SAINT LOUIS – Davidson won in overtime after a late touchdown forced extra football, while Presbyterian scored with 19 seconds remaining to win a fourth-quarter shootout at Stetson. Marist held off Drake, Dayton won at Butler and San Diego defeated Valparaiso in Saturday’s Pioneer Football League action.
PFL Scoreboard: Week 7
Saturday, October 17
Marist def. Drake, 27-22
Dayton def. Butler, 19-9
Davidson def. Morehead State, 34-31 (OT)
San Diego def. Valparaiso, 38-13
Presbyterian def. Stetson, 47-43
PFL Recaps: Saturday, Oct. 17
Marist 27, Drake 22
DES MOINES, Iowa — Marist erased a nine-point deficit with 17 unanswered points spanning the third and fourth quarters and held off Drake 27-22 Saturday at Drake Stadium. Sonny Mannino threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Zach Garmont, and Luke Stenson kicked two second-half field goals for the Red Foxes.
Drake opened with Griffin Kollhoff’s 31-yard field goal before Mannino scored on a 2-yard run. Riley Warzynski answered with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Hank Foley, and Kyle Cottee’s 1-yard run extended Drake’s lead to 16-7. Mannino’s second 2-yard touchdown run cut the deficit to 16-14 before halftime.
Stenson’s 18-yard field goal put Marist ahead 17-16 in the third quarter, and Mannino connected with Garmont for a 57-yard touchdown early in the fourth. Drake answered with a 92-yard drive capped by Warzynski’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell January, but the tying two-point conversion failed. Stenson’s 37-yard field goal made it 27-22 with 4:58 left. Drake drove to the Marist 16, where Chase Hatton hurried a fourth-down incompletion with 1:07 remaining to secure the win.
Mannino threw for 215 yards and rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns. Garmont caught seven passes for 156 yards, while Isaiah Simmons ran for 108 yards. Drake’s Warzynski passed for 269 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 64 yards; January caught nine passes for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Dayton 19, Butler 9
INDIANAPOLIS — Bryce Schondelmyer threw two second-quarter touchdown passes, and Dayton intercepted three Butler passes and recorded a late safety in a 19-9 victory Saturday at the Sellick Bowl.
Butler took the first lead on Beck Janki’s 30-yard field goal that was the first quarter’s only points. Dayton answered with an 89-yard possession capped by Schondelmyer’s 25-yard touchdown pass to Bryce Cowgill early in the second. The Flyers added an 85-yard drive before halftime, with Schondelmyer finding Luke Hansen for a 33-yard touchdown to take a 14-3 lead.
After a scoreless third quarter, Gabe Passini connected with Nick Munson for a 20-yard touchdown, but the failed two-point try left Butler trailing 14-9. Dayton answered with a 13-play, 61-yard drive ending in David Maurer’s 21-yard field goal. Collin Ansel was credited with a safety with 1:11 remaining. Earlier, Elijah Hardrick, Jalen Brooks and Ryan Coppock intercepted Passini, with Brooks’ takeaway stopping a Butler possession at the Dayton 11.
Schondelmyer completed 28 of 36 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns. Hansen rushed for 70 yards and caught three passes for 45 yards; Ethan Thulin had four catches for 83 yards. Butler’s Passini passed for 152 yards and a touchdown, while Munson caught five passes for 80 yards.
Davidson 34, Morehead State 31 (OT)
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Christos Tzoumakas kicked a 33-yard field goal in overtime as Davidson rallied past Morehead State 34-31 Saturday at Davidson College Stadium, after Brendan Ravin’s touchdown reception tied the game with 14 seconds left in regulation.
Morehead State struck first on Jackson Lanier’s 1-yard run, but Casey Bullock answered with 37- and 77-yard touchdown runs to put Davidson up 14-7. Jordan Price kicked a 39-yard field goal before Bryce Patterson found Anthony Ice for a 42-yard touchdown, putting the Eagles ahead 17-14 at halftime.
