Postgame with Head Coach Kory Allen

North Canton, Ohio - The University of Findlay football team, ranked no. 21 in the country, hit the road for a Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) contest against the Walsh Cavaliers on Saturday, Oct. 4. A clash of the only two unbeatens in the conference ended in a convincing 31-10 victory for the Oilers which improve to 5-0 (3-0 G-MAC) for a second-consecutive season while Walsh, which was off to its' first 4-0 start since 2010, is handed a loss to fall to 4-1 (2-1 G-MAC).

Walsh was the first to score, punching in a seven-yard touchdown run at the start of the second quarter, but after that point the game belonged to the Orange and Black.

Findlay had back-to-back touchdown drives in the second quarter, both of which ended with touchdown passes from freshman Andrew Leonard to junior Denny Furlong. Those went for 23 and 29 yards, respectively.

Starting the second half with the ball, the Oilers went back to the well as Leonard went deep to Furlong again, this time for a 51-yard score.

Meanwhile, Findlay's defense, was holding teams to just 12.0 points per game entering the day, got stop after stop, keeping the Cavs outside of the UF 40 yard line on six of Walsh's final seven possessions of the game.

Leading 21-7,a muffed punt by the home team turned into first and ten from the Walsh 36 for the Oilers. Three plays later, sophomore Christian Davis found the end zone to make the score 28-7, making a comeback unlikely.

Findlay dominated statistically, picking up 426 yards of total offense to just 219 for Walsh, which had just 38 rushing yards after coming into Saturday as the league-leader in that stat. The Oilers ran the ball 42 times for 189 yards and now owns the top spot in the G-MAC at 167.4 rushing yards per game.

Leonard led the offense for most of the day, completing 11-of-12 passes for 172 yards and three touchdowns. It is his second consecutive game with three passing touchdowns making him the first true freshman in program history to accomplish that feat. 

Furlong was his much preferred target on Saturday as the Evergreen Park, Illinois native put together the best performance of his career to-date. Furling hauled in eight receptions for 156 yards and three scores. He is the first at Findlay to have 150+ receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns since Darrell Ramsey went for 216 and three touchdowns against Wayne State back in the 1999 season.

Christian Davis was the leading rusher, picking up 56 yards on 11 carries and scoring one touchdown. Junior Dominic Bennett had six carries for 51 yards while senior Jayden Farmer had eight carries for 30 yards.

Leading the squad that now is at the top of the G-MAC in scoring and rushing defense, senior Sam Weihrauch had six tackles including one tackle-for-loss. Weihrauch has now led the Oilers in tackles in each of the last four games. Senior Christion Stokes and sophomore Kevin Henderson each had five tackles. Henderson added a pair of TFL.

The Oilers, now the lone unbeaten in the conference, will take on the Hillsdale College Chargers on Saturday, Oct. 11 in the team's Homecoming Game. That contest will kick off at 2:00 pm.