MIAA Football Week #3 Wrap-Up

MIAA Football Week #3 Wrap-Up

Team

Opponents/Results

Adrian

1-1, 0-0

Sept. 16  |  Rockford  |  W, 62-7  |  Recap  |  Box Score

Albion

1-2, 0-0

Sept. 9  |  Concordia (Wis.)  |  W, 79-7  |  Recap  |  Box Score

Alma

2-1, 0-0

Sept. 16  |  Benedictine  |  W, 45-40  |  Recap  |  Box Score

Hope

2-1, 0-0

Sept. 16  |  Lakeland  |  W, 37-35  |  Recap  |  Box Score

Kalamazoo

0-3, 0-0

Sept. 16  |  Concordia (Chicago)  |  L, 41-29  |  Recap  |  Box Score

Olivet

2-1, 0-0

Sept. 16  |  Aurora  |  W, 37-21  |  Recap  |  Box Score

Trine

3-0, 0-0

Sept. 16  |  Wisconsin Lutheran  |  W, 55-7  |  Recap  |  Box Score

• Adrian set school records for total offense (763 yards) and 644 rushing yards to defeat Rockford Sept. 16, 62-7. Emmanuel Stewart (Jr., RB, St. Petersburg, Fla.) rushed for 185 on 11 first-half carries with two touchdowns. Cameron Cook (Sr., K, Linden, Mich.) also set a program standard with 14 points as a kicker - 8-of-8 in extra points, and 2-2 in field goals.

• Albion tallied 79 points, the second-most this season by an NCAA Division III program, to defeat Concordia (Wisconsin) Sept. 16, 79-7. The Britons put up 749 yards of total offense, which is the most thus far in NCAA Division III this season. 

• In Alma's 45-40 win over Benedictine Sept. 16, Caleb Reinhart (Jr., RB, Montrose, Mich.) set a program record with 241 total rushing yards, finishing the day with four touchdowns - including three on the ground. 

• Hope outlasted Lakeland Sept. 16, 37-35, thwarting a potentially game-tying two-point conversion in the game's final minute, and recovered the ensuing onside kick, to prevail. 

• Olivet's John Adams III (Fr., DB, Redford, Mich.) set the tone twice in the Comets' 37-21 win over Aurora Sept. 16. Adams scored the game's first touchdown thanks to a 50-yard interception return, and then answered a late Aurora run with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

• Trine put up 55 points for the second consecutive week to remain unbeaten on the year after the Thunder's 55-7 victory over Wisconsin Lutheran Sept. 16. Of Trine's 564 yards of total offense, 400 came on the ground; all seven of the Thunder's touchdowns were via the rush.

• Earning MIAA Athlete of the Week honors for Sept. 18 were:

  - Defense: John Adams III, Olivet

  - Offense: Caleb Reinhart, Alma

  - Special: Cameron Cook, Adrian

• Earning national honors from D3football.com as members of this week's Team of the Week were:

  - John Adams III, Olivet

  - Caleb Reinhart, Alma

  - Cameron Cook, Adrian