DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - The 2017 season came to a close on Saturday for the football program after a 35-21 defeat to Luther on Senior Day.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Loras struggled out of the gates, going 3-and-out on its first two drives
-By the time the Duhawks moved the chains for the first time, they already trailed 13-0
-After going down 21-0, Loras' offense worked itself into a groove and moved the ball 80 yards on nine plays, finishing with a 25-yard touchdown catch by senior
Mike Kuhn
-With 48 seconds remaining before halftime, Luther elected to run two more plays and on the second, lost the ball via fumble and senior
Mark Tilkes picked it up and ran it in for the touchdown
-The Duhawks tied the game at 21-all on their first drive of the second half after a 31-yard touchdown run by senior
Ike Cloward
-On the ensuing drive, the Norse responded with a methodical 14-play 80-yard drive of their own to retake the lead at 28-21
-With 13:24 remaining in the game, Luther put together a 17-play drive that spanned 10:24 of game clock
-Loras' last two drives ended with an interception, sealing the fate at 35-21
NOTABLES
-Kelly finished with 171 yards on Saturday and became the single-season record holder with 2,624 yards … Additionally, the St. Laurence prep finishes second in program history for career passing yards with 5,870 yards
-Senior
Josh Schulte concludes his career fourth all-time with 1,870 receiving yards
-Junior
Walter Ollie broke the program record for kick return yards in a career, moving past Gavin Kaiser's mark of 1,254 and now has 1,282 yards … Ollie's kick return average for the season of 27.0 set a single-season record … His 32 kick returns tied a program record set by Danny Willis in 2013 and needs 10 kick returns to set the all-time program record
-Senior
Mason Quigley closes his career with 40 appearances and the school record holder in extra points (111) and tied the career mark with 13 field goals
FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYER OF THE GAME - WALTER OLLIE
Ollie finished with 13 tackles including nine solo stops and one tackle for loss. The Eastland-Pearl City prep added five kick returns for 100 yards.
