On a day when his old Tigers' basketball team took on Butler, senior wide out Barry Flynn caught a record-tying three touchdowns in a heartbreaking loss to the College of Wooster Fighting Scots, 27-24.
Flynn, who stands at 6-foot-5-inch, joins Alex Koors and Dan Ryan as the last players to reach the end zone three times in one game.
Flynn caught a 12-yard pass from quarterback Matt Hunt with 6:58 left in the first quarter, giving the Tigers an early 10-0 cushion that they would eventually lose in the third quarter.
Flynn responded in the third, catching two touchdowns from Hunt in less than seven minutes.
Flynn's breakout performance came only a week after Wooster freshman wide receiver Darrian Owens set records of his own.
Owens, who earned NCAC Player of the Week, recorded 230 wide receiving yards and scoring three touchdowns on four receptions.
The Tigers secondary, led by senior Dennis Callicut and sophomore Adam Folta, were able to tame Owens, as he only had three receptions for 67 yards.
However, the defense would fall just short of keeping down the Fighting Scots' momentum.
"Football is such a game of momentum," Folta said. "This was was more than any I've been a part of, and I really felt like we lost the momentum in the third quarter."
Wooster got its first lead early in the second half, when quarterback Richard Barnes took an eight-yard run into the end zone.
Flynn and the rest of the team weren't surprised by the back and forth battle against the third-place Fighting Scots.
"Going in, I knew it was going to be a 60-minute game that took my personal best and everyone else's personal best. They had guys making plays," Flynn said.
The game-breaking play came early in the fourth quarter, when Wooster's Richard Barnes struck wide receiver Jake Vellucci for a 19-yard touchdown pass. That would end up being the final score of the game.
The Tigers' quarterback, first-year Matt Hunt, who may be a consideration for NCAC Offensive Player of the Year award, outperformed his opposing quarterback.
Hunt threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns on 35 attempts. Barnes went 16-27 on completions and attempts, throwing for 186 yards and one touchdown.
Hunt now has 1551 passing yards in only seven games played.
It was Barnes, however, who had the last laugh, handing Hunt his first loss in four contests.
The Tigers are now 3-5 for the season, with two games to go. They travel to Hiram College in Ohio to take on the 2-6 Terriers.
Hiram is coming off of an embarrassing 66-0 loss against Wabash College, who the Tigers will play for the final game of the season in the highly anticipated Monon Bell game.