TOPEKA, Kan. -- More than 18 hours after it started, the Washburn Ichabods finished off their win over Nebraska-Kearney with a 34-14 victory over the Lopers on Friday morning at Yager Stadium. Washburn returns to the field on Sept. 19 at Pittsburg State.The game resumed with 11:59 left in the third quarter with the Ichabods kicking off to the Lopers holding a 27-7 lead. Neither team would score after the game resumed until Brandon Marsh scored on an 18-yard rush with 13:04 to play in the game cutting the Ichabod lead to 27-14.
Washburn responded with a 12-play, 75-yard drive when Bourbon scored from 1-yard out putting the Ichabods back up 34-14 with 8:19 to go wrapping up the scoring and the 20-point win for the Ichabods as they picked up their seventh straight win over the Lopers.
Prior to the game being postponed, Washburn went up 27-7 on a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Derek McGinnis taking advantage of a Loper interception by Dwane Simmons setting up the score for the Ichabods.Washburn wasted no time getting on the board as the Ichabods scored on the first play of the game when McGinnis hit Jordan Hart on a 59-yard touchdown strike putting the Ichabods on the board first.The Ichabods forced a fumble by Alec Steuber on the Lopers' first possession and then McGinnis hit Connor Crimmins with a 14-yard touchdown pass stretching the lead to 14-0 with 9:15 to play in the first quarter. The Lopers scored when Bronson Marsh hit Tityus Mitchell on a 46-yard touchdown pass cutting Washburn's lead to 14-7 with 7:23 to play in the opening quarter.Washburn stretched its lead to 21-7 after McGinnis threw his third touchdown pass of the game on a 9-yard completion to Bryce Chavis with 8:03 to play in the first half wrapping up the scoring.
Bourbon led the Ichabods with 96 yards rushing on 24 carries and one score and McGinnis finished 17 of 32 for 224 yards and three touchdowns. Hart had six catches for a game-high 153 yards and one score and Chavis and Crimmins each had touchdown catches as well.
Defensively Spenser Matthews had 11 tackles with five solo stops adding three sacks for 18 yards and four tackles for loss for 22 yards with a pass break up and a quarterback hurry.Shay Wooten finished with nine tackles and Alec Steuber had eight tackles with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Zach Franklin, Dwane Simmons and Jamie Myers all had interceptions in the game.
Overall Washburn finished with 367 yards of offense holding the Lopers to 301 yards.Â