After having spent three of the first four weeks of the season on the road, the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers returned to Tiger Stadium looking for a fourth straight win.

The offense went to work immediately and on their first four possessions of the game, the Tigers went down the field and pushed the ball across the goal line for a quick 28-6 lead over Bangor.

From there, the Tigers didn’t look back as they finished with a 41-13 win over Bangor.

The offensive line played especially well in the win, not only opening holes to run through, but giving senior quarterback Deven Bollinger plenty of time to throw the ball, allowing him to complete 11 of his 21 attempts for 121 yards in the game.

On three of Northwestern’s first four possessions, it was Nick Henry who crossed the goal line on runs of 11, nine and 24 yards.

“I have to hand it to my offensive line, because they did a tremendous job tonight and really gave me some gaps to run through,” said Henry. “They’ve been strong all season and have been a big part of our success offensively.”

Northwestern ran 24 plays in the first quarter and controlled the ball for over seven minutes of the quarter. It’s especially impressive considering the Tigers had a drive of just five plays, lasting under a minute, that resulted in their first touchdown.

For a stretch in the middle of the game, Slater quarterback Rein Farensbach was able to pick apart the Northwestern defense to gain some ground.

Nate Owens got wide open down the right side of the field and Farensbach hit him in stride with a 35-yard touchdown pass for the first Bangor score of the night.

Farensbach hit Nick Davanzo with just seven seconds left in the first half for a 14-yard touchdown pass to make it a 28-13.

“We had a couple miscommunications and they were able to find some guys,” said Northwestern head coach Josh Snyder. “We’re working on it and we’ll keep working on it, but the effort has been there, just some things to clean up. You also have to hand it to Bangor, because they didn’t quit and they made some nice plays.”

Northwestern got the ball to open the second half and decided to utilize wide receiver/backup quarterback Justin Holmes in the passing game.

Holmes, who pulled in 217 yards worth of passes from quarterback Deven Bollinger last week, took a handoff from Bollinger and threw deep to Justin Rodda, who pulled the ball in at the Bangor three-yard line. The ball seemingly bounced around a little and Bangor was called for pass interference on the play, but the penalty was declined.

On the next play, it was an easy stroll into the end zone for Henry and the Tigers went up 35-13.

“We wanted to break things up a little,” said Snyder. “Sometimes, you get a little tired of the same things in practice, so we put that in there to have some fun with and see what we could do with it.

“Justin is our backup quarterback and may even has a stronger arm than Deven, so he’s capable. I didn’t see exactly what happened, but Rodda came down with it.”

On their next drive, Northwestern ate up 5:34 of the clock to go 70 yards on 13 plays, capped by Bollinger throwing to Rodda in the end zone. The extra point attempt was blocked, but Northwestern held a comfortable 41-13 advantage.

While Farensbach was able to find some open receivers, junior Wyatt Ledeboer picked off a pass on a key third-and-11 play on Bangor’s first drive of the game. Ledeboer stepped in front of Davanzo to pull in the pass and returned it 20 yards to the 49-yard line where the Tigers started their first possession of the game.

The interception was the second of the season for Ledeboer.