At Bulldog Stadium, the Bulldogs celebrated at their new football home with the second conference title in school history.
"It's just unbelievable really," said Danny Padron, TLU's head coach after winning his 30th game with the Bulldogs in five seasons. "We think we are able to do stuff, and then to have it happen is just a great feeling. We are full of gratitude for our seniors and the leadership that we have had. We have a great young football team and great young men that really demonstrate all the good things about Division III football. They represent well. We are tickled for them and very happy for them."
"We are very happy for our university and our community - the commitment they made to build our stadium. There are a lot of good things happening, so we are just full of gratitude. It's a blessing from the Lord."
TLU completed a 9-1 regular season and 3-0 conference run. But the SCAC does not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. The Bulldogs must receive an at-large bid (either a Pool B or Pool C bid) from the NCAA Division III Football Championship Committee.
The selection show is set for 5 p.m. Sunday on www.NCAA.com. A link to the show will be available onwww.tlubulldogs.com.
TLU has never advanced to the NCAA Division III football playoffs. The Bulldogs' last playoff appearance of any kind in football came back in 1976, when the Bulldogs fell in the NAIA-II national semi-final. TLU won back-to-back NAIA-II National Championships in 1974 and 1975.
TLU, a winner of 18 of its last 20 games, posted an 8-1 record in 2013 but did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
The Bulldogs wasted little time Saturday to make sure the outright SCAC Championship would remain in Seguin. TLU scored just 15 seconds into the game with a 40-yard run from sophomore Marquis Barrolle (Ingleside/Ingleside).
Barrolle entered the game as the second-leading rusher in all of NCAA Division III. He ended the 2014 regular season with 1,568 yards and 14 TDs on 247 carries (an average of 6.3 yards per carry).
After an opening-kickoff return of 39 yards from Drake Dowling (Katy/Katy), Barrolle burst up the middle untouched for the quick score.
Barrolle and quarterback Trenton White (Sachse/Sachse) combined for 271 rushing yards against the Pirates. Barrolle rushed 14 times for 136, with one score, and White carried the ball eight times for a career-best 135 yards and two scores.
White scored a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter. The first TD came on a career-long, 75-yard run that capped a two-play, 80-yard drive that elapsed just 23 seconds.
White's second TD run came on 4th-and-4 from the Southwestern 19.
TLU rushed for 333 yards against Southwestern and averaged 7.6 yards per carry.
White completed just five passes Saturday, but he again hooked up with sophomore Caleb Oliver (Pearland/Lutheran South), who found the endzone with eight seconds to play in the first half. The play covered nine yards and put an end to a drive that covered 27 yards in 1:02. The drive was set-up by another strong return from Dowling. This time Dowling went 51 yards on a punt return.
The TD catch was Oliver's team-best 10th of the season and marked the seventh straight game in which he has caught at least one touchdown.
TLU took a 34-0 lead into the half.
Tyler Brandenburg (Spring/Concordia Lutheran) made a pair of field goals (from 26 and 29 yards), and Reggie Jackson(Killeen/Ellison) completed the Bulldog scoring with a 25-yard TD connection with back-up quarterback Zach Galindo(Helotes/O'Connor).
Defensively, TLU held Southwestern to 260 yards of total offense and to 2.0 yards per carry. The Pirates carried the ball 37 times for 73 yards.
The Bulldogs registered 15 total tackles for loss, for 48 yards in losses. Safety Adam McGuire (Houston/Cypress Falls) tallied 2.0 for 10 yards (with a sack of nine yards), and Darian Candler (Humble/Atascocita) chipped in 2.5 tackles for three yards in losses.
TLU sacked Southwestern quarterbacks eight times for 35 yards. Senior defensive end Bryan Doolittle(Houston/Langham Creek) added to his team-lead with two sacks for four yards.
Freshman cornerback Poodie Strong (Carthage/Carthage) contributed four pass breakups and a blocked extra-point.
"Our dream is to get into the NCAA playoffs, and we still have an opportunity for that," said Padron. "So we have been chasing that every week. It is hard to (win each week). Every game is a must win. Our guys have worked their rear-ends off. (Our coaches) have worked their rear-ends off. We are really happy that we've had this opportunity to accomplish these things."
"It says a lot about our team's character and how hard they have worked. They didn't settle. They weren't satisfied. They understood that we had to continue to get better. So they worked extremely hard. You have to attribute that to our coaches too. They put our guys in a tremendous position to win and to represent this conference. We are excited for that, and we really believe that we have a good shot at the NCAA playoffs."
