NEW CONCORD, Ohio – In just its second road contest of the season, the Baldwin Wallace University football team came off its bye week and defeated Muskingum University in an Ohio Athletic Conference game by a final score of 34-22 on Sherman Field inside McConagha Stadium.
BW (3-3, 3-2 OAC) improves to 51-13-2 in the all-time series with Muskingum (3-3, 2-3 OAC). The Yellow Jackets have now won 16 of the last 18 games and have outscored the Fighting Muskies by a margin of 566-279.
Offensively for BW, freshman quarterback Charlie Bubonics (Solon) in his first collegiate start completed 13-of-26 passes for 209 yards with two touchdowns. Junior running back Victor Ford, Jr. (Cleveland/Shaker Heights) rushed for 56 yards on nine carries with one touchdown. Sophomore wide receiver Tim Conwell (Avon) caught six passes for 67 yards with one touchdown. Defensively, senior All-OAC linebacker Mason Levasseur (Panama City, Fla./South Walton) recorded a game-high and career-high tying 13 tackles with his first career pick six touchdown.
Offensively for Muskingum, senior quarterback Doug Crawford completed 23-of-37 passes for 209 yards with one touchdown. Sophomore running back Donald Francis rushed for a game-high 117 yards on 21 carries with one touchdown. Senior All-OAC wide receiver Zuri Edmondson caught four passes for 54 yards. Defensively, junior Academic All-OAC defensive lineman Toleo Malone and sophomore linebacker Conner Gurney each tallied eight tackles.
1st Quarter (BW, 7-3)
- 9:16 Conwell 27-yard pass from Bubonics (Freshman kicker Joseph Evans (Chardon) kick is good)
- 3:05 Senior Academic All-OAC placekicker Hunter Albers 22-yard field goal
2nd Quarter (BW, 14-3)
- 10:32 Freshman running back George Linberger (Barberton/St. Vincent-St. Mary) 3-yard run (Evans kick is good)
3rd Quarter (BW, 14-9)
- 1:12 Francis 1-yard run (2-point conversion failed)
4th Quarter (BW, 34-22)
- 11:22 Crawford 1-yard run (2-point conversion failed)
- 5:52 Ford, Jr. 31-yard run (Senior wide receiver/defensive back Darius Stokes (Canton/GlenOak) 2-point reception from Bubonics)
- 1:26 Senior wide receiver Travanti Keitt 41-yard pass from Crawford (Albers kick is good)
- 1:09 Stokes 41-yard pass from Bubonics (Evans kick no good)
- 0:00 Levasseur 68-yard interception return for touchdown (Evans kick is good)
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Saturday, October 21 when they travel to Westerville for an OAC game against Otterbein University inside Memorial Stadium at 12:30 p.m.
