Lawrence University (1-2, 0-1 MWC) vs. Beloit College (2-2, 1-1 MWC) Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, 1 p.m., Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl, Appleton, Wis. Webcast four touchdowns. and went on to a 40-15 Midwest The game webcast is at: https:// Lawrence quarterback Ryan Conference victory over Lawrence on portal.stretchinternet.com/lawrence/ Butterfield was 12-of-17 for 140 yards Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl. with Dick Knapinski and Tony Toto- and three touchdowns. He also ran Illinois College quarterback raitis on the call. five times for 54 yards. Drew Chance went Trevor Spina caught seven pass- 19-for-29 for 258 The Series es for 94 yards, and Jacob Berman yards, three touch- In one of the oldest series on the had six catches for 88 yards. Spina, downs and one books, Lawrence holds a 58-37-5 ad- Berman and Cam Boerm all caught interception. Austin vantage. The teams have split the last touchdown passes for the Vikings. Ellsworth caught six games in the series, which dates to The Bucs scored three times in nine passes for 181 1899. At one point, Lawrence won 11 the first 8:43 to rush out to a 21-0 yards and a score Terrell Myers Jr. consecutive meetings and 18 of 20 in lead. Lawrence got on the board on for the Blueboys. a stretch from 1966 to 1987. Donnel Haley’s two-yard touchdown Jason Barbour led the Illinois College run in the second quarter but trailed ground game with 17 carries for 104 Last Meeting 42-7 at the half. yards and a touchdown. Beloit ran out to a big early lead The Vikings trailed 49-7 before Quarterback Ryan Butterfield was and went on to a 49-34 Midwest putting up 27 points in the final quar- 8-for-14 for 110 yards and a touch- Conference North Division victory ter. Corey Fisher had a nine-yard scor- down for Lawrence. He also led the over Lawrence on Sept. 19, 2015, at ing run, and Butterfield then threw Vikings with three carries for 36 yards. Strong Stadium. touchdown passes of 25, 16 and 34 Backup quarterback Philip Santiago Mason Dixon ran 19 times for 218 yards to complete the scoring. played most of the second half and yards and three touchdowns, includ- went 5-for-10 for 28 yards, and he ran ing a 77-yard scamper, to lead Beloit. Last Week four times for 32 yards. Beloit quarterback Danny May was Illinois College jumped out to a Lawrence rookie return man 13-of-19 passing for 233 yards and 17-point lead at the half Saturday Terrell Myers posted a 100-yard kick- 2016 Lawrence University Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Result Fast Fact Sept. 3 at Presentation L, 17-10 LU’s Pat O’Mahoney boots career-long 45-yard FG Sept. 10 Finlandia W, 14-5 LU defense holds Finlandia to 43 yards in second half Sept. 24 Illinois College L, 40-15 Terrell Myers ties MWC record with 100-yard kick return Oct. 1 Beloit 1 p.m. Teams have split last six meetings Oct. 8 at Macalester 1 p.m. Scots won league title in first season in MWC in 2014 Oct. 15 St. Norbert 5 p.m. LU will honor six 2016 Hall of Fame inductees at halftime Oct. 22 at Lake Forest 1 p.m. Series with Foresters stretches back to 1902 Oct. 29 Grinnell 1 p.m. LU lost 2 to Grinnell last season by a combined 15 points Nov. 5 at Knox 1 p.m. LU combined for 104 points 2011-12 games vs. Knox Nov. 12 at Ripon 1 p.m. Rivalry with Red Hawks is state’s oldest, dating to 1893 off return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. It is the second-lon- gest kickoff return in Lawrence his- tory, eclipsed only by the 102-yard return by College Football Hall of Famer Scott Reppert vs. UW-Oshkosh in 1982. Linebackers Jake Gostisha and Hunter Adams had big days for the Vikings. Gostisha had 14 tack- les, including a tackle for loss, and his third interception of the season. Midwest Conference Standings Adams tied for game-high honors with 14 tackles. North Division MWC Overall Mixed in among a spate of penal- W L W L ties to start the game, Illinois College Monmouth 2 0 4 0 moved 76 yards in 14 plays for the Macalester 2 0 3 1 game’s first touchdown. Chance then St. Norbert 1 0 1 2 hit Ellsworth for a 75-yard scoring pass on the Blueboys’ next drive for a Lake Forest 1 1 3 1 14-0 lead. Beloit 1 1 2 2 The Blueboys led 17-0 when the Cornell 1 1 2 2 Vikings went on an 81-yard scoring Illinois College 1 1 2 2 drive. Butterfield hit Trevor Spina on Ripon 1 1 1 3 a