Football takes down Anderson for first win

Football defeated Anderson in Coressel Stadium for win number one of the season.

The Basics

• Records: Defiance (1-6, 1-3) Anderson (0-7, 0-4)

• Location: Justin F. Coressel Stadium - Defiance, Ohio

• Attendance: 292

  Inside The Numbers

• Quarterback Jordan Ambrose threw for two touchdowns and one rushing, giving him three total.

• Ambrose threw for 177 yards and rushed for 72.

• Quarterback Seth Pearson completed one pass for nine yards and one touchdown.

• Tyshaun Freeman led the team in rushing with 144 yards and one touchdown.

• Cooper Sloan added 59 rushing yards.

• Receiver Tawann Rome caught four passes for 63 yards and two touchdowns.

• Cole Recker returned to the lineup and caught three passes.

• Jalen Warren caught two passes for 14 yards and one touchdown.

• Thomas Coltrain led the team in total tackles with nine and also added half a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss.

• Justin Caballero recorded eight tackles and half a sack.

• Richard Pope IV recorded one solo sack.

• CJ Vance had two pass break ups.

• Anderson quarterback Roosevelt Norfleet III threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns.

• Receiver Julian Holguin caught five passes for 164 yards and one touchdown.

• Tyson Tremble recorded one solo sack for the Ravens defense.

The Breakdown

• The game remained scoreless for 29 minutes until Jordan Ambrose scored with one minute remaining to give the Yellow Jackets a 7-0 lead into halftime. 

• Offenses came to life in the third quarter and entire second half as the teams combined for 47 second half points.

• Anderson trailed the entire game.

• Defiance led 20-0 and 26-10.

• Anderson scored two straight touchdowns to get within four points, 26-22, but Defiance held off the Ravens when Tyshaun Freeman found the end zone with five minutes remaining to give his team a ten point lead.

• The Defiance defense held strong the rest of the way despite giving up two big chunk plays that resulted in two Anderson touchdowns.

Up Next

• The football team plays at Rose-Hulman next Saturday, October 29th. Kick off is scheduled for 1:30pm in Indiana.