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CUC Football Defense
Alyssa Campos, CUC Athletic Communications
59
Winner St. Norbert SNC 1-2 , 1-0
28
Concordia Chicago CUC 2-1 , 0-1
Winner
St. Norbert SNC
1-2 , 1-0
59
Final
28
Concordia Chicago CUC
2-1 , 0-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
SNC St. Norbert 28 14 7 10 59
CUC Concordia Chicago 0 14 0 14 28

Game Recap: Football | | Reagan Espinoza Suarez, Athletic Communications Student Assistant

Green Knights Defeat Cougars In Return to the NACC

RIVER FOREST, ILL.- Coming off of a two-winning game streak, the Concordia University Chicago (CUC) football team took on St. Norbert College (SNC) for their first Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) match up. The Cougars fell short to the Green Knights 59-21. 
 
Inside the Box
  • Colton Bosch (Coopersville, Mich.) passed for 242 yards on 17 completions including two touchdowns and one interception.
  • Joron Brown (St.Joseph, Mich.) led on the ground for the Cougars with 44 yards and 16-yard touchdown rush. 
  • Kevon Lawson (Pompano Beach, Fla.) led in the air with five receptions for a total of 65 yards, tied his career high of a 29-yard touchdown. 
  • Jaxon Martinus (Birch Run, Mich.) had a total of 64 yards with three receptions and a 38-yard touchdown. 
  • Korey Randle (East Moline, III.) completed three catches with a total of 53 yards. 
  • Kadin Stroer (Warrenton, Mo.) picked up a career high of ten tackles, two of which were solo. 
 
How It Happened  
First Quarter 
The Cougars received the ball to start the game at their own ten-yard line. After starting with the ball, Bosch (Coopersville, Mich) rushed up the middle for a loss of three resulting in an offensive fumble at their own eight-yard line, recovered by SNC defense. SNC was able to answer quickly, with a touchdown gain of five yards up the middle. With CUC regaining possession, unable to pick up a first down, they would be forced to punt. As SNC gained yards up the field aided by multiple pass interferences from CUC on the drive, they would find the endzone and put the Cougars down 14-0 with five minutes remaining in the first quarter. After a brief delay of game due to lightning, the two teams took the field once again where SNC would take advantage of a struggling CUC offense and continue their momentum forcing countless offensive mistakes and increase the score 28-0 at the end of the first quarter. 
 
Second Quarter
With the start of the second quarter, the Cougars were able to pick up momentum when Bosch immediately completed a deep pass for 38 yards to Martinus to advance to the Green Knight's 29-yard line. Moments later, Bosch completed another deep pass for 29 yards to Lawson that resulted in a touchdown and put the Cougars on the board at 28-7.
 

The momentum was able to continue toward the defensive line, creating less opportunities for SNC and resulting in a punt. CUC was able to continue their drive but with a bit of an offensive struggle, Bosch would suffer a sack on second down followed by an interception returned for a touchdown for SNC, racking up the score 35-7. CUC was able to respond quickly, Bosch found Randle twice, including a 45-yard reception to advance to SNC territory. By doing so, Bosch was able to complete a 14-yard reception to Martinus scoring a touchdown and bringing the Cougars closer to the gap with a score of 35-14. With the Cougars scoring, SNC would find the endzone one more time in the half and close the first 30 minutes of play with a score of 42-14. 
 
 
Third Quarter 
SNC opened the half with the ball, the defense were able to put the pieces together. This created a back-to-back ball possession until SNC created another opportunity and took advantage with a gain of 36 yards for a touchdown, extending their lead to 49-14. The Cougars were left trailing 49-14 to end the third quarter. 
 
Fourth Quarter
Opening up the fourth quarter, SNC extended their lead with another touchdown, increasing the score 56-14. The Cougars were able to bounce back with Brown securing 13 yards and rushing for a 16-yard touchdown, with a total of 29 yards during the drive with an updated score of 56-21. SNC ended up adding on a field goal for their final scoring of the day. With a minute left on the clock, Blake Henson (Potosi, Mo.) finished off with a 25-yard touchdown, with the final score of 59-21 to end the game. 
 
 
CUC will be back in action next week on September 27th as they travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to take on Wisconsin Lutheran College at 1:00pm. Coverage can be found at cucougars.com/coverage.
 
 
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