Box Score TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod football team opened its 126th season with a 38-19 win over Northeastern State on Thursday night in Yager Stadium. Washburn is back in action when the hit the road for the first time this season at No. 1-ranked Northwest Missouri on Sept. 8 in Maryville, Mo.

The Ichabods led from start to finish in the game as head coach Craig Schurig picked up career win number 97 as Jake Horner put the Ichabods on the board pulling down a 63-touchdown pass reception from Derek McGinnis with 9:43 to play in the opening quarter.

The RiverHawks got on the baord with a 43-year field goal by Eddie Garcia with 14:55 to play in the first half cutting the Washburn lead to 7-3.

Washburn took the ensuing drive and marched 64-yards in 13 plays running 4:53 off the clock as Perry Schmiedeler connected on the first of his three field goals on the night with a 23-yarder with 10 minutes to play in the first half.

On the RiverHawks next drive, Dimonic McKinzy fumbled after being sacked by Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq and Cedric Gonzalez and Peter Pfannenstiel scooped up the ball and returned it 36 yards for a score putting Washburn up 17-3.

The RiverHawks came back witha  score of their own trimming the lead to seven with 5:32 to play in the half, but again Washburn responded with a 12-play 60-yard drive as Schmiedeler hit a career-long 39-yard field goal with 59 seconds to play.

Washburn special teams struck again when on the ensuing drive, Abdul-Razzaq blocked the punt and Gary Wilson returned it 14 yards putting Washburn with the ball at the RiverHawk 8-yard line and Schmiedeler hit a 30-yard field goal as the clock expired in the first half as Washburn took a 23-10 lead into the break.

The Ichabods opened the second half with a seven-play, 75-yard drive as McGinnis hit Bryce Chavis for a 30-yard touchdown strike stretching the lead to 30-10.

The teams traded punts and the RiverHawks cut the lead to 30-16 with 5:44 to play.

NSU's Eddie Garcia connected on a 30-yard field goal with 13:23 to play in the game and then Washburn came right back with a touchdown of its own on a 1-yard plunge by Mickeel Stewart, who was wearing No. 9 in honor of former Ichabod Brandon Bourbon who passed away this past summer. The Ichabods used the swinging gate for a two-point conversion as Cody Summers rushed in for the score staking the Ichabods to a 38-19 lead wrapping up the scoring in the game.

The Ichabods rushed for 211 yards in the game on 45 carries led by Stewart's 53 yards and one score. Four Ichabods had at lead 26 yards rushing in the game.

McGinnis finished with 275 yards rushing and two touchdown passes giving him 28 for his career.

Horner led the Ichabods with 158 yards receiving on four catches and Chavis had four catches as well for 54 yards and one score. He finished with 183 all-purpose yards.

Defensively, six different Ichabods had seven tackles as Corey Ballentine, Austin Tillman, Keaton Cofield, Peter Pfannenstiel, Spenser Matthews and COdy Heiman all recorded seven. Matthews added a team-high three tackles for loss for 11 yards and two sacks for 10 yards.

Washburn finished with 535 yards of total offense averaging 7.5 yards per play. The RiverHawks had 118 yards rushing o n35 carries.