Box Score (Final)
Southwestern vs #20 Texas Lutheran (Nov 15, 2014 at Seguin, Texas)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- Southwestern........ 0 0 6 8 - 14 Record: (1-8,0-3) Texas Lutheran...... 21 13 0 7 - 41 Record: (9-1,3-0) Scoring Summary: 1st 14:45 TLU - Marquis Barrolle 40 yd run (Tyler Brandenburg kick), 1-40 0:15, SU 0 - TLU 7 10:48 TLU - Trenton White 75 yd run (Tyler Brandenburg kick), 2-80 0:23, SU 0 - TLU 14 06:19 TLU - Trenton White 19 yd run (Tyler Brandenburg kick), 6-44 2:16, SU 0 - TLU 21 2nd 06:17 TLU - Tyler Brandenburg 26 yd field goal, 10-45 3:39, SU 0 - TLU 24 03:47 TLU - Tyler Brandenburg 29 yd field goal, 5-38 1:27, SU 0 - TLU 27 00:08 TLU - Caleb Oliver 9 yd pass from Trenton White (Tyler Brandenburg kick), 5-27 1:02, SU 0 - TLU 34 3rd 02:15 SU - D. Wilburn 3 yd run (L. Tucker kick blockd), 5-76 1:43, SU 6 - TLU 34 4th 08:35 TLU - Reggie Jackson 25 yd pass from Zach Galindo (Tyler Brandenburg kick), 4-37 1:12, SU 6 - TLU 41 04:29 SU - M. Gillen 16 yd pass from J. Snyder (W. Johnson rush), 9-75 3:58, SU 14 - TLU 41 SU TLU FIRST DOWNS................... 13 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 37-73 44-333 PASSING YDS (NET)............. 187 83 Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 36-14-0 25-8-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 73-260 69-416 Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-10 5-57 Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 7-101 3-70 Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg)............ 12-34.7 7-41.0 Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards............... 4-35 5-35 Possession Time............... 31:49 28:11 Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 17 5 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 3 2 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-2 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-3 7-35 RUSHING: Southwestern-D. Wilburn 22-95; W. Johnson 2-6; J. Dumes 2-2; C. Pringle 1-minus 1; D. Smith 2-minus 3; J. Snyder 8-minus 26. Texas Lutheran-Marquis Barrolle 14-136; Trenton White 8-135; Theryn Martin 6-30; A.J. Saucedo 10-24; Greg Balanta 2-8; Zach Galindo 2-3; Logan Thompson 2-minus 3. PASSING: Southwestern-J. Snyder 14-36-0-187; D. Smith 0-0-0-0. Texas Lutheran-Trenton White 5-17-0-49; Zach Galindo 3-7-0-34; Logan Thompson 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: Southwestern-M. Gillen 7-81; M. Sherman 2-45; A. Peralta 2-1; K. Wynn Jr. 1-35; T. Stephens 1-18; J. Gicas 1-7. Texas Lutheran-Theryn Martin 2-26; Colby Ginn 2-9; Reggie Jackson 1-25; Marquis Barrolle 1-19; Caleb Oliver 1-9; Demetrius Brock 1-minus 5. INTERCEPTIONS: Southwestern-None. Texas Lutheran-None. FUMBLES: Southwestern-J. Snyder 1-0. Texas Lutheran-A.J. Saucedo 1-0; J.B. Brown 1-0; Drake Dowling 1-1. Stadium: Bulldog Stadium Attendance: 1449 Kickoff time: 1 p.m. End of Game: 4 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:00 Officials: Referee: Tim Davis; Umpire: Brad Marcum; Linesman: Eric Carmouch; Line judge: David Young; Back judge: Tim Davis; Field