CONWAY, Ark. - The Hendrix College football team withstood the Millsaps College attack with a 35-30 victory at Young-Wise Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The host Warriors move to 4-0 for the first time in program history and are 2-0 in Southern Athletic Association play. The Majors, who were the league co-champions last year and went 9-1, fall to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the SAA.
Hendrix opened the scoring on their second drive of the game, using eight plays to cover 52 yards. Sophomore tailback Dayton Winn capped the drive witha one-yard rush to put the Orange & Black on the board.
Millsaps answered with a 26-yard field goal from Beau Brady to start the second quarter. After the kickoff, sophomore quarterback Seth Peters found Ben Luedtke for a 71-yard score down the middle of the field to go up 14-3. The play was the longest from scrimmage since Hendrix brought back the program last year.
Towards the end of the second, the Majors had first-and-10 from the HC10, but Zak Thrasher's pass was picked off by sophomore linebacker Ben Cunningham, giving the Warriors a 14-3 advantage at half.
Hendrix took the opening drive of the third quarter 75 yards on seven plays, which was finished by a 12-yard pass from Peters to Nate Hodapp to go up 21-3. Millsaps used nine plays to go 54-yards and scored on a Raphael Johnson seven-yard run to cute the deficit to 21-10. After a three-and-out for the Warriors, Thrasher found Nick Glover for a 36-yard pass to make the game 21-16 at the 5:34 mark of the third.
Just before the end of the quarter, Peters completed a 50-yard dark to Winn, who was tackled at the one. Winn managed his second score of the game with a run up the middle to give the Warriors a 28-16 cushion.
The teams exchanged lost fumbles in the fourth quarter. Millsaps cut the score to 28-23 with a 24-yard Thrasher pass to Rashad Sims with 1:11 left.
Brady's ensuing onside kick was scooped up by sophomore Jake Steward and returned 46 yards to give the Warriors a 35-23 lead. Millsaps used five plays to go 62 yards, ending with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Johnson with eight seconds left, making it 35-30.
Hendrix recovered the onside kick and took a knee to end the game.
The Warriors ran 72 plays for 464 yards and 6.4 per play average. The Majors had 81 plays for 530 yards and a 6.5 yard average.
Winn finished with 26 carries, 108 yards and two TDs on the ground to go with four catches for 68 yards and a 32-yard punt return. The game was the fourth-consecutive 100-yard performance for the Pea Ridge, Ark. native. Peters went 17-of-25 passing for 318 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Casey Caton came up with five catches for 85 yards. Luedtke caught two passes for 89 yards.
Johnson rushed 24 times for 98 yards and a score and had seven catches for 95 yards and another TD. Thrasher was 23-of-35 with an interception, 305 yards and three touchdowns. Joe McChrsytal was 6-of-8 for 74 yards.
Steward led the Hendrix defense with 11 tackles and sophomore Thomas Eddlemon linebacker recorded a career-high 10 tackles, including one for loss. Broc Smith had seven tackles and forced a fumble. Matt Ramirez finished with eight tackles and Shaquille Grant had seven. Sophomore defensive tackle Stephen Stearman had four tackles and recovered a fumble.
Hector Sandoval led Millsaps with 12 tackles. Zach Bell recorded 10 tackles, 3.5 for a loss and 2.5 sacks.
Hendrix attempt for a 5-0 start to the season when they travel to St. Louis, Mo. next Saturday to face Washington University.
Hendrix Downs Millsaps 35-30, Moves to 4-0
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2014
Millsaps
30
Hendrix
35
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millsaps (1-3) | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 30 |
| Hendrix (4-0) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Oct 04, 2014