Patterson’s 1-yard run extended Morehead State’s lead to 24-14 in the third quarter before Bullock scored from 5 yards out. Tzoumakas tied the game with a 28-yard field goal early in the fourth, but Patterson answered with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Ice on a 97-yard drive. Bullock found Ravin for a 12-yard touchdown with 14 seconds left, forcing overtime.
Morehead State had the first overtime possession and reached the Davidson 11 before Erick Bonner intercepted Bryce Patterson at the one-yard line; his attempted game-winning pick-six covered 78 yards before Morehead State forced a fumble to end its possession. On its own overtime possession, Davidson ran three times before Tzoumakas kicked a 33-yard field goal to win.
Bullock rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 174 yards and a score; AJ Adams caught seven passes for 66 yards. Morehead State’s Patterson passed for 274 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 52 yards, while Ice caught eight passes for 101 yards and two scores.
San Diego 38, Valparaiso 13
SAN DIEGO — San Diego opened the scoring on a punt-return safety and closed it with Thomas Bailey’s 52-yard interception return for a touchdown in a 38-13 PFL victory over Valparaiso Saturday at Torero Stadium.
San Diego’s opening drive stalled near midfield, but Emiliano Salazar’s punt pinned Valparaiso at its 1-yard line. Returner C. Gundy was tackled in the end zone by Thomas Nunes for a safety. Adam Criter followed with a 5-yard touchdown run, but Cedric Benning III answered with an 8-yard rush to cut the deficit to 8-7. Omar Mbakwe’s 2-yard touchdown run restored the Toreros’ lead, and Salazar added 31- and 40-yard field goals in the second quarter for a 21-7 halftime advantage.
Luke Scoma converted a 36-yard field goal for Valparaiso for the third quarter’s only points. Criter scored on a 3-yard run early in the fourth. Scoma added a 40-yard field goal, Salazar answered from 47 yards, and Thomas Bailey returned a Rowan Keefe interception 52 yards for the final touchdown.
Criter rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns, while Dom Nankil passed for 140 yards and Elijah Taylor caught six passes for 82 yards. Valparaiso’s Keefe passed for 178 yards, Devin Yeats caught four passes for 70 yards, and Benning scored the Beacons’ touchdown.
Presbyterian 47, Stetson 43
DeLAND, Fla. — Jackson Burleson scored on a 2-yard run with 19 seconds remaining to lift Presbyterian past Stetson 47-43 Saturday at Spec Martin Memorial Stadium, capping a fourth quarter with seven touchdowns and six lead changes.
Damion Moate scored on 18- and 1-yard runs to put Presbyterian ahead 14-0. Stetson rallied late in the second quarter as Thomas von Grote threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Shawne Jones and a 32-yard score to Landon Farco on the final play of the half, giving the Hatters a 15-14 lead. In the third, Kade Bailey kicked a 24-yard field goal and Landon Sharpe found Burleson for a 23-yard touchdown, putting the Blue Hose ahead 24-15.
Bailey’s 27-yard field goal extended Presbyterian’s lead to 27-15 early in the fourth. Von Grote answered with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jones and a 5-yard scoring run to put Stetson ahead 29-27. Sharpe found Jalen Patrick for a 1-yard touchdown, but von Grote hit Troy Flowers for a 75-yard score. Burleson’s 2-yard run made it 40-36 with 2:18 left; von Grote answered with a 14-yard pass to Farco with 51 seconds remaining. Sharpe then completed consecutive 48- and 15-yard passes to Anton Smith, setting up Burleson’s winning 2-yard run on a three-play, 65-yard drive.
Burleson rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns and caught two passes for 68 yards and another score. Sharpe passed for 292 yards and two touchdowns. Stetson’s von Grote passed for 345 yards and five touchdowns; Flowers caught five passes for 120 yards, and Wyatt Rogers had nine catches for 105 yards.