MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA – The University of Northwestern football team hit the road to take on Iowa Wesleyan in the Eagles final contest of 2019 Saturday afternoon. UNW put together a dominant 42-6 win after senior Payton Bowdry (Minneapolis, Minn./South) scored four touchdowns (and an extra point) in his final game as an Eagle.
 
Northwestern ends the year 4-6 overall and 4-4 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. The Tigers finish with a 0-10 record this season and a 0-7 mark in league play.
 
The Eagles were quick to score, putting together six plays to make it 7-0 following their opening drive. Damon Clapper (Dallas Center, Iowa/Dallas Center - Grimes) completed a 33-yard pass to Trevor Lundberg (Houston, Minn./Houston) before Payton Bowdry (Minneapolis, Minn./South) followed up with a 21-yard rush and a four-yard reception for the senior's first touchdown of the day.
 
Northwestern extended the lead to 14-0 on a Nate Van Beusekom (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View) five-yard run midway through the first. The Eagles would continue applying the offensive pressure in the second when Bowdry would record his second and third rushing touchdowns of the day. The running back also managed to get the extra point to go to put UNW up 28-0 to end the half.
 
The Eagle defense continued to shut down the Tigers, while Northwestern's offense made it 35-0 on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Flanigan (River Falls, Wis./River Falls) to senior Trevor Lundberg (Houston, Minn./Houston).
 
Bowdry would score his fourth and final touchdown in the fourth on a one-yard rush, making it 42-0. The Tigers were able to get some points on the board with nine minutes remaining on a 13 play, 64-yard drive. This would mark the final scoring play of the contest as UNW rode out a 42-6 victory on the road.
 
Payton Bowdry (Minneapolis, Minn./South) saved the best for last – leading the running efforts with 101 yards and three touchdowns. He added 10 receiving yards and another touchdown to record a career-best four. He finishes the 2019 season with the second most in the UMAC (14) behind Martin Luther's Joshuah Kren. Northwestern would finish with 201 rushing yards to Iowa Wesleyan's 22.
 
Evan Pruitt (Temecula, Calif./Rancho Christian) added 53 receiving yards on two catches. Damon Clapper (Dallas Center, Iowa/Dallas Center - Grimes) and Ryan Flanigan (River Falls, Wis./River Falls) shared the quarterback duties again as Clapper completed eight passes for 109 yards and a touchdown.
 
The Eagle defense was led by Chase Marlenee (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) who recorded six solo tackles on the day. Seth Johnson (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian) had two sacks, while Bradly Kulinski (Milwaukee, Wis./Martin Luther) added two tackles for a loss of six yards. Yannick Kabamba (Los Angeles, Calif./Norwalk) picked up his second interception of the season.
 
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