Football Falls At No. 16 Tiffin 40-6

OVERVIEW – Northwood vs. #16 Tiffin

SCORE: Tiffin Dragons 40, Northwood Timberwolves 6
RECORDS: Northwood (0-2), Tiffin (2-0)
LOCATION: Frost-Kalnow Stadium – Tiffin, Ohio
RECAP: Northwood falls to #16 Tiffin 40-6 Saturday afternoon (September 11).

INSIDE THE GAME

• Northwood had the ball first to start the game and drove right down the field. The Timberwolves went 58 yards in seven plays and found the endzone on a Bryant Kieft 39-yard touchdown reception from Nate Gomez. The extra point was no good, making the score 6-0.
• That proved to be the highlight of the day, however, as it was all Dragons the rest of the way.
• Tiffin scored a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter and three more in the second to take a 35-6 lead at halftime. TU held a 372-129 edge in offense in the opening half.
• The final two Tiffin touchdowns of the game both came in the third quarter.

GAME STATS

• FIRST DOWNS: Northwood 10, Tiffin 34
• RUSHES-YARDS: Northwood 37-74, Tiffin 46-202
• PASSING YARDS: Northwood 75 (9-22, TD, INT), Tiffin 395 (31-47, 2 TD, INT)
• TOTAL OFFENSE (PLAYS-YARDS): Northwood 59-149, Tiffin 93-597
• TIME OF POSSESSION: Northwood 26:24, Tiffin 33:36

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

• Kieft: 61 yards receiving, TD
• Erik Santiago: 14 tackles
• Dylan Zagula/Jace Parrish: Nine tackles

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves have a bye next week. They will return to action at home against Northern Michigan September 25 at 1 p.m.