CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College football team cruised past Nebraska Wesleyan University 62-14 Saturday afternoon at Clark Field in the team's 2025 American Rivers Conference opener. The Kohawks, who totaled 516 yards through the air and 119 yards on the ground, pounced on the visitors quickly with a touchdown on their second play of the opening drive as
Brady Kelly connected with
Devon Kollasch for a 75-yard bomb down the seam for the score. That was the first of five TDs for Kelly, who helped Coe bounce back from a rough opening quarter for a 34-7 halftime lead. The Kohawks scored four times in the second quarter, including three times through the air as Kelly hit
Latrell Taylor twice and
Jeron Senters once to cap off a spectacular half. Kelly and Kollasch started the third quarter exactly like the first, connecting for another long score, this time for 49-yards as Kollasch made an incredible one-handed catch down the seam before sprinting to the end zone. Kelly and the Kohawks turned things over to the second unit following the drive and the offense continued to pour it on, adding a pair of touchdowns while
Ryker Dengler recovered a fumble and ran for a 34-yard score to contribute to the onslaught.
GAME FACTS
COE 62 - NWU 14
- Coe's defense hung tough on the opening drive, allowing a few first downs before a punt. Kelly and Kollasch linked up for the first time two plays later as the senior sliced through the secondary and ran under a perfectly thrown ball from Coe's QB for the lengthy TD. NWU responded later in the quarter, marching 70 yards in over six minutes before scoring its first touchdown on a 29-yard pass on third down. Coe quickly answered to regain the lead with Kelly rushing for 19 yards to start the drive and later hitting Taylor for his first score with another nicely thrown deep pass. Coe's third scoring drive took seven plays, with Senters setting the table with a 19-yard catch before being rewarded with a two-yard touchdown later in the drive. Henry Ryan picked off a pass on NWU's following drive but an unlucky bounce on a perfectly executed trick play gave the ball right back to the Prairie Wolves on a touchback. Kyle Cole made it three turnovers in three plays with a pick of his own to give Coe the ball back at its own 44. Kelly and the offense did not waste the chance this time, quickly moving the ball into the red zone before a three-yard touchdown pass to Taylor in the corner of the end zone. A quick defensive stop got Coe the ball back up 27-6 with 1:47 left in the half and the Kohawks punched it in again, getting passes of 14 and 26 yards to start the drive. Isaiah Lee punched it in later from two yards out, extending the lead to 34-7 in the dying seconds of the half. Kelly and Kollasch capped off the starters day in style in the third, hooking up on the first play of the quarter for a 49-yard catch where the entire stadium let out a collective gasp. Luke Smith and Coe's second unit picked up right where Kelly left off, putting together an eight-play, 84-yard drive that ended with a perfectly thrown TD pass to Jackson Baethke. Dengler made a big play to start the fourth quarter for the offense, recovering a fumble that Jacob Boland forced and returning it for a 34-yard score. Coe got its final TD of the game with 1:46 remaining as Andrew White rushed in from 11 yards before Katie Lindsay converted her first career extra point. Dengler put the game on ice on the final drive, coming up with a game-sealing pick, Coe's fourth turnover of the game.
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