Ravens Football turned in another dominant team effort Saturday afternoon at home.
The (21) Ravens defeated the Culver-Stockton College Wildcats 60-7, with the only visiting points coming late in the fourth quarter.
The opening points of the game were set up by the Ravens defense as they came up with a sack on third down to force a CSC punt.
With good starting field position, the Ravens went 60 yards for the score, capped off by a 23-yard strike from Jackson Dooley to Reed Levi. Dooley threw his second touchdown of the game late in the first quarter, connecting with Joseph Lagafuaina for a 42-yard score as the Ravens took a 13-0 lead into the second quarter.
Another third-down sack by the Ravens defense set up their first score I the second quarter. The Ravens offense went 79 yards this time as Dooley faked a handoff and took it into the end zone for a 2-yard plunge.
Next to shine was the Ravens special teams. Blake Dapkus blocked a Culver punt to set the offense up at the Wildcats 31 yard line. Moments later, Dooley found Kameron Dover for a 15-yard touchdown.
After another punt, Harry Balke split the uprights for a 31-yard field goal. With 52 seconds to play before half, the Ravens defense forced a fumble at Culver's 11 yard line. Dooley threw to JaShawn Todd for a 14-yard touchdown to give the Ravens a 37-0 lead at half.
Dapkus came up big again in the second half. First, he downed a Ravens punt at the Culver 1-yard line and then when the defense forced the Wildcats to punt, Dapkus came in from the side to block his second punt – this time resulting in a safety and 2 points for the Ravens.
The Ravens scoring was closed out with an 18-yard Dooley to Jacob Gathright touchdown, a Derrick Overstreet touchdown run, and a Luke Laskowski to Matthew Sanford touchdown pass.
The Ravens outgained the Wildcats 550-112 in the game, with the defense allowing just 7 first downs for the Wildcats. Carson Anderson had 6 tackles to lead the Ravens, and Fabian Njika and Jackson Hoskins each had 4 tackles. Cole Johnson had 2 sacks for the Ravens.
Dooley finished the game with 223 yards in the air and 5 touchdown passes. Dalton Witherspoon carried the ball 12 times for 99 yards.
The Ravens (3-2) will hit the road for their next game as they take on William Penn University Saturday, Sept. 30.
