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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Dominican's football team earned a 63-31 win at Findlay last Saturday and will try to make it two in a row on the road this weekend as the Panthers visit Notre Dame for a 7 p.m. tilt this Saturday.
For the fourth time in the past five games, ODU finished with 500 or more yards of offense, generating 320 on the ground and 230 through the air as the Panthers outscored Findlay 35-7 in the second half for the key GLIAC South Division victory last Saturday.
Freshman Brandon Schoen (Olentangy, Ohio) became just the second back in ODU history to register four consecutive 100-yard games as he finished with 162 on 25 carries. Freshman Tajuan Green (Columbus, Ohio) tallied a season-best 85 yards on just seven attempts, as did senior Mark Nichols (Newark, Ohio), who ran the ball nine times for 63 yards.
Sophomore Mark Miller (Cincinnati, Ohio), the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week, had touchdown passes of 59, 33, 22 and 14 yards as he completed 12-of-19 throws. His top target, freshman Ronald McCloud (Cleveland, Ohio), hauled in five passes for 104 yards and two scores, while freshman Dez Stewart (Cincinnati, Ohio) had 64 yards and senior Andy Mick (Hamilton, Ohio) had 50, with each finding the end zone once.
The defense was led by junior Justin Bell (Groveport, Ohio), who tallied 12 tackles and forced a fumble, while senior Eisen Hardy (Pickerington, Ohio) had 11 stops. Senior Jeff White (Gahanna, Ohio) had an interception as ODU finished plus-two in the turnover battle, turning both takeaways into touchdowns.
After punting on its first possession of the second half, ODU scored touchdowns on its next five drives. The Panthers attempted just four passes after intermission – two of them for touchdowns - and ran the ball 33 times for 224 yards in the third and fourth quarters.
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 820 AM (St. Gabriel Radio) and simulcast online everywhere at www.pressboxproductions.net. This week's broadcast starts at 6:30 p.m. with the Panther Countdown Pregame Show. Veteran broadcaster Todd Bell returns for his fifth year in the booth as the play-by-play announcer and is joined by Matt Natali in the booth, while Scott Grady handles the pregame and halftime shows. Live video is also provided FREE for all six home games this season.
THE SERIES
This is the first all-time meeting between Ohio Dominican and Notre Dame. The Falcons joined the GLIAC this year as an affiliate member in football, men's and women's soccer, wrestling and women's lacrosse.
Notre Dame is one of four first-time opponents on the Panther schedule this year, joining Virginia-Lynchburg, Northern Michigan and Grand Valley. ODU is 2-1 in those contests thus far, with wins over Virginia-Lynchburg and Northern Michigan.
DID YOU KNOW?????
>> ODU is 17-5 against opponents from Ohio since 2007.
>> 29 of Ohio Dominican's 36 touchdowns have been scored by freshmen or sophomores.
>> The Panthers are 2-7 in night games all-time, including 0-3 on the road.
>> The 94 combined points in the 63-31 win at Findlay is the third highest scoring game in ODU history (101 combined points in 52-49 win at Lake Erie, 10/3/09; 97 in 62-35 win over Cumberlands, 11/17/07.)
>> The Panthers have seven one-play scoring drives this season.
Contact: Scott Miles
miless@ohiodominican.edu
