COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers (3-3, 2-2 G-MAC) football team continued the three-game home stand hosting the Thomas More Saints (1-5, 1-3 G-MAC) on a cool Saturday (Oct. 10) afternoon.
After Thomas More erased a 17-point deficit, the Panthers scored the final ten points of the game in a 34-24 win.
BOX SCORE NOTES
- Carson Parker finished with a day completing 23-of-38 passes for 211 yards. He threw for a touchdown and also added a touchdown run on the ground.
- Roderick Love led the rushing group with 38 yards on seven carries. As the main kick returner, Love had four returns for 65 yards.
- Conner Campbell had eight catches for 110 yards. Zack Stevens followed with eight receptions and 80 yards. Both set career-highs for catches and yards.
- Harlee Hanna led the defense with ten tackles as he assisted on a sack.
- Elijah Lambert had seven tackles.
- Dalton Chilcoat totaled 1.5 sacks in the game as ODU had two sacks and four tackles for loss.
- Quinten Robinson had not one but two interceptions that turned into scores. Robinson ran back two interceptions for touchdowns as he is the first player in program history and in the G-MAC to have multiple pick sixes for touchdowns.
- Ian Furlong averaged 43 yards per punt with a long of 65 yards.
- Ryan Elliot was two-for-three on field goals. Elliot made a pair of field goals at 43 and 44 yards but had a 28-yard try blocked.
- Treyton Schroeder added his fourth interception of the season.
- The Panthers totaled 333 yards of total offense with 84 rushing yards and 249 passing yards.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Panthers started with the ball and could not convert the drive into points. Thomas More blocked the 28-yard field goal try and kept the game scoreless.
- After a Thomas More three-and-out, the Panthers got on the board with a 43-yard field goal by Elliot. ODU led 3-0 with six minutes left in the first quarter.
- The next four combined drives ended in punts as the first quarter ended at 3-0.
- Robinson jumped the first play for Thomas More in the second quarter, running a ten-yard interception return back for a touchdown.
- Within 12 seconds, Robinson added his second pick six in the game - this time from 25-yards. Ohio Dominican's lead jumped to 17-0 with ten minutes to go in the first half.
- Thomas More added a 37-yard field goal at the end of the half as ODU led 17-3.
- The Saints scored on their first drive on the second half. A 18-yard touchdown trimmed the lead to 17-10 two minutes in.
- ODU answered with a score of their own three minutes later. On a fourth-and-2, Parker connected with Conlan Dent on a 20-yard touchdown pass and put ODU ahead 24-10.
- The Saints got a 16-yard touchdown pass and continued to chip away at the Panther lead. Thomas More was down 24-17 with 6:15 to go in the third quarter.
- On the first play of the fourth quarter, a one-yard touchdown run tied the game for the Saints.
- Ohio Dominican took back the lead with a 44-yard field goal by Elliot as the game clock had 11:57 left on it and the Panthers ahead 27-24.
- The ODU defense stood on a fourth down try as the Saints tried to respond on a deep ball to the end zone. ODU took over on downs with 6:29 left in the game.
- A fake punt on fourth down kept the drive alive as the Panthers were able to add points on the board. Yon German completed a 38-yard pass to Stevens as Parker scored on a QB keeper three plays later. The lead expanded to 34-24 with 4:10 left.
- The defense kept the Saints scoreless with two big plays. Schroeder sealed the game with his interception at the one-yard line and Chilcoat later forced a turnover on downs with a sack.
UP NEXT
For Homecoming week, the Panthers will play host to the other Panthers of Kentucky Wesleyan on October 17th at 12:00 PM.
