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The Lindenwood football team set a school record for points and largest margin of victory during its Homecoming contest on Saturday against Culver-Stockton. The Lions defeated the Wildcats by a 90-19 score.

It took just 34 seconds for Lindenwood to score when Philip Staback connected with Matt Bramow on a 38-yard touchdown pass on the third play from scrimmage. For the rest of the half, Lindenwood's offense scored with its running game with five rushing touchdowns. Nate Orlando scored three times and Denodus O'Bryant had a pair. With less than two minutes remaining in the half, Cody Fogle scored on a 79-yard interception return to make it 48-3 Lions at the break.

Lindenwood's offense continued to put up points in the second half with three touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters. O'Bryant, Orlando and Mike Bunton had receiving touchdowns in the third. Dominick Sherman, LeMarien Parson, and Blake Arnette had rushing touchdowns in the fourth.

The Lions scored on 13 of 16 possessions with two fumbles and the final horn being the only Culver-Stockton stops. For the game, Lindenwood had 721 yards of total offense, with 376 on the ground and 345 in the air. The rushing total set a new school standard, as did the eight rushing touchdowns. The total yardage was the second most in school history.

Individually, the Lions set records as well. O'Bryant, who set the Lindenwood career touchdown record last week, added to it and now has 35. Bramow caught his 22nd career touchdown reception, which is also a new school standard.

O'Bryant finished the game with 134 yards rushing, 83 receiving, and 56 on kickoff returns. He averaged nearly 25 yards the 11 times he touched the ball. Orlando touched the ball just four times but had touchdowns every time. He finished with 30 yards rushing and 28 receiving.

Parson had exactly 100 rushing yards, and Sherman had 50 on the ground. Jamere Holland had three receptions for 59 yards, Bunton had three receptions for 44 yards, and Bramow had 49 receiving yards. Staback finished the day 15 of 19 for 277 yards and three touchdowns. David Ortega also threw a touchdown pass.

Defensively, the Lions allowed just three points in the first half and that occurred when Culver-Stockton took over on the Lindenwood 11 after a long fumble return. The Wildcats did score two touchdowns and a field goal in the final 25 minutes after the Lions were well ahead on the scoreboard. For the game, Lindenwood allowed just 87 passing yards, the second time this year it held a team under 100 in that category.

Tyler Epstein led the team with six tackles, and Kellen Dreyer had 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks, both team-highs. The Lions picked off three passes as Brock Reed and Hakim Thomas also had interceptions.

Game Notes: Lindenwood improves to 6-1 overall and 6-1 in the HAAC … Culver-Stockton falls to 0-7 overall and 0-6 in the HAAC … the Lions won their 23rd straight home game … Lindenwood won for the fourth straight time on Homecoming … 14 of Lindenwood's 16 drives lasted less than two minutes and the longest was just 3:01 … for the year, Lindenwood is now averaging 56.1 points and 582.7 total yards of offense a game.