HILLSBORO — The Tabor College football team fell to McPherson College 43-10 Saturday in Hillsboro.
McPherson, ranked 16th in the NAIA entering the game, improves to 7-1, 6-1 in KCAC play. Tabor falls to 0-8, 0-7 in the conference.
McPherson led 21-10 at the half, but used a 15-0 third quarter to put the game away.
McPherson quarterback Shane Mascarenas hit 19 of 31 passes for 399 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. Andy Skinner had six catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns. Stephen Harrison had eight catches for 144 yards with two touchdowns. Chris German added a rushing touchdown. Bulldog running back Aaron Lafitte had 98 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Stephen Gulledge had all the scoring for Tabor, hitting a 40-yard field goal, scoring on a three-yard run and hitting the extra-point kick.
Tabor plays at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Southwestern.
McPherson 7 14 15 7 —43
Tabor 3 7 0 0 —10
Scoring
1q. T Gulledge 40-yd. field goal 3:23
1q. M Skinner 52-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 2:10
2q. M Harrison 36-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 14:25
2q. M Harrison 6-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 4:46
2q. T Gulledge 3-yd. run (Gulledge kick) :12
3q. M Skinner 69-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 14:41
3q. M Skinner 13-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Lubbers run) 10:32
4q. M German 6-yd. run (Coughman kick) 3:58
Team stats
MC TC
First downs 25 18
Rushing-yards 16-98 42-81
Passing yards 454 118
Comp-att-int 21-34-2 11-27-1
Punts-avg. 0-0 7-44.3
Fumbles-lost 1-1 5-1
Penalties-yards 12-155 7-71
Time of poss. 24:22 32:57
Individual stats
RUSHING — McPherson: Lafitte 16-98, German 2-15, Smith 6-13, Ozbun 1-7, Harrison 1-2, Mascarenas 2-(-2). Tabor: Petty 8-58, Washington 16-34, Leauma 3-7, Gulledge 1-3, Brown 1-0, Erickson 1-(-7).
PASSING — McPherson: Mascarenas 19-31-2, 399 yards; Ozbun 2-3-0, 55 yards. Tabor: Amos 10-23-1, 111 yards; Erickson 1-4-0, 7 yards.
RECEIVING — McPherson: Harrison 8-144, Skinner 6-166, Muor 3-89, White 2-24, Bohanon 1-21, Lafitte 1-10. Tabor: Brown 6-79, Washington 2-3, Burrow 1-19, Jost 1-10, Clay 1-7.
Missed field goals — MC: Eason (38).
HILLSBORO — The Tabor College football team fell to McPherson College 43-10 Saturday in Hillsboro.
McPherson, ranked 16th in the NAIA entering the game, improves to 7-1, 6-1 in KCAC play. Tabor falls to 0-8, 0-7 in the conference.
McPherson led 21-10 at the half, but used a 15-0 third quarter to put the game away.
McPherson quarterback Shane Mascarenas hit 19 of 31 passes for 399 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. Andy Skinner had six catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns. Stephen Harrison had eight catches for 144 yards with two touchdowns. Chris German added a rushing touchdown. Bulldog running back Aaron Lafitte had 98 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Stephen Gulledge had all the scoring for Tabor, hitting a 40-yard field goal, scoring on a three-yard run and hitting the extra-point kick.
Tabor plays at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Southwestern.
McPherson 7 14 15 7 —43
Tabor 3 7 0 0 —10
Scoring
1q. T Gulledge 40-yd. field goal 3:23
1q. M Skinner 52-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 2:10
2q. M Harrison 36-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 14:25
2q. M Harrison 6-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 4:46
2q. T Gulledge 3-yd. run (Gulledge kick) :12
3q. M Skinner 69-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick) 14:41
3q. M Skinner 13-yd. pass from Mascarenas (Lubbers run) 10:32
4q. M German 6-yd. run (Coughman kick) 3:58
Team stats
MC TC
First downs 25 18
Rushing-yards 16-98 42-81
Passing yards 454 118
Comp-att-int 21-34-2 11-27-1
Punts-avg. 0-0 7-44.3
Fumbles-lost 1-1 5-1
Penalties-yards 12-155 7-71
Time of poss. 24:22 32:57
Individual stats
RUSHING — McPherson: Lafitte 16-98, German 2-15, Smith 6-13, Ozbun 1-7, Harrison 1-2, Mascarenas 2-(-2). Tabor: Petty 8-58, Washington 16-34, Leauma 3-7, Gulledge 1-3, Brown 1-0, Erickson 1-(-7).
PASSING — McPherson: Mascarenas 19-31-2, 399 yards; Ozbun 2-3-0, 55 yards. Tabor: Amos 10-23-1, 111 yards; Erickson 1-4-0, 7 yards.
RECEIVING — McPherson: Harrison 8-144, Skinner 6-166, Muor 3-89, White 2-24, Bohanon 1-21, Lafitte 1-10. Tabor: Brown 6-79, Washington 2-3, Burrow 1-19, Jost 1-10, Clay 1-7.
Missed field goals — MC: Eason (38).