Football Scores Early and Often, Defeats Trinity International 49-14 for MSFA Midwest League Win

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Roosevelt University football team defeated Trinity International University by a final score of 49-14 in a Mid-States Football Association Midwest League game on Saturday, October 16 at Morris Field. The Lakers evened their overall record to 3-3 and improved their MSFA Midwest League record to 2-1 as the result of their second consecutive victory and a season-high in points scored.

In a game that was moved to Roosevelt's Morris Field in the middle of the week due to weather-related field conditions at TIU's Leslie Frazier Field, the Lakers looked right at home in jumping out to a 28-0 advantage.  

Jack Sheehan tossed three first-half touchdown passes, and rookie Jayden McFadden caught two of those throws for paydirt. McFadden's TD grabs were the first two of his collegiate career.

Ke'von Johnson followed up his program-record 302-yard day at Missouri Baptist last week with a first-quarter touchdown catch that opened the scoring and a second-quarter touchdown run.

Trinity International finally got on the board in the waning moments of the second quarter on a fumble recovery in the end zone that cut the Lakers' lead down to 28-7.

Roosevelt made it a four-score game once again early in the third quarter on Blaize Griffin's 16-yard rushing touchdown, but TIU responded shortly after that on a 73-yard TD catch by Marc Wallace.  

Griffin struck again in the third, as he made an impressive over-the-shoulder grab on a 12-yard pass from Sheehan to make it a 42-14 RU lead.

The points continued to pile on for the Green and White, as Tyler Tenner capped a nine–play, 82-yard clock-eating drive with a 19-yard rushing touchdown that put the Lakers up 49-14 for what would turn out to be the final margin of victory. 

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Roosevelt                            14              14              14              7           49
            Trinity International                0               7                7              0            14

Records: Roosevelt 3-3, 2-1 (MSFA) // Trinity International 2-5, 0-3 (MSFA)

Location: Morris Field | Arlington Heights, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Jayden McFadden had the best day of his freshman season to date, catching six passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns
• Tyler Tenner rushed 14 times for 124 yards and a touchdown, doing most of his damage after halftime with 98 second-half yards
• Jack Sheehan completed 17 of 28 passes, throwing for 261 yards and a season-high four touchdowns
• Ke'von Johnson ran for 92 yards and a touchdown while catching two passes for 21 yards and a TD
• Blaize Griffin caught three passes for 63 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a touchdown
• Zavier Cordero-Barnes made six total tackles
• Amarion Evans had a sack among his two tackles for loss
• Malik Barbee registered a sack
• The Lakers had 540 yards of total offense, matching a season high, and held the Trojans to 268 yards

NEWS & NOTES

• Ke'von Johnson has seven total touchdowns this season
• Johnson also contributed 100 yards on three kick returns
• Jack Sheehan's touchdown pass output pushed his fall TD pass total to 10
• Blaize Griffin now has four receiving touchdowns this fall and added his first career rushing touchdown
• Tyler Tenner accumulated 71 rushing yards on six runs during the Lakers' final touchdown drive of the day
• Roosevelt dominated time of possession, 53:36 to TIU's 20:20
• Roosevelt moved to 2-0 all-time against Trinity International
• Click here to view the current MSFA Midwest League standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers resume MSFA Midwest League play next Saturday, October 23 when they take on Judson University in the first-ever meeting between the two teams. Kick-off is scheduled for 2pm at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Ill.