Games of Oct. 7-8, 2005

Offense

QB Bob Faulds, Jr., Ripon
Faulds threw for 186 yards on 10-for-19 passing and ran 27 times for 173 yards and five touchdowns in a 39-21 victory over Illinois College. Faulds scored three of his five rushing TDs (8, 2, 2, 37, 4) in the first half. Faulds also found Austin Friedrich for a 53-yard touchdown in the second half to push the Red Hawk lead to 33-14.

OL Phill Perkins, Nino Giambrone, Mike Condon, Brian Ohman, Mike DePersis, Hobart
The Statesmen rolled up 635 yards of total offense, averaging 8.8 yards per play during a 42-13 win at Coast Guard.

RB Tom Arcidiacono, Jr., Union
Arcidiacono had 26 carries for 251 yards and a touchdown to lead Union to a 31-3 victory over Worcester Tech. He now averages 209.4 yards per game through five games to lead Division III.

RB James Reile, So., St. John Fisher
Reile, who replaced All-American Mark Robinson just two weeks ago, tallied 325 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns in a 28-14 win against Brockport State. His 35 carries and 240 yards rushing both mark career highs, and he added four catches for 59 yards.

WR Jack Martin, So., Washington and Lee
Martin helped lead W&L to a 27-24 win against Catholic by catching nine passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns. Martin caught five passes on the Generals' 14-play, 80-yard game-winning drive, including the winning score on a 2-yard TD with five seconds remaining.

WR Joe Chupp, Jr., Wheaton
Chupp set career-highs with 11 and 217 yards. His 61-yard TD reception sparked a 14-point Wheaton rally late in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime, where Wheaton beat Millikin 41-35.

TE Jon Branche, Jr., RPI
Jon caught 10 passes, including three touchdowns, to lead Rensselaer to a 35-13 win over St. Lawrence in driving rainstorm. He had touchdown receptions of 7, 11 and 22 yards, including two in the first quarter and one in the second.

Defense

DL David Benton, Sr., Lakeland
Benton had nine tackles (five solo), four tackles for loss and 3½ sacks in the Muskies' 42-21 win against MacMurray. He also intercepted a pass and returned it 18 yards for a touchdown.

DL Bill Rather, Sr., Carroll
Rather had 11 tackles (six solo), four for loss and three sacks in a 31-21 win against Beloit.

DL Mike Sirignano, Jr., Bridgewater State
Sirignano forced a fumble, batted down a pass at the line and led all tacklers with 14 on the afternoon, including a sack.

DL Jeff Ethier, Jr., Plymouth State
Ethier recorded five tackles for loss and a career-high three sacks in a 31-8 win against Becker.

LB Micah Rucker, So., East Texas Baptist
Rucker posted career single-game highs in tackles (14) and sacks (2.5) while spearheading an ETBU defensive effort that sacked TLU quarterback Sean Salinas nine times and limited the Bulldog offense to just 289 yards of total offense. Ricker tallied four tackles for loss.

LB Dan McCall, Sr., Muhlenberg
McCall returned a fumble for a touchdown for the second consecutive week and blocked two punts in Muhlenberg's 20-2 win against Dickinson. He had six tackles and a sack on fourth down that ended Dickinson's best scoring chance.

LB John Davis, Sr., St. Olaf
Davis returned two interceptions for touchdowns and recovered a fumble in the Oles' 44-14 win against Carleton. Davis' first interception and 45-yard return gave the Oles' a 7-0 lead. His second, with the score 30-14, gave the Oles a three-score advantage. Davis had two tackles, broke up another two pass plays and recovered a fumble.

DB Nick Toboy, Sr., Kalamazoo
Toboy blocked a field goal and intercepted a pass in the end zone on the final play of the game to help Kalamazoo beat Wisconsin Lutheran 21-13. He had 11 tackles, six solo, and one for loss.

DB Colin Carrier, Sr., Chicago
Senior cornerback Colin Carrier intercepted two passes and returned them for 65 yards as Chicago defeated Washington U. 27-0 to take possession of the Founders Trophy for the first time since 2000. Carrier also collected five solo tackles as the Maroons limited the host Bears to just 187 yards of total offense.

DB Tom Anthony, Sr., Augustana
Anthony recorded eight tackles, all solo, and nabbed his seventh interception of the season in a 7-0 win against Carthage.

DB Cliff Sims, Jr., Olivet
Sims had three interceptions, two of them in the final 3:15, to help Olivet beat Hope 31-24. He also had five tackles (all solo) and a pass broken up.

Special teams

K Evan Larsen, Sr., UW-Stout
Larsen connected on a career-long 48-yard field goal with one second left in the first half in a 34-27 loss to UW-Oshkosh. Larsen added a 39-yard field goal with four minutes left in the game to tie the score at 27-27. He was perfect in extra point conversions, going 3-for-3.

P Wayne Roebuck, Sr., Waynesburg
Roebuck averaged 40.2 yards/punt in Waynesburg's 38-21 conference victory over Bethany. The senior pinned the Bison within the 20-yard line three times. Roebuck also plays linebacker and posted his first career interception.

RET Geoff Walker, Jr., Wabash
Walker scored the first touchdown of Wabash's 42-7 victory over Oberlin with a record-setting 93-yard punt return. His scamper tied the Wabash record for the longest punt return and broke the North Coast Athletic Conference record. Walker also led the Wabash receiving corps with five catches for 75 yards.