Tiffin University put up a battle early but could not keep pace in the second half, falling at Northwood 51-27 in another GLIAC contest.
Tiffin's defense failed to contain the Timberwolves all day, allowing 592 yards of total offense including 399 on the ground. Tiffin's offense racked up 313 total yards, 117 on the ground.
The Dragons opened in fine fashion, marching 55 yards in 9 plays before Jason Young ran in from the 1-yard line at the 8:39 mark of the first quarter for the 7-0 lead.
Northwood responded with 14 straight points to take a 14-7 lead. The Dragons' Bryce Wilder returned a kickoff 66 yards to give the Dragons great field position. TU promptly responded by scoring at the 14:22 mark of the second quarter, as Taurean Nicholson rushed in from the 5-yard line to tie the score at 14-14.
A wild second quarter followed, as Northwood answered TU's score with a 57 yard touchdown run to go ahead 21-14. The Dragons responded on the ensuing kickoff with another great return, as David Singleton returned the kick 86 yards for a touchdown that tied the score at 21-21 at the 13:24 mark.
Northwood's offense kept up the attack, though, tacking on 10 more points in the final 2:16 of the first half to take a 31-21 lead into the hafltime break.
The Timberwolves tightened up the defense, allowing TU only 6 more points in the game while scoring 13 points in the third quarter to put the game away.
Tiffin's final score came at the 13:35 mark of the fourth quarter when Trey Williams hauled in a 6 yard pass from Young to cap a 11-play, 62 yard drive.
Overall Young led the offense, completing 23 of 40 passes with 1 interception for 196 yards and one touchdown, while also leading the team in rushing with 66 yards on 14 attempts and another TD. Nicholson added 44 more yards on 10 carries with a touchdown while also catching 6 passes for 51 yards.
Williams had 7 catches for 55 yards and a touchdown, while Nate Scully had 56 receiving yards on 3 catches.
Defensively Mike Debesay led the team with 8 tackles, followed by Joseph Collard with 7 and AJ Brewer with 6.
