penalties and gave up 144 yards, where Ottawa had a mere 4 penalties that gave up 28 yards. Week 1 Saint Mary at Southern Nazarene Southern Nazarene set a school record with 556 total yards, 418 of which were passing. The final score was 63–17, with 36 points scored in the second quarter alone. Southern Nazarene had lost the week prior to Eastern New Mexico by a score of 21–59, placing Southern Nazarene to a record of 1–1. Saint Mary's record for the season was 0–1, as this was the season opener. Haskell at No. 12 McPherson The twelfth-ranked McPherson Bulldogs held Haskell scoreless for the entire game. Haskell was able to achieve 8 first downs for the game, compared to McPherson's 25. Haskell's total offense was only 142 yards, where McPherson achieved 407 total yards. Haskell was 1–14 on third down conversions, where McPHerson was 5–12. The final score of Haskell 0/McPherson 45 put Haskell's record to 0–2 and McPherson to 1–0. Panhandle State at Southwestern Southwestern opened the season in newly renovated Richard L. Jantz Stadium against NCAA Division II Panhandle State. Panhandle State ended the game with negative punting yards (−43) from a single punt, but managed 14–21 on third down conversions, where Southwestern was 0–8 on third down. Panhandle State achieved exactly 500 yards in total offense compared to Southwestern's 279. The final score of 32–27 put Panhandle State to 1–1 for the season and Southwestern to 0–1. Week 2 Bethany at Saint Mary The Bethany Terrible Swedes scored 21 points in the third quarter against Saint Mary in their 51–27 victory. Their first score came on a 30-yard field goal. Later in the first quarter, Saint Mary came up with a 19-yard pass for a touchdown to take the lead by a score of 3–7. Still in the first quarter, Bethany returned a kick for a touchdown to take the lead 9–7 (the extra point attempt was blocked). In the second quarter, Saint Mary took the lead again by scoring a touchdown to bring the score to 14–9. Bethany answered with two back-to-back touchdowns, which left the score 23–14 and led for the remainder of the game. Saint Mary would score two more touchdowns and produce 420 yards of total offense, but it would not be enough to overcome Bethany's seven touchdowns. Southwestern at Sterling Sterling College gave up 4 fumbles and 1 interception, but