DIII Football: 10/3/23

Stats and updates from last weekends contests

WEEK 5 // DIII FOOTBALL

Top Team Performances

Most Yards: 725 yds, Wilkes vs. Juniata

Most Combined Yards: Trine (540) vs. Alma (534), 1074 combined

Most Points: Husson vs. Dean, 75 points

Most Combined Points: Trine (30) vs. Alma (70), 100 combined

Biggest MOV: Endicott (66) vs. Hilbert (0), 66 points

Top Passers

Caden Cantrell (Northwestern-St. Paul vs. Martin Luther): 24/38, 459 yds, 3 TD

Xavier Powell (Nichols vs. Gallaudet): 24/31, 407 yds, 5 TD

Carter St. John (Alma vs. Trine): 12/13, 385 yds, 5 TD

Aaron Syverson (Saint Johns (MN) vs. Augsburg): 25/37, 367 yds, 4 TD

Tucker Horn (Trinity (TX) vs. Berry): 25/33, 363 yds, 4 TD

Top Rushers

Garrett Cora (Franklin vs. Bluffton): 31 att, 265 yds, 3 TD

Elijah Garnett (Husson vs. Dean): 13 att, 250 yds, 4 TD

Kennedy Fauntleroy (Bridgewater (VA) vs. Hampden-Sydney): 32 att, 246 yds, 4 TD

Chad Blaszky (WestConn vs. UMass Dartmouth): 30 att, 233 yds, 2 TD

Devaun Ford (Framingham St. vs. Plymouth St.): 28 att, 208 yds, 3 TD

Top Receivers

Beau Burk (Northwestern-St. Paul vs. Martin Luther): 14 rec, 289 yds, 3 TD

Jaylon Smith (DePauw vs. Oberlin): 6 rec, 200 yds, 4 TD

Reed Worth (Simpson vs. Buena Vista): 5 rec, 209 yds, 3 TD

Charlie Wilson (Hamline vs. St. Olaf): 14 rec, 214 yds, 2 TD

John Peduzzi (Wash. & Jeff. vs. Grove City): 13 rec, 202 yds, 3 TD

Rankings

Simple Rating System

Rk. Team, SRS

  1. Mount Union, 52.1

  2. Johns Hopkins, 45.8

  3. Wis.-Whitewater, 45.3

  4. North Central (IL), 45.0

  5. SUNY Cortland, 43.5

  6. John Carroll, 42.9

  7. Wis.-River Falls, 42.1

  8. Union (NY), 41.6

  9. Susquehanna, 40.5

  10. Springfield, 40.0

  11. Trinity (CT), 37.6

  12. SUNY Brockport, 37.4

  13. Endicott, 37.0

  1. Randolph-Macon, 36.9

  2. Wartburg, 36.7

  3. Trinity (TX), 36.2

  4. Berry, 35.2

  5. Coe, 34.4

  6. Ithaca, 34.2

  7. Christopher Newport, 33.8

  8. Marietta, 32.6

  9. Salve Regina, 32.6

  10. RPI, 32.4

  11. Aurora, 31.9

  12. Muhlenberg, 31.5

Season Leaders

Average Punt Distance

Rk. Player (Team), Avg

  1. Ethan Klapatch (Millsaps), 48.2*

  2. Adam Guth (Franklin), 47.7

  3. Burke Nettles (Guilford), 44.9

  4. Cole Porch (Birmingham-So.), 44.7*

  5. Sammy Lafata (Adrian), 43.3

  6. Dan Giangrasso (SUNY Brockport), 43.3*

  7. Nico Bulhof (MIT), 42.3

  8. Chris Miller (Hiram), 42.1*

  9. JonMichael Elliot (Ohio Northern), 42.0*

  10. Andrew Toler (Rose-Hulman), 41.8

*Over 1,000 yards punting for the season

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