GAMBIER, Ohio – The No. 9/10 Washington University in St. Louis football team continued its strong performances with a dominant showing on Saturday, beating Kenyon on the road, 65-0. It is the third time this season the Bears have scored 65+ points, all of them shutouts.
With the win, WashU is now 6-0 on the year with a 5-0 mark in NCAC play.
After forcing the Owls into a punt on the first drive of the game, WashU would start with great field position on its first drive of the game on its own 47-yard line. The drive would be just seven plays, including three first downs, culminating in a touchdown by senior quarterback
Levi Moore. Junior
Matias Adrogue's kick was good for a 7-0 lead with 8:10 left in the first quarter.
On their next drive, Kenyon was forced into a three-and-out. On the punt, the Owls were called for illegally batting the ball into the end zone for a WashU safety that saw the Bears take a 9-0 lead.
The ensuing Owls' kickoff went to the WashU 33-yard line, where senior
Drew Bomar returned it 38 yards to the Kenyon 29-yard line. Moore would run it in again on the third play of the drive for the two-yard touchdown. Adrogue's kick was good for the extra point and a 16-0 lead with 6:13 left in the quarter.
Another three-and-out by Kenyon would see WashU score its third touchdown of the game on a two-play, 60-yard drive. Sophomore
Brayden Lewis ran in from the Kenyon 15-yard line. The extra point by Adrogue put the Bears up 23-0 with 3:58 left in the first quarter.
On its first drive of the second quarter, WashU took over on downs after a fumble at the Kenyon 2-yard line. Two plays later, Lewis rushed in for his second touchdown of the game. The extra point by Adrogue saw the Bears take a 30-0 lead with 13:33 left in the first half.
After a Kenyon punt, the Bears used a six-play, 43-yard drive that saw senior
Matthew Kinoshita run in from four yards out for a touchdown. The extra point saw WashU go up 37-0 with 8:48 remaining in the first half.
Another Owls' punt resulted in the seventh WashU touchdown of the contest. The Bears used eight plays to drive 60 yards, with Moore connecting with junior
Ryan Bienstock for a 10-yard touchdown. Adrogue's kick saw WashU take a 44-0 lead with just 2:50 left on the second-quarter clock.
The Bears had the ball to open the second half and started with a six-play scoring drive, resulting in sophomore
Karsten Cornell running it in for the 35-yard touchdown. Adrogue's kick was good for the 51-0 lead just over three minutes into the second half, at 11:57.
On WashU's next possession, the Bears went on a five-play drive, ending with a 21-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback
Alexander Singh to classmate
Charlie Flowers. Adrogue's kick was good, making it a 58-0 lead with 7:00 left in the third quarter.
The Bears scored their final touchdown of the game with 3:31 left in the third on a two-play drive. Singh hit sophomore
Avery Lazard for the 65-yard touchdown, and Adrogue's kick was good, bumping the lead to 65-0.
WashU had 456 yards of total offense (252 passing, 204 rushing), while Kenyon had just 67 yards of total offense (30 passing, 37 rushing).
Singh was 8-for-10 for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Moore went 5-for-9 for 81 yards and one touchdown. Sophomore
Jack Behl went 3-for-3 for 20 yards.
Cornell led the rushing game with 64 yards on 10 carries with one touchdown. Lewis had 55 yards rushing on seven carries with a pair of touchdowns. Kinoshita finished with 45 yards on eight carries with one touchdown. Moore ran the ball four times for 17 yards and two touchdowns.
Lazard led the receivers with 71 yards on two catches and one touchdown. Bienstock made four catches for 38 yards and a touchdown. Flowers finished with 21 yards on his lone carry for a touchdown.
Defensively, senior
Henry Murr had four total tackles (3 solo, 1 assist), with 1.0 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry. Sophomore
Jackson Staley had three total tackles (2 solo, 1 assist), with 1.0 tackles for loss.
The Bears remain on the road next Saturday, Oct. 24, for an NCAC contest at Wabash. Kickoff with the Little Giants is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.
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