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- DIII Football: 9/5/23
WEEK 1 // DIII FOOTBALL
Top Team Performances
Most Yards: 709 yds, Coe vs. Cornell College
Most Combined Yards: Monmouth (IL) (499) vs. Wartburg (572), 1071 combined
Most Points: Wis.-Platteville vs. Lakeland, 80 points
Most Combined Points: Wooster (43) vs. Wilmington (OH) (63), 106 combined
Biggest MOV: Wis.-Platteville (80) vs. Lakeland (13), 67 points
Top Passers
Josh Taylor (Mt. St. Joseph vs. Baldwin Wallace): 27/51, 420 yds, 6 TD
Xavier Reyero (Bluffton vs. Kenyon): 24/38, 404 yds, 7 TD
Ryan Russell (Anna Maria vs. Westfield St.): 26/43, 423 yds, 5 TD
Kobe Berghammer (Wis.-Oshkosh vs. Texas Lutheran): 24/34, 367 yds, 7 TD
Jacob Buniff (Hendrix vs. WashU): 38/45, 442 yds, 4 TD
Top Rushers
Hunter Clasen (Wartburg vs. Monmouth (IL)): 23 att, 247 yds, 6 TD
Ceaser Gonzalez (Merchant Marine vs. WestConn): 31 att, 237 yds, 3 TD
Thomas Foust (Olivet vs. Franklin): 20 att, 204 yds, 2 TD
Josh Rogers (Berry vs. Huntingdon): 11 att, 194 yds, 2 TD
Carter Sido (Hampden-Sydney vs. Wabash): 20 att, 184 yds, 3 TD
Top Receivers
Jake Breitbach (Gust. Adolphus vs. Buena Vista): 13 rec, 235 yds, 4 TD
Nate Thornton (Monmouth (IL) vs. Wartburg): 10 rec, 212 yds, 1 TD
Dominic Shepardson (Coe vs. Cornell College): 7 rec, 182 yds, 4 TD
Preston Jeffrey (Catholic vs. McDaniel): 5 rec, 177 yds, 2 TD
Declan O'Brien (Allegheny vs. Waynesburg): 14 rec, 169 yds, 2 TD
Opening Weekend Records
Opening Game Rushing TDs (Since 2014)
Rk Player, School, TD (Year)
Hunter Clasen (Wartburg), 6 (2023)
Connor Ramage (Ripon), 6 (2021)
Lance Moise (Concordia Chicago), 6 (2019)
Chad Shade (Springfield), 6 (2018)
Montavious Yearby (Heidelberg), 5 (2023)
Ian Blankenship (Merchant Marine), 5 (2021)
Bridgeport Tusier (Bethel (MN)), 5 (2016)
Ryan Ruffing (Wash. & Jeff.), 5 (2014)
Opening Game Receiving TDs (Since 2014)
Rk Player, School, TD (Year)
Errol Breaux (Dean), 5 (2021)
Derrick Curtis (Neb. Wesleyan), 5 (2019)
Jake Breitbach (Gust. Adolphus), 4 (2023)
Dominic Shepardson (Coe), 4 (2023)
Nate Palmer (Utica), 4 (2022)
Seth Logan (Greenville), 4 (2021)
Justin Hill (Mount Union), 4 (2019)
Kolin Schulte (Wartburg), 4 (2019)
Mike Panzarino (FDU-Florham), 4 (2018)
Opening Game Total Offense (Since 2013)
Rk School, Yards (Year)
Bethel (MN), 734 (2016)
Dubuque, 734 (2016)
Gettysburg, 722 (2013)
Wash. & Lee, 712 (2015)
Coe, 709 (2023)
Heidelberg, 696 (2014)
Gustavus Adolphus, 683 (2015)
Cortland, 681 (2022)
FDU-Florham, 679 (2019)
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