MEQUON - A pair of long touchdown passes was enough to derail St. Norbert College in a 14-3 loss at Concordia University Wisconsin in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Tomasini Stadium.
The Falcons connected on touchdown passes of 43 and 59 yards in the third quarter to erase a 3-0 halftime deficit.
St. Norbert recovered a fumble on Concordia's second possession of the game but had a 36-yard field-goal attempt blocked. The Green Knights then held the Falcons on downs from the St. Norbert 24 and moved 66 yards to score on
Tyler Juergensen's 20-yard field-goal with 3:12 left in the first quarter.
Neither team had a scoring chance in the second quarter, with St. Norbert holding its 3-0 lead into intermission.
St. Norbert lost a fumble near midfield to open the third quarter and the Falcons capitalized on a 43-yard touchdown pass from Carter Schmitz to Jacob Pugh. The Falcons scored again with 1:50 left in the quarter on a 59-yard touchdown from Roman Funk to Drew Allen for a 14-3 lead. Neither team mounted a scoring challenge in the fourth quarter.
Concordia outgained St. Norbert 286-258 in total offense.
Jacob McVane (pictured) led St. Norbert with 11 rushing yards on 25 carries.
Fernando Rodriguez completed 15 of 32 passes for 103 yards and also rushed for 43 yards. McVane also caught seven passes for 24 yards.
Funk completed 12 of 23 passes for 192 yards and one touchdown to lead the Falcons offense, which rushed for just 51 yards.
Mason Trimberger led the Green Knights with seven tackles, while
John Seitz and
Aiden Gomez had four stops each.
