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Football October 9, 2024 12:45:00 PM Matt Taylor – Athletic Communications Director
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HOUGHTON, Mich. – Riding the momentum of a four-game winning streak, the Michigan Technological University football team shifts its focus to Davenport for Saturday’s noon kickoff at Curley Stadium.
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The two teams have faced each other six times since the 2017 season, with three wins each. The Panthers have won the past two games against MTU, with DU winning 28-0 at Curley Stadium in last year’s meeting, the first shutout for either team. The Huskies are 2-2 at Curley Stadium and 1-1 in Grand Rapids.
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Davenport is 3-2 this season, most recently losing 24-7 to No. 2 Grand Valley State in the GLIAC opener on Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex. All the scoring happened in the first half, with Mylen Harris scoring a 27-yard touchdown, the only score for DU. The Panthers are 0-2 at home and 3-0 on the road this season.
The Panthers have a balanced offense with 119 rushing yards and 193 passing yards per game, scoring 19.2 points per game. Davenport used two quarterbacks, former Saginaw Valley State starting quarterback Mike Ohoro, and threw for a team-leading 652 yards with six touchdowns and four interceptions. Dwan Mathis threw for 315 yards with 97 yards rushing and a touchdown.
Harris controlled DU’s run game, gaining 280 yards and two touchdowns on 60 carries and was second on the team with 16 receptions, 236 yards and two scores. Preston Smith averaged 51 receiving yards per game for 255 total yards and two touchdowns.
The Panthers have had issues with opposing defenses, allowing just 18 points per game, 3.5 team sacks and 9.3 team tackles for loss. Both are in the top 10 in the country.
Cameron Grohaus and Zemonate Peck led the team with two interceptions this season. Grothaus paced the offense with 39 total tackles, while Peck had 26 total tackles and six for loss (29 yards). Through five games, a total of six players had tackles resulting in a loss of 10 yards or more.
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Michigan Tech entered the week with a 22-7 win over Wayne State on Saturday in front of a 1974 crowd at Curley Stadium, improving to 4-1 overall and having won four straight against the GLIAC, the most recent opener. .
For the third consecutive game, the Huskies’ defense has held opponents to one point. In Saturday’s win over Wayne State, MTU had a blocked field goal and an interception returned 30 yards by junior defensive back Dante Bassanese. His performance on the gridiron also earned him his first GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honor, with a team-high eight tackles.
Senior defensive back Hunter Buckel, who was also named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week this season, had two tackles for a loss of 14 yards and a sack for eight yards on Saturday, totaling eight tackles. was recorded. Senior linebacker Josh Criben highlighted a safety on the Warriors’ final offensive drive of the game, marking the Black & Gold’s first safety since September 2018.
On offense, senior quarterback Alex Freese rushed for 1,229 yards and 13 touchdowns, scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season in the win over the Warriors. Three wide receivers have over 200 receptions, with Ethan Champney leading the group with 477 yards and four touchdowns. Darius Willis joined Champney’s 400 club with 405 yards on 34 receptions and five touchdowns, extending the program record he set last season. He recorded his first two multi-touchdown games of the season on Saturday. Brandon Michalak joined the dynamic duo with 17 receptions for 218 yards and three touchdowns.
Sophomore running back Jake Ruev controlled the ground for MTU with 255 yards rushing on 54 carries and one touchdown. The Lawton, Michigan, native is averaging 115 yards rushing in those two games.
Senior punter Brenden Luck continues to be the best player in the country, ranking first in the league and third in the nation with an average of 45.8 punts per game.
One last thing
The team is off to a strong start in its second year under coach Dan Metluck, going 4-1 and 1-0 in league play. By the way, Michigan Tech is off to its best start since the 2015 season, when the Black & Gold started the season undefeated in five games. This is also the first time the Huskies have won four straight games since the start of the 2015 season.
