JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The University of Northwestern football team (2-4, 2-3) suffered a 22-9 loss Saturday at MacMurray College (6-0, 5-0). The Eagles trailed 16-0 at the half before getting on the board in third.
The unbeaten Highlanders struck with a five-yard field goal late in the first quarter before adding touchdowns via a 10-yard pass and eight-yard run in the second quarter to hold a lead at the locker room.
In the second half,
Ben Lyons (North Olmstead, Ohio/Ohio Distance & Electronic Learning Academy) split the uprights from 15 yards out to cut the deficit to 16-3. Chazz Middlebrook answered back with a one-yard touchdown run to make the score 22-3. The final score came with 5:48 to play, when
Taylor Lindahl (Watertown, S.D./Watertown) found freshman
Tyson Green (Santa Clarita, Calif./Golden Valley) for a 15-yard touchdown, the first of Green's career.
Lindahl finished the day 10-of-23 for 128 yards, while
Payton Bowdry (Minneapolis, Minn./South) covered 57 yards on 16 rushes.
Evan Pruitt (Temecula, Calif./Rancho Christian High School) and
Spencer Steel (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Homeschool) hauled in three receptions each, with Pruitt recording 45 receiving yards and Steel 26.
Gideon Burnham (Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson) had a monster day on the defensive side of the ball, posting 17 tackles, including a tackle for loss.
Chris Compton (St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park),
Noah MacDonald (Fennville, Mich./Fennville) and
Aaron Regnier (Hawley, Minn./Hawley) all racked up 12 stops, while
Daniel Stratton (Lucerne Valley, Calif./Lucerne Valley) (11) and
Beau Walter (Conway, Ark./Conway) (10) also reached double digits.
Nick Swore (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian) grabbed his conference-leading fourth pick of the year.
The Eagles will return to Reynolds Field next Saturday for a 12 noon contest with Iowa Wesleyan. Fans can find more information at
www.unweagles.com or by following @unwfb on Twitter.
