Score: No. 2 Keiser Seahawks 35, No. 8 St. Thomas 14
Records: Keiser (6-0, 3-0 SUN), St .Thomas (4-2, 2-1 SUN)
Location: Keiser Football Stadium – West Palm Beach, Fla.
Time of Game: 2:41
Weather: Sunny, 78 degrees
Dominating every statistical category in the game, the No. 2 Keiser Seahawks defeated the No. 8-ranked St. Thomas Bobcats, 35-14, on Saturday evening.
Using 517 yards of total offense, the Seahawks improved to 8-0 all-time versus the Bobcats led by quarterback
Shea Spencer, who tossed for 329 yards and two touchdowns. It's the second highest passing total and just the third time the native of Vero Beach, Florida, threw for over 300 yards in a game. Spencer's top targets were
Elisha Edwards and
Dallas Desouza. Edwards ended the night with eight catches for career-high 120 yards. Desouza had nine catches for 98 yards and one touchdown.
On the ground the Seahawks rushed for 188 yards, including 118 by running back
Jaden Miller, who round the endzone twice. Also producing a rushing touchdown was
Dillon Simon (seven carries for 27 yards).
On the defensive side of the ball, Keiser held the Bobcats to 190 yards of total offense – the lowest total STU produced this season and the first time the Bobcats were held to 200 yards of total offense in their program's history. Anchoring the defense was
Kedrick Burley, who had five tackles, including one sack. Also taking down STU quarterback Keely Watson was
Tai Lologo, who recorded his first sack of the season.
With the win, Keiser improved to 6-0 on the year, extending Seahawk's winning streak in Sun Conference action to 22 straight.
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- Weather at kickoff – Sunny, 78 degrees
- Today's captains – Shea Spencer, Dillon Simon, Darrell Livingston
- Keiser wore their navy jersey and navy pants – first time this season
- Keiser won the toss and elected to defer to the second half
- The Seahawks produced 517 yards of total offense, marking the second time Keiser has registered 500-or-more yards of total offense this season
- It marked the fourth time in the series history that Keiser gained over 500 yards versus the Bobcats
- The 517 yards were the second most in the series history behind the 545-yard performance in the Football Championship Series Second Round (Nov. 25, 2023)
- Jaden Miller finished the night with 118 yards on 24 carries, including two rushing touchdowns
- It was Miller's third 100-yard rushing game of the season
- Shea Spencer passed 329 yards on 27-of-39 yards passing with two touchdowns
- He also rushed for 40 yards on seven carries and recorded one punt of 37 yards which was downed at the one-yard line
- The 329 yards passing were the second most in Spencer's career
- Elisha Edwards tallied a career-high 120 yards on eight catches
- It was Edwards' second 100-yard game of the season
- Dallas Desouza led the team with nine catches for 98 yards and a touchdown
- The KU wideout scored on 46-yard strike from Spencer in the second quarter
- Ben Hayes caught his second touchdown pass in as many games, converting a three-yard pass from Spencer in the third quarter
- The Keiser defense held the Bobcats to 190 yards of total offense
- It was the first time in program history that STU was held to under 200 yards in a single game
- Kedrick Burley led all Seahawks with five tackles, including one sack – the second of his Keiser career
- Also taking down the quarterback was Tai Lologo, who recorded his first sack of the season
- With the win, Keiser is now 22-0 all-time in Sun Conference action and 42-3 in conference play (SUN & MSC)
- Keiser is now 7-1 all-time as the No. 2 team in the nation
- The Seahawks have improved to 56-6 all-time in games played in the state of Florida (home and away)
- The Seahawks have now won 24 straight in the state of Florida
- With 35 points, Keiser improved to 55-0 all-time when scoring 30-or-more points
- Saturday marked the 32nd time the Seahawks have played a ranked opponent
- Keiser is now 24-8 versus the NAIA Top 25
- It was also the 20th time the Seahawks have faced a top-10 team (13-7)
- Saturday marked the 12th time in Keiser history where both the Seahawks and their opponent were ranked in the top 10 (8-4)
The Seahawks will host the Webber Int'l Warriors on Saturday, October 25. Kick off from the Keiser Football Field is set for 6:00 PM.
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