UIndy Athletics

INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy football team authored an historic performance Saturday, handing Quincy a 73-27 Halloween defeat. The Greyhounds' point total represented the third-highest in the team's 89-season history.
 
INS & OUTS
The Hounds absolutely lit up the scoreboard in the first half, especially in the first half. UIndy found the end zone on each of its first five possessions on the way to 45 points in the opening 30 minutes. Junior running back Garrett Sherrell was particularly effective early, racking up 183 rushing yards and three touchdowns before intermission.
 
The Greyhounds kept the gas pedal down after the break, scoring four straight touchdowns to start the second half. The run was capped by a highlight catch late in the third quarter when senior captain Giovanni Laurent made a jaw-dropping grab in the end zone, using the defender's body to help haul it in.
 

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When the dust settled, the Greyhounds had racked up 332 rushing yards and nearly 600 total yards in all. Sherrell and Patterson combined for a whopping 317 rushing yards and five rushing TDs. Sherrell notched his first career 200-rushing-yard game and the first by a Hound since 2022, while Patterson became just the fourth Greyhound quarterback since at least 1983 to hit triple digits in rushing yards.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- The Greyhounds forced four turnovers on the afternoon—three by the defense and one by the special teams. TJ Cothron, Alvin Contreras and Ki'Arran Love corralled an interception apiece, while special-teams standout Best Dare forced a fumble on the kickoff team.
- Senor Anthony Crowell amassed 110 all-purpose yards on the afternoon, with 77 coming on punt returns.
- Sherrell broke off TD runs of 61 yard and 60 yards, while Kaleb Carver managed two third-quarter touchdown receptions, including one of 44 yards.
- Safety Eli Liapis led the Hounds with six tackles, linebacker Jerrell Franklin Jr. had two TFLs and a QB hurry, and d-lineman Wrigley Franklin was credited with a sack and a pass break-up.
- Running back Caiden Verrett threw a 25-yard TD pass to tight end Cole Bennett, good for the former's second touchdown pass in as many games.
 
MORE NOTES
UIndy has now won 10 straight versus Quincy, moving to 14-1 in the all-time series … since its first Halloween game in 1924—a 13-2 win over Ball State—UIndy is now 8-5-1 on Oct. 31.

UP NEXT
UIndy has its final home game of the season on tap as it hosts Southwest Baptist Saturday, Nov. 7. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. ET.