Box Score

Photo Gallery by IWU's Claire Hoverson '17

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Head coach Norm Eash became the all-time win leader in Illinois Wesleyan football coaching history as the No. 24-ranked Titans rolled past North Park, 52-21 at Tucci Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Eash now has 169 career wins (169-88-1) and bested the mark of 168 by his own college coach Don "Swede" Larson, who was 168-121-6 from 1954 to 1986. The Titans improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while North Park fell to 1-4 overall and 1-1 in CCIW play.

The Titans built a 45-0 lead through three quarters and had 28 of those points in the first quarter after the game started one hour and 45 minutes late (3:15 p.m.) due to a bus problem for North Park.

Senior Devonte Jones had 313 all-purpose yards as he rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns and returned three kickoffs for 147 yards, including a long run of 81 yards.
Senior T.J. Stinde also ran for 99 yards on eight carries with a TD as Illinois Wesleyan amassed 531 yards of total offense (313 rush, 218 pass) against 326 for the Vikings (300 pass, 26 run).

Senior quarterback Rob Gallik, who completed his first 11 passes, was 16 of 21 for 202 yards and three touchdowns. Alex Garvey was on the receiving end of two TDs and made five grabs for a total of 72 yards.

Defensively IWU got seven tackles from Zach Freundt and six each from Chris Simms and Kyle Pfister.

North Park freshman quarterback threw for 300 yards, completing 19 of 33 passes with three touchdowns.

What's Next?
Illinois Wesleyan will play at Carthage at 6 p.m. next Saturday, Oct. 19.

SCORING SUMMARY

1st  12:39  IWU - Garvey, Alex 8 yd pass from Gallik, Rob (Kelley, Michael kick) 5 plays, 57 yards
1st  07:19  IWU - Jones, Devonte 61 yd run (Kelley, Michael kick), 5 plays, 84 yards
1st  05:30  IWU - Musselman, Tate 10 yd pass from Gallik, Rob (Kelley, Michael kick) 2 plays, 12 yards
1st  01:13  IWU - Jones, Devonte 73 yd run (Kelley, Michael kick), 2 plays, 80 yards
2nd  11:27  IWU - Garvey, Alex 28 yd pass from Gallik, Rob (Kelley, Michael kick) 6 plays, 68 yards
2nd  00:48  IWU - Kelley, Michael 33 yd field goal 8 plays, 35 yards
3rd  13:16  IWU - Stinde, T.J. 8 yd run (Kelley, Michael kick), 2 plays, 55 yards
4th  12:48  NPU - Weinstein, Nick 63 yd pass from Conway, T.D. (Moore, Noah kick) 3 plays, 68 yards
4th  05:43  NPU - Geneva, Alan 20 yd pass from Conway, T.D. (Moore, Noah kick) 5 plays, 67 yards
4th  04:55  IWU - Roberts, A. 5 yd run (Kelley, Michael kick), 2 plays, 11 yards
4th  02:07  NPU - Geneva, Alan 51 yd pass from Conway, T.D. (Moore, Noah kick) 5 plays, 63 yards