Ichabods fall in opener

Sept. 7, 2002

Game Stats | Season Stats

The Washburn Ichabods opened the 2002 season with a 31-17 loss in its 1,000 game in school history.

The Ichabods' junior quarterback Tyler Schuerman was injured on the first play of the game and his status is currently unknown. Last season against Wisconsin-La Crosse, Schuerman injured his knee on the sixth play of the season.

The Ichabods jumped out to a 3-0 lead on freshman Aaron DeKosky's 36-yard field goal with 11:22 left in the first half. That score was set up by Andrew Mocadlo's fumble on the Eagles' first play of scrimmage after taking a hard hit from senior cornerback Corey Crain. Junior Morgan Dewey recovered to set up the initial score of the game.

The Eagles would then score the next 17 points on a pair of touchdown passes of 77- and 64-yards and a 46-yard field goal.

Junior wideout DaWight Benning and sophomore Dustin Hickel would then hook up on a 55-yard touchdown pass with 1:53 left in the second quarter. The Eagles would then score another touchdown pass right before the half.

Neither team would score in the third quarter. The Ichabods would start the fourth quarter with a punt block for a touchdown. Freshman Bobby Nelson blocked the punt and junior Brooks Myers recovered it in the endzone to cut the Eagles led to 24-17. The Eagles would add another score to push the margin to 14.

On defense, sophomore Joe Corcoran led the Ichabods with 11 tackles. Nelson had nine tackles and a forced fumble to go with his blocked punt and Dewey also had nine including 2 tackles for loss.

Senior punter Eric Roth had nine punts for 395 yards including a 63-yard attempt on his first kick of the season.

The Ichabods will take to road to and travel to Hays, Kan. to take on Fort Hays State on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. You can hear all the action starting at 6:30 p.m. with the AM 580 pregame show with Bruce Steinbrock, Mark Elliott and Jan Lunsford.