Small-college roundup: No. 3 Butler ekes past Coffeyville; Friends loses home opener
Kevon Abrams rushed for 244 yards and touchdowns of 80 and 77 yards as No. 3 Butler held off Coffeyville 36-34 in a Jayhawk Conference football game Saturday night in El Dorado.
Butler (2-0, 2-0 Jayhawk) took a 36-27 lead with 8:17 to play in the third quarter on Abrams’ 77-yard TD run. The Grizzlies wouldn’t score again, but also gave up only a third-quarter touchdown and didn’t allow any fourth-quarter points.
Butler led 22-21 at halftime but was responsible for all but seven of either team’s points. Coffeyville’s first-half points came on Darreon Jackson’s 72-yard interception return of a Isreal pass and a Ferrod Gardner 37-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown.
NO. 3 BUTLER 36, COFFEYVILLE 34
Coffeyville | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | — | 34 |
Butler | 17 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 36 |
B -- Epps 3 run (Diddle kick)
C -- Jackson 72 interception return (Lee kick)
C -- Gardner 37 fumble recovery (Lee kick)
B -- Diddle 30 FG
B -- Abrams 80 run (Diddle kick)
B -- Jones safety
B -- Diddle 39 FG
C -- Barksdale 9 run (Lee kick)
C -- Wright 70 pass from Coleman (kick blocked)
B -- Sims 46 pass from Isreal (Diddle kick)
B -- Abrams 77 run (Diddle kick)
C -- Stanley 48 pass from Key (Lee kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Coffeyville, Barksdale 11-40, McDonald 8-28, Ware 1-0, Key 2-(-6). Butler, Abrams 22-244, Autrey 7-32, Truss 13-31, Epps 1-3.
Passing: Coffeyville, Key 13-31-192-1. Butler, Isreal 13-20-139-0, Bruere 1-4-50-1.
Receiving: Coffeyville, Stanley 5-68, Wright 4-93, Murphy 2-8, McIntyre 1-19, Williams 1-4. Butler, Sims 4-112, Mitchell 3-16, Prince 2-21, Abrams 2-19, Truss 1-9, Wilkes 1-7, Waddell 1-5.
KCAC
Saint Mary 41, Friends 28 — Saint Mary scored 34 straight points after an early 7-0 deficit to hand Friends a loss in its home opener.
Brennan Whitaker scored two touchdowns for Friends (0-2).
Saint Mary | 7 | 14 | 20 | 0 | — | 41 |
Friends | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 28 |
F -- Whitaker 2 run (Nixon kick)
SM -- Ridley 15 run (Guerrero kick)
SM -- Brandon 4 pass from Cortez (Guerrero kick)
SM -- Fernandez 4 pass from Cortez (Guerrero kick)
SM -- Ridley 51 run (kick blocked)
SM -- Cons 99 pass from Cortez (Guerrero kick)
F -- Whitaker 1 run (Nixon kick)
SM -- Ridley 11 run (Guerrero kick)
F -- Rogers 1 run (Nixon kick)
F -- Darling 12 run (Nixon kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Saint Mary, Ridley 19-129, Hillard 7-48, Kearney 4-5, Paulakovich 1-2, Richert 1-1, Keller 1-(-2), Gilbert 1-(-2). Friends, Rogers 21-88, Whitaker 12-25, Myers 1-24, Darling 1-12, Horn 2-11, Jenkins 3-8, Trego 1-4, McKinnon 1-(-6).
Passing: Saint Mary, Cortez 15-22-301-0, Keller 0-3-0-0. Friends, Whitaker 14-29-217-1, Darling 3-5-34-0.
Receiving: Saint Mary, Cons 4-168, Ridley 1-50, DeFiore 2-36, Fernandez 4-21, Crawley 1-11, Piscitelli 1-8, Brandon 1-4, Barnhart 1-3. Friends, Camp 3-75, Sharp 2-49, Whisby 2-28, Perry 1-25, Melillo 2-22, Crandall 1-22, Rogers 4-18, Franklin 2-12.
DORDT 27, McPHERSON 13
McPherson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 |
Dordt | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | — | 27 |
Individual Statistics
Rushing — MC, Campbell 13-56, Crouch 16-51, Melius 2-7, Goodmiller 1-(-2). DC, Lidtka 13-110, Lamle 12-95, Washington 9-83, Drury 8-53, Schoonhoven 7-38, Miller 1-17, Hill 4-6, Patulea 1-2.
Passing — MC, Crouch 24-43 220, Garza 0-1. DC, Lamle 14-24 199, Washington 2-3 20.
Receiving — MC, McNeal 6-74, Wolters 8-62, Goodmiller 4-37, Aleman 2-22, Flgan 1-16, Schmidt 2-11, Campbell 1-(-2). DC, Miller 8-148, Drury 5-29, Conover 1-21, Stevens 1-14, Dodge 1-7.
This story was originally published September 10, 2016 at 11:00 PM with the headline "Small-college roundup: No. 3 Butler ekes past Coffeyville; Friends loses home opener."