Bollweg (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) intercepted a
Knott pass and returned it 14 yards into the end zone with 5:02 left
in the game to give the guests a commanding 51-27 lead. On the first
play of the next drive Short caught a pass from Knott for a 64-yard
touchdown catch with 4:38 left in the game and a 51-33 Wheaton lead.
On the next drive Wheaton picked up Wabash's on-side kick at the Little
Giant 49-yard line and three plays later Anderson found freshman Brad
Musso (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) on a 51-yard touchdown toss
with 3:39 left in the game for the final 58-33 final score.
Anderson
threw for 297 yards on 15-31 passing with one interception and two touchdowns
and no sacks. The Thunder offensive line was solid in protecting its
quarterback and opening holes for the Wheaton running game. Whalen carried
the ball 19 times for 64 yards and one touchdown. Wills led the Wheaton
receiving corps with four catches for 92 yards and one touchdown catch.
Whalen also returned four punts for 81 yards, while Wolfsberger had
four kickoff returns for 144 yards, including the 80-yard touchdown
return. Sophomore Andrew King (Vista, Calif./Rancho Buena Vista)
had four receptions for 60 yards, while Rosen had three catches for
64 yards.
Linebacker
Mike Coddington (Montello, Wis./Montello) had a team-high 15
total tackles for the Thunder, with two tackles for lost yardage. Knapp
(PICTURED RIGHT) tallied 12 total tackles, a fumble recovery and his
interception. Mumm made nine total tackles with his 47-yard interception
return and four passes broken up. Bollweg made eight total tackles with
two interceptions.
St.
Xavier scores 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to stun Wheaton
33-26 (Boxscore)
Wheaton,
Ill. (9/8) - Football games are played in played in four quarters
and the Wheaton Thunder found that out this afternoon in a stunning 33-26
loss to St. Xavier University. Wheaton led the visiting Cougars 26-6 with
10 minutes to play in the game, but the guests reeled off 27 unanswered
points, including 14 points in the final 1:30. Four of the Cougars' six
touchdowns were of the "big play" variety, as three TD's were on a play
of 30 yards or more and one came on a blocked punt.
Wheaton
got on the scoreboard with 9:13 left in the first quarter on a two-yard
touchdown run by junior quarterback Josh Anderson (Claremont, Calif./Claremont).
Anderson's touchdown capped a five-play drive of 50 yards that was highlighted
by a 41-yard pass from Anderson to freshman Brad Musso (Hinsdale,
Ill./Hinsdale Central). St. Xavier cut the lead to 7-6 on a 45-yard touchdown
scamper by Jeremy Holzer. Wheaton took a 13-6 lead with 14:24 left
in the first half on Anderson's four-yard touchdown pass to junior Jon
Wills (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour). The Wills touchdown capped
an 80-yard drive of nine plays. Junior Mike Whalen (Wimberley,
Texas/Wimberley) gave the hosts a 20-6 lead with 10:19 left in the first
half on a six-yard touchdown run that capped a 61-yard drive, taking seven
plays. Wheaton carried the 20-6 advantage into halftime.
After
a scoreless third quarter Wheaton started what would become an eventful
fourth quarter with a touchdown with 14:24 to play in the game on a 17-yard
run by Anderson, giving the hosts a 26-6 lead. Anderson's touchdown was
setup by his 29-yard pass to Wills just one play earlier in the five-play
drive of 63 yards. With 9:08 left in the game St. Xavier blocked a Wheaton
punt and Tom Bijak picked it up in the end zone to make the score
26-13 in favor of the hosts. The next drive for the Thunder stalled, giving
the Cougars the ball back on their own 21-yard line. On the very next
play St. Xavier used a flea-flicker pass from running back Danny Duncan
to Jimmy Flynn that went 79 yards and made the score 26-19. Wheaton's
next drive stalled when a fake punt attempt failed, but the next drive
by the Cougars also stalled, giving Wheaton the ball back with 2:04 left
in the game and a 26-19 lead. With 1:37 left in the game on a third down
at the Wheaton 45 yard line Anderson threw a critical interception to
Matt Derry who returned it to the Thunder 31-yard line. One play
later Holzer caught a 31-yard pass in the end zone to make it a 26-25
Wheaton lead after the two-point conversion failed. The Cougars recovered
the ensuing onside kick at their own 46-yard line with 1:30 left in the
game. Six plays later Cougar quarterback Tom Racza found Reggie
Hinton for a 13-yard touchdown toss and the 33-28 advantage with 00:14
left in the game.
Whalen
led the Thunder rushing attack with 71 yards on 17 carries and the second
quarter touchdown trot. Junior Bryant Wolfsberger (San Juan Capistrano,
Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic) ran for 40 yards on nine carries. Wills
was the top Wheaton receiver with five catches for 75 yards and one touchdown.
Anderson completed 13 passes on 29 attempts with one passing touchdown
and three interceptions. The junior quarterback also ran for two touchdowns
with 13 rushing yards on 10 carries.
Linebackers
Jeff Mumm (Grapevine, Texas/Colleyville Heritage) and Justin
Knapp (Ames, Iowa/Ames) each led Wheaton with 10 total tackles as
Mumm tallied a team-high seven solo tackles. Senior defensive end Eliot
Thomasma (Stevensville, Mich./Lakeshore) made four tackles for lost
yardage (-12 yards). Junior free safety Shawn Wildt (Victoria,
Texas/Victoria) made seven total tackles with two fumble recoveries, a
forced fumble and a pass break-up.
St. Xavier
improves to 1-1 on the season, while Wheaton falls to 0-1. The Thunder
will travel to Crawfordsville, Indiana next Saturday for a 1 PM kickoff
with the Wabash College Little Giants. Wabash opened its season today
with a 45-21 win over Manchester College at home.