St.Joseph Thrashes NDC!

The Notre Dame Falcons finished up a 3 game road swing with a wimper against the Pumas of St.Joseph. The result was a 37-7 loss in front of 4,382 at Alumni Stadium in Rensselear,Indiana. NDC managed only 178 yards of total offense in the loss. Only 64 of those yards were in the passing game. The Falcons only managed 12 first downs on Saturday afternoon. One improvement for the Falcons was only committing 4 penalties which has been a problem for the blue and white all season. Pedro Powell tallied his third consecutive game eclipsing the century mark. Powell had 114 yards on 23 carries. The quarterback play for NDC was sub par this week. James Flowers was just 4 of 12 for 39 yards and a pair of interceptions. Yan Cyr went 3 of 4 for 25 yards and a touchdown. Derrick Paster led the receiving core with 41 yards on 3 catches. Sophomore running back Shawn Riley caught the 7 yard TD pass from Cyr. Derrick Smith (10 tackles) and Bo Grunder (8) led the way for the Notre Dame Defense. Shane Friend also had 8 tackles. The Falcons fell to 2-5 on the year.

SJC tallied 365 yards of total offense and 18 first downs in this one. Jashon Banks had 26 carries for 112 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Pumas. Billy VanderMerkt added a rushing TD as well. VanDerMerkt had a solid game thru the air going 17 of 26 for 210 yards and a touchdown. Mack Ogeltree led the Puma recievers with 8 catches for 123 yards. Anthony Rouba had only 1 catch but it was for a 5 yard TD.

The game would not be much of a contest for much of the way. St.Joseph's took a 6-0 lead after one quarter and would never look back. It would be 20-0 Pumas by halftime. The game would already be decided when Cyr and Riley would hook up for the lone Falcon touchdown. NDC will have the week off. They will be back in action when they take on Marian College (In) on October 23rd. The Pumas (3-3) will host Urbana on Saturday afternoon.