The Snow College football team collected a convincing 55-0 win over Pacific Northwestern Christian College Saturday in Ephraim.  With the victory, Zac Erekson secured his fourth consecutive winning season as head coach of the Badgers.
 
Snow College was coming off a 58-0 victory over St. George Junior College last weekend in which AJ Tillman rushed for 124 yards and scored four touchdowns in the victory.  Saturday's matchup with the Gladiators was the first meeting between the two teams as PNCC is a new member of the NJCAA Division I ranks.
 
The two teams exchanged punts to begin the game.  The Badgers would score on their second possession using 10 plays and nearly four minutes of action.  Donovan Smith connected with Tyrique Carter for an 11-yard pitch and catch to give the Badgers a 7-0 lead.
 
Snow College scored again on its next possession in less than a minute.  All it took was a pair of passes from Smith to DJ Overstreet, the second of which was a 53-yard connection that went the distance, giving the Badgers a 14-0 lead.  
 
The Badgers would score again on another long completion.  The drive started on a trio of rushes from Tillman, who accumulated 25 yards.  The drive ended on a 41-yard completion from Smith to Amir McGruder.  The PAT failed and Snow College took a 20-0 lead.
 
Jared Wilson would electrify Terry Foote Stadium less than two minutes later.  After the Badgers forced a 3-and-out, Wilson returned the punt 79 yards to the endzone to extend the Badgers lead to 27-0.  This was the Badger's first punt return touchdown since Taylor Larsen did it against Gila River Junior College Sept. 11, 2021.
 
Snow College would score twice more before the end of the half.  The first of which came following an errant snap that resulted in a turnover on downs and the Badgers took over at the PNCC 2-yard line.  Spencer Lambert punched it in two plays later.
 
The final score of the first half was another long touchdown pass.  The drive started on a 19-yard completion from Smith to Wilson.  It culminated with a 52-yard bomb to Carter for his second touchdown of the night.  The Badgers took a 41-0 lead into the halftime break.
 
The Badger's defense was stout in the first half.  They held the Gladiators to just 10 yards of total offense in the first 30 minutes.  What's more, PNCC had negative 14 yards of offense until the last play of the 2^nd quarter in which they gained 24 yards on a rushing play as time expired.  
 
Snow College kept its foot down in the second half scoring a touchdown on its first possession.  Kamen Best ran a quarterback keeper up the middle.  The defense parted and Best streaked down the middle of the field.  As best veered toward the sideline, he stiff-armed a would-be tackler, which allowed him to dive for the end zone to complete the impressive run.
 
Snow scored one final time near the end of the third quarter.  Lambert carried the load on each of the three plays on the drive and eventually scored on a 27-yard rush to give the Badgers a 55-0 lead.  The defense maintained the shutout throughout the fourth quarter and Snow College collected its sixth victory of the season.
 
Smith finished the game going 10-15 for 206 yards and four passing touchdowns.  Lambert compiled 83 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.  Carter caught two touchdown passes totaling 63 receiving yards to aid in the victory.  
 
The Badgers gained 408 yards of total offense including 177 yards rushing.  The defense allowed just 79 yards of total offense and hasn't surrendered a single point in more than eight quarters of action.  
 
With the victory, Snow College will look forward to its final home game of the regular season against No. 13 Lackawanna College Saturday.  The matchup is poised to be a good one as both teams rank inside the top 10 in the country in both offensive points scored and defensive points allowed per game. 
 
The game is slated to kick off at 7:00 p.m. inside Terry Foote Stadium Saturday in Ephraim.  For video streaming, ticket, and live stat information, visit snowbadgers.com.