COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Dominican Panthers football team returns home to wrap up the 2022 season on the home turf of Panther Stadium on Saturday (Nov. 12). For the third straight season, the Hillsdale Chargers will play the Panthers in the closing regular season contest.
The Chargers-Panthers matchup will serve as Senior Day and Veterans Appreciation Day, with kickoff coming at 1:00 PM.
GAME DAY INFORMATION
OPENING KICKOFF
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ODU defeated Northwood 35-24 to give head coach
Kelly Cummings his 47th career win - the most in ODU program history, surpassing Bill Conley.
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Jake Byrd (Fort Wayne, Indiana) surpassed 300 yards as he tallied 334 yards passing on 24-of-34 tries with four touchdowns.
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Andrew Wolf (Ashland, Ohio) caught four touchdowns for the 2nd time this season and 3rd of his career - a part of a nine catch, 210-yard day.
- Wolf is the only player in all of the NCAA with two games with four receiving touchdowns this season. That was Wolf's second 200+ yard game (third career), making him one of two players in Division II with multiple 200+ yard games in 2022. He owns the only
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Wolf and
Daishaun Hill (Rocky River, Ohio) were named G-MAC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Weeks after the Week 10 win.
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D. Hill made 14 tackles and had an interception to lead the Panther defense.
Jayden Hill (Gahanna, Ohio) caught his 2nd career interception as well.
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John Madden (Holland, Ohio) tallied his first career sack as ODU has 24 sacks for the season (7th all-time).
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Kaiden Koch (Grafton, Ohio) was five-for-five on extra points, giving him 30 straight extra point tries converted.
- Jaylin Garner (Shaker Heights, Ohio) continued his season with two more TFL, giving him 13.5 for the season - leading the G-MAC.
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Ohio Dominican rushed for over 100 yards as a team for the fifth straight week.
- Travis Whittaker (Gahanna, Ohio) had 51 yards rushing.
- Jordan Pantaleo (Dresden, Ohio) carried the ball seven times for 44 yards with a 15-yard rushing touchdown.
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With only 59 plays run, Ohio Dominican won the total offense category 437-405 as Northwood ran 87 plays on offense.
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Ohio Dominican had the ball for 21:57 of the game, the second straight game that ODU was under 22 minutes of possession - both wins.
- With a win, Ohio Dominican will capture their 15th full season with at least seven wins in 19 seasons and 11th consecutive season.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 6 - Ohio Dominican has had six G-MAC Players of the Week this season (Garner, Roop, Sinclair, Powers, Wolf and D. Hill).
- 6 - Ohio Dominican has six wins over the Hillsdale Chargers in 11 tries, despite two straight losses and 3 of the last 4.
- 9 - The Panthers have scored nine offensive touchdowns of at least 30 yards, including 3 of 80+ yards.
- 10 - Ohio Dominican has ten offensive scoring drives of less than a minute this season (3 at Northwood).
HILLSDALE AT A GLANCE
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Hillsdale enters the final week of the regular season with a 5-5 overall record and 4-3 mark in G-MAC play.
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The Chargers opened the season with conference wins over Lake Erie (35-31) and Walsh (35-17) but have gone 2-3 in G-MAC play and 2-5 overall since then.
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Hillsdale has played in five one-possession contests, winning two of those contests (Lake Erie, 35-31 & Missouri S&T, 17-10).
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The Chargers have a 3-1 road record as they have performed better away from Frank "Muddy Waters" Stadium. The only blemish on the road record was a 31-27 loss at Kentucky Wesleyan in October.
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For the season, Hillsdale averages 24.8 points scored, 139.8 rushing yards, and 196.9 passing yards per game on offense. The Chargers are allowing 24.7 points, 140.8 rushing yards and 216.5 passing yards per contest. Overall on offense, the Chargers sit fourth in rushing, fifth in scoring, and sixth in total offense and passing,. For the defense, Hillsdale is fifth in scoring, sixth in rushing and passing and seventh in total defense,
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Penalties are not an issue with the Chargers as they only have made 47 penalties in ten games (4.7 per game - 2nd in the G-MAC and 12th in D2).
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Hillsdale has taken care of the ball in rushing and receiving with only three fumbles lost all season, leading the G-MAC and eighth in Division II.
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For the season, Hillsdale has a point differential of +1, the fifth best in the G-MAC (248-247).
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Keith Otterbein is in his 21st year at Hillsdale as the head coach for 2022. Otterbein is looking for his 11th winning season with the Chargers and first since 2019 (6-5). The last two seasons have been .500 (2-2 in Spring 2021 and 6-6 in Fall 2021).
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In the 2022 G-MAC Preseason Poll, Hillsdale was selected for an fifth place finish, earning 42 votes right behind Ohio Dominican. The Chargers went 6-6 overall in the 2021 season.
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Hillsdale was the 2021 G-MAC representative in the America's Crossroads Bowl in Hobart, Indiana.
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Luke Keller has played all ten games under center, gathering 1,960 yards passing on 141-of-227 passing with 18 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Keller sits third in the G-MAC with passing yards and touchdowns.
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Michael Herzog is third in the conference for rushing yards with 859 on 184 carries. He has scored seven times while averaging 4.7 yards per carry.
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Isaac TeSlaa leads the receiving corps for Hillsdale with 60 catches for a conference best 1,177 yards. He is tied for the G-MAC lead with 13 touchdowns with ODU's
Andrew Wolf and is 4th among all D2 WR for TD's and fifth for yards.
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Jackson Gillock and Vince Francescone both have two interceptions on defense.
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Julian Lee has made four of five field goals with 30-of-32 extra point tries.
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Kyle Kudla is third in the G-MAC with 86 overall tackles for the Charger defense. Kudla has 8.5 TFL and 1 fumble recovery.
Contact: Tyler Stotsky
stotskyt@ohiodominican.edu
