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Lawrence University (0-7, 0-6 MWC) vs. Grinnell College (1-6, 1-5 MWC) Saturday, November 2, 2013, 1:00 p.m., The Banta Bowl, Appleton, Wisconsin Broadcast/Webcast Barthelmess ran 17 times for line, and Barthelmess hit Mazur with The game is available via a 103 yards and topped the 100-yard a touchdown pass on the next play. free video webcast at: http://client. mark for the second time this season. After Grinnell gave up the ball stretchinternet.com/client/lawrence. Barthelmess also completed 14 of 29 on downs on its first possession of portal#. Dick Knapinski and Anthony passes for 207 yards. Barthelmess, the game, Lawrence took over at its Totoraitis will handle the call. A link for who also topped the 100-yard rush- own 21. The Vikings got runs from the webcast is available on the Law- ing mark in the season opener against Barthelmess of 19 and 27 yards, the rence football page. Cornell, became the first Lawrence latter giving Lawrence a first down back since Craig Ebert in 2008 to at the Grinnell 12. Lawrence scored The Series rush for more than three plays later on Barthelmess’ five- In a series that dates back to 1940, 100 yards in a game yard run for a 14-0 lead. Lawrence holds a 27-26 lead. The Vi- twice in the same Lawrence drove all the way to kings snapped Grinnell’s five-game season. the Grinnell five-yard line on its next winning streak in the series with a 24- Mazur caught six possession but had to settle for Cody 14 victory in Iowa in 2012. Lawrence passes for 138 yards Robel’s 23-yard field goal and led 17-0 holds the longest win streak in the and a touchdown, at the half. series, winning 10 consecutive games and he ran 11 times Grinnell scored on its first posses- from 1941 through 1954. for 40 yards. Luke Barthelmess sion of the second half with a 62-yard The Vikings built drive for a touchdown. Quarterback Last Meeting a 17-0 lead and then used a 98-yard Sam Poulos hit Jacob Meixler with an Quarterback Luke Barthelmess scoring drive in the third quarter to 11-yard scoring pass to trim the mar- ran for two touchdowns and threw help put the game away. gin to 17-7. for another, and receiver Tyler Mazur Lawrence took the opening kick- After an exchange of punts, had another big day as Lawrence off and marched 70 yards in nine Lawrence took over at its own two- beat Grinnell 24-14 in a Midwest plays for a 7-0 lead. Ben Hartman had yard line with 5:22 left in the third Conference game on Oct. 27, 2012, at a 25-yard run to give the Vikings a quarter. The Vikings moved 98 yards Rosenbloom Field. first down at the Grinnell three-yard in 13 plays for a touchdown with 2013 Lawrence University Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Result Fast Fact Sept. 7 at Cornell L, 45-14 Cornell jumps out to 28-0 lead after first quarter Sept. 14 Lake Forest L, 14-13 LFC blocks two late field goals to preserve win Sept. 21 at Beloit L, 38-21 Beloit snaps 13-game losing streak Oct. 5 Illinois College L, 26-6 Andy Paider piles up 7.0 tackles for loss for LU defense Oct. 12 at Carroll L, 48-14 CB Zach Eichhorst scores first TD on interception return Oct. 19 St. Norbert L, 17-6 Sam Wagner has career-high 14 tackles and 4.0 TFLs Oct. 26 at Monmouth L, 31-7 Trey Yocum scores all four TDs for the Scots Nov. 2 Grinnell 1 p.m. LU has 98-yard scoring drive in 2012 win at Grinnell Nov. 9 Knox 1 p.m. Teams combined for 104 points in 2012 Nov. 16 at Ripon 1 p.m. Teams played highest-scoring game in series in 2012 just 15 seconds left in the third quar- ter. The Vikings converted all three third downs on the drive and got a 24-yard completion to Dominque Dirden to the Grinnell one-yard line. Barthelmess scored three plays later to put Lawrence up 24-7. Grinnell got a 68-yard touchdown pass from Poulos to Meixler to cut the lead to 24-14 with 6:28 left in the game, but the Lawrence defense held the Pioneers right there. Midwest Conference Standings The Pioneers got the ball back but gave it up just four plays later, and MWC Overall Lawrence got a first down to run out W L W L the clock. Illinois College 6 0 7 0 St. Norbert 6 0 6 1 Last Week Trey Yocum ran for 277 yards and Lake Forest 6 1 7 1 scored four touchdowns to lead Mon- Ripon 4 2 5 2 mouth football team to a 31-7 Mid- Cornell 4 2 4 3 west Conference win over Lawrence