CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College football team picked up its third straight victory Saturday afternoon at Clark Field, defeating the visiting Luther College Norse 42-21. Coe raced out to an early lead, scoring on its first possession as
Brady Kelly threw his first of four touchdown passes to
Tre'sean Cunningham for a 20-yard score. Kelly made it 14-0 later in the first quarter with a three-yard pass to
Latrell Taylor before Cunningham plunged into the end zone from nine yards out to push it to 21-0. Coe's QB stayed hot in the second quarter, firing a pair of touchdown passes to Taylor and
Jackson Baethke to make it 35-0. Cunningham capped off the impressive half with Coe's final score of the afternoon, cashing in with a 22-yard touchdown sprint. The Kohawks called off the dogs in the second half and turned to its reserves as Luther added three touchdowns in the final quarter to end the scoring. Kelly finished the game 15-of-18 for 270 yards and four touchdowns while Cunningham rushed for 64 yards and two scores on nine attempts. Defensively,
Noah Tolbert had a team-high eight stops with seven solos while
Kaleb Westphal had six solos and eight total tackles.
GAME FACTS
COE 42 - LUTHER 21
- Coe won the toss and chose to defer, immediately forcing a three-and-out from Luther to set up the offense. It took just two plays for the Kohawks as Kelly connected with Devon Kollasch for a 49-yard pass before hitting Cunningham on an underneath route for a catch and run TD. Luther moved it to its own 37 on the next drive before punting back to the quick-striking Coe offense. Kelly hit Will Hiserote and Cayden Schultz for 30-plus yards on back-to-back plays, setting up a corner fade to Taylor who made an acrobatic catch in the corner of the end zone. Another three-and-out turned the ball back to Coe's offense with 7:13 left in the first quarter. The Kohawks used the ground game en route to their third score of the period with Cunningham beating the defense on a nine-yard score for 21-0. Coe scored with its first drive of the second quarter, opening the drive with two big rushes from Andrew White. Kelly found Taylor for his second score of the day down near Luther's goal line as the wideout beat his man and fought through a pass interference call to snag his ninth TD of the season. Coe's defense remained dominant in the quarter, forcing another three-and-out to set up the home team at their own 40. Cunningham and Quincy Drummer led the offense into the red zone before Kelly found Baethke with a backyard football esque play, tossing it toward his receiver who somehow made the catch behind a pair of Norse defenders. A misplayed kick off from Luther resulted in an onside kick recovery for the Kohawks as Jake Collett's kick was pounced on by Reed McNutt deep inside Luther territory. Cunningham wasted no time making it 42-0, taking the first play from scrimmage 22-yards as he ran through the Luther defense for the score. Luther hung around in the second half as Coe turned to its second and third units, making it 42-21 with a trio of touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
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