Box Score Batesville, Ark.- Following a tie game of 7-7, Arizona Christian rolled off 35 unanswered points to take control of Saturday's game- a 55-21 ACU win. The Firestorm produced season highs of 618 yards total offense and 174 return yards highlighted by a 95 yard kick-off return touchdown by Senior Aidan Quinn.
Junior Tyler Duncan paced the offense with 401 total yards highlighted by 338 yards and three touchdowns through the air. Senior Alex York exploded for a 78 yard touchdown reception. The ground game produced four touchdowns.
Sophomore Craig Martin IV secured his second interception of the season. Junior Jake Farrell was in on two sacks. Senior Omar Gutierrez topped with eight tackles.
Game Info
- Game score: Arizona Christian - 55, Lyon - 21
- Records: Arizona Christian- 4-2, 3-2 SAC, Lyon - 0-6, 0-5 SAC
- NAIA Top 25 Rank: Arizona Christian - not ranked, Lyon - not rank
- Location: Pioneer Field, Batesville High School, Batesville, AR
Offensive Stars
- Duncan- 22-29, 338 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 63 yards rushing, touchdown
- Jon Cole- 10 catches, 126 receiving yards, touchdown
- York- 3 catches, 100 receiving yards, touchdown
- Derek Anderson- receiving touchdown
- Quinn- 2 touchdowns- rushing and kick-off return
- Cole Davis- 66 rushing yards, touchdown
- Donavin Fontaine- rushing touchdown
Defensive Stars
Inside The Numbers
- Duncan to Cole from 12 yards out (and extra point by Abiel Lepe) resulted in the lone points of the first quarter
- The Scots tied the score at 7-7 two and a half minutes into the second quarter
- Duncan ran for one touchdown and then hit Anderson and York with TD passes (12 passing TDs on the season)
- As time expired in the first half, Quinn found the endzone for the eighth time this season and a 35-7 edge as the teams headed to the locker room
- The fifth touchdown of the year for Davis capped the 35-0 run and were the only third quarter points
- Two Lyon TDs surrounded a Fontaine TD- the first of his collegiate career
- Quinn ended the game with his kick-off return to paydirt
- ACU scored touchdowns on six of their eight trips into the red zone
Thoughts from Coach Bowen
"Our guys did a lot of good things. Our offense scored on almost every drive except when we turned it over twice. And the defense did some good stuff getting stops. We still have a lot of things to work on but it was a nice bounce back win. Proud of the guys especially playing on the road."
Up Next
Following their second bye week of the season, Arizona Christian will host Texas College on Saturday, October 23. The Firestorm will also celebrate Homecoming. Start time is set for 11:00 am.
