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| Charlie Davis filled the box score well for the Roanoke defense. Roanoke athletics file photo by Ryan Hunt |
Roanoke improved to 4-1, Loras and Rose-Hulman rallied from big deficits, Bates came back down the stretch and Eastern knocked off a MAC opponent it had not yet beaten. Check out more in the Week 6 recap.
Roanoke improved to 4-1 in its first season since returning to varsity college football, scoring the final 14 points of the game to win at Bridgewater, spoiling the Eagles' homecoming by a 24-14 score. Roanoke scored twice in the fourth quarter, then held twice on Roanoke fourth-down attempts in the closing minutes of the game.
Charlie Davis picked up a Bridgewater fumble on the Eagles' 19-yard line on the first play of the fourth quarter and the Maroons wasted little time cashing it in, as KJ Bratton ran for a 17-yard touchdown three plays later to give Roanoke the 17-14 lead. The Maroons also took advantage of a second Wyatt Jervis fumble, picking the ball up on their own 45 and driving 55 yards for a score, capped off by a short Linwood Johnson touchdown. Davis was credited with three forced fumbles, had 17 tackles (15 solo), while adding two and a half tackles for loss and a sack in the win.
Loras scored 17 points in the final six-plus minutes of the game, capped off by a 37-yard field goal from Aiden Konig as time expired to lift the Duhawks past Nebraska Wesleyan on the road, 31-28. Myles Schumacher scored two touchdowns on the afternoon, one of them with 6:07 to play to cap a 92-yard drive. The Prairie Wolves then fumbled the ensuing kickoff, giving Loras the ball at the NWU 19 and the ability to quickly tie the game. The Duhawks followed that by forcing a punt, and Loras got the ball back on its own 25 with 3:49 to play, giving Will Phillips plenty of time to drive the team down the field, center the ball for a field goal, which Konig converted to spark the celebration. It's Loras's first win of the season.
Southern Virginia rallied from a 21-3 halftime deficit and scored 29 points in the second half, but it wasn't enough, as Brevard (3-2, 1-1 USA South) answered every score to hold on to defeat the Knights 35-32. Southern Virginia (4-1, 1-1) scored twice in the final two minutes to cut the deficit to three, but Brevard answered the first one with a 69-yard touchdown drive and was able to cover an onside kick with 44 seconds left to secure the victory. Ethan Beamish threw three TD passes for the Tornados, while Zion Fauntleroy-McDaniel ran for 125 yards and a score as well.
Rose-Hulman got into the win column for the first time in 2025 as the Fightin' Engineers rallied from 21 down and 20 down in the fourth quarter to defeat Franklin 35-34. Running back Jay Smith ended a nine-play, 61-yard drive, punching the ball in for the score from the one-yard line to cut the Franklin lead to 34-21 with 6:07 remaining. The RHIT defense made a huge stop on fourth down to turn the ball over on downs in Franklin territory. The team drove 33 yards in three plays to get the ball in the end zone on a 5-yard rush by Smith to move the Fightin' Engineers into a one-score deficit, 34-28, with 3:14 remaining in the game. After another stop, Rose-Hulman was set up with the ball on their own 33-yard line, with 1:34 left on the clock. Yue led the team down the field, putting together an 11-play, 67-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Smith from 18 yards out. The extra point by Trevor Saguto gave Rose-Hulman its first lead of the day at 35-34 with 28 seconds left.
Ryan Lynskey rushed for 221 yards and a career-high four touchdowns as the Bobcats scored twice in the fourth quarter to rally for a 35-28 win at Tufts under the lights on Saturday night. It's the most points Bates has ever scored against Tufts in a football game. Lynskey ran the ball a career-high 32 times in the win, averaging 6.9 yards per carry. His 221 rushing yards are the second-most for Lynskey in a game, although that number doesn't approach the 344 he had last season vs. CBB rival Bowdoin.
Union scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to keep Hobart in a tailspin this season, as the Garnet Chargers defeated the Statesmen 33-16. Quarterback Patch Flanagan was an efficient 11-for-15 passing for 197 yards and ran for four touchdowns in the victory. Union improved to 4-2 after season opening losses to Susquehanna and Cortland, with wins against Morrisville State, St. Lawrence, Buffalo State and Hobart. Hobart fell to 1-5 overall.
Eastern broke out a new look with all black uniforms and the Eagles came away with the win, defeating Delaware Valley 37-20. It's the first win against Del Val in the three years that Eastern has had a varsity football program. The home team trailed 13-10 as halftime approached, but John Nolek hit a 45-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, and Eastern took that momentum and ran with it, taking it from a tie game to 37-13 over the next two quarters to put the game away. Brett Nabb was a tidy 10-for-12 passing for 130 yards and a score, while Jeremiah Avrilien ran for 69 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries.
WashU needed two overtimes, but got the win at Carthage, 31-23. The teams traded field goals in the first overtime before WashU took the lead in the second extra session, as Levi Moore ran it in from three yards out. The Bears were successful on the required two-point conversion, giving them the eight-point lead. On Carthage's drive, the Firebirds got as close as the 8 before turning it over on downs. Moore finished the day 10-for-18 passing but for just 79 yards, while WashU ran for 200 yards on the day, 82 apiece by Fred Ware and Matthew Kinoshita.
Washington & Jefferson came away the victor in a battle of teams with unbeaten PAC records, as the Presidents defeated Westminster (Pa.) 24-7. Kellen Stahl spread 321 yards in passing around to seven receivers, while the W&J defense limited the Titans to 44 yards rushing and 213 yards overall. W&J improved to 3-2 overall, 3-0 in PAC play, while Westminster fell to 3-2, 2-1.