JACKSONVILLE, Ill.-- The Wartburg football team won its season opener 58-7 over MacMurray Saturday.

Sophomore Brandon Domeyer (Manchester) started the scoring with his 17-yard run with 0:41 left in the first quarter.

Senior Taylor Jacobsmeier (Wapello) scored his first touchdown of the day, this one for a 39-yard run with 12:33 left in the second.

Sophomore Logan Schrader (Killdeer, Ill.) threw a 23-yard pass to Will Ebert with 0:19 left in the half.

In the third quarter, Jacobsmeier had his second touchdown run of the day, this one for 10-yards with 13:47 remaining.

Senior Ryan Billings (Sterling, Ill.) intercepted a pass at MacMurray's 25-yard line and ran it in for the score with 12:53 left.

Mitch Rahm caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Jacobsmeier with 9:22 left and sophomore Michael Bohlke made a 37-yard field goal with 3:08 remaining.

It was all JJ Hanus on his touchdown drive as he was the ball carrier on the entire scoring drive with 3:36 left in the game.

MacMurray scored its lone touchdown on a three-yard run with 00:36 remaining.

Jake Haberman was the leading rusher for the Knights with 64 yards.

Schrader threw for 187 yards as he was 13-19-1. Junior Donald Miller (Maywood, Ill.) was the team's leading receiver with four catches for 87 yards.

Billings led the defense with his five tackles (four solo, two assists).

The Knights travel to Arden Hills, Minn. next week to face #8 Bethel at 1 p.m.

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