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HCAC Spring Season - 2021


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This past Saturday marked the first week of the HCAC's spring season. Results:

Rose-Hulman 52 - Defiance 6
*Engineers had 531 total yards of offense while holding the Yellow Jackets to 124 total yards (including -9 rushing)

Bluffton 49 - Manchester 14
*Beavers extremely balanced on offense (223 yds passing / 201 yds rushing) while forcing 8 turnovers by the Spartans (6 INTs, 2 lost fumbles)

Franklin 55 - Anderson 48
*Both teams combined for 1,317 total yards of offense as neither defense appeared to show up. The Ravens dominated the statistics (40 first downs, 153 yds rushing, 547 yds passing) but 6 turnovers (4 INTs, 2 fumbles lost) were too much to overcome as the Grizzlies hung on against a vigorous 4th quarter comeback by Anderson.2

The Mount St. Joseph @ Hanover game did not appear to be played, but both of their football program Twitter accounts mention a "scrimmage" being held today? Could not find any news about why the game was not played Saturday and why whatever they are doing today is not apparently being concidered as an official game.

 

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Anderson University - Anderson, Indiana - Ravens

Bluffton University - Bluffton, Ohio - Beavers

Defiance College - Defiance, Ohio - Yellow Jackets

Earlham College - Richmond, Indiana - Quakers (dropped football a few years ago)

Franklin College - Franklin, Indiana - Grizzlies

Hanover College - Hanover, Indiana - Panthers

Manchester University - North Manchester, Indiana - Spartans

Mount St. Joseph University - Cincinnati, Ohio - Lions

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, Indiana - Fightin' Engineers

Transylvania University - Lexington, Kentucky - Pioneers (no football program)
   

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This past Saturday marked the second week of the HCAC's spring season. Results:

Franklin 50 - Manchester 3
*As @btownqbcoach1 mentioned above, Derek Thompson and the Grizzlies ground game punshied the Spartan defense this week. Franklin rushed for 402 yards as a team in their thrashing of Manchester. Griz move to 2-0 this spring season while Manchester falls to 0-2.

Bluffton 35 - Anderson 27
*Same story different week for the Ravens. 10 more first downs, 81 more total yards, and 57 MORE plays than the Beavers, but turnovers (4 INTs) stop their comeback short again. Bluffton fairly balanced on offense while averaging 7.2 yards per play. Beavers move to 2-0 this spring season while Anderson falls to 0-2.

Hanover 56 - Defiance 12
*While the offensive team statistics were in favor of the Yellow Jackets, much like Anderson, turnovers (5 total) killed Defiance. The Panther defense scored twice (1 INT and 1 Fumble Recovery a piece returned for a TD). Hanover QB Matthew Weimer (Junior - Floyd Central HS) had 4 rushing TDs. Panthers move to 1-0 this spring season while Defiance moves to 0-2.

Rose-Hulman 31 - Mount St. Joseph 21
*This game appeared closer than it was. The Fightin' Engineers held a lead of 24-7 at halftime, and 31-13 until the final TD of the game by MSJ with 6 minutes left. Rose-Hulman moves to 2-0 this spring season while the Lions fall to 0-1.

 

Interesting note - this week's game between Rose-Hulman and Anderson has already been cancelled. Per the Anderson University Athletics webpage "Based on this week's injury repor tand shortage of healthy players, Anderson University and its coaching staff have made the decision that competing in Saturday's football contest does not lie in the interest of student-athlete safety and well-being. Anderson will take this week to focus on healing from injuries with the expectation of competing in the Saturday March 27 contest against Manchester University." - this would have been Anderson's first home game this season as their first two games were road contest.

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This past Saturday marked the third week of the HCAC's spring season. Results:

Mount St. Joseph 56 - Franklin 19
*The Griz scored quickly in the game on a 2 minute possession to start, but the Lions put up 49 straight unanswered points to put the game away midway in the 3rd quarter. Mount dominated the box score, including quarterback Josh Taylor who accounted for 7 of their 8 touchdowns (2 passing, 5 rushing, 392 total yards). MSJ moves to 1-1 on the spring season, while Franklin drops their first game and moves to 2-1.

Hanover 51 - Bluffton 44
*The Panthers pounded the rock on offense (392 yards, 8.2 ypr, 7 TDs) to outlast the Beavers (357 yards passing) in an offensive shootout where both teams combined for 1,060 yards. Hanover had a 200 yard rusher and a 150 yard rusher in this back and forth affair, before scoring the game winning touchdown with 15 seconds left in the game. Hanover moves to 2-0 this spring season, while Bluffton loses their first game and moves to 2-1.

Defiance 22 - Manchester 16
*A real barn-burner in which the Spartans held a 9-6 lead going into the fourth quarter before the Yellow Jackets scored 2 touchdowns and held off a late rally by Manchester. The Defiance defense had 4 sacks, 3 INTs and 2 fumble recoveries that really prevented the Spartan offense from ever gaining consistency. Defiance moves to 1-2 this spring season while Manchester falls to 0-3.

As a reminder - the Rose-Hulman at Anderson game was cancelled last week.

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This past Saturday marked the fourth week of the HCAC's spring season. Results:

Franklin 26 - Bluffton 21
*A game in which Franklin led the entire time and Bluffton scored late to make it a one score game. The Griz were very balanced on offense and won the turnover battle (+2) which likely was the main reason for their victory. As well, a shoutout to Franklin punter Dylan Boswell (Jennings County) averaging 41.3 yards per punt with 3 pinned inside the 20 yard line. Franklin moves to 3-1, while Bluffton drops to 2-2.

Hanover 27 - Rose-Hulman 24
*A fantastic back and forth game that saw the Panthers win it on a 29 yard FG with 13 seconds left in the game. Both teams were extremely balanced on offense with limited mistakes made by either team (0 turnovers, 9 combined penalties). Walt Ballinger (Beech Grove) had 92 yards rushing for Hanover and QB Matthew Weimer (Floyd Central HS) had 284 yards passing. Panthers move to 3-0 (last remaining unbeaten team), while Rose drops to 2-1

Mount St. Joseph 41 - Defiance 22
*The Lions dominated in the air (395 yards passing) to pull away from the Yellow Jackets after the game was tied at 14 midway through the 2nd quarter. MSJ then scored 27 straight points, including a punt return for a TD. Julius Fisher had a heck of a game on the defensive side of the ball with 14 total tackles and 2 TFLs. Mount moves to 2-1, while Defiance falls to 1-3.

Anderson 55 - Manchester 27
*For the first time since yours truly was wearing the Orange & Black at AU, the Bronze Ball is back in possession of the Ravens. Tyson Harley (Mt. Vernon Fortville) had 401 total yards of offense (379 passing/22 rushing) and 6 combined TDs (5 passing/1 rushing). As well, the Anderson defense forced 5 Manchester turnovers on the day and had 6 sacks. Anderson moves to 1-2, while Manchester falls to 0-4.

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