WAUWATOSA - St. Norbert College cruised to a big 55-7 win on the road over Wisconsin Lutheran College in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Raabe Stadium.
The Green Knights (5-3, 5-1 NACC) won their fifth straight game and raced out to a 27-0 lead before halftime, scoring on five of their first six possessions.
Peyton Lyon and Paul Bageanis connected for two touchdowns in the first half, hitting on aerials of 17 and 37 yards. Patrick Oden (pictured) was a force on the ground as well, scoring the Green Knights' third touchdown of the first half with a 16-yard run.
Tyler Jurgensen hit two field goals from 20 and 39 yards in the first half, helping the Green Knights put up a 27-0 lead going into halftime.
Lyon connected with two more touchdown passes in the third quarter, finding Ben Berg and Mitch Van Vooren in the endzone on throws of 30 and 22 yards, respectively. Van Vooren, who leads the Green Knights in touchdowns with seven, has now caught touchdown passes in four out of the last five games. Berg's touchdown was the first of the season and career.
Connor Kelly's touchdown in the fourth quarter was St. Norbert's sixth of the day, coming off a 1-yard rush for his first touchdown of the season.
A 65-yard pick six from defensive back Brett Boelkow put an exclamation mark on the win, closing out St. Norbert's scoring with 5:28 left to play. Wisconsin Lutheran would get its only score on a late touchdown off a 56-yard touchdown pass from Nate Griffeth with 3:28 remaining.
Lyon completed 18 of 28 passes for 258 yards and four touchdowns. His yardage through the air were the most the junior has had in a game this season.
St. Norbert went over 200 yards on the ground, with Oden leading the way with 127 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries.
Bageanis caught five passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns, while Van Vooren caught three for 83 and a score.
Four different players recorded sacks on the Warriors, including Boelkow who along with his pick six also forced a fumble. Marc Thomas also added two interceptions for St. Norbert.
St. Norbert outgained the Warriors 468-203 in total offense and 25-4 in first downs.
Kyle Santos had a team-high four tackles, while Beau Allison, Boelkow and Brian Treacy all added three stops.