Box Score ADRIAN, Mich. – The Alma College Football team fell to Adrian College on Saturday, Oct. 17 for a final score of 36-21.
Adrian took a quick 16-0 lead on the Scots in the first quarter to put Alma at a disadvantage. In the second quarter, Trent Devereaux found a 30-yard pass to Devon Frenchko in the end zone and a clean extra-point kick from Joshua Hernandez to put the Scots on the board at 16-7. Vernonell Smith continued to close the point-gap with a four-yard run and another PAT from Hernandez to put Alma at 16-14. Adrian responded with two more touchdowns in the quarter for a score of 29-14 at the half.
Smith caught a 13-yard pass from Devereaux to score the only points in the third quarter and put the Scots at 29-21. The Bulldogs sealed the deal in the fourth quarter with a touchdown to bring the final score to 36-21.
Devereaux finished the game 21 for 26 with 216 yards passing and two touchdowns. Keegan Benkhardt led with 172 rushing yards, and Smith led the way receiving with six receptions for 63 yards. Connor Douma finished with a game-high of 10 tackles followed by eight from Gage Nelson and eight from Grant Pratt.
"We had two defensive starters and one offensive starter out this game. Certainly, when you lose key players, it doesn't help but at the same time, we need to have the mentality of 'next guy up.' We are going to use this bye week to physically get healthy and hopefully everyone will be back so we can run at full strength. We have three good conference opponents and some rivals to finish up with so it's going to be a lot of fun," head coach Jason Couch said.
The Scots play again at home on Saturday, Oct. 30 against Hope College for their Family and Community game.
