Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) football players CJ Collins Chadd Dearen D’Vonn Brown

Offensive Player of the Week CJ Collins was 20-for-31 and passed for 256 yards and a touchdown in SAGU’s 30-17 win against Westminster College .  Collins also rushed five times, including a one-yard run for a touchdown.

Defensive Player of the Week D’Vonn Brown sewed up 16 tackles, with eight solo stops and eight assisted tackles. Brown also had 4.5 tackles for loss of a total of 19 yards, while recording a sack and a half.

Special Teams Player of the Week Chadd Dearen hit 3-of-4 field goals with his longest a 46-yard boot. He was a perfect 3-for-3 on PAT’s for a total of 12 of the Lions 30 points. The junior kicker also averaged 35.3 yards per punt on three punts, with a long of 37 yards and averaged 53.7 yards on seven kick offs.

SAGU was the sole CSFL team to come away with a victory this week.  No. 18 Langston fell in a heartbreaker, 35-32, to NCAA Division II Lincoln University (Mo.). Lindsey Wilson defeated Lyon College 76-10, as Arizona Christian fell 70-14 on the road to Western New Mexico University. Bacone and Texas College were on the short end of the stick, with the Warriors falling 66-3 to Lamar University and Mississippi College downed Texas College 61-6.

The Lions will play NCAA Division III Austin College on Saturday, September 12, 2015.  Game-time is 1:00pm.  Austin College is 1-0, after beating Hendrix College 55-41.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private, Christian university located 30 minutes south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Waxahachie, Texas. The university was established in 1927, and now offers more than 70 associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees on campus or online. More information is available at www.sagu.edu or by calling 1-888-YES-SAGU.

Press Release by Ryan Hintergardt: CSFL SID
Edited by: Natalie Tristan, SAGU SID, [email protected]