NCAA DIII
San Antonio, Tx. Oct 12, 2024

Game Story by Trinity Tigers
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By Alfredo Vazquez
Game Story by Trinity Tigers
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SAN ANTONIO – The Trinity University football team earned a 45-26 Southern Athletic Association victory over Sewanee on Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers (3-2, 1-1) produced just their second 40-point game of the season in today’s game, which came with a 589-yard day for the offense. Sewanee (1-4, 0-2) was held to just 88 yards rushing, but did nearly match Trinity in the passing game. Trinity’s 333 yards rushing is the most for a Tiger team since 2017, eclipsing 300 yards for just the 16th time in the last 32 seasons.

Fifth-year running backs Winston Hutchison (Round Rock, Texas / McNeil) and Legend Grigsby (Houston, Texas / Cypress Creek) led the ground game for Trinity, with both players eclipsing 90 yards on the day. Hutchison led a slight edge with 96 yards rushing, compared to 93 yards for Grigsby. Both averaged better than 10 yards per carry. Grigsby scored his 21st career touchdown and was one of four different rushers to log a score.

Ryan Back (Austin, Texas / Vandegrift) had a career-high 278 yards on 16-of-22 passing, tossing a pair of touchdowns in the game. He connected with 10 different receivers in the game, including five receptions each for Will Taylor (Houston, Texas / Strake Jesuit) and BJ Rainey (Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill). Taylor led the team with 86 yards receiving, highlighted by a 60-yard touchdown catch. Alejandro Tavarez (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) finished with 82 yards on three receptions – including a 50-yard touchdown from Back.

Cade Rabson (The Woodlands, Texas / College Park) led the Tiger defense with 11 total tackles, including a pair of tackles for loss and a shared sack. Wakil Mateen (San Antonio, Texas / Brennan) picked up eight tackles in the game, with Jackson Barry (Dallas, Texas / Dallas Christian) added seven stops of his own.

The Rundown
Trinity got the opening kickoff to start the game and Tiger rookie Jason Love (San Antonio, Texas / Brennan) set the offense up nicely with a 33-yard return. Grigsby broke a 47-yard run on the third play from scrimmage, but the drive stalled inside the 10-yard line and Tyler Huettel (McKinney, Texas / McKinney) came in for a short 24-yard field goal to give Trinity the early 3-0 lead just minutes into the game.

Sewanee’s offense was stymied early as the visitors had two three-and-outs to start the day. That included a drive after Trinity came up short on a fake punt from its own 35-yard line on fourth-and-one. The Tiger defense came up huge after the fake punt, ruining the drive with back-to-back sacks from Jonathan Nwobodo (Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point) and a combination of Rabson and Max Shilstone (Houston, Texas / Lamar).

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