Box Score WILMINGTON, Ohio – No. 1 ranked Mount Union scored on its first six possessions and the Purple Raiders posted their fourth consecutive shutout with a 66-0 victory over Wilmington Saturday.
Mount Union (5-0, 4-0 OAC) posts its 68 consecutive regular season victory while Wilmington (0-5, 0-4 OAC) took its 31 st consecutive loss.
Senior Nick Driskill (Wabash, Ind./Southwood) had four tackles for loss to lead a defense, ranked No. 1 in the nationally that held Wilmington to 92 total yards including minus-14 yards rushing.
The offense generated 587 yards as senior running backs Jake Simon (Parma Heights/Holy Name) and T.J. Lattimore (Maple Heights/Maple Heights) each ran for two scores while fellow senior Blair Skilliter (Curtice/Genoa) also ran for a score to pace the offense.
Sophomore quarterback Kevin Burke (Westlake/Lakewood St. Edward) played five possessions of the first half and completed 14-of-15 passes for 134 yards. He tossed one touchdown to senior Jasper Collins (Geneva, N.Y./Geneva), who finished with five catches for 34 yards.
Senior Chris Denton (Plantation, Fla./South Plantation) was the top receiver as he had six catches for 83 yards.
Backup quarterback Roman Namdar (Southlake, Texas/Carroll) was 9-for-9 passing, rushed for a touchdown and threw a touchdown pass to Jack Nicholls (Galion/Galion).
Mount Union returns home next week to host Capital for homecoming at 1:30 pm at Mount Union Stadium.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Mount Union......... 21 21 17 7 - 66 Record: (5-0-0,4-0)
Wilmington.......... 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (0-5-0,0-4)
Scoring Summary:
05:10 MTU - T.j. Lattimore 15 yd run (
Tyler Almeida kick), 7-69 2:37, MTU 14 - WILM 0
2nd 14:24 MTU - T.j. Lattimore 3 yd run (
Tyler Almeida kick), 5-53 1:53, MTU 28 - WILM 0
3rd 11:01 MTU -
Roman Namdar 16 yd run (Isaac Spearman kick), 8-71 3:57, MTU 49 - WILM 0
06:30 MTU - Isaac Spearman 20 yd field goal, 5-14 2:27, MTU 52 - WILM 0
4th 07:26 MTU - Mason Minnich 18 yd run (Isaac Spearman kick), 6-39 3:44, MTU 66 - WILM 0
MTU WILM
FIRST DOWNS................... 31 6
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 52-354 20--14
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 233 106
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 26-25-0 26-9-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 78-587 46-92
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-3 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-0 8-101
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2--1 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 0-0.0 7-30.4
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 3-2
Penalties-Yards............... 4-35 1-5
Possession Time............... 38:36 21:24
Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 10 2 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 9-11 0-0
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-8 0-0
RUSHING: Mount Union-Mason Minnich 13-92; T.j. Lattimore 6-50;
Jake Simon 7-50;
2-28; Taurice Scott 3-24;
Kevin Burke 2-9. Wilmington-T. Richardson 5-10; Ryan
Smith 1-10; March Jones 5-4; Brandon Arehart 1-1; Chris Cason 8-minus 39.
Scott 2-2-0-20. Wilmington-Brandon Arehart 6-22-1-75; Chris Cason 3-4-1-31.
2-17; T.j. Lattimore 2-minus 5;
Luc Meacham 1-7; Brian Gainor 1-4.
Wilmington-March Jones 2-33; Antonio Turner 2-30; Malcolm Turner 2-26; T.
Richardson 1-10; Kyle Akers 1-4; S. Donoghue 1-3.
