Luke Lehnen threw four touchdown passes, including two to Jacob Paradee, to lead North Central to a 41-25 victory over Mount Union. Lehnen's performance tied the all-divisions record for career touchdown passes with 162.
HOUSTON — Luke Lehnen accounted for five touchdowns Sunday night and North Central beat Mount Union 41-25 to win its third NCAA Division III national football championship.Lehnen threw two of his four touchdown passes to Jacob Paradee and has 162 in his career, tied with John Matocha for college football’s all-divisions record.
Lehnen, who went 57-2 over his college career, threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Myles Walton to make it 7-7 with 4:35 left in the first quarter. It gave Lehnen 159 career TD passes, breaking Braxton Plunk’s D-III record. Mount Union made trips into the red zone on four consecutive possessions but scored just once, a 30-yard field goal by Ivan Maric with 3:57 remaining first half.Mount Union has won 13 D-III championships in 23 title game appearances, both of which are records. North Central — which captured its first title in 2019, the first championship-game berth in program history — beat the Purple Raiders 28-21 in the 2022 title game.
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