BATESVILLE, AR -- The Texas Lutheran football team extended its win streak to six games with a dominant 48-3 performance against Lyon College on Saturday in Arkansas.
Quarterbacks
Elijah Favela (Converse/Judson) and
Micah Casson (Killeen/Copperas Cove) combined to scramble for 40 yards and three scores, while Favela found WR
Ja'Mare Nichols (San Antonio/Roosevelt) for the game's lone passing touchdown.
The Bulldogs (6-1, 2-0 SCAC) marched down the field on the game's opening drive to take an early 7-0 lead. Favela threw for 36 yards on the drive, capped off by a 12-yard passing touchdown to Nichols.
On the following drive, Favela would account for all 75 yards, passing for 63 and rushing for 12 including the two-yard rushing touchdown to extend the lead to 14-0.
Texas Lutheran's defense maintained its stingy ways on Saturday - intercepting three more passes to bring the Bulldogs season total to 23.
Dylan Anaya (Harlingen/Harlingen South),
Christian Pierre (Fredericksburg, VA/Dutchtown), and
Adrian Sanchez (Glen Rose/Glen Rose) accounted for the game's interceptions. They were the second interceptions of the season for Anaya and Pierre while Sanchez totaled his fifth of the season, moving him into the top ten in TLU's NCAA history in the category.
James Garza (Canyon Lake/Canyon Lake), fresh off earning SCAC Offensive Player of the Week honors last week, and
Micah Casson ran for five yard touchdowns and
Jack Nelson (Austin/Bowie) made a pair of field goals as TLU took a 34-3 lead into halftime.
The second half started with seven straight drives that ended in punts before Casson extended the lead to 41-3 with his second rushing touchdown of the day. Freshman Colton Kuebel (Blanco/Blanco) was responsible for the Bulldogs final trip to the end zone, scoring on a one-yard rush for his first career touchdown in his TLU debut.
Favela ended the day with a team-high 124 passing yards and two touchdowns, including a rushing score. Nichols finished with 77 yards receiving and a touchdown to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in his career.
Javin Logan (Houston/North Shore) led the Bulldogs on the ground with 119 yards on the ground.
Diego Avila (Allen/Allen) and
Marvin Farris (Rosenberg/Lamar Consolidated) combined for ten tackles to lead the TLU defense.
Up next, Texas Lutheran heads to Sherman for a rematch with Austin College, this time in conference play, on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 PM. The game will be broadcast on FloCollege. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.
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