The Adrian College football team wrapped up its 2019 slate with a 42-7 road defeat at the hands of Hope, the MIAA champion, on Saturday afternoon. Adrian hung around with Hope- which never trailed, for the first half down only 21-0, but the Flying Dutchmen added another 21 points in the second half while holding the Bulldogs to a TD.
Houston broke a scoreless tie on a 4-yard TD run with 2 minutes and 59 seconds remaining in the first quarter, capping a 10-play, 60-yard drive in 4:43 time of possession. Hope padded the lead with two scores 3 minutes apart in the second quarter on an Opple 2-yard run and then he completed a 46-yard pass to Bos.
Trailing 28-0, Adrian spoiled the shutout at the 9:16 mark of the third quarter when Wilson caught a 20-yard TD pass from Wurzer that finished off a five-play drive over 82 yards. Mellon rounded out the scoring with TD runs (4, 14) later in the quarter. The fourth quarter went scoreless.
Without sitting down and doing the math, I believe he finished with 2,450 passing yards
— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) November 16, 2019
Hope also had statistical advantages in time of possession (36;13-23:47), first downs (28-18), 3rd-down conversions (81%, 13 of 16;. 18%, 2 of 11), total offense (531-343), rushing yards (375-98), return yards (109-41) and takeaways (2-0).
Hope now leads the all-time series 52-25-1. Adrian, however, is 7-5 in the last 12 meetings.
It was Senior Day for the Flying Dutchmen, who will gain the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Football Championship.
Wurzer ends the regular season atop the MIAA passing yards chart with 2,450, which is a school record. He also leads the conference with 182 completions and 303 attempts. Opple is first in the MIAA with 16 rushing TDs and he is fourth with 145.9 passing yards per game.
Record breaking: @Jack_Wurz drove @AdrianCollegeFB down the field in Q3 of their game against Hope. On the TD drive the SO QB broke the @AdrianCollege record for passing yards in a season. He now has over 2300 passing yards #gdtbab #adrian #godawgs #bulldogs @AdrianBulldogs pic.twitter.com/067IYhDFL1
— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) November 16, 2019
Like Wurzer, Wilson tops the conference in receiving yards average (89.8) and yards per catch (22.4) while ranking second with eight TD receptions. Sophomore defensive back Brandon Kwiatkowski, who had four solos and five total tackles today, leads Adrian with career highs of 41 tackles and 64 total for 10th and 11th, respectively, in the MIAA.
Moses concluded the season as the Bulldogs leader with 45 tackles among 60 total–both personal records.
Adrian loses just 11 seniors and returns most of its’ talented starting lineup in 2020.
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