With sopho­more cor­ner­back Antwian Windmon con­tin­u­ing his play­mak­ing ways with a blocked kick and junior quar­ter­back Tom Schneider lead­ing an offen­sive explo­sion, the Bulldogs trounced the Tiffin Dragons on Saturday.

The Bulldogs, who are now 3–1 and in a four-way tie atop the GLIAC con­fer­ence, piled up 479 yards of total offense on their way to a 52–28 lop­sided victory.

The 52-point show­ing is the high­est scor­ing total since a 62–42 home vic­tory over Northern Michigan in 2005.

Though Ferris only held a slim 21–18 lead at the half, the team put the game away in the final half with a 31-point out­burst with 24 points com­ing in the fourth quarter.

“Our offense con­tin­ues to get a lit­tle bet­ter each week,” said head coach Jeff Pierce. “Now that the offense is start­ing to click, it’s really com­ing along and I’m proud of the way the guys are adapt­ing to that.”

Schneider led the offense assault, as he racked up four touch­downs and 142 pass­ing yards on 13–16 pass­ing. Schneider also racked up 77 yards rush­ing for a gaudy 10.9 yards a rush average.

“I don’t even think we’ve seen the offense at its full poten­tial because we haven’t even ran half of the play­book,” said senior receiver Chris Wilson. “This offense is amaz­ing and we have a lot more to bring out.”

Wilson led the receiv­ing core with four catches for 64 yards and two touchdowns.

Though Schneider was the second-leading rusher on the day, sopho­more run­ning back Skyler Stoker led the ground attack with 106 yards. The Bulldogs run­ning game racked up 337 yards com­pared to the Dragons’ 74 yards on the ground.

Senior full­back Leon Curry chipped in 53 yards rush­ing and a touch­down and sopho­more back Tyler Thomas tal­lied 46 yards on the ground and a touchdown.

“Today we were just click­ing on all cylin­ders and every­one was just balling out,” said Stoker. “We know the holes are going to be there and we just run and it’s fun and com­pletely dif­fer­ent from the years before.”

Though the offense put on a show, the defense allowed 302 yards on the day and Pierce said that while the team needs work it can at least take lessons out of a win rather than a loss.

Senior line­backer Matt Ryan again led the defense with 12 tack­les and one tackle for loss. Sophomore line­backer Tayo Moss chipped in nine tack­les and Windmon racked up three tack­les along with his clutch blocked field goal in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs will try to con­tinue their suc­cess against Ohio schools on Oct. 2, as they face off against Lake Erie on the road. Ferris is 2–0 on the sea­son against Ohio schools with vic­to­ries over Ohio Dominican and Tiffin.
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