wide receiver screen, and Spina cut Lawrence 0 1 1 2 across the field and went 61 yards Grinnell 0 2 0 4 for the touchdown to cut the lead to 17-7. Knox 0 2 0 4 Illinois College ended the half on a 14-play, 75-yard drive, with Barbour Saturday’s Games scoring from a yard out, to grab a 24-7 Beloit at Lawrence lead at the half. Macalester at Ripon The Blueboys scored on their Cornell at Monmouth first drive of the second half for a Grinnell at Illinois College 30-7 lead, and Zack DeWitt added a 42-yard field goal for a 33-7 edge Lake Forest at St. Norbert early in the fourth quarter. Last Saturday’s Results DeWitt’s kickoff went to the goal Illinois College 40, Lawrence 15 line where it was caught by Dan Macalester 34, Grinnell 0 Rothbauer, who handed it to Myers. Monmouth 52, Lake Forest 6 Myers cut left and then right and Ripon 33, Knox 19 streaked to the end zone to trim the Cornell 46, Beloit 41 lead to 33-15 after the two-point con- version. 2000) is in his third season at Beloit sandwiched around the bye week. The Coaches and has a record of 8-16 (.333). The last time Lawrence played back- Rob McCarthy to-back-to-back home games was (Concordia Moor- Vikings Update 2005 when the Vikings finished the head 1989) is in his uThe Vikings campaign with consecutive games in second season as are ending a rare the Banta Bowl against Grinnell, Lake Lawrence’s head three-game home- Forest and Illinois College. coach and has a re- stand with home cord of 2-11 (.154). games against uRookie defensive back Terrell Myers Seth Duerr (Wooster Rob McCarthy Finlandia, Illinois College and Beloit Jr., (Marietta, Ga./Marietta) tied the re- cord for the longest kickoff return in a Midwest Conference game and was Lawrence University Football Facts named the league’s Special Teams Player of the Week. Myers’ 100-yard Location Appleton, Wis. kickoff return against Illinois College Founded 1847 ties the record held by Beloit’s Tim Enrollment 1,500 Thompson (vs. Lake Forest 1980) and President Mark Burstein Monmouth’s Ray Brooks (vs. Carleton Affiliation NCAA Division III 1951). It ranks as the second-longest Conference Midwest Conference kickoff return in Lawrence history, Nickname Vikings trailing only the 102-yard return by School Colors Blue and White College Football Hall of Famer Scott Reppert vs. UW-Oshkosh in 1982. Home Field Banta Bowl (capacity 3,676) Director of Athletics Christyn Abaray uThis marks the second consecu- First season of football 1893 tive season Lawrence has returned a Seasons of football 123 kickoff for a touchdown. Alic Riedel All-time overall record 498-462-29 (.518) (Appleton, Wis./East) returned a kick- Midwest Conference record 264-297-13 (.471) off for a touchdown in the 2015 sea- Midwest Conference titles 16 son opener against Rockford. The last 1922, 1924, 1929, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1966, time that happened was 2009 and 1967, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986 2010. Nate Nelson returned a kickoff NCAA playoff appearances 1 (1981) 73 yards for a score vs. Knox in 2009, and Sam Wagner had an 88-yard re- turn for a TD against St. Scholastica in catches for 162 yards, an average of 292.3 yards per game. The Vikings are 2010. 13.5 yards per catch. third in scoring defense at 20.7 points per contest. uJunior running back Donnel Haley uLawrence ranks 10th in the league (Chicago, Ill./Loyola) is tops on the in scoring offense 13.0 points per Scouting Beloit team in rushing with 28 carries for game. The Vikings are 11th in total of- uThe Bucs are 122 yards, an average of 4.4 yards per fense at 266.3 yards per game. coming off a dif- carry. He ranks 14th in the league at ficult 46-41 loss 40.7 rushing yards per game. uJunior linebacker to Cornell in Be- Jake Gostisha (Ap- loit’s homecoming uLawrence’s two quarterbacks have pleton, Wis./East) game last Saturday. The Rams scored split the playing time throughout the had another big on a 70-yard pass from Daniel Brown season. Sophomore Ryan Butterfield game this past Sat- to Riley Bell with just 1:26 left to take (McDonough, Ga./Strong Rock Chris- urday and has estab- the lead for good. Beloit had led 21-0 tian) has completed 22-of-44 passes lished himself as one midway through the second quarter, for 239 yards, two touchdowns and of the Midwest Con- Jake Gostisha and running back Mason Dixon fin- one interception.