DePauw gameday vs. Allegheny

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Game time: 1 p.m.

Location: Blackstock Stadium, Greencastle

On the air: WGRE-FM 91.5 will broadcast the game.

Series Record: DePauw leads 4-2 and has won the last four meetings.

2016 Meeting: DePauw scored touchdowns on its first seven possessions on the way to a 69-21 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Allegheny.

The Tigers moved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the NCAC, while the Gators dropped to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the conference.

The Tigers needed just three plays to take the lead for good as Jason Kirchhoff scored on a 20-yard run with 12:06 left in the first quarter. That lead reached 21-0 with five minutes remaining in the quarter on a pair of Matt Hunt to Chase Sadler touchdown passes.

Allegheny countered with Logan Lee’s 74-yard pass to Alex Victor, but Kirchhoff followed with a 62-yard scamper on the first play after the ensuing kickoff and Nick Delgado added a 17-yard scoring run to make it 35-7 after one quarter.

DePauw notes: DePauw scored touchdowns on its first seven possessions on the way to a 69-21 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Allegheny.

The Tigers moved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the NCAC, while the Gators dropped to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the conference.

The Tigers needed just three plays to take the lead for good as Jason Kirchhoff scored on a 20-yard run with 12:06 left in the first quarter. That lead reached 21-0 with five minutes remaining in the quarter on a pair of tackles including a team-best 7.0 for loss, while Brooks Hepp follows with 32. Hepp leads with three interceptions and an additional four breakups. Nate Orrison is the team leader with 5.0 sacks as the Tigers have 20 as a team.

Jake Tanner has booted 27 of 30 extrapoints and 5 of 6 field goals, while Hunter Sego averages 36.2 yards per punt and has landed 11 of his 32 boots inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.

Matt Hunt to Chase Sadler touchdown passes. Allegheny countered with Logan Lee’s 74-yard pass to Alex Victor, but Kirchhoff followed with a 62-yard scamper on the first play after the ensuing kickoff and Nick Delgado added a 17-yard scoring run to make it 35-7 after one quarter.

Up next: DePauw will play at Kenyon on Nov. 4, before hosting Wabash in the Monon Bell game on Nov. 11.

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