portis
Urbana Athletics
45
Winner Notre Dame (OH) NDC 6-1 , 6-1
7
Urbana URBANA 3-4 , 2-4
Winner
Notre Dame (OH) NDC
6-1 , 6-1
45
Final
7
Urbana URBANA
3-4 , 2-4
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
NDC Notre Dame (OH) 10 21 7 7 45
URBANA Urbana 7 0 0 0 7

Game Recap: Football | | @UrbanaU_Sports

Urbana Gouged at Home by Notre Dame (OH), 45-7

URBANA, Ohio – Notre Dame College gashed Urbana football 45-7 Saturday afternoon at UU Stadium. The Blue Knights (3-4, 2-4 MEC) scored on the first play from scrimmage, but could not get anything going against the Falcons (6-1, 6-1 MEC), who won their sixth straight.

Starting for the injured Tajuan Green, redshirt sophomore quarterback Chance Short found Rodell Rahmaan down the right sideline for an 81-yard score to open the game. It was the seventh touchdown grab for Rahmaan over a streak of 13 catches during the past four games.

Unfortunately, that was all UU could put on the board as the visitors awakened to control the rest of the game.

UU turned the ball over four times and punted a season-high nine times. The Falcons wore down the UU defense with 317 rushing yards and outgained the Blue Knights 546 to 335, while holding the ball for nearly 34 minutes.

Short finished 9 of 30 through the air with two interceptions. The 81-yard TD pass went down as the longest pass play this season for the Blue Knights.

Running back duo Maurice Warren Jr. and Ja'Vahri Portis combined for 119 rushing yards for UU. Portis tied the longest run by a Blue Knight this season with a 32-yard dash in the first quarter. Senior WR Tre Saunders secured a team-high six catches for 88 yards.

NDC quarterback Malik Grove tossed five touchdowns, finishing 10-of-20 passing for 229 yards. Four of those scores went to wideout Marvelle Ross, who recorded 164 receiving yards. NDC running back Brian Walker ran for 129 yards and a score on 20 carries.

UU linebacker Duray Hall collected a season-high 16 tackles and defensive end Mikal Toliver recorded two sacks to lead the Blue Knights on defense.

Notre Dame ran out to a 31-7 halftime lead, following a 21-point second quarter. The Falcons cruised through the second half and forced UU to punt on its final six drives.

Stat of the game:
For the second straight week, UU's opponent ran 74 offensive plays. The Falcons limited the Blue Knights, who led the MEC in average time of possession entering the game, to a TOP time of 26:38.

Turning point:
Trailing 10-7, UU fumbled a kickoff return after NDC's first quarter touchdown that led to the Falcons ultimately scoring on four straight possessions.

It was over when:
The Falcons scored on a 24-yard pass play late in the third quarter to go ahead 38-7.

Star of the game:
UU punter Brandon Purk was solid in a heavy workload with a 44.9 net average on nine punts. He booted three kicks over 50 yards and three that landed inside the NDC 20.

Up next:
UU travels to nationally-ranked Shepherd next Saturday, Oct. 21. Kickoff in Shepherdstown, West Virginia is slated for noon ET.

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Score by Quarters              1              2              3              4              Score
Notre Dame (OH)               10           21             7             7              45           Record: (6-1,6-1)
Urbana                                  7              0            0             0              7              Record: (3-4,2-4)
 
Scoring Summary:
1st          14:43     UU          Rodell Rahmaan 81 yd pass from Chance Short (Josh Cole kick), 1-81 0:17, NDC 0 - URBANA 7
                04:45     NDC       Tanner Harding 32 yd field goal, 7-12 3:00, NDC 3 - URBANA 7
                02:03     NDC       Marvelle Ross 78 yd pass from Malik Grove (Tanner Harding kick), 2-66 1:27, NDC 10 - URBANA 7
2nd         14:32     NDC       Brian Walker 2 yd run (Tanner Harding kick), 7-27 2:25, NDC 17 - URBANA 7
                11:48     NDC       Markus Hood 36 yd pass from Malik Grove (Tanner Harding kick), 5-54 2:02, NDC 24 - URBANA 7
                07:36     NDC       Marvelle Ross 23 yd pass from Malik Grove (Tanner Harding kick), 6-50 2:37, NDC 31 - URBANA 7
3rd          05:39     NDC       Marvelle Ross 24 yd pass from Malik Grove (Tanner Harding kick), 4-52 1:15, NDC 38 - URBANA 7
4th          13:59     NDC       Marvelle Ross 31 yd pass from Malik Grove (Tanner Harding kick), 2-52 0:40, NDC 45 - URBANA 7
 
