FOREST, Va. --- Two teams remain unbeaten overall with three squads standing atop the ODAC standings at 2-0 following week six of the Division III football season. Both Bridgewater College and Randolph-Macon College stand a perfect 5-0 with wins in their first two conference games. Washington and Lee University stands with them with a second win against a league foe in as many tries, and Hampden-Sydney College returned to the win column to even out its ODAC win-loss record at 1-1.

Bridgewater needed late heroics that featured all three phases of the game to stand as the lone home team to win in week six with a 23-17 come-from-behind triumph over Shenandoah University. Randolph-Macon traveled to Averett University and scored 28 points early to help itself to 55-7 win over the Cougars. Washington and Lee did all of its damage on the ground in posting a 31-6 road win at Guilford College. Hampden-Sydney scored the opening 20 points in a 35-16 win at Ferrum College.

This week's ODAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week are Hampden-Sydney quarterback Tanner Bernard and Bridgewater defensive back Shawn Harris.

• RANDOLPH-MACON DEF. AVERETT, 55-7 | BOX SCORE
  Randolph-Macon, ranked 16th by the AFCA and 19th by D3football.com, scored early and often with 28 points on the board in the opening 21 minutes on the way to a 55-7 road win at Averett. R-MC's 249-yard rushing day helped the Yellow Jackets to a 35:26-24:34 advantage in time of possession. Nick Hale ran for 94 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries. That included a 55-yard scoring burst at the outset of the third quarter. Kwesi Clark registered 76 yards and a touchdown on 20 rushes. Jason Moore and Gage Pennington also found paydirt via the ground. Quarterback Drew Campanale was an efficient 15-of-21 for 163 and a touchdown pass to JoJo Marinella. Defensively, Silas James put the first points of the game on the board with a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown. He finished with five stops, while Erik Harris led with six tackles and an interception. Brandon Evans intercepted two passes and returned them 28 and 47 yards, respectively, to setup R-MC's final two touchdowns. For Averett, Bryce Jackson threw for 165 yards and a touchdown. Spencer Maxwell caught that pass from out yards out inside of three minutes from halftime. Nick Andrews led the Cougars receivers with 45 yards on a pair of receptions. Lamar Horner led AU's defense with 11 tackles. Several players got into the R-MC backfield to combine on stops including JaVon Lofton (0.5 TFLs), Jahlin Russell (0.5), Isaac Mosby (0.5), Johnathan Terrell (1.0), Triston Spencer (1.0), and Josh Linares (0.5).
   
• BRIDGEWATER DEF. SHENANDOAH, 23-17 | BOX SCORE
  Shenandoah led 14-6 at the half and 17-9 after 45 minutes of football, but Bridgewater found the end zone twice in the fourth quarter and kept SU off the board in the Eagles 23-17 come-from-behind home win to remain unbeaten on the season. Albert Mensah notched one fourth-quarter TD with a two-yard run at the 11:30 mark, and a Jaylen Wood to Dylan Maclachlan connection over six yards provided the game's final score with 7:58 to play. Kicker Jackson Hendren accounted for 11 points himself with two PATs and three field goals of 27, 47, and 33 yards. The 47-yard boot is the second-longest of his career following a 48-yard boot last season. Bridgewater's defense forced three key turnovers resulting in 17 points including both late touchdowns. Shawn Harris intercepted a pass and returned it 28 yards to setup Mensah's touchdown, while Aaron Moore recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff leading to Maclachlan's TD. A strip-sack by Aaron Nice recovered by Zedric Hayes teed up Hendren's final field goal. Harris led the unit with a game-high 16 tackles including 4.0 for a loss with a sack and another forced fumble that SU recovered. Moore had 14 tackles with 2.0 TFLs. Shenandoah's offense racked up 202 yards rushing with Rashadeen Byrd, Jr., accounting for 121 yards and a TD on 24 carries and Markell Jackson posting 75 yards on 16 rushes. Quarterback Steven Hugney threw for 168 yards and a touchdown to Jaden Roberts, who finished with four receptions for 50 yards. Keyshawn Wilder and Ben Burgan led the defense with eight tackles each. Burgan had 2.5 TFLs including his fifth sack of the season. He also forced a fumble that Jordan Rice recovered.
   
• HAMPDEN-SYDNEY DEF. FERRUM, 35-16 | BOX SCORE
  Hampden-Sydney scored the first 20 points of the game and posted 28 in the first half as the Tigers went to Ferrum and returned to the win column with a 35-16 victory on Saturday. H-SC racked up 572 yards of offense including 440 threw the air. All of that came off Tanner Bernard's arm as the Tigers' signal-caller shook off two interceptions to go 33-of-44 passing with four TD throws on the way to his first career 400-yard game. He and Mason Cunningham had a prolific connection with Cunningham posting 13 catches for 163 yards and three TDs. Jamahdia Whitby sprinted 72 yards for a catch-and-run touchdown as part of a three-reception 93-yard outing. Running back Melik Frost ran for 105 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. Defensively, Will Pickren led with 10 tackles, while Trammell Thompson and Brendan Wallace each registered sacks. Dorian Green and Cullen Lyons intercepted passes. Ferrum running backs Monzelle Campbell and Zac Smiley combined for 105 yards on 23 rushes. Smiley recorded the Panthers' offensive TD with a one-yard dive, while Campbell returned a punt 87 yards with 3:08 left in the third quarter. FC's remaining points came on the return of a blocked PAT attempt 97 yards by Avian Smith. Smith led the Panthers defense with 10 tackles. Matt White made FC's lone stop in H-SC's backfield. Michael Lopez and DJ Admill intercepted passes.
   
