ONU Football posts 63-6 victory over Italian All-Stars in Pontremoli, Italy

[madinmaryland]

PONTREMOLI, Italy - Kyle Simmons completed 7 of 7 passes for 98 yards a 2 scores and Brent Donley ran six times for 94 yards and 2 TDs as Ohio Northern defeated the Fedearazione Italiana Football All-Stars 63-6 in the Italian Classic Saturday afternoon in the sunny hills of Tuscany.

The Polar Bears improve to 2-0 in international exhibition games, as they trounced the Bavarian All-Stars 77-0 three years ago in Furstenfeldbruck, Germany.

Northern rolled up 473 yards of total offense, including 318 on the ground in just 27 carries, and scored on all but one of its offensive possessions to dominate the overmatched Italians.

It took the Polar Bears just four plays and 48 seconds to take the lead, scoring on a 16-yard run by Donley to make it 6-0 ONU with 9:12 left in the opening period.

The teams played 10 minute quarters in the contest.

Nick Newman made the first of his nine extra points to put the Polar Bears up 7-0.

Michael Busch caught a 25-yard TD pass from Simmons to cap a 3-play, 48-yard drive on ONU's next possession, making it 14-0 with only 2:43 gone in the contest.

Donley then scampered in from 35 yards out to cap a 3-play, 69-yard drive on Northern's third possession and it was 21-0 with 5:00 left in the opening period.

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[CanonRay]

1. I sent this to my sister-in-law, an ONU grad

Go Polar Bears.

[RagAss]

2. And in other news....U. of Maine just beat Ecuador in Hockey.

[madinmaryland]

3. Gotta link?

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