Carroll 3 3 4 3 this past Saturday at Zorn Stadium. Monmouth 3 3 3 4 Yocum carried the ball 31 times Grinnell 1 5 1 6 for the Scots and averaged 8.9 yards Beloit 1 6 1 7 per carry. Knox 1 6 1 7 Monmouth built a 21-0 lead at the Lawrence 0 6 0 7 half, and held Lawrence to a season- low 227 offensive yards. Lawrence quarterback Luke Bar- Last Saturday’s Results thelmess completed 14 of 23 passes Monmouth 31, Lawrence 7 for 106 yards, a touchdown and an Ripon 40, Beloit 14 interception. Barthelmess also ran 15 Illinois College 48, Knox 24 times for 92 yards. Carroll 37, Grinnell 0 Safety Sam Wagner had another Lake Forest 17, Cornell 10 big day for the Lawrence defense. He matched his career high with 14 tack- Saturday’s Games les, including 10 solo, and grabbed his Grinnell at Lawrence first interception of the season. Line- backer Andy Paider also had an inter- Beloit at St. Norbert ception for the Vikings. Lake Forest at Ripon Monmouth took the opening kick- Cornell at Carroll off and drove 62 yards in four plays for Monmouth at Illiniois College a touchdown. Yocum ran it in from 23 yards out for a 7-0 lead. The Scots then put together a pair of scoring drives in 20 yards to the Monmouth 43-yard is in his second sea- the second quarter with Yocum scor- line. son at Lawrence and ing from two and five yards to build a Barthelmess connected with Dan has a record of 2-15 21-0 lead at the half. Dubnicka on a 23-yard touchdown (.118). Barthelmess The Scots got another Yocum pass four plays later to cut the lead is in his 11th sea- touchdown, this one on a 20-yard run, to 31-7. Dubnicka finished with seven son overall and has to lead 31-0 after three quarters. catches for 58 yards. a record of 17-75-1 Lawrence got its lone touchdown (.188). Jeff PedersenMike Barthelmess of the day, and it was set up by Wag- The Coaches (Grinnell 2002) is in ner’s interception, which he returned Mike Barthelmess (Principia 1983) his fourth season at Grinnell and has a record of 14-23 (.378). Lawrence University Football Facts Vikings Update uLawrence is look- Location Appleton, Wis. ing to bounce back Founded 1847 offensively after Enrollment 1,450 being held to a sea- President Mark Burstein son-low 227 yards last Saturday by Monmouth. Affiliation NCAA Division III Conference Midwest Conference uFor the first time this season, the Nickname Vikings opposition actually had the ball more School Colors Blue and White than the Vikings did. Monmouth had Home Field Banta Bowl (capacity 5,255) the ball for 34:07, compared to 25:53 Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski for Lawrence. Lawrence leads the First season of football 1893 Midwest Conference in time of pos- Seasons of football 120 session at 35:04. All-time overall record 493-441-29 (.527) uSenior defensive Midwest Conference record 262-286-13 (.469) back Sam Wagner Midwest Conference titles 16 (Salem, Wis./Burling- 1922, 1924, 1929, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1966, ton Catholic Cen- 1967, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986 tral) had his second NCAA playoff appearances 1 (1981) huge game in a row this past Saturday against Monmouth. Sam Wagner with 44 tackles. uSenior wide re- Wagner hit a career- ceiver Dan Dub- high 14 tackles for the second con- uThe Vikings rank eighth in the Mid- nicka (Slinger, Wis./ secutive week and picked up 10 solo west Conference in scoring defense Slinger) set his ca- stops. Wagner also had his first inter- at 31.5 points per game. Lawrence is reer high with seven ception of the season and that helped ninth in tital defense at 398.4 yards catches two weeks set up Lawrence’s lone touchdown per contest. ago against St. Nor- of the day. Wagner, who now has six bert and matched it Dan Dubnicka career interceptions, leads the team uSenior quarterback Luke Bar- again this past Sat- with 58 tackles. thelmess (Appleton, Wis./Principia) urday against Mon- now has 7,256 career passing yards af- mouth. Dubnicka grabbed seven balls uSenior linebacker ter throwing for a modest 106 against for 58 yards and a touchdown against Andy Paider (Den- Monmouth. Barthelmess moved past the Scots. Dubnicka leads the team mark, Wis./Denmark) former St. Norbert stars Cody Craig with 29 catches for 379 yards and two picked up a tackle (7,181) and Ryan Hartman (7,218) touchdowns.