Braun's Big Day Leads Scots to 54-7 Win at IC

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill (11/01/2026) — The Monmouth College football team won their 16th straight Midwest Conference game with a 54-7 win at Illinois College on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (6-2, 6-0) scored the final 48 points of the game and tallied nearly 700 yards of offense in the win.

Cornerback Kevin Soivilien (Miami, Florida) ended the first IC drive with a tackle for a five yard loss on third down. On their first play from scrimmage, Silas Braun (Monmouth, Illinois) hit Chase Newman (Morrison, Illinois) for 44 yards as the junior wideout returned to the lineup. Nate Wrublik (Lemont, Illinois) ran for eight years and Braun hit Jerry Reed (Danville, Illinois) for nine yards. A 7-yard pass to Gabriel Zeigler-Harris (East Peoria, Illinois) set up Wrublik for a 12-yard touchdown run and a 6-0 lead.

The Blue Boys punted again as Jeremiah Hardnett (O'Fallon, Illinois) ended the drive with a sack for a 7-yard loss. Wrublik ran for 16 yards but an interception gave the ball back to IC near midfield. They scored on 10 plays and took a 7-6 lead with the extra point. Wrublik ran for 19 yards on three plays then ripped off a 36-yard run into the red zone. Braun found David Gerber (Chana, Illinois) for 16 yards before the quarter came to a close. On the second play of the second quarter, Wrublik scored on a 2-yard run for a 13-7 lead.

A punt gave the ball back to the Scots near midfield. Braun hit Newman for 41 yards and a 6-yard pass to Reed made it 20-7 with a 2-play touchdown drive. IC punted into the end zone on their next drive and the Scots fumbled on the second play. IC started on the MC 23 but went backwards and turned the ball over on downs.

Monmouth got the ball back on their own 26 with 2:30 to play in the half. Wrublik ran for 15 yards and 10 yards on consecutive plays. Braun hit Reed for a 49-yard catch and run touchdown for a 27-7 lead. The Bluboys again went 3-and-out and Monmouth got the ball on their own 39 with 1:10 to play. Braun ran for four yards and found Jeremiah Williams-Gregory (Oviedo, Florida) for 52 yards down to the IC 4. Monmouth called timeout with 27 seconds left and Braun hit Zeigler-Harris for a touchdown pass and a 33-7 halftime lead.

Monmouth started the second half with the ball and moved the sticks on an 18-yard pass to Gunner Bryant (Curryville, Missouri). Wrublik ran for six and Braun completed a 21-yard pass to Reed. On the next play, he found Williams-Gregory for a 26-yard touchdown and a 40-7 lead. IC again went 3-and-out, punting the ball to the Monmouth 24. Wrublik ran for five and Braun completed passes to Gerber and Reed. Wrublik scored on a 7-yard run and Aiden Sensabaugh (East Moline, Illinois) made it 47-7 with the extra point.

The hosts punted again and Monmouth started on their own 28 with 5:22 to play in the third quarter. Wrublik ran four times for 21 yards and caught a pass for a first down. He ran for 32 yards down to the IC 13 and Braun hit Williams-Gregory for a touchdown. Mylee Hansen (Pekin, Illinois) kicked the extra point for a 54-7 lead.

Neither team scored in the fourth quarter. Monmouth had a long drive with Gio Martinez (Weeki Wachee, Florida) at quarterback. He completed a pass to Gus Olsen (Greenville, Illinois) while Hudson Ault (Fairview, Illinois) ran for 37 yards on four plays. John Ahlden (Ashkum, Illinois) added 12 yards on three plays and Martinez ran for five yards as well.

Braun completed 17-of-25 passes for a career-high 382 yards and five touchdowns. Wrublik ran 22