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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Following a terrific performance last weekend against Tiffin, Ohio Dominican's football team returns to the field Saturday to take on GLIAC South Division opponent Lake Erie in Panther Field.
ODU rolled to a 62-7 victory over the Dragons, racking up 480 yards of offense while holding the Dragons to minus-17 yards rushing. It was the first time the Panthers have limited an opponent to negative rushing yardage ODU's defense set a school-record with seven sacks while also registering five takeaways.
The Panther offense rushed for 276 yards, the fourth-best mark in school history, and despite attempting a school-record low nine passes, completed eight of them for 208 yards and four touchdowns. The 62 points scored was tied for the third-most in a game in school single-season history, and the 55-point margin of victory was the biggest since ODU's 56-0 victory over Urbana on Nov. 8, 2008.
Mike Noffsinger continued his assault on the ODU record books as he set new career marks with 423 rushing attempts and 23 touchdowns and broke his own single-season rushing record, becoming poised to be the first player in school history with 1,000 rushing yards in a season. Tyler Purcell became the first player in school history to surpass 1,000 yards rushing and receiving.
Eli Kovach had seven tackles (3.0 for loss) and 2.5 sacks, Garrett Wilcox had two tackles for loss, Cody Culbertson had two tackles for loss and a forced fumble, and Justin Bell had a fumble recovery and an interception as well.
ALL OHIO DOMINICAN FOOTBALL GAMES LIVE ON THE RADIO AND INTERNET
Fans in Central Ohio can listen to Ohio Dominican football LIVE on the radio on 1580 AM (St. Gabriel Radio) and simulcast online everywhere at www.ohiodominicanpanthers.com. This week's broadcast starts at 11:30 a.m. with the Panther Countdown Pregame Show. Veteran broadcaster Todd Bell returns for his fourth year in the booth as the play-by-play announcer and is joined by former Buckeye A.J. Trapasso in the booth, while Dan Long handles the pregame and halftime shows. Live video is also provided FREE for all six home games this season.
THE SERIES
This is the third all-time meeting between the schools, with the series tied at 1-1. ODU scored a 52-49 win at Lake Erie in 2009 before falling on the road 30-15 last year. The Panthers had the ball inside Lake Erie territory six times in the first three quarters but only had three field goals by Chris Vortkamp to show for it. The Storm ran for 294 yards in the game. Tyler Maddox had a career-high 12 receptions in the loss.
DID YOU KNOW?????
>> Ohio Dominican has converted five straight fourth downs and six of its past seven attempts.
>> The Panthers set a new school record with 1,808 yards rushing this season. ODU's 226.0 yards per game is 20th in the nation.
>> ODU's defense has forced five turnovers on downs inside the red zone, the most of any GLIAC team this season.
>> ODU's two safeties this season - courtesy of a pair of Wilcox sacks - are as many as the rest of the conference has combined.
Contact: Scott Miles
miless@ohiodominican.edu
