Wayne State routs SMSU for Homecoming win

The Wildcats score the first 44 points in their 51-6 win

September 27, 2025Updated: September 27, 2025
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

WAYNE - The Wayne State football team sent the homecoming crowd home happy - dominating from the start in a 51-6 rout over Southwest Minnesota State.

The defense set the tone, sacking SMSU's quarterbacks six times and forcing six turnovers.

The Mustangs were held to a staggering minus-75 yards rushing, while Wayne State tallied 352 total yards, most of which came in their 44-point first half.

BOX SCORE

Southwest Minn. St. 0 0 6 0 6
Winner Wayne St. (NE) 23 21 0 7 51
Scoring Summary
Qtr Time Scoring Play SMS WSC
1st 10:36 WSC - Petersen,Dane 11 yd pass from McGill,Brady (Hensley,Boston kick) 7 plays, 52 yards, TOP 02:22 0 7
1st 08:24 WSC - Forgy,Dawson 5 yd pass from McGill,Brady (Hensley,Boston kick) 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 01:26 0 14
1st 03:39 WSC - Andrews,Colton 64 yd pass from McGill,Brady (Hensley,Boston kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:38 0 21
1st 02:08 WSC - 0 yd safety 0 23
2nd 12:07 WSC - Forgy,Dawson 42 yd pass from McGill,Brady (Hensley,Boston kick) 5 plays, 73 yards, TOP 02:01 0 30
2nd 10:57 WSC - Sutton,Kaden 39 yd fumble recovery (Hensley,Boston kick) 0 37
2nd 01:34 WSC - Hayes,Brennan 2 yd run (Hensley,Boston kick), 3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 00:20 0 44
3rd 08:26 SMS - Wolf,Zander 15 yd pass from Kluender,Drew ( ) 1 plays, 15 yards, TOP 00:07 6 44
4th 04:24 WSC - Jones,Jason 8 yd run (Hensley,Boston kick), 1 plays, 8 yards, TOP 00:05 6 51
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Team Statistics
Statistic SMS WSC
First Downs
Total 16 15
Rushing 2 7
Passing 6 7
Penalty 8 1
Rushing
Total (Net) -75 143
Attempts 28 41
Avg. Per Rush -2.7 3.5
Rushing TDs 0 2
Yds. Gained 40 161
Yds. Lost 115 18
Passing
Total (Net) 133 209
Comp.-Att.-Int. 15-47-4 15-30-0
Avg. / Att. 2.8 7.0
Avg. / Comp. 8.9 13.9
TDs 1 4
Total Offense
Yards 58 352
Plays 75 71
Avg. / Play 0.8 5
Fumbles - Lost 9-2 3-1
Penalties - Yds. 3-25 12-125
Punting
Punts - Yds. 9-279 7-231
Avg. / Punt 31 33
Inside 20 1 1
50+ Yds. 1 2
Touchbacks 1 1
Fair Catch 3 0
Kickoffs
Total - Yds. 3-160 8-468
Avg. Yds. / Kickoff 53.3 58.5
Touchbacks 1 4
Returns
Punt: Total - Yds. - TDs 1-3-0 0-0-0
Punt: Avg. / Return 3.0 0
Kickoff: Total - Yds. - TDs 4-39-0 1-14-0
Kickoff: Avg. / Return 9.8 14.0
INT: Total - Yds. - TDs 0-0-0 4-11-0
Fumble: Total - Yds. - TDs 0-0-0 1-39-1
Miscellaneous
Misc. Yards 0 0
Poss. Time 28:43 31:17
3rd. Down Conv. 0 of 16 3 of 15
4th. Down Conversions 0 of 3 1 of 3
Red-Zone: Scores - Chances 1-1 4-4
Sacks: Total - Yds. 0-0 6-42
PAT: Total - Made 0-1 7-7
2PT Conversion: Total - Made 0-0 0-0
Field Goals: Total - Made 0-0 0-1

Offensive

SMS - Passing
Player Cmp Att. Yds. TD INT Long Sack
Crowton,Macloud 10 27 90 0 2 15 5
Kluender,Drew 5 20 43 1 2 15 1
Totals 15 47 133 1 4 15 6
WSC - Passing
Player Cmp Att. Yds. TD Int. Long Sack
McGill,Brady 11 19 178 4 0 64 0
Krause,Dilan 4 11 31 0 0 10 0
Totals 15 30 209 4 0 64 0
SMS - Rushing
Player Att. Gain Loss Net TD Lg. Avg.
Wolf,Zander 1 5 0 5 0 5 5.0
Parker,Tariq 7 4 4 0 0 3 0.0
Ordonez,Roman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kluender,Drew 7 25 26 -1 0 18 -0.1
Honstetter,Jacob 2 1 4 -3 0 1 -1.5
Crowton,Macloud 9 5 37 -32 0 5 -3.6
TEAM 2 0 44 -44 0 0 -22.0
Totals 28 40 115 -75 0 18 -2.7
WSC - Rushing
Player Att. Gain Loss Net TD Lg. Avg.
Knox,Akeem 11 52 2 50 0 18 4.5
Jones,Jason 12 44 4 40 1 11 3.3
Forgy,Dawson 8 32 1 31 0 16 3.9
Hayes,Brennan 5 24 0 24 1 10 4.8
Heithoff,Anthony 3 9 0 9 0 5 3.0
McGill,Brady 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Borrall,Jacob 1 0 11 -11 0 0 -11.0
Totals 41 161 18 143 2 18 3.5
SMS - Receiving
Player Rec. Yds. TD Long
Ola-Kazeem,David 3 29 0 11
Maher,Colin 3 24 0 13
Wolf,Zander 1 15 1 15
Fearing,Jerid 1 15 0 15
Anderson,Jake 2 14 0 11
Auten,Tryg 1 14 0 14
Walrath,Shaun 1 13 0 13
Honstetter,Jacob 2 5 0 8
Wamsley,Jonathan 1 4 0 4
Parker,Tariq 0 0 0 0
Kronbach,Ryan 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 133 1 15
WSC - Receiving
Player Rec. Yds. TD Long
Andrews,Colton 2 57 1 64
Forgy,Dawson 2 47 2 42
Bonderson,Keaten 3 46 0 33
Petersen,Dane 2 15 1 11
Witte,Curtis 1 10 0 10
Hudson,Elijah 1 8 0 8
Lamski,Charlie 1 8 0 8
Phelps,Alex 1 7 0 7
Johnson,Ty 1 6 0 6
Houck,Tanner 1 5 0 5
Hayes,Brennan 0 0 0 0
Schwartz,Trevor 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 209 4 64

WAYNE STATE DEFENSIVE STATS

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Individual Punting Statistics

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