Led by junior running back TJ Ramsey (159 yards and five touchdowns), the Aurora University Spartan football team routed the Cougars of Concordia University Chicago 59-26 on Saturday afternoon in River Forest.


FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 59, Concordia University Chicago 26
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 7-3 overall and 6-2 NACC, Concordia University Chicago 5-4 overall and 5-2 NACC
GAME TIME: 3:12
ATTENDANCE: 645


- Lucious Dones had a long return to open the game and set up the AU offense at the CUC 37.
- TJ Ramsey scored on the fourth offensive play from one-yard out and the Spartans led 7-0.
- The AU defense forced two punts before the offense got rolling again.
- On a third down, AU went to the half-back pass with Ramsey connecting with Ethan Svoboda for 37-yards.
- Two plays later, Liam Mickle connected with Connor Bright on a quick throw, catch and run for 39-yards with Bright dashing 36-yards of it after the catch.
- AU led 14-0.
- Early in the second, Ramsey added his second rushing score of the game from 29-yards out and after the defense forced another punt, Mickle hit Svoboda on a 37 yard touchdown and AU led 28-0.
- CUC scored on their final two drives of the second quarter to send the teams to halftime with AU leading 28-13.
- On the first PAT, Arthur Burden blocked the kick and Fabian Mosley scooped it up but his attempt at the two-point defensive score was stopped after a long 56-yard return.
- The third quarter was a wild period with team scoring on every possession.
- CUC opened the scoring to cut the AU lead to 28-20.
- AU turned to the ground game and Ramsey would score his third of the day from 12-yards out to push the lead to 35-20.
- The AU defense did force a CUC punt but the return was muffed with CUC recovery the ball and scoring to cut the AU lead to 35-26.
- Ramsey scored his fourth time on the day on a 35-yard dash and AU led 42-26.
- The scoring was not done with AU adding one more score just before the quarter ended to go ahead 49-26.
- Mickle hit Dominick Coronado on a 21-yard score.
- Early in the fourth, Ramsey completed his day with his fifth rushing touchdown, scoring from 16-yards and AU led 56-26.
- The AU defense turned up the pressure in the fourth, collecting four sacks, two from JP Chaney and one each from Christian Westbrook and Logan McDonald.
- Chaney ended the day with four sacks, a forced fumble and fumble recovery while the defense had 10 sacks as a unit.
- Brett Money finished the days scoring in the fourth when he connected on a 27-yard field goal.
- AU was victorious 59-26.


Rushing:
 - Carries: TJ Ramsey (28) and Liam Mickle (11)
 - Yards: TJ Ramsey (159) and Liam Mickle (85)
 - Touchdowns: TJ Ramsey (5) 
Passing:
- Liam Mickle (14-24-1 for 228 yards and three touchdowns)
Receiving:
 - Catches: Dominick Coronado (5), Connor Bright and TJ Ramsey (3)
 - Yards: Connor Bright (80)
Defense:
- Tackles: JP Chaney and Fabian Mosley (9)
- Sacks: JP Chaney (4.0), Christian Westbrook and Logan McDonald (2.0) 
- Forced Fumble: JP Chaney (1)
- Fumble Recovery: JP Chaney (1)
 

Next action for the Spartan football team comes on Saturday, November 22 when they will travel to the SmileyCookie.com Lakefront Bowl. Kick-off is slated for 11:00 a.m. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Raabe Stadium at Wisconsin Lutheran) against an opponent to be announced.