The Grinnell College football team collected its second victory in a row Saturday afternoon, knocking off Beloit College 28-21 on the latter’s field.
Grinnell’s Cody Weber ’13 (pictured) scored a pair of touchdowns and rushed for 127 yards on 20 carries, while Trent Baker ’15 added 140 receiving yards as the Pioneers moved to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the Midwest Conference. Beloit fell to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in the league.
Mike McCabe ’12 completed 30-of-51 passes for 333 yards for the Pioneers, while both Baker and Seer had seven catches.
Defensively, Drew Blumberg ’13, Jeremy Wiles ’14 and Richard Renteria ’15 had six tackles apiece, while Seth Gustafson ’14 and Colton Feller ’14 had five each. Wiles also recovered two fumbles.
Beloit led 7-0 after one quarter, but Grinnell went up 14-7 at halftime. At the 9:22 mark of the second period, Weber broke loose for a 25-yard touchdown scamper and Granera kicked the extra point for the tie. McCabe hit Seer with a 16-yard pass to help spark the drive.
The Pioneers then made it 14-7 when Jason Peters ’14 ran for a 3-yard score at the 2:33 mark. McCabe had passes of 24, 17 and 14 yards during the drive to Baker, Weber and Peters, respectively. Granera’s extra point made it 14-7.
The Pioneers went up 21-7 with 3:15 left in the third quarter on McCabe’s 78-yard pass play to Baker. Granera kicked the point after.
Beloit made it 21-14 a bit later, and it remained that way through much of the fourth quarter before Weber scored from 15 yards out at the 3:11 mark on a series set up by Wiles’ fumble recovery. Granera’s extra point made it 28-14.
Beloit scored with just under a minute left to account for the final tally.
The Pioneers return to Rosenbloom Field next Saturday to host Knox College. Game time is 1 p.m.
