Football Moves To 3-1 With 55-20 Victory At Lake Erie

OVERVIEW – LAKE ERIE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 55, Lake Erie Storm 20
RECORDS: Northwood 3-1, 1-1 G-MAC | Lake Erie 1-3, 0-2 G-MAC
LOCATION: Jack Britt Memorial Stadium – Painesville, Ohio
RECAP: Northwood football improves to 3-1 on the season with a 55-20 road win at Lake Erie Saturday night (September 28).

INSIDE THE GAME

• Northwood received the opening kick and drove right down the field. The Timberwolves went 75-yards in seven plays, capped by a Jacob Barlage to Brendan Teal 26-yard touchdown pass to take a 7-0 lead.
• The Storm started their first scoring drive of the game late in the opening quarter. Lake Erie went 79-yards in nine plays. On the first play of the second quarter, the Storm got on the board with a one-yard TD run to make the score 7-7.
• Northwood's Max Gonos connected on a pair of field goals on NU's next two drives. Gonos was good from 47 and 40 yards to make the score 13-7 with 6:04 remaining in the half.
• The final 5:23 of the first half was the key stretch of the contest. Northwood started the run with a defensive touchdown from Ricardo Jackson, who recovered a fumble and scored to make the score 20-7.
• After a stop on defense, Barlage found freshman Braylon Gardner from 29-yards out to push the Northwood advantage to 27-7 with 2:10 remaining.
• NU got a three and out on defense, getting the ball back at their own 23 with 1:02 remaining in the half. A 47-yard pass from Barlage to Carter Minnix put the ball at the Lake Erie one. Devin Brown capped the drive with a rushing touchdown from the one with 16 seconds remaining. That sent the game to the locker room with Northwood leading 34-7.
• The Timberwolves extended their lead around the midway point of the second quarter. NU went 50-yards in six plays. Barlage connected on his third touchdown pass of the game, this time to Lake Boos from eight yards out to put Northwood on top 41-7.
• NU expanded their lead early in the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves went 75-yards over the span of 13 plays. Quarterback Ethan Hamby finished the drive with a one-yard touchdown run to push the advantage to 48-7.
• After Northwood had scored 41 straight points, Lake Erie got back on the board on the following drive. The Storm found the endzone on fourth down for a touchdown to finish off a 10-play, 57-yard drive to make the score 48-13.
• Northwood used the ground game to get on the board on their next possession. NU went 75-yards, all of which were on the ground, to find the end zone once again. Trent Hill capped this drive with a nine-yard run that made the score 55-13.
• The Storm capped the scoring with a 53-yard touchdown pass with under four minutes remaining that made the final 55-20.

GAME STATS

• FIRST DOWNS: Northwood 25, Lake Erie 17
• RUSHES-YARDS: Northwood 41-203, Lake Erie 25-60
• PASSING YARDS: Northwood 254 (22-30, 3 TDs, 0 INT), Lake Erie 258 (22-42, 2 TDs, 0 INT)
• TOTAL OFFENSE, PLAYS-YARDS: Northwood 71-457, Lake Erie 67-318
• TIME OF POSSESSION: Northwood 33:34, Lake Erie 26:26

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

• Barlage: 19-24, 239 yards, 3 TDs, 32 yards rushing
• Devin Brown: 11 carries, 64 yards, TD
• Brandon Martin: Six carries, 65 yards
• Hill: 11 carries, 39 yards, TD
• Hamby: 15 yards passing, 15 yards rushing, rushing TD
• Gardner/Teal/Boos: TD reception each
• Mark Tocco: Four receptions, 69 yards
• Stephen Douglas/Ricky Pearson/Kanye Jackson: Five tackles each
• Cole Simpson: Six tackles, tackle for loss
• Gonos: 2/2 FG, 6-6 XP

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Lake Erie Saturday (September 28). Game time is set for 6 p.m.