GLASSBORO, NJ A pair of touchdowns within a three-minute span in the third quarter helped give 12th-ranked Linfield College a 35-14 win over host Rowan University in football action at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium.
 
Rowan trailed 28-14 and was putting together a five-minute drive in the fourth quarter, but Linfield's Tyler Bergeron came up with an interception in the end zone to stop the Profs. It was the third interception of the Profs, and their fourth turnover of the game.
 
The Wildcats then put it out of reach after recovering a Rowan fumble and scoring in three plays with an 11-yard TD reception by Keegan Weiss with 2:20 to play.  
 
Linfield jumped out to a 14-0 lead but All-American Elijah Rehm scored his first touchdown of the season when he took a 2-yard pass from Mike Husni to cut Linfield's lead to 14-7 as time expired in the first half.
 
The Profs then tied it in the third quarter, 14-14, with a drive that included a 21-yard completion to Nick Grosso and a 16-yarder to Rehm. It culminated on a 30-yard touchdown run by Messiah Divine for his first of the season.
 
Linfield answered immediately on the next drive with an 11-yard pass caught by Jacob Calo to go up 21-14. The Wildcats then capitalized on the Profs' four-and-out on the next possession, driving 60 yards in four plays to go up 28-14, with a 48-yard pass play from Joseph Smith to Keaton Wood.
 
"We left points on the board in the first half. We could've been ahead in the second half but the turnovers occur and then it starts to snowball. We just didn't play well enough. Against a nationally-ranked team like Linfield, you can't do that. You have to play the whole game and when you're down in the red zone, you've got to get points," said Profs' coach Jay Accorsi
 
1st Quarter
• The Profs stopped a Linfield drive with an interception by Cedric Jones at the Rowan 40 (8:23)
• Linfield's Joseph Smith tossed a 55-yard touchdown pass to Keegan Weiss (5:01) to put the Wildcats up 7-0
• Rowan started a drive with a 55-yard pass from Husni to Nick Grosso in the first, but the drive went scoreless with a missed field goal
 
2nd Quarter
• Linfield went up 14-0 on an 8-play 35-yard drive that ended in a 1-yard rush by Tanner Earhart (4:35)
• Rowan converted a 4th-and-1 with :23 seconds to play, which set up the Husni to Rehm touchdown as the first half ended
 
3rd Quarter
• Rehm started the Profs off in the quarter with his longest punt return of the season, for 33 yards
• Rowan's Divine had four carries for 41 yards, including the 30-yard TD in the drive that tied the game at 14-14
 
4th Quarter
• Rowan's five-minute drive was snuffed out by an interception in the end zone on a first-and-goal
 
The Profs go on the road for the first time this season when they visit Hobart on Saturday, September 21 in a noon kickoff.