Football: Mount Union
Takes Care of Business at Heidelberg
10/7/2023
| Football | Box Score
TIFFIN, Ohio - The No. 2-ranked Mount Union football team
won, 41-3, at Heidelberg to remain undefeated at 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the
Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) on Saturday.
Mount Union
scored a touchdown on three of its first four drives. Senior Braxton Plunk (Plant
City, Fla./Plant City)
capped off the Purple Raiders' opening drive with a 14-yard touchdown run - his
10th career rushing touchdown. Senior cornerback Josh Jones (Twinsburg,
Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) picked off his team-high third pass of the season,
setting up Mount's second touchdown, this time Plunk connecting with graduate
student running back DeAndre Parker (Crystal River, Fla./Crystal River) for 14
yards. Jones now has 11 career interceptions, three away from tying ninth
all-time in program history. Junior Tyler Echeverry (Naples,
Fla./Barron Collier) added a 1-yard touchdown run and the
Raiders led 20-0 after one quarter of play. Heidelberg's
Branden Steckel made a 48-yard field goal late in the second quarter and Mount
had a 20-3 halftime lead.
The Raiders scored three more times in the second half, all
rushes by three different runners; Parker from 27 yards, junior Darnell
Williams (Cleveland, Ohio/John Adams) from 58 yards, and Echeverry from three
yards.
Mount's defense continued its dominance with another
seven-sack performance. Junior Rossy Moore (Lima,
Ohio/Lima
Central Catholic) led the sack attack with two, now with 21 career sacks -
tying 10th-most in school history. Also earning a sack for the Raiders were
senior Duke Hill (Memphis, Tenn./Germantown),
junior Marcus Jackson (Dallas, Tex./Richardson),
sophomore Kaleb Brown (La Plata, Md./La
Plata), junior Dozie Okpala (Loganville,
Ga./Loganville), and junior Von Factor
(Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven). In total, Moore
had a game-high 5.0 tackles for a loss. The Purple Raider defense continued its
streak of not allowing a red zone score this season
Mount outgained Heidelberg,
438-106, in total yards including 270-7 on the ground. Parker led with 91 yards
rushing and 52 yards receiving.
The Student Princes fell to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the
league.
The Purple Raiders are back home Saturday, Oct. 14 against
Capital. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m.