The Raven Football team picked up their third win of the season on Saturday scoring 10 unanswered points to earn head coach Larry Wilcox his 300th career win as a Ravens.

Trailing 27-21, Benedictine (3-1) scored a late third-quarter touchdown and added a fourth-quarter field goal as they earned a 31-27 win over Peru State College on O'Malley Field.

Peru State struck first scoring the first touchdown of the game with just over 10 minutes left in the first quarter. Benedictine answered with two straight touchdowns both through the air to take a 14-7 lead into the second quarter. Garett Kettle connected on a pair of touchdown passes to Ethan Bechard of 44-yards and 7-yards to give the Ravens their first led of the game.

The Bobcats won the touchdown tally in the second quarter scoring twice sandwiched around the Ravens lone second-quarter score. Peru State scored through the air to tie the game before Kettle kept the ball himself to score on a 5-yard run to give the Ravens back the advantage. Peru State scored again through the air in the final seconds of the half to pull the game even at halftime tied at 21.

After recording a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown early in the third quarter, the Bobcats had their extra-point blocked to leave the door open for the Ravens. Kettle connected on his third touchdown of the game when he found Rayshon Mills on a 17-yard pass and then Matt Heinrich added a 34-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to cap off the Ravens scoring efforts and seal the win for Benedictine.

Mills led the Ravens rushing attack with 74 yards off 15 carries while Kettle finished with 64 yards off 13 carries. Kettle connected on 5 of 9 passing with an interception and three touchdowns as he finished with 88 yards passing. Bechard led the Raven receivers with 71 yards off four receptions and two touchdowns.

Defensively, the Ravens recorded six sacks and 13 tackles for a loss. Brett Shepardson and James Mullen recorded two sacks each while Konner Walker and Dwayne Lacey recorded the remaining two. Tyler Tierney led the Ravens in tackles with 8 while Walker and Jalen James finished with 7 tackles each.

The Ravens remain home next week, hosting Evangel University at 1 p.m. back on O'Malley Field. The kickoff time has been moved up from what was originally scheduled over the summer and posted earlier this fall.

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