Second Half Proves Costly In Football's 34-14 Loss At FIndlay

OVERVIEW – FINDLAY
SCORE: Findlay Oilers 34, Northwood Timberwolves 14
RECORDS: Northwood (2-4, 1-2 GMAC), Findlay (2-4, 1-2 GMAC)
LOCATION: Donnell Stadium – Findlay, Ohio
RECAP: Findlay controls second half in 34-14 win over Northwood football Saturday afternoon (October 8)

INSIDE THE GAME

• The Northwood defense made the first big play of the contest on the second play from scrimmage. Mahlon Slaughter forced and recovered a fumble, which he returned 10 yards for a touchdown to give the Timberwolves a 7-0 lead 43 seconds into the game.
• After the Oilers scored a touchdown, the Northwood defense came up with another big play to take the lead back. Mbaimba Tunkara made a similar play to Slaugher, recovering a fumble as forced by Jace Parrish and returning it for a score. Tunkara's 20-yard touchdown made the score 14-7 late in the first quarter.
• Findlay had chances throughout the remainder of the half but were only able to put up one field goal, making the Northwood lead 14-10 at the break.
• A Northwood turnover set up the Oilers to take their first lead of the day. A lost fumble gave Findlay the ball at the NU 34. Four plays later, UF found the end zone to take a 17-14 lead.
• The score remained that way until the fourth quarter, which the Oilers controlled. Findlay put up 17 unanswered points in the fourth to make the final score 34-14.
• Northwood's offense had missed chances for points throughout the game, having three drives of at least seven plays result in zero points.

GAME STATS

• FIRST DOWNS: Northwood 9, Findlay 26
• RUSHES-YARDS: Northwood 28-95, Findlay 49-182
• PASSING YARDS: Northwood 74 (9-21, 2 INT), Findlay 202 (16-27, TD)
• TOTAL OFFENSE, PLAYS-YARDS: Northwood 49-169, Findlay 74-384
• TIME OF POSSESSION: Northwood 22:00, Findlay 38:00

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

• Tunkara: 11 tackles, four tackles for loss, fumble recovery, TD
• Slaugher: Seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, fumble recovery, TD
• Parrish: 15 tackles, forced fumble
• Drew Carpenter: 12 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves return home to face Hillsdale Saturday (October 15). Game time is set for 1 p.m.