Box Score GAMBIER, Ohio – The No. 14-ranked Wittenberg University Tigers raced out to a 21-0 lead Saturday in what looked to be a blowout at McBride Field. The Kenyon College defense, however, made the right adjustments and allowed the Lords football team to make a game of it before the Tigers eventually ran off with a 38-7 win.

Wittenberg (6-1, 6-0 NCAC) scored touchdowns on three of its first four drives. Running back Sean Gary ran in a two-yard score and quarterback Reed Florence followed up with passing touchdowns of 32 yards to Brendon Cunningham and 44 yards to Stephen Zumdick.

Kenyon (4-4, 4-3 NCAC) playing into a strong wind in the first quarter, could not get its offense going and yielded great field position to the Tigers on punts that were continually knocked down by gust. When the teams switched sides in the second quarter, the Lords put together their first scoring drive. The drive covered nine plays and 78 yards with sophomore Blake Calcei being the featured player. Toward the end of the drive, Calcei had two rushing plays for a combined seven yards and one catch for 26 yards. On a first-and-ten from the Wittenberg 11-yard line, Calcei got free in the end zone and grabbed another pass from quarterback Jake Bates to make the score 21-7. The touchdown was Calcei's team-high eighth of the season.

Meanwhile, the Kenyon defense held the Tigers to a mere field goal throughout the second and third quarters. The stand was sparked by senior linebacker Kolin Sullivan, who wound up with a game-high 12 tackles. Among those tackles were 2.5 sacks and four tackles-for-losses. Sullivan, who entered the game leading all NCAA Division III players in tackles-for-losses, is now the Kenyon single-season record holder with 24.5 tackles-for-losses. He also improved his Kenyon career record to 68.5 tackles-for losses.

Fellow senior linebacker Reed Franklin had ten tackles, including a sack, while senior cornerback Zach Morrow had nine tackles and a pair of pass breakups.

Kenyon's offense continued to move the ball on the Tigers, but a missed field goal in the third quarter and four failed rushes from the Tigers' two-yard line early in the fourth quarter kept Kenyon's scoring output stuck at seven.

Wittenberg then put the game out of reach with a 20-yard scoring strike from Florence to Jonathan Stoner followed by a 76-yard interception return from linebacker Nick Gibson.

Bates finished the game for Kenyon completing 17-of-27 passes for 150 yards. Freshman receiver Brian Hunca hauled in seven passes for 64 yards and junior running back Brandon January led the rushing attack with 28 yards on seven carries.

For Wittenberg, Florence had 257 passing yards while completing 14-of-26 attempts. Gary rang up 71 rushing yards on 16 tries and Stoner and Cunningham combined for six catches and 114 receiving yards.

Kenyon does not play next week and will return to action at home against The College of Wooster on Saturday, November 9 at 1:00 p.m.