Tiffin University Football had an opportunity to finish 2014 with a winning season. Ohio Dominican had national playoffs to play for. Something had to give. The Panthers will be moving on to the playoffs while the Dragons finish the season at 5-6.
Ohio Dominican got the scoring started on the opening drive of the game when they marched down the field and capped off the drive with a 35 yard Brandon Schoen run. Tiffin answered the call and marched down the field themselves before a field goal attempt by Tomislav Derizec sailed wide left and the score remained 7-0. The Panthers went right back to it, scoring on their second drive of the opening quarter when GLIAC 2 sport athlete Brent Wahle connected from 49 yards out and a 10-0 lead. The Dragons answered once again and this time was rewarded as quarterback Antonio Pipkin hit Jerry Brown from 17 yards out and the extra point made the score 10-7 after the first quarter.
The Panthers added another field goal by Wahle from 24 yards and increased their lead to 13-7. The rest of the first half scoring was dominated by Ohio Dominican. The Panthers scored 2 more touchdowns via the run. Daryl Johnson and Aaron Everson scored on 1 yard runs and increased the Panther lead to 27-7 at the half.
Ohio Dominican's opening play of the 2nd half saw wide receiver Dez Stewart take an end-around 80 yards for the touchdown to increase their lead to 34-7, Only one other scoring play occurred in the third quarter. Tiffin's defense held the Panthers deep in their own territory and forced a punt. The Dragons were able to get to the punter and block the kick out of the back of the end zone for a safety and 2 points. At the end of the 3rd quarter the score stood at 34-9.
That is where the score stood until the final minutes of the game when Ohio Dominican added a passing touchdown to finish off the scoring 41-9.
Third down was the difference in the game as the Panthers converted 8-14 as compared to the Dragons 3-15. Ohio Dominican finished the game 4-4 in the red zone where the Dragons were 1-5. Pipkin finished 17-40 for 161 yards, 1 TD, and 2 INT's. Pipkin also led the Dragons in rushing with 71 yards on 18 rushes. Tony Shead was the leading receiver for Tiffin with 5 receptions for 68 yards. Punter Seth Pekoe continued his consistent play averaging 38 yards per punt. Akeem Needum was the leading tackler for Tiffin with 8 total stops.
Tiffin finishes the 2014 season at 5-6, 4-6 GLIAC. Ohio Dominican improves to 9-1, 9-1 GLIAC.
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