Box Score ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – A week after suffering their worst loss in four years, Griffon Football had its largest margin of victory in over a year with a 55-0 win over Nebska-Kearney.
It's the biggest win for Missouri Western since a 60-point victory over Missouri S&T on Sept. 14, 2013 at Spratt Stadium and the Griffon defense's second shutout of the year.
The Griffons had a season high, 550 yards of offense, including 217 on the ground and 333 through the air. The offense showed a new wrinkle, using tight end
Daylon Harper as a fullback. The sophomore rushed seven carries for 24 yards and the only two rushing touchdowns of his career.
The win moves MWSU to 6-4 on the season and guarantees a sixth straight winning season and 12
th consecutive winning record in the MIAA. Prior to the game, 12 Griffon seniors were honored for their contributions to the program. One of those seniors, linebacker
Stephen Juergens, led the team with eight total tackles. The Griffon defense racked up seven sacks, including 2.5 from
Cody Lindsay. Missouri Western also forced two Loper fumbles and
Marc Harrison picked up his third interception of the year. Nebraska-Kearney was limited to 229 yards of offense and only 92 on the ground, nearly 100 less than their season average coming into the game.
Skyler Windmiller finished 16-23 with 296 yards passing, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Raphael Spencer rushed 17 times for 72 yards and
Dominic Thomas, another Griffon senior, finished with seven carries for 56 yards and a 32-yard TD run.
Dee Tolliver had two catches for 133 yards receiving and two touchdowns.
Brandynn Clark finished with seven catches for 55 yards.
It's the sixth straight win for the Griffons over Nebraska-Kearney. The Lopers still lead the all-time series 16-9. Griffon head coach
Jerry Partridge is now 6-0 against UNK and Loper head coach Darrell Morris moves to 0-3 against MWSU.
Missouri Western will look to win their seventh game of the season next week when they travel to Missouri Southern.
