Football wraps up home slate with 49-13 loss to John Carroll
November 2, 2024
ADA — Ohio Northern wrapped up its home schedule on a beautiful Saturday afternoon with a 49-13 loss to John Carroll.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (4-4 Overall, 3-4 OAC), John Carroll (6-2 Overall, 6-1 OAC)
- Venue: Dial-Roberson Stadium - Ada, Ohio.
The Game
- Sophomore Jordan Pettaway (Oregon/Clay) ran 12 times for 68 yards and caught 4 passes for 42 yards and a TD.
- Junior Louie Blasiole (Mantua/Crestwood) ran 12 times for 39 yards and a score.
- Junior Sam Feldman (Springboro) completed 12-of-21 passes for 113 yards and a TD and ran nine times for 40 yards.
- Feldman threw a 28-yard TD pass to Pettaway with 6:09 left in the third and Blasiole scored on a 21-yard run with 12:25 left in the game to account for the Ohio Northern scoring.
- John Carroll was led by Nick Semptimphelter, who was 12-for-12 passing for 269 yards and three TDs.
- Defensively, junior A.J. DeSousa (DeBary, Fla./University) had a career-high 10 tackles.
- The Blue Streaks out-gained the Polar Bears in total offense 547-311.
Notables
- JCU leads the series between the two schools by a 24-13 margin. JCU leads the series 13-5 in Ada.
- Today's game was the eighth of 10 in the 130th season of football at Ohio Northern. Ohio Northern is now 562-525-36 all-time, a winning percentage of .516.
- Pettaway has gained 789 yards this season on just 88 carries.
- Senior All-American Dalton Tjong (Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth) moved into second place all-time in ONU history with 359 career tackles.
- Tjong is 40 behind the school record holder Pete Schram, who had 399 tackles from 1987-90.
- Andy Fries is in his first season as head coach at ONU with a 4-4 record.
- Northern finished 2-3 at home this season.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action Nov. 9 with a 1:30 pm road contest at Baldwin Wallace.
