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FB vs Davidson
Erik Schelkun
Dayton Football Wins On Senior Day Against Davison
29
Davidson DAV 7-2 , 6-1
38
Winner Dayton DAY 6-4 , 5-3
Davidson DAV
7-2 , 6-1
29
Final
38
Dayton DAY
6-4 , 5-3
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
DAV Davidson 6 10 0 13 29
DAY Dayton 10 7 7 14 38

Game Recap: Football |

Football Wins On Senior Day Against Davidson

Jake Chisholm Ties School Record With 5 Touchdowns

DAYTON – The University of Dayton football team wrapped up the 2021 season with a 38-29 win over Davidson on Senior Day, handing first-place Davidson its first Pioneer Football League loss of the season.

Dayton finishes the year 6-4 overall and 5-3 in the PFL.  With one game remaining, Davidson falls to 7-2 and 6-1 in the PFL. 

Prior to kickoff, UD honored each of the 21 seniors on the roster -- Sam Broom, Joe Bubonics. Jake Chisholm, Jack Cook, Joe Durham, Grant Dyer, Brandon Easterling, Shane Ferrick, Kyle Finnick, Andrew Holderer, Nick Keyes, Jonny Krone, Jake Lyons, Danny Meehan, Zach Rumpke, Owen Smith, Cameron Specht, Mason Stauffer, Mike Stodola, Logan Tate and A.J. Watson. 

At halftime, Specht was named the winner of the Lt. Andy Zulli Memorial Award. The Zulli award is a character-driven award that is considered the most prestigious honor in the Flyer football program.

Chisholm led the Flyers with 272 total yards of total offense and five touchdowns, which tied the program record. The Union, Ky., native scored three times on the ground and caught two passes for scores from Cook.

The Dayton defense also stepped up, holding Davidson, who led the nation in passing efficiency entering the game, to just 10 completions on 24 attempts, forcing two interceptions.
 
1ST QUARTER - Dayton 10, Davidson 6
  • On the first play from scrimmage, the Flyers came up with a Davidson fumble that set up a drive on the Davidson 22-yard-line.
  • Davidson answered with a 75-yard touchdown drive but failed on the PAT attempt which resulted in a Flyers 7-6 lead.
  • The first Davidson pass of the day was intercepted by redshirt freshman Elijah Smith and was returned 62 yards to the Davidson 33. 
  • The field position resulted in a 45-yard field goal from sophomore Sam Webster, his season-long.
  • Davidson's following drive resulted in a turnover on downs giving the Flyers the ball at the Davidson 34.
  • Dayton's defense gave the Flyer offense the ball inside the Davidson 40 yard line three times in the quarter.
 
2ND QUARTER - Dayton 17, Davidson 16
  • The Flyers extended their lead to 11 using a 73-yard touchdown run by Chisholm, the longest run of his career.
  • Davidson answered with a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to make the score 17-13.
  • A 42-yard pass by Davidson with six seconds remaining in the half set up a 44-yard field goal.
  • Chisholm led the way for the Flyers in the first half with 134 scrimmage yards.

3RD QUARTER - Dayton 24, Davidson 16
  • Cook connected with Chisholm again for a touchdown during Dayton's first drive of the second half, this time for ten yards.
  • The Flyers' defense stopped Davidson again on downs in the only offensive possession of the quarter for the Wildcats and took over on their own 49 yard-line.
  • Dayton outgained Davidson 111-26 in the quarter.

4TH QUARTER - Dayton 38, Davidson 29
  • The fourth quarter started with Chisholm scoring his fourth touchdown of the day on a two-yard rush to extend the lead to 31-16 with 14:57 to play in the game.
  • Davidson responded with a 12 play 75-yard drive to make it a one-possession game.
  • After stopping the Flyers on fourth down on the Davidson 47, the Wildcats scored on a 49-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to two. Dayton came up with the stop on the two-point conversion attempt to maintain a 31-29 lead with 4:08 remaining in the contest.
  • Davidson tried an onside kick that went out of bounds.  On the next possession, Chisholm tied the program record with his fifth touchdown of the day to put the Flyers up two possessions with two minutes remaining.
  • Easterling sealed the victory for Dayton with his ninth career interception with 29 seconds remaining.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  •  The Flyers needed just 23 seconds to score the first touchdown of the game, their earliest score of the season.
  • Chisholm finished with a season-high 226 rushing yards against the Wildcats, topping his previous high in 2021 of 157 against Butler.
  • His first five carries netted 24 yards.  His last 29 gained 202 yards.
  • Dayton ran 34 plays in the second half, and Chisholm carried the ball on Dayton 26 of them.  
  • Dayton has now scored in 497 consecutive games, which is the longest active streak in all of college football.
  • Senior Ben Schmiesing led the way on defense with 19 total tackles, a career-high. Easterling and Rumpke each also finished with double-digit tackles, producing 17 and 10 respectively.
  • Schmiesing also recovered the fumble on the game's first play.
  • Dayton converted seven of 12 third downs and scored twice in three trips in the red zone.
  • The Flyers also won the turnover battle, forcing three while not turning the ball over at all against the Wildcats.
  • This was coach Rick Chamberlin's 99th career victory.  
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