The Malone University football team suffered a disappointing 63-17 loss to the University of Findlay Saturday afternoon in Findlay, Ohio to fall to 2-7 on the season and 1-6 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The host Oilers, meanwhile improved to 7-3 on the season and 5-2 in the G-MAC.
 
Recap
In a game in which they allowed the second-most points in program history, the Pioneers held a 7-0 lead after scoring on the game's opening drive. A 31-yard run by Markell Stephens-Peppers helped set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Matt Blasiole.
 
The Pioneers' lead lasted only 91 seconds as Findlay needed just four plays to cover 65 yards and tie it at 7-7. Following a missed 48-yard field goal by Malone, the Oilers put together another touchdown drive to go up 14-7.
 
Malone answered with three points on its next drive when a 46-yard dash by Keon Singleton eventually led to a 21-yard field goal by Marcus Moeller, which cut the deficit to 14-10. From there, however, Findlay scored 49 unanswered points.
 
By halftime, the G-MAC's top-scoring offense had racked 432 total yards, including 323 yards rushing, and led 35-10. By the end of the third quarter, the Oilers led 56-10. They scored their final touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter when a bad shotgun snap by the Pioneers was picked up by the Oilers in the endzone.
 
Late in the contest, Malone tacked on its final score of the game when Xavier Garland capped off an 8-play, 67-yard touchdown drive with a 1-yard scoring plunge.
 
Game Highlights
-The Pioneers reached 200 yards rushing for the third time this season, finishing with 203 yards on 5.2 yards per carry.
-The Oiler run game generated 457 yards rushing and six touchdowns on 8.0 yards per carry.
-In total, Findlay accumulated 685 yards of offense while Malone totaled 307 and turned the ball over four times.
-Findlay converted 9-of-11 (77.8%) third conversion tries and finished with 31 total first downs, including 21 on the ground.
-Malone collected 13 first downs and was 7-for-17 on third down tries.
 
Malone Individual Highlights
-Keon Singleton ran for a team-high 60 yards on just five carries.
-Xavier Garland ran for 58 yards on six carries, all on the final drive.
-Ashton Dulin caught six passes for 78 yards, surpassing 3,000 career receiving yards in the process. He added a kickoff return for 33 yards, but was kept out of the endzone for just the second time this season.
-Freshman safety Chris Frazier made 18 tackles from the Malone secondary, including 1.5 tackles for loss.
-Freshman middle linebacker Mahlon Slaughter totaled 14 tackles, including two behind the line of scrimmage.
-Marcus Moeller had two of his three punts down inside the 1-yard line.
 
Findlay Individual Highlights
-Tailback Brian Benson ran 24 times for 211 yards and four touchdowns, doing all of his damage exclusively in the first half.
-Chauncey Bridges ran for 134 yards and a touchdown on just nine carries (14.9 ypc).
-Quarterback Adam Bertke was 15-of-19 for 226 yards and two touchdowns.
-All-American wideout Jason Moore caught seven passes for 125 yards.
 
Up Next
Malone closes out the season next Saturday, November 10th when they host rival Walsh at 1:00 pm.