Monmouth intercepted St. Norbert three times in the first quarter and parlayed each into points en route to a 34-14 win on Monmouth's Family Weekend.
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The Scots picked off the Knights six times, two shy of the program record, to pick up their first win of the year.
Seth Cunningham began the pick parade, snaring a St. Norbert pass on the Green Knights' first possession to give Monmouth the ball on the St. Norbert 11. St. Norbert's defense held as the Scots settled for a
Joey Biel field goal.
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Clark Gaden – who recorded a pair of sacks – got his own interception on St. Norbert's ensuing possession, setting up a
Henderson Francois 25-yard TD run to give Monmouth a 10-0 lead.
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Monmouth held the visitors to a three-and-out following their score and put together an eight play, 84-yard drive capped by Francois' second rushing TD. The Scots piled on with a
Devin Lawrence 34-yard run in the first period and another score from Francois, coming on a 78-yard pass from
Brennan White to make it a 31-7 Monmouth lead after the first 15 minutes.
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Neither team could muster another score until midway through the fourth quarter when Biel nailed a 29-yard field goal and St. Norbert scored on a one-yard run with 16 seconds left.
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White completed 11 of his 18 passes for 194 yards while the ground game netted 154 yards – 78 form Lawrence and another 63 from Francois.
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In addition to the six interceptions, Monmouth's swarming defense created four sacks and 11 tackles for loss in holding St. Norbert to their lowest point total of the season.
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Monmouth travels to Ripon next Saturday in the first of a two-game road trip.
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