September 12, 2009 - Kalamazoo College vs. Rockford College (Ill.)

KALAMAZOO - The Kalamazoo College football team took advantage of a huge second quarter on the way to a 44-9 win over visiting Rockford College on Saturday.

The Hornet defense held Rockford to a three-and-out on the game's opening possession. Kalamazoo then took advantage of a Rockford penalty on fourth down and scored two plays later. Kalamazoo took a 10-0 lead after a Travis Braun field goal, but Rockford came right back and scored a touchdown to cut the score to 10-7 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter belonged to Kalamazoo, however, as the Hornets put up four touchdowns while holding Rockford scoreless. Brandon Luczak threw four touchdown passes in the half - two each to Jimmy Semelsberger and Cory McCain - to take a 37-7 lead into halftime.

Kalamazoo scored again midway through the third quarter to go up 44-7. Rockford scored on a safety with 4:20 left in the game to make it 44-9.

Kalamazoo put up 548 yards of total offense while holding Rockford to 266 yards.

Brandon Luczak was 27-of-45 passing for 417 yards with a school-record six touchdowns along with two interceptions.

Jimmy Semelsberger had eight catches for 125 yards with three touchdowns. The senior now has 2,145 total receiving yards for his career, just 38 yards behind Andy Graham who is third all-time in Kalamazoo history.

Cory McCain had seven catches for 161 yards with three touchdowns. Ryan Bizzis had six catches for 47 yards. Aaron Rice had three catches for 63 yards.

Kalamazoo had 131 yards rushing, led by Stephen Johnston's 79 yards on 17 carries.

Adam Manix and Brandon Foutz each had eight tackles to lead the Hornets. Ted Bealin had seven tackles.

Kalamazoo returns to action next Saturday with a trip to Manchester (Ind.) College.

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