Box Score WILMINGTON, Ohio—Zac Lemmon (Granville/Granville) and
Cecil Shorts (Cleveland/Collinwood) each scored three touchdowns as
No. 2 ranked University of Mount Union posted a 51-0 Ohio Athletic
Conference football win Saturday at Wilmington College in
Wilmington, Ohio.
The Purple Raiders posted their 46th consecutive
regular season and 97th consecutive road victory as they
move to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the OAC.
A season-high five turnovers by Mount Union was balanced out by
a defense that forced four turnovers and held Wilmington (0-3, 0-2)
to minus four yards rushing in the second half and 151 total
yards.
Sophomore defensive end Charles Dieuseul (Winter Haven,
Fla./Lake Region) led the unit with 10 stops, 2.0 sacks and a
forced fumble.
Lemmon, a junior running back, had three rushing touchdowns from
62, 10 and three yards all in the first half, as he finished with
96 yards on 10 carries.
Shorts had a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown to go along
with five catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns from quarterback
Neal Seaman (Louisville/Louisville).
Seaman finished 13-of-20 passing for 241 yards with those two
scores and a pair of interceptions.
The Raiders got off to a slow start with a pair of turnovers in
their first two possessions and the Quakers had a chance to get on
the board but had a 41-yard field goal attempt blocked by senior
defensive end Lambert Budzinski (Canton/Massillon
Jackson).
Lemmon then got the first score of the game on a 62-yard scamper
for a score with 5:04 left in the first quarter. After
forcing a three and out, Shorts then took a punt back 68 yards for
score to finish the quarter with a 14-0 lead.
Lemmon tacked on touchdowns from 10 and three yards out in the
second quarter and the shutout was preserved late in the half when
Wilmington blocked a Mount Union extra point attempt and returned
it all the way back to the Raider two yard line before sophomore
Brandon Mathie (Louisville/Louisville) made the tackle.
Shorts hauled in 39 and 38 yard touchdown strikes from Seaman on
the first drives of both the third and fourth quarters, Tyler Almeida (Elyria/Elyria) converted an 18-yard field goal and Blair Skilliter (Curtice/Genoa) ran in a touchdown from two yards out for
the 51-0 final.
Mount Union hosts undefeated and No. 10 ranked Ohio Northern, a
36-0 victor over Muskingum, next Saturday, Oct. 2 at 1:30 pm in the
home opener from Mount Union Stadium.
