Big first half leads Beloit past Vikings

BELOIT, Wis. — The Beloit College football team ran out to a big early lead and went on to a 49-34 Midwest Conference North Division victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.

Mason Dixon ran 19 times for 218 yards and three touchdowns, including a 77-yard scamper, to lead Beloit (2-1, 1-0 MWC). Beloit quarterback Danny May was 13-of-19 passing for 233 yards and four touchdowns.

Lawrence quarterback Ryan Butterfield was 12-of-17 for 140 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran five times for 54 yards.

Trevor Spina caught seven passes for 94 yards, and Jacob Berman had six catches for 88 yards. Spina, Berman and Cam Boerm all caught touchdown passes for the Vikings.

The Bucs scored three times in the first 8:43 to rush out to a 21-0 lead. Lawrence (1-2, 0-1) got on the board on Donnel Haley’s two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter but trailed 42-7 at the half.

The Vikings trailed 49-7 before putting up 27 points in the final quarter. Corey Fisher had a nine-yard scoring run, and Butterfield then threw touchdown passes of 25, 16 and 34 yards to complete the scoring.

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