APPLETON, Wis. — Kyle Burlingame tossed four touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to lead the Carroll University football team to a 42-6 Midwest Conference North Division win Saturday night over Lawrence University.
Burlingame’s big game spoiled the rededication of Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl. The Carroll quarterback was 15-of-26 passing for 273 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran 11 times for 79 yards and scored on runs of 19 and four yards.
Kevin Jennings caught six passes for 147 yards and three touchdown for the Pioneers (3-3, 1-1 MWC North).
Quarterback Ryan Butterfield completed 6-of-7 passes for 96 yards a touchdown for the Vikings (1-5, 0-2) before leaving the game with an injury. Sophomore receiver Terrence Simon caught five passes for 76 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings.
Lawrence was limited to just 196 yards of offense while Carroll piled up 616 yards.
Jennings caught touchdown passes of 65 and 64 yards to stake Carroll to a 14-0 lead. Simon then caught a 56-yard scoring pass from Butterfield to trim the margin to 14-6 with 5:39 left in the opening half.
Burlingame then capped an 82-yard drive with a 19-yard scoring run with just 42 seconds left in the first half, and the Pioneers led 21-6 at the half.
The Pioneers took the opening drive of the second half, and Jennings capped a 61-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown catch for a 28-6 lead. Ryan Fuchs later caught another Burlingame touchdown pass, and Burlingame added a four-yard touchdown run to complete the scoring.
The big blemish on the night for Burlingame was a pair of interceptions. The Vikings stopped a pair of first-half drive with interceptions in their own end zone. Sophomores Alic Riedel and Carl Olsen both picked off passes for the Vikings. Olson and Jacob Lueck both recorded a game-high nine tackles for Lawrence.