GALESBURG, Ill. — The Knox College football team pulled out to a 35-0 lead at the half and went on to a 45-14 nonconference win over Lawrence University on Saturday at the Knosher Bowl.
Knox (2-1) got two first-half touchdowns from Terry White and two more first-half scores from Matt McCaffrey to pull away. The Prairie Fire posted 502 yards of offense, including 345 on the ground.
Quarterback Chance Byrd ran for one touchdown and threw for another to pace Lawrence (1-2), which was limited to 226 yards of offense. Byrd had 11 carries for 50 yards and completed 8-of-16 passes for 127 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
Trevor Spina had the biggest receiving day of his career with six catches for 109 yards and a touchdown for Lawrence.
The Vikings, who committed four turnovers, got on the board when Byrd connected with Spina on an 80-yard touchdown pass midway through the third quarter. Lawrence got its other score when Bryd ran 15 yards for a touchdown to complete a seven-play, 72-yard drive early in the fourth quarter.
Dan Taylor made 14 tackles and Zach Eichhorst had 11 to lead the Lawrence defense. Freshman Alic Riedel picked off his second pass of the season for Lawrence.
Lawrence returns to action next Saturday when it hosts Grinnell College in a nonconference game.