The Online Reflector

The University of Indianapolis football team defeated the William Jewell College Cardinals on Oct. 27, 48-3.

The victory, which was the Greyhounds’ seventh straight, helped them claim a share of the first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference football title.

The victory over the Cardinals included a few broken records as well. Senior wide receiver Mar’Quone Edmonds broke the university’s record for all-time leader in career receiving yards, while junior running back Klay Fiechter took two single-season records for rushing touchdowns and overall touchdowns.

On offense, the Greyhounds were lead by junior quarterback Chris Mills who was 16-for-21 and had four touchdown passes.

On defense, the Greyhounds had two sacks and were led by redshirt senior linebacker Max Davis, who had 11 total tackles in the game.

The Greyhounds led for the entire game, only surrendering three points in the third quarter.

UIndy defeated the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers 45-14 on Oct. 20.

Mills broke the record for career touchdown passes at UIndy, adding 56 passing touchdowns to his career. Mills was 16 for 22 passing, with one interception, and threw for a total of 240 yards and four touchdown passes.

On the ground, Fiechter ran 19 times, gaining a total of 196 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.

Edmonds led the Greyhound receivers with eight total catches, 139 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions.

On defense, the Greyhounds limited the Panthers’ offense to 92 yards passing and 71 yards rushing.  Junior linebacker Todd Hacker led the defense in total tackles with seven in the game. Junior defensive lineman Blake Surface had one sack in the game, and redshirt senior Jayme Comer had one interception.

In the first quarter of the game, UIndy scored first off a 14-yard touchdown pass from Mills to Edmonds, making the score 7-0. Towards the end of the first quarter, however, the Panthers picked off Mills, running the interception back 48 yards for a touchdown that tied up the game 7-7.

In the second quarter, UIndy took the lead back with a 27-yard touchdown pass from Mills to Edmonds. The Panthers evened the score again at 14 with a touchdown pass, but it would be the Panthers’ last of the game. Fiechter, on the Greyhound’s next possession, ran 75 yards to put the Greyhounds up a touchdown. From that point on, the Greyhounds never lost the lead. With 30 seconds remaining in the first half, redshirt sophomore kicker Scott Miller made a 20-yard field goal, extending the Greyhounds lead to 24-14.

In the second half, all of the Greyhounds’ scoring came in the third quarter. For the third time in the game, Mills connected with Edmonds, in the end zone on a 23-yard touchdown pass, making the score 31-14. Mills threw one more touchdown pass in the game to redshirt wide receiver Reece Horn on a five-yard touchdown pass. The touchdown reception was Horn’s first in his collegiate career. Redshirt sophomore running back Matt Ripp had the last score of the night, scoring on a 33-yard touchdown run,  making the final score 45-14.

Fiechter said that playing against the Panthers in previous seasons was a positive factor in the team’s preparation.

“They’ve changed things a little bit scheme wise, but we have seen them for two years now,” Fiechter said. “So we kind of have a feel for what they do, and it helps us prepare a little bit better.”

Prior to the game against Kentucky Wesleyan College, Head Coach Bob Bartolomeo said that the team was about where they thought they would be as a team at that point in the season.

“We got on a little bit of a roll here through October,” Bartolomeo said. “We’re playing for something, whereas a lot of college football teams are just trying to survive it.”

UIndy will return for its final home game of the regular season when the Greyhounds take on Delta State University on Nov. 3 for senior night. Kickoff at Key Stadium is set for 6 p.m.