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Brandon Tuck-Hayden
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Brandon Tuck-Hayden following his sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery.
27
Winner Tiffin TU 5-0
13
Wayne State WS 1-4
Winner
Tiffin TU
5-0
27
Final
13
Wayne State WS
1-4
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
TU Tiffin 10 14 0 3 27
WS Wayne State 0 3 3 7 13

Game Recap: Football | | Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Football Drops Fourth Straight, 27-13, To Visiting Tiffin

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University football team (1-4 overall) lost its fourth consecutive game, falling 27-13 to visiting Tiffin (5-0 overall) Saturday evening at Tom Adams Field.

The 33rd-ranked Dragons drove 60 yards after the opening kickoff and took a 3-0 lead on a 32-yard field goal by AJ Nickoli.  TU increased its lead to 10-0 on a 78-yard pass play from Nick Watson to Derell Williams, two plays following a Warrior punt.

Tiffin extended its lead to 17-0 early in the second period on Watson's 11-yard touchdown pass to Charles Holland.

On TU's next drive, freshman linebacker Brandon Tuck-Hayden (Akron, Ohio / Buchtel) sacked Watson forcing a fumble, which he also recovered at the Dragon eight.  On fourth down, graduate student Paul Graham (Commerce Twp., Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary's) connected on a 24-yard field goal to become the third kicker in school history with at least 200 career points.

Holland's second TD reception of the game with 15 seconds remaining before halftime pushed the Dragon lead to 24-3.

WSU pulled within 24-6 on the first drive after intermission as Graham converted a 36-yard field goal attempt.  The big play of the drive was a 27-yard pass play from sophomore Jake AmRhein (South Elgin, Ill.) to junior Darece Roberson, Jr. (Muskegon, Mich. / Mona Shores).

Nickoli made a 20-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter to make it 27-6.

WSU's lone touchdown drive covered 65 yards in 15 plays that took 5:59.  Roberson had a nine-yard reception on fourth-and-nine, freshman Donte McClure (Port Clinton, Ohio) had a six-yard catch on third-and-four, AmRhein had a 12-yard keeper, junior DeOntay Moffett (Muskegon Hts., Mich. / Mona Shores) gained 13 yards and later scored on a one-yard plunge to make it 27-13.

Sophomore Steven Glenn (Lincoln Park, Mich.) recovered the onside kick, but two interceptions in the final five minutes thwarted that drive and the ensuing possession.

TEAM STATS

Tiffin led in rushing yards (129-118), passing yards (258-230) and total offense (387-348), while WSU led in time of possession (30:24-29:36).

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Junior James Hill (Livonia, Mich. / Clarenceville) had a team-best 98 all-purpose yards on 30 yards rushing, a team-high 62 yards receiving, and six kickoff return yards.  Senior Demetrius Stinson (Detroit, Mich. / Douglass) led the Warriors with 33 yards on seven carries.  AmRhein passed for 230 yards on 18-of-36).  Roberson totaled 89 all-purpose yards (14 rushing, 36 receiving and 39 on punt returns).

LEADING THE DRAGONS

Kyle Brunson rushed for a game-high 143 yards on 28 attempts.  Watson completed 17-of-28 for 258 yards and three touchdowns.  Holland had six catches, while Williams' 78-yard TD reception was his lone catch of the game.

WORTH NOTING

With seven points in the contest, Graham joined Stefan Terleckyj (2010-13, 286) and David Chudzinski (2005-08, 206) as the only place-kickers in school history with at least 200 career points.  Graham has 206 points on 35 field goals (snapped a tie with Chudzinski at 33, and trails Terleckyj at 39) and 101 PATs.

Junior Kyle Lewis (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) had his first three career kickoff returns and totaled 64 yards.

Junior linebacker Leon Eggleston (Sylvania, Ohio / Southview) tied for game-high honors with eight tackles (6-2), including one sack.

UP NEXT

For the third consecutive week, Wayne State will face an undefeated opponent as 5-0 Davenport comes to Detroit for a 6 p.m. kickoff on October 6.

 
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