PORTLAND, Ore.—Despite 179 all-purpose yards from senior running back Elijah Washington, Lewis & Clark College football fell 63-21 on Homecoming to undefeated Whitworth University on Saturday at Griswold Stadium. 

THE BASICS
Whitworth 63, Lewis & Clark 21
(Lewis & Clark 3-5, Northwest Conference 2-3) 
(Whitworth 7-0, Northwest Conference 5-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Playing in front of a raucous crowd of over 2,300 people, Washington put together one of the best performances of his Pioneers career. He rushed 17 times for 138 yards (8.12 yards per career) and added a rushing touchdown. Washington also led the team with six catches and posted 41 receiving yards. 
 
Freshman Chili Stephens finished second on the team with two rushes for 23 yards. He also tacked on a 13-yard catch. 
 
Senior quarterback Trey Morris finished the game 15-20 for 175 yards and one touchdown and one interception. 
 
Senior Ben Burnham posted one catch for 59 yards and fellow senior Elijah McGee corralled three catches for 44 yards. Senior Desmon Holton added three catches for 16 yards and his first touchdown catch of the season. 
 
Senior linebacker Silas Ticeson led the Pioneers with 10 tackles (four solo). Fellow senior Justin Hope and sophomore Andrew Baum each added eight tackles. Sophomore Thomas Reagan led the team with five solo tackles (five total) and senior Logan Herman posted five tackles. Sophomore Daryl Scott blocked a field goal and senior Ward Anderson led the Pioneers with two QB hurries. 
 
Whitworth who sits tied for first in the Northwest Conference with #4/9 Linfield University and just outside the top-25 in the National Polls used a dominant offensive display to jump out to a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. 
 
Southern Utah University transfer quarterback Austin Ewing connected with running back Luis Salgado for a 24-yard touchdown on the Pirates opening drive of the day. 
 
The Pioneers had a great chance to respond on their next drive. On their first play from scrimmage, Washington raced down the far sideline before ultimately being tackled at the three-yard line for a 69-yard gain. The Pioneers couldn't crack the Pirates defense inside the five though and were ultimately stuffed on a fourth-down conversion attempt. 
 
Whitworth responded by driving 96 yards to make it 14-0 on a 13-yard Ewing rush. The visitors tacked on a third touchdown on the final play of the quarter, when Solo Hines scored on a 15-yard scamper. 
 
Lewis & Clark responded with a 16-play, 77-yard drive. Morris found McGee for a huge 19-yard catch on fourth and eight from the Pirates 38 to keep the drive alive. After a pass interference call on the defense in the end zone, Lewis & Clark was able to break the plane on fourth down. Senior quarterback Cruz Montana jumped up and reached over a jumble of defenders to score on fourth and goal from the one. 
 
Whitworth would add two touchdowns within 1:56 of each other late in the half to extend their lead to 35-7. The Pirates got the ball back one final time late in the half but the Pioneers forced a field goal attempt with one second remaining. Scott came off the edge and jumped up to block the field goal and deny the visitors a chance to extend their edge. 
 
Lewis & Clark scored on their second drive of the third quarter. On second and 10 from their own 29, Morris found Burnham streaking down the far sideline and Burnham went all the way to the Whitworth 12 before stepping out of bounds. On third and four from the four, Morris found Holton streaking across the middle for a four-yard touchdown catch. 
 
The Pioneers scored their final touchdown early in the fourth. Montana connected with sophomore Jordan Lahusky (16 yards) and Stephens (13 yards) on back-to-back plays to put the Pioneers just outside the red zone. After a Whitworth pass interference pushed the ball to the 10, sophomore Lindell Betts rushed for seven yards on first down. Washington punched it in on the next play for a three-yard rushing score. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Despite back-to-back conference losses, Lewis & Clark can still finish in the top four of the Northwest Conference. The Pioneers can guarantee a top-four spot and an above .500 record in conference (4-3) if they defeat the University of Puget Sound (home) and Willamette University (road) in their final two games of the season. 
• Washington has rushed for over 100 yards in two of his last three games and is up to 588 rushing yards and 317 receiving yards in eight games (113.13 yards per game). He finished his junior season tied for the NWC league-lead in all-purpose yards with 1,179 yards. 
• Hope went over 150 tackles for his career on Saturday. He now has 81 solo tackles and 156 total tackles in 26 career games. 
• Thien Hoang went 3-3 on PAT attempts. He is up to 49 points on the season which is tied for fifth-most in program history for a single-season. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will host the University of Puget Sound on Saturday at 6 p.m. for Senior Day. The Pioneers will honor their 13 seniors (11 players, two managers) as part of their final home game of the season.