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Pettaway eclipses 1,000-yard rushing mark as Football wraps up 2024 campaign with 47-15 victory at Otterbein

Pettaway eclipses 1,000-yard rushing mark as Football wraps up 2024 campaign with 47-15 victory at Otterbein
Box Score Game Notes
November 16, 2024

WESTERVILLE — Sophomore Jordan Pettaway (Oregon/Clay) eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for the season as the Ohio Northern football team wrapped up its 2024 season with a 47-15 victory at Otterbein on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (5-5 Overall, 4-5 OAC), Otterbein (1-9 Overall, 1-8 OAC)
  • Venue: Memorial Stadium - Westerville, Ohio.

The Game

  • Pettaway rushed 23 times for 141 yards and a score to lead the Polar Bears.
  • He finished the season with 1,003 yards on 121 attempts, an impressive average of 8.3 yards per carry.
  • Junior Louie Blasiole (Mantua/Crestwood) ran 26 times for 124 yards and three touchdowns.
  • Senior Brennon Norris (Steubenville/Indian Creek) completed 9-of-15 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown and ran six times for 16 yards and another score.
  • Sophomore Seth Borondy (Bellbrook) caught three passes for a career-high 119 yards.
  • Defensively, senior Mikey Moon (Wickliffe) had nine tackles and senior All-American Dalton Tjong (Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth) had eight tackles for ONU.
  • Trailing 9-7 late in the second quarter, Northern would score 40 unanswered points to put the game away.
  • Senior Jonmichael Elliott (Richmond, Va./Clover Hill) kicked a 33-yard field goal with :26 left in the second quarter to give ONU a 10-9 lead at intermission.
  • Norris scored on a 1 yard run on ONU's first possession of the second half to make it 17-9 just 1:48 into the half.
  • Pettaway scored from 4 yards out and is was 24-9 with 6:19 left in the third.
  • Blasiole busted up the middle for a 59-yard TD run and it was 30-9 with 3:49 left in the third.
  • Elliott ran in the 2-point conversion try to make it 32-9.
  • Blasiole scored from 3 yards out on the first play of the fourth quarter, then ran in with the 2-point conversion to extend the lead to 40-9.
  • Norris then hit sophomore Kyle Celestin (Miami, Fla./Surge Academy) on a 6-yard pass with 6:24 to put ONU up 47-9.
  • The Polar Bears out-gained the Cardinals in total offense 468-197, including a 259-5 advantage on the ground.

Notables

  • Pettaway becomes the 18th player in ONU history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season.
  • ONU leads the series between the two schools by a 46-19 margin, including a 21-7 mark in Westerville.
  • Northern has now won 12 consecutive games in the series.
  • Today's game was the last of 10 in the 130th season of football at Ohio Northern. Ohio Northern is now 563-526-36 all-time, a winning percentage of .516.
  • Pettaway has gained 1,479 yards on just 176 carries in 16 career games, an average of 8.4 yards per carry.
  • He currently ranks 22nd all-time in ONU history in that category.
  • Blasiole is 24th on the all-time career rushing list with 1,416 yards on 281 carries in 19 career games, an average of 5.0 yards per carry.
  • He finishes this season ranked third in the OAC with 881 rushing yards and second with 11 rushing touchdowns.
  • Tjong finishes his career ranked second all-time in ONU history with 376 tackles in 39 career games.
  • Tjong finished 23 behind the school record holder Pete Schram, who had 399 tackles from 1987-90.
  • Andy Fries finished his first season as head coach at ONU with a 5-5 record.
  • Northern is now 3-2 on the road this season.

Up Next

  • Season complete.