DePAUW GAMEDAY: at Kenyon

Saturday, November 4, 2017

DePauw (7-1, 6-1) at Kenyon (0-8, 0-7)

Game time: 11 a.m.

Location: McBride Field in Gambier, Ohio.

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

Last week: DePauw is 7-1 overall and 6-1 in the NCAC after Saturday’s 42-26 win over Allegheny. Kenyon is 0-8 overall and 0-7 in the NCAC following Saturday’s 51-41 loss to Wooster.

Series Record: DePauw leads the overall series 7-3 and has won the last three meetings.

2016 Meeting: Matt Hunt rushed for two touchdowns and threw for the other four as DePauw moved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 48-35 win over Kenyon.

The Lords dropped to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the conference.

Marko Adams booted the first of two field goals just 1:45 into the contest to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead and Matt Hunt scored on a 37-yard run with 7:45 left in the opening stanza on a drive set up by Brooks Hepp’s interception. Matt Hunt teamed with his brother, Andy, for a 55-yard gain on the first play of the Tigers’ final drive of the first and, three plays later, Ian Good hauled in a 27-yard scoring pass to make it 17-0 with 1:47 remaining in the quarter.

DePauw Notes: The Tigers enter the game averaging 34.8 points and 430.4 total yards per game and are allowing opponents just 66.2 rushing yards each contest and only 2.2 yards per rush.

Quarterback Jake Lasky directs the offense while completing 63.1 percent of his passes and rushing for a team-high 379 yards and 4.8 yards per carry. Last week’s performance against Allegheny was one of the best in the nation in Division III this year, and earned Lasky offensive player of the week honors by the North Coast Athletic Conference.

Andy Hunt is the team’s leading receiver with 35 catches for team-highs of 714 yards and 11 touchdowns. Jake Hagan follows with 32 catches and five scores, while Nolan Ayres has hauled in 16 passes for 291 yards.

Ramon Lopez averages 40.5 rushing yards per contest and leads with six rushing touchdowns. As a team, DePauw averages 188.1 yards on the ground and 242.2 through the air. Matt Crupi paces the defense with 65 tackles including a team-best 8.0 for loss, while Zach Williams follows with 37 and Chandler Nicholson and Brooks Hepp 36 each.

Kenyon Notes: Quarterback Thomas Merkle enters the game with a 120.1 efficiency rating while completing 63.1 percent of his passes for 2,280 yards with 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Ian Robertson and Ian Bell lead the way with 65 and 61 catches, respectively, with Robertson totaling team highs of 733 yards and nine touchdowns.

Seamus McCurren is the top rusher, averaging 51.9 rushing yards per contest with four rushing touchdowns.

Curt Williams leads with 114 tackles with Sam Dickey next at 55. Quashae Hendryx paces the squad with 10.5 tackles for loss.

Ryan Cooper has nailed all 25 extra-point attempts and both field goal tries this year, while Bell averages 37.9 yards per punt with seven of his 35 landing inside the opponent’s 20-yard-line.

Up next: DePauw will close out its season next Saturday by hosting Wabash in the annual Monon Bell Classic.

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