judge: Eric Smith; Side judge: Eric Aimes; Alternate: Dwayne Paschall; Temperature: 46 Wind: E 6 mph Weather: Drizzle, cold <hr> Southwestern vs #20 Texas Lutheran (Nov 15, 2014 at Seguin, Texas) SACKS (UA-A): Southwestern-M. Ford 1-0. Texas Lutheran-Bryan Doolittle 1-1; Daniel Brinson 0-1; Broderick Sargent 1-0; Brandon Stephens 1-0; Adam McGuire 1-0; Jonathan Olonade 1-0; Dominick Stives 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Southwestern-M. Ford 3-5; P. Ricker 3-4; A. Lee 5-0; T. Frisby 4-1; J. Broussard 4-0; A.J. McCort 2-2; Z. Cole 2-2; N. Kelly 3-0; K. Perlowski 2-1; N. Mask 2-1; Q. Thompson 2-0; M. Patterson 1-1; C. Schindler 1-1; J. Lucero Jr. 0-2; B. Jones 0-2; M. Gillen 1-0; C. Parks 1-0; D. Wilburn 1-0; RJ Nava 1-0; D. Johnson 0-1; K. Castilleja 0-1. Texas Lutheran-Michael Wall 5-3; Adam McGuire 6-1; Darian Candler 2-5; Matt McCullough 4-2; Cedric Whitaker 2-3; Jonathan Olonade 4-0; Broderick Sargent 2-2; Dominick Stives 1-3; Bryan Doolittle 1-3; Drake Dowling 3-0; Zach Sauers 2-1; Daniel Brinson 1-2; Joey Meza 0-3; Dantrel Hargers 1-1; Jake Bahr 1-1; Jordan Sims 1-1; Kelvin Hearn 0-2; Poodie Strong 0-2; Brandon Stephens 1-0; Ethan Powell 0-1. Game Starters: Southwestern POS QB 14 B. Hicks RB 5 D. Wilburn TE 87 T. Stephens WR 19 M. Gillen WR 80 M. Sherman WR 1 J. Free LT 59 A. Tyson LG 70 T. White C 73 P.J. Quinters RG 76 A. Pratt RT 78 C. Counihan POS DE 91 A. Lee DT 63 C. Schindler DT 98 I. Galvan DE 43 J. Broussard LB 33 T. Frisby LB 45 Z. Cole LB 12 M. Ford CB 22 N. Kelly SS 19 M. Gillen FS 11 A.J. McCort CB 21 D. Johnson Texas Lutheran POS QB 8 Trenton White RB 5 M. Barrolle WR 88 Dustin Hannon WR 13 Deion Barnes WR 23 Lewis Williams WR 83 Colby Ginn LT 78 M. Hochstrasser LG 67 Tyler Howlett C 58 Daven Klein RG 76 Kend. Wilkerson RT 73 Eddie Scott POS DE 96 Bryan Doolittle DT 52 Andrew Syrinek DT 56 Dominick Stives DE 37 Ethan Powell LB 44 Joey Meza LB 11 Darian Candler CB 1 Cedric Whitaker SS 9 Adam McGuire WS 26 Michael Wall FS 21 Drake Dowling CB 25 Poodie Strong Player participation: Southwestern: 4-J. Gicas, 5D-P. Bass, 6-D. Smith, 7-W. Johnson, 8-C. Parks, 8K-L. Tucker, 10-A. Peralta, 15-J. Dumes, 16-J. Snyder, 18-K. Castilleja, 20-C. Pringle, 25-C. Williams, 26-K. Zarosky, 37-A. Elliott, 38-M. Patterson, 39-T. Hanssen, 40-J. Scoggin, 50-Q. Thompson, 51-D. Harenda, 54-B. Jones, 55-N. Mask, 77-Z. Scroggins, 85-K. Wynn Jr., 90-K. Perlowski, 92-P. Ricker, 93-RJ Nava, 94-J. Lucero Jr.. Texas Lutheran: 2-J.B. Brown, 3-Jake Bahr, 4-Demetrius Brock, 6-Logan Thompson, 7-Caleb Oliver, 12-Jarell Brown, 14-Zach Galindo, 15-David Lizarraga, 17-Cameron Scott, 20-Jordan Sims, 22-A.J. Saucedo, 27-Zach Sauers, 28-Theryn Martin, 29-Matt McCullough, 32-T. Van Buren, 33-Chadd Brown, 34-T. Brandenburg, 36-Kelvin Hearn, 38-Greg Balanta, 45-Jon. Olonade, 49-Dantrel Hargers, 63-Andrew Leal, 71-Mich. Stevenson, 72-Andr. Rodriguez, 75-Johnny Garcia, 77-Zach Pfeil, 80-Prichard-Warren, 82-Reggie Jackson, 84-Pollard-Baylor, 85-Chance Givens, 86-Conner Baird, 90-Brand. Stephens, 93-Broder. Sargent, 94-Daniel Brinson, 98-Jimmy Russell. |