 
 
                NDC       URBANA
FIRST DOWNS      25           16
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)        54-317   34-149
PASSING YDS (NET)            229         186
Passes Att-Comp-Int         20-10-0  30-9-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS        74-546   64-335
Fumble Returns-Yards      0-0          0-0
Punt Returns-Yards           2-40        1-1
Kickoff Returns-Yards        0-0          7-151
Interception Returns-Yards             2-19        0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)          8-41.0    9-44.9
Fumbles-Lost       0-0          2-2
Penalties-Yards   8-77        3-35
Possession Time 33:22     26:38
Third-Down Conversions  6 of 15   3 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions               0 of 0      0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances               2-2          0-1
Sacks By: Number-Yards  2-19        3-24
 
 
RUSHING: Notre Dame (OH)-Brian Walker 20-129; Malik Grove 15-83; Nehemiah Brown
9-63; Vasean Davis 7-42; Tiante Goodgame 2-1; TEAM 1-minus 1. Urbana-Ja'Vahri
Portis 6-60; Maurice Warren 11-59; DarSean Watts 4-28; Trey McFadden 5-19;
Shemar Hooks 1-2; Chance Short 7-minus 19.
 
PASSING: Notre Dame (OH)-Malik Grove 10-20-0-229. Urbana-Chance Short
9-30-2-186.
 
RECEIVING: Notre Dame (OH)-Marvelle Ross 5-164; Markus Hood 2-45; Darius Johnson
2-22; Nehemiah Brown 1-minus 2. Urbana-Trevon Saunders 6-88; Rodell Rahmaan
1-81; Philip Dozier 1-10; Shemar Hooks 1-7.
 
INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame (OH)-Curtis Collins 1-19; Jeffrey Thomas 1-0.
Urbana-None.
 
FUMBLES: Notre Dame (OH)-None. Urbana-Chance Short 1-1; Maurice Warren 1-1. 

SACKS (UA-A): Notre Dame (OH)-Justin Peck 1-0; Harriso Roberts 1-0. Urbana-Mikal
Toliver 2-0; Clayton Bullard 0-1; Isaiah Turner 0-1.
 
TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame (OH)-RJ Goodwin 6-1; Shean Roy 2-4; Jeffrey Thomas
3-1; Clare Theophile 2-2; Alex Zelch 1-3; Xavier Dowdell 3-0; Tre'von Slater
2-1; D'Niyae Morris 2-1; Harriso Roberts 2-1; Michael Moses 1-2; Claudy Mathieu
2-0; Tavon Hooks 1-1; Sha'ha Williams 1-1; Justin Peck 1-1; Tremayn Harvell 0-2;
Guam Lee 0-2; Jalon Avent 1-0; Keshun Horton 1-0; Vincent Ellis 1-0; Vasean
Davis 1-0; Nik Pelligrino 1-0; Shaun Jones 0-1; Conner Henry 0-1; Curtis Collins
0-1. Urbana-Duray Hall 9-7; Josh Dillard 1-8; Sherman Watson 7-1; Isaiah Turner
1-5; C. Richardson 3-2; L.A. Kelly 1-4; Mikal Toliver 3-1; O. Davenport 0-4;
Clayton Bullard 0-4; Jeremiah Fuller 2-1; R. Carpenter 2-1; Colon Wright 2-0;
Marcus Omosule 2-0; Wilky Orelien 1-1; Andre Cliff 1-1; Kenny Logwood 0-2; Brian
Zimmerman 0-2; B. Underwood 1-0; Trevon Saunders 1-0; R. Blackwell 0-1; Dylan
Hartley 0-1.

 
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