ORANGE CITY, Iowa (UJ.EDU) — No. 8 Northwestern (Iowa) College scored on its first four possessions Saturday, taking a 24-0 halftime lead on the way to a 45-6 win over the University of Jamestown football team.
Jamestown (0-5 overall, 0-3 Great Plains Athletic Conference) hosts Concordia (Neb.) at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 5, in the annual Homecoming game.
The Red Raiders scored three touchdowns in a span of 7:46 in the first quarter to build a 21-0 lead. UJ held Northwestern to a lone field goal in the second quarter, but three more touchdowns in the third quarter made it 45-0.
Jimmy Hatch (SR/Sacramento, Calif.) ran in from seven yards out with 6:30 remaining to get the Jimmies on the scoreboard. The touchdown capped off a six play, 27-yard drive after Khamar Floyd (FR/Newark, N.J.) intercepted a Northwestern pass.
Troy Stuard (SR/Daingerfield, Texas) had his second interception of the season to go along with a team-high nine tackles. Jordan Olson (SO/Prior Lake, Minn.) registered five stops and Manuel Najera (JR/Los Angeles, Calif.) had two of his four tackles go for a loss, including a sack. Tanner Grocott (SO/Montrose, S.D.) also had two tackles for loss.
Hatch led the Jimmies with 34 yards rushing on 10 carries. Garrett Mitchell (SO/Shakopee, Minn.) caught five passes for 51 yards and Barry Williams had four receptions for 11 yards. Jordan Mann (SR/Bismarck, N.D.) was 14-of-27 passing for 87 yards and intercepted once.
