(STATS) – If it was a pleasure trip, it would have been sunny and 75 like San Diego.
Instead, it was a business trip, and that meant the San Diego Toreros weren’t going to let miserable weather conditions – rain (sometimes a downpour) and temperatures in the 40s – get in the way of what they always seem to do, beat a Pioneer Football League opponent.
The Toreros (7-2, 6-0) made it 27 in a row in the league by handling Drake 27-10 in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.
Drake could have pulled into a first-place tie with a win, but the Toreros, the STATS FCS Team of the Week, delivered a dominating defensive effort, limiting the Bulldogs to 254 yards and totaling six sacks and three takeaways. Drake’s only offensive points came on a field goal in the third quarter.
“We finally had the offense’s back,” cornerback David Tolbert told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “We’ve struggled (defensively) pretty much the whole season. It felt good to pay them back.”
Defensive end Nick Friedel keyed the unit with eight tackles, including three for loss and two sacks. He also forced a fumble deep in Drake territory in the first quarter to set San Diego up for quarterback Anthony Lawrence’s second short touchdown run.
After defensive back Arrion Archie intercepted Drake quarterback Grant Kraemer (a mere 16 of 47) in the second quarter, Emilio Martinez broke off a 62-yard run on the next play. Two plays later Terrence Smith scored from 3 yards out to make it 20-7.
Early in the third quarter, Lawrence and wide receiver Michael Bandy connected for a 42-yard touchdown pass to basically put the game away, considering how well the Toreros defense played. It was Lawrence’s 106th career touchdown pass.
Incredibly, San Diego has won 43 of its 45 PFL games under sixth-year Dale Lindsey, although the 7-1 league record in 2013 was later vacated for violations in awarding academic aid. The dominance on the field extends even further back with wins in 59 of the last 63 games against league competition.
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