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Football Quakers Face Oberlin in Conference Contest For Immediate Release: OBERLIN, Ohio — The Earlham College football team had a third quarter advantage erased by Oberlin College on Saturday as the Quakers dropped a 42-14 North Coast Athletic Conference contest. The Quakers led 14-7 early in the second half before the Yeomen scored five times to put the game away with four rushing touchdowns coming from junior R.V. Carroll. After a scoreless first period, Oberlin found the end zone at 7:31 of the second quarter to lead 7-0. Earlham was forced to punt on its next possession, but the Quakers created a turnover three plays later to get the ball back. Junior Drew Hosier (Gas City, IN/Mississenewa) intercepted a pass to set up Earlham’s first touchdown that tied the contest 7-7. Junior quarterback Randy Kerns (West Manchester, OH/National Trail) completed a 47-yard scoring pass to senior Terrel Brown (Richmond, IN/Richmond) at 3:35. Earlham began the third quarter with a 6-play, 65-yard drive to take a 14-7 lead. Brown completed his only pass attempt on a 17-yard scoring play to first-year Bryant Foreman (Mechanicsburg, OH/ Northeastern). From that point, Oberlin’s ground attack took over as Carroll finished with 217 yards on 34 carries with four scores. Kerns ended the day completing 20-of-37 passes for 287 yards and one touchdown. First-year Kyle Ripperger (Richmond, IN/Richmond) led the Quakers with seven receptions for 97 yards. Defensively, sophomore Adam LaFollette (Riverview, FL/Riverview) led the Quakers with eight tackles, while Brown, senior Evan Williamson (Fountain City, IN/Northeastern) and sophomore Cale Gulliford (Marion, IN/Marion) had seven tackles each. New Record —EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |