LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Redshirt senior quarterback Lenny Williams Jr. broke the program's career total touchdown record as he led third-ranked IUP football to a 59-17 blowout victory at Lock Haven Saturday afternoon.
 
Williams passed former IUP quarterback great Brian Eyerman for the school record. Williams now has 89 career total touchdowns – 63 passing, 26 rushing – while Eyerman had 88 from 1999-2002.
 
Williams passed for three touchdowns and ran for one more – all in the first half – as IUP built a 42-3 lead through two quarters. It was the second straight blowout win for the Crimson Hawks, who improved to 3-0 overall heading into the start of divisional play next week.
 
Williams finished 8-of-11 for 204 yards and those three touchdowns through the air, and rushed five times for 59 yards and a score. His scoring tosses went to junior receiver Dom McNeil for 10 and 84 yards, and grad receiver Ricky Rogers for 38 yards.
 
His scoring run was a 35-yarder at the start of the second quarter which gave the Crimson Hawks a 28-0 lead.
 
Junior running back Samir Bullock ran for an 11-yard touchdown in the first quarter, which was sandwiched between the two Williams-to-McNeil scores.
 
Another running back, redshirt senior Chris Temple, ran the ball in from 14 yards out with 1:31 left in the second quarter to cap the first half scoring for the Crimson Hawks.
 
Lock Haven (0-3) scored its first touchdown with 1:30 left in the third to make it a 42-10 game. The Crimson Hawks answered immediately, as junior Dwine Walls returned the ensuing kickoff 58 yards to set up a 31-yard scoring toss from freshman QB Javon Davis to junior receiver Zac Kelly.
 
It was the first career touchdown pass and scoring catch for Davis and Kelly.
 
IUP added a 33-yard field goal from junior Dillon Sarka and a 14-yard scoring toss from Davis to senior receiver Miles Williamson in the fourth quarter as IUP finished out the victory.
 
Up next
The Crimson Hawks open PSAC West divisional play next weekend against Mercyhurst (1-2) at home. Kickoff for the IUP Athletic Hall of Fame Game at George P. Miller Stadium is 4 p.m.
 
Notes
The Crimson Hawks put up season-bests of 500 total yards, 206 rushing yards, and 294 passing yards … The 59 points is also a season-high and the most since scoring 65 against Cheyney on Sept. 16, 2017 … Williams has now accounted for 10 touchdowns in just eight quarters this season … Today was his third straight and 11th career game of three touchdown passes, and his fifth career game of at least four total touchdowns … IUP head coach Paul Tortorella is now 16-1 in two seasons, including a 7-0 record on the road … Temple has 37 career rushing touchdowns, second all-time at IUP and 11 shy of tying Michael Mann (48) for the program record … The IUP defense had four more sacks Saturday to bring its season total to 13.0 … The 13.0 sacks in the first three games is the most by an IUP team since the 2003 team had 14.0 … Junior end Dondrea Tillman leads this year's team with 4.0 sacks and is one of seven players to register at least 0.5 sack … McNeil finished with three catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns, his third career 100-yard receiving game … Eight different players caught a pass and six different players rushed the ball for IUP Saturday … Lock Haven finished with 407 total yards, including 237 passing.
 
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