September 30, 2006 - Kalamazoo College at Adrian College (MIAA Contest)

ADRIAN - The Kalamazoo College football team lost its MIAA opener 35-14 at Adrian on Saturday, Sept. 30. Kalamazoo took a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, but Adrian responded with 21 points to finish the half leading 21-14. Adrian added 14 points in the fourth quarter to take the 35-14 victory.

Kalamazoo started the scoring on its opening drive when Jordan Tallman connected with Jimmy Semelsberger on a 10-yard touchdown pass with 8:52 left in the first quarter. That play capped off a 14-play, 87-yard drive that consumed six minutes and eight seconds.

Kalamazoo took a 14-0 lead at the 14:43 mark of the second quarter when Tallman found Mike Leifeld in the end zone from five yards out. That score capped a 15-play, 80-yard drive consuming five minutes and 17 seconds.

Adrian followed with touchdowns at 13:06, 3:58 and 40 seconds left in the second quarter to take the 21-14 lead. The Bulldogs scored again at 14:50 in the fourth quarter and scored on a 91-yard run with 4:50 left in the game to take the 35-14 lead.

Kalamazoo had 21 first downs while Adrian had 24. Adrian had 578 yards of total offense to Kalamazoo's 358. Kalamazoo had the ball 32:18 while Adrian had possession for 27:42.

Freshman Stephen Johnston rushed for 96 yards on 14 carries to lead Kalamazoo. Jordan Tallman had 38 yards rushing on 10 carries.

Tallman was 28-of-46 passing for 233 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. He was sacked once.

Jimmy Semelsberger led the receivers with 77 yards on eight catches and one touchdown. Mike Leifeld had seven catches for 65 yards and a score. Randy Rzeznik had six catches for 50 yards.

Omari Young led Kalamazoo with eight total tackles. Chris Werme had seven tackles and had an interception for the third straight game.

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