When Keegan Glaze blocked and then recovered a Hendrix punt for a Sewanee touchdown, Tigers fans in attendance had to wonder if this was to be the day the long losing streak finally ended. After concluding the first quarter leading 6-0, that fantastic scenario was appearing more and more realistic.
Then Hendrix quarterback Parker Wells ended the dream. He threw for six touchdowns over the next half-hour of game time and the Warriors blew out the visiting Tigers 49-27.
Wells threw his first scoring strike to Chris Childress early in the second quarter, and spirited Sewanee freshman Jeremiah Young answered back with a 57 yard scoring pass to the dynamic playmaker Dagem Samuel.
Wells then followed by bombing the life out of the Tigers’ young secondary, completing 17 of 21 passes for 295 yards. Childress caught three of those scores, and Colton Phillips nabbed two. Sewanee receiver Chris McCullough caught his fourth touchdown of the year in the third quarter.
The Warriors remained balanced on offense and also ran for 300 yards. Halfback Quentin Tolbert went for 123 yards and a score, and backfield mate Caleb Williams added 69 yards as well. Sewanee’s ground attack could only muster 52 yards, with Mitchel Johnson and the Hendrix defense combining for six TFL.
The Tigers (0-3) go back on the road to play their first SAA game of the year against 3-0 Birmingham Southern. After that is another home game, the famed Orgill Cup against Rhodes.
GAME SUMMARY/STATISTICS
AWAY: 06 07 07 07 - 27
HOME: 00 21 21 07 - 49
SCORING SUMMARY:
First Quarter:
SW 7:22 Keegan Glaze blocks punt, Recovers for TD (PAT no good)
Second Quarter:
HX 9:28 Parker Wells 23yd Pass to Chris Childress
SW 7:33 Jeremiah Young 57yd pass to Dagem Samuel
HX 4:47 Parker Wells 22yd pass to Colton Phillips
HX 0:00 Parker Wells 31yd pass to Chris Childress
Third Quarter:
HX 11:20 Parker Wells 24yd pass to Connor Beard
HX 8:47 Parker Wells 10yd pass to Chris Childress
HX 7:36 Parker Wells 26yd pass to Colton Phillips
SW 3:14 Jeremiah Young 5yd pass to Chris McCullough
Fourth Quarter:
HX 13:20 Quentin Tolbert 1yd run
SW 11:25 Jeremiah Young 12yd pass to Hunter Jones
STATISTICS:
SW HX
FIRST DOWNS: 21 30
RUSHING YARDS: 52 300
PASSING YARDS: 269 303
PASSING: 25-52-1 18-24-0
TOTAL YARDS: 321 603
INDIVIDUAL STATS:
RUSHING:
SEWANEE RUSHING: Michael McGhee 7-31, Hunter Jones 5-27, George Morrice 4-4, Jeremiah Young 6-1, Cade Golden 1-0, Dagem Samuel 1-(-6)
HENDRIX RUSHING: Quentin Tolbert 18-123-1td, Caleb Williams 15-69, Anthony Johnson 7-50, Andrew Hernandez 1-29, Parker Wells 4-12, Jaxon Cobern 3-8, Rayfield Coney 5-8, Hunter Holden 4-1
PASSING:
SEWANEE PASSING: Jeremiah Young 22-44-249yds-3tds-1int, Cade Golden 3-8-20yds
HENDRIX PASSING: Parker Wells 17-21-295yds-6tds, Hunter Holden 1-3-8yds
RECEIVING:
SEWANEE RECEIVING: Cyrus McCullough 8-82-1td, Dagem Samuel 1-57-1td, Hunter Jones 4-28-1td, Jacob Viccari 1-25, Tucker Kirk 2-22, Grayson Baker 4-22, Michael McGhee 2-19, George Morrice 2-9, Jo Cantrell 1-5
HENDRIX RECEIVING: Colton Phillips 7-145-2tds, Chris Childress 5-100-3tds, Christian Gadison 3-31, Connor Beard 2-20-1td, Tajee White 1-7
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