Six different players reached the end zone, led by two scores from Donovan Snyder, as Wabash rolled past Wooster 48-14 on Saturday afternoon inside John P. Papp Stadium.

The Little Giants improved to 2-1 on the year and 1-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play, while the Fighting Scots fell to 2-1 and 1-1.

Liam Thompson led Wabash's passing attack with a career-high 435 yards through the air, tossing four touchdowns without throwing an interception. The signal caller also added 23 yards and one touchdown on the ground.

Snyder paced the Little Giants' rushing attack by accumulating 68 yards and two touchdowns over the course of the game, averaging 4 yards per carry. Xavier Tyler also added 37 yards on the ground, averaging 4.1 yards per carry.

Thompson's most prolific target in the ballgame was Cooper Sullivan, who caught five passes for 134 yards and one score. Jacob Riddle got in on the action in the passing game as well, hauling in two balls for 80 yards. The Little Giants also got 68 yards receiving and one touchdown from Penn Stoller in the contest.

Gavin Ruppert led the Wabash defensive effort, totaling 10 tackles. Brock Robertson and Samuel Ringer each finished with eight tackles. Steven Thomas added seven tackles and one recovered fumble. 

The Little Giants won the turnover battle in Saturday's game, forcing one turnover while avoiding any giveaways. Wabash also had an outstanding day offensively, racking up 627 total yards, 192 on the ground and 435 through the air, while averaging 7.7 yards per play and out-gaining Wooster. Wabash converted on 57.1 percent of third-down attempts on the day.

Wabash's defense held up against Wooster's offense, giving up 342 total yards.The Little Giants held Wooster scoreless over the final 40 minutes of the game.

Wabash's offense made the most of its trips to the red zone, scoring touchdowns on all five trips.

Wabash took a 7-0 lead over Wooster after scoring the game's first points with 8:04 left in the first quarter.Wooster then tied the game at 7-7 before the WAB responded with a two-yard touchdown rush from to jump back in front 14-7.

Wabash continued to increase its advantage, scoring again with 1:03 left in the first quarter to go up 21-7.The WAB continued to expand their lead after Wooster narrowed the gap to 21-14, scoring again to go on top 27-14.

Wabash continued to extend its lead, scoring again with 4:57 left in the second quarter to go ahead 34-14.The WAB kept scoring, tacking on a touchdown to increase their advantage to 41-14.

Wabash held the WOO off the board before scoring for a final time with 11:46 remaining in the third quarter, stretching their lead to 48-14. Neither team scored again in the game.

» Wabash outgained Wooster 627-342, including a 435-136 advantage through the air.
» Wabash won the turnover battle 1-0 after recovering one fumble.
» The Little Giants scored first with 8:04 remaining in the first quarter and never trailed the rest of the game on their way to victory.
» Wabash had their highest scoring quarter in the first period, when it put up 21 points.
» Wabash converted 8 of 14 third downs while Wooster was successful on 5 of 16.
» The Little Giants had three players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Gavin Ruppert, who had 10.
» Wabash scored three first-quarter touchdowns.
» Wabash scored three second-quarter touchdowns.
» Wabash forced one red zone turnover in the contest.
» The Little Giants ended the game on a strong note, scoring 27 unanswered points to close out the contest.
» Thompson completed 90.3% of his passes on the day, going 28-for-31 while averaging 14 yards per attempt.
» Mateo Renteria completed only 17 of his 40 attempts for 136 yards.
» Andrew Yanssens led the Wooster rushing attack with 141 yards and one touchdown.

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