The Dordt Defender football team was a 38-3 winner today over the Doane Tigers in GPAC play on Saturday afternoon in Sioux Center. The Defenders ran up over 500 yards of offense and limited Doane to just over 100 yards in securing their fourth win of the year.
Box Score (PDF)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Dordt scored first after forcing a Doane punt and marched 95 yards on 13 plays, finishing the drive with a one yard pass from
Kolson Kruse to
Cade Rohwer for the senior's first touchdown catch of the season. Dordt's defense remained stout but Doane's punt game didn't allow Dordt good field position.Â
Eliot Beal caught a five yard pass from Kruse with 5:11 left in the half to end a 75 yard drive that took 11 plays and 6:11 off the clock.
The Defenders managed to add a 30 yard
Stephen Leinen field goal and a
Daniel Dickerson one yard run for a 24-0 halftime lead.
Dordt extended the lead with a pair of
Kaden Harken touchdown grabs to finish drives of 75 and 97 yards. Harken had 10 grabs on the afternoon and had over 200 yards in receptions.  Doane dodged the shutout with a field goal with under a minute left in the game.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt ran for 226 yards and passed for 323. Doane ran for 34 yards and passed for 75 as the Defenders had a 559-109 yards gained edge and a 30-8 first downs gained advantage.
Dordt Leaders
NEXT
Dordt will travel to face Mount Marty on Friday night, October 11 in Yankton, South Dakota.
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