READ THE ODAC FOOTBALL REPORT: WEEK 2
Week two saw the ODAC go 6-1 against non-conference competition, featuring some big scoring as well as timely defense. Guilford College, Shenandoah University and Washington and Lee University each moved to 2-0, while Bridgewater College, Hampden-Sydney College and Randolph-Macon College evened their records at 1-1.
THE GAMES
BRIDGEWATER 38, GREENSBORO 21 -- Box Score
The Story: Bridgewater forced four Pride turnovers and got three combined touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing) from quarterback Ross Rusing in its win at Greensboro. Daniel Brent and Jason Monroe intercepted passes. Aaron David Beidleman led all receivers with 84 yards and a touchdown.
ROCHESTER 45, CATHOLIC 28 -- Box Score
The Story: Catholic got a big offensive day from quaterback TJ Tutone -- 34-of-48, 380 yards and 3 TDs thru the air -- but it wasn't enoug to overcome a balanced (241 passing, 260 rushing) Rochester attack. Matt Perno led Catholic with 181 yards of total offense (55 rushing, 126 receiving).
GUILFORD 55, METHODIST 7 -- Box Score
The Story: Quarterback Matt Pawlowski hit eight different receivers in throwing for an ODAC-high 397 yards and five touchdowns in a win over Methodist. De'Eric Bell had 197 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 receiving). The GC defense held Methodist to a school-record minus-eight yards rushing.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY 24, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT 9 -- Box Score
The Story: Hampden-Sydney got a trio of rushing scores -- two from running back Kyree Koonce and one from quarterback Edgar Moore -- in posting a road win at CNU. Koonce ran for 89 yards in his second collegiate game. H-SC's defense held the Captains to less than 300 yards of total offense, including just 52 on the ground.
RANDOLPH-MACON 49, AVERETT 28 -- Box Score
The Story: Randolph-Macon set a school-record with 716 yards of total offense on the way to beating Averett. Quarterback Joseph Vairo threw for 376 yards and three touchdowns and added 99 yards and three touchdowns rushing. Eric Hoy hauled in 12 passes for 240 yards and a pair of scores.
SHENANDOAH 42, FERRUM 27 -- Box Score
The Story: The SU offense was running on all cylinders in defeating Ferrum. Quarterback Hayden Bauserman threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns, while running back Cedrick Delaney ran for 106 yards and a score. Jalen Brisco caught five passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Michael Messic (17), Micheal Wroble (14) and Malik Sims (10) all registered double figures in tackles for the defense.
WASHINGTON AND LEE 28, SEWANEE 10 -- Box Score
The Story: Washington and Lee used 407 yards rushing and an attacking defense to down Sewanee. Quarterback Charlie Nelson ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns. Six differerent players ran for 30 or more yards. Defensively, W&L forced three lost fumbles and combined for 11 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.
ODAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE: Randolph-Macon College quarterback Joseph Vairo, a freshman from Coral Springs, Fla., broke the Randolph-Macon record for total offense with 475 yards from scrimmage in just his second collegiate game. Thru the air, the Yellow Jackets southpaw completed 17-for-26 passes for 376 yards and three touchdowns. He came up a yard short of his first 100-yard rushing game as he added 99 yards on 17 carries with three more touchdowns via the ground. Vairo had a nose for big plays in R-MC's win over Averett, scoring touchdown passes for 74, 43 and 15 yards and adding a 27-yard score amongst his three rushing touchdowns. Thru two games, Vairo has throw for 591 yards and four touchdowns, while rushing for 120 yards and three touchdowns.
DEFENSE: Washington and Lee University outside linebacker Jimmy Moynahan, a senior from Sandwich, Mass., led an attack Generals defensive unit that forced three turnovers and made 11 stops behind the line of scrimmage in their win over Sewanee. Moynahan made five total stops in the day with 2.5 coming for a loss of yardage. That included 1.5 sacks, one of which was a sack fumble for one of four forced fumbles by the W&L defense on the day. Moynahan added to his contest by also recovering a fumble late in the second quarter. Moynahan, a converted running back before the 2014 season, helped the Generals limit the run-heavy Sewanee offense to less that 200 yards on the ground on 56 rushing attempts.
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