• WASHINGTON AND LEE DEF. GUILFORD, 31-6 | BOX SCORE
  Washington and Lee scored at least seven points in each quarter and allowed only 217 yards of offense to Guilford as the Generals went on the road and earned a 31-6 victory over the Quakers to remain unbeaten through two ODAC contests. W&L's rushing attack accounted for all 411 yards from scrimmage and featured on 78-of-82 total plays run, help the Generals to a dominant 43:56 in time of possession. Running back Harry Crutcher had a career day with 148 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries. Eli Hildebrandt ran for 93 yards, while Jacob Romero added 65 yards and the remaining W&L touchdown. Defensively, W&L forced three turnovers. Cole Cameli intercepted a pass for a second straight week and returned it 63 yards to setup Crutcher's final TD run. Charlie Fleming also picked off a pass, while Jonathan Gagnon forced a fumble that Jalen Todd recovered. David Onyejekwe led with seven tackles, while both of Nathan Unger's stops went for lost yardage. For Guilford, quarterback Bailey Baker threw for 201 yards and a touchdown. Kyle Lovett hauled in that scoring pass on a five-yard play just before halftime. Tre Alexander caught eight passes for 73 yards. Defensively, Nick Iannone led with 15 tackles including 12 solo stops. James Pegues had the Quakers lone TFL on the day as part of a 12 tackle outing. Joey Strong, Jr., also registered 12 stops.

FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Shawn Harris | Bridgewater | Sr. | Defensive Back Harris, a senior from Washington, D.C., put together a career day in helping Bridgewater to a 23-17 come-from-behind victory over Shenandoah to remain unbeaten at 5-0 on the season. Harris made a game-high and career-best 16 tackles including 10 solo stops. That is the fourth-most tackles in Bridgewater history. Included in that effort were 4.0 tackles for loss with a quarterback sack. The 4.0 TFLs are the second-most in the Eagles' record book. Harris forced a fumble that was ultimately recovered by the Shenandoah offense, but arguably his biggest contribution did result in a takeaway. With SU leading 17-9 early in the fourth quarter, Harris stepped in front of a quick out pass towards the numbers on the far sideline and intercepted a pass at the SU 34-yard line. He returned it down to the two-yard line, setting up a touchdown run by Albert Mensah on the next play. Bridgewater would go on to register one additional turnover to setup the game-winning score. For the season, Harris has made 35 tackles including 25 solo efforts. The sack and interception were his first of the season.

FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tanner Bernard | Hampden-Sydney | Sr. | Quarterback Bernard, a senior from Lynchburg, Va., registered his first career 400-yard passing game in leading Hampden-Sydney to a 35-16 road win at Ferrum on Saturday. Bernard, a two-time All-ODAC selection, shook off two miscues to complete 75-percent of his passes at 33-of-44 for a career-best 440 yards and four touchdown passes. While he connected with seven different receivers against the Panthers, Bernard's connect with Mason Cunningham was prolific. The pair linked up 13 times for 163 yards and three touchdowns. That included the game's second score via a crossing route over the middle from 18 yards away for a 14-0 lead. They made it 20-0 early in the second quarter with a comeback quick hitch that turned into a 36-yard catch-and-run. Their final scoring connection came midway through the third quarter and covered 42 yards with Bernard finding Cunningham down the seam. Bernard's remaining TD throw was the first score of the game as he hit Jamahdia Whitby along the left sideline for a 72-yard catch-and-sprint to paydirt. Bernard completed five of his first six passes, two of which went for scores. At one point, he completed eight straight passes to six different receivers including a converted two-point attempt. For the season, Bernard leads the ODAC in passing yards (1,435), yards per game (358.8), touchdowns (12), and completions (107). He is second in attempts (169) and completion percentage (63.3%).

• PATRICK HENRY | 3RD SEASON AT AVERETT
  Overall | 8-11-0 (.421)  --  ODAC | 0-2-0 (.000)
   
• SCOTT LEMN | 2ND SEASON AT BRIDGEWATER
  Overall | 9-6-0 (.600)  --  ODAC | 3-5-0 (.375)
   
• CLEIVE ADAMS | 3RD SEASON AT FERRUM | 7TH SEASON OVERALL
  Overall | 38-41-0 (.481)  --  ODAC | 5-8-0 (.385)
   
• BRAD DAVIS | 3RD SEASON AT GUILFORD
  Overall | 2-16-0 (.111)  --  ODAC | 0-12-0 (.000)
   
• MARTY FAVRET | 23RD SEASON AT HAMPDEN-SYDNEY
  Overall | 142-84-0 (.628)  --  ODAC | 92-49-0 (.652)
   
• PEDRO ARRUZA | 19TH SEASON AT RANDOLPH-MACON
  Overall | 118-67-0 (.638)  --  ODAC | 73-43-0 (.629)
   
• SCOTT YODER | 10TH SEASON AT SHENANDOAH
  Overall | 47-43-0 (.522)  --  ODAC | 25-35-0 (.417)
   
• GARRETT LeROSE | 4TH SEASON AT WASHINGTON AND LEE
  Overall | 23-12-0 (.657)  --  ODAC | 15-8-0 (.652)