(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College football team lost their home opener at Williams Stadium Saturday afternoon, 42-7 to the visiting Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets. The Quakers struggled offensively in the contest, gaining 219 yards of total offense, with 162 passing yards and 57 rushing yards. Wilmington drops to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC).

Wilmington hung tough with the Yellow Jackets in the first half, allowing just 14 points and heading into the break trailing 14-0. The Quakers had two drives in the first half where they got into Yellow Jackets territory, but one resulted in a fumble and the other saw the Quakers turn it over on downs at the Baldwin Wallace 29-yard line.

In the third quarter, Wilmington reached the Baldwin Wallace two-yard line, but couldn't punch it in and turned it over on downs. Wilmington's lone touchdown came in the fourth quarter on a Isaac Ross 19-yard touchdown pass to Robert Riley.

Notables

• Isaac Ross was 16-33 in the game for 162 yards and one touchdown.
• Joseph Spann and Demyran Joy led the way with 35 receiving yards each.
• Saa'lih Muhammed caught a team high four passes.
• Lathan Jones had the longest catch of 29 yards.
• Defensively, Samuel Brooks led the team with eight tackles (six solo, two assists), while Luke Wroten had seven tackles (four solo, three assists).
• MarKhi Moore had a solo sack while Bryce Hodapp and Noah Perry assisted on a sack.
• Wroten, Jayden Fulsom, and Kellen Strayer all had a pass breakup.

What's Up Next
Wilmington has their Homecoming game next week at home against the Muskingum University Fighting Muskies at 3:00 P.M.

Last year's game between these two teams was a thriller, as Muskingum won 64-63 in New Concord.