CALEDONIA, Mich. - On a bright crisp fall afternoon, the visiting Eagles of Ashland ranked No. 20 in Division II, had a crisp precise outing in a 38-0 win over Davenport University. The Eagles (4-1, 3-0 GLIAC) scored a touchdown on their first four drives while Davenport (0-5, 0-4 GLIAC) were forced to punt on their first four drives. The Eagles were the beneficiary of great field position on their first two drives beginning both in Davenport territory. Ashland marched 49 yards in five plays on their opening drive capped off by a 15-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Travis Tarnowski to junior running back Andrew Vaughn for a 7-0 lead.

After Davenport lost nine yards on their next possession and punted to their own 35, Ashland needed nine plays before getting into the end zone. Vaughn carried the ball four straight times in the drive and then Tarnowski tossed a 10-yard touchdown to junior Kamaron Green, who made tacklers miss before diving into the end zone for a 14-0 lead with 3:10 left in the first quarter.

Davenport punted on the final play of the first quarter and Ashland took over at their own 27. Tarnowski went deep on the first play and pass interference was called against DU. Tarnowski then completed a 19-yard pass to sophomore Stanley Jackson Jr. down to the DU 35. Vaughn took it from there rushing five straight times including a one-yard toss sweep around right end on the 10th play of the 77-yard drive for a 21-0 lead.

Ashland's defense forced a three-and-out and a poor punt of 23 yards set up the Eagles at their own 45. Another pass interference call on the first play put the ball into Panther territory at the 40. Sophomore Keishaun Sims came into the backfield and carried three times for 14 yards before a 17-yard draw play resulted in the fourth touchdown for Ashland and a 28-0 lead with 5:49 left until halftime.

In the second half, Ashland punted on their first drive and Davenport took over at their own 29. The Panthers got a first down on the drive but then William James threw a pass out in the flat and senior Toney Peters jumped the route and raced 45 yards for a pick six to give AU a 35-0 lead with 11:25 left in the third quarter. The Panthers best chance at getting on the scoreboard came after a punt on the next drive which hit sophomore Michael Church and DU recovered at the Ashland 20-yard line. The Panthers did not move the ball and settled for a 37-yard field goal by junior Julian Castro, which was blocked by senior Austin Utter and the ball went over to the Eagles at their own 48. The scoring was concluded in the third as senior Aidan Simenc booted a 33-yard field goal with 4:43 left in the third quarter.

The fourth quarter saw Ashland run the ball 10 times for 29 yards and not attempt a pass. Davenport moved the ball for 67 yards on 18 plays but went 0-for-3 on third down and 0-for-1 on fourth down. The Davenport defense limited the Eagles to 274 total yards well below the 411.5 yards per game entering the contest. Both teams rushed the ball 37 times with Ashland gaining 165 yards and Davenport 104 yards. Vaughn rushed for 103 yards on 17 carries for Ashland. Michael Catching rushed for 60 yards and 10 carries for Davenport. Sophomore Brian Williams led Davenport with eight tackles including six solo stops and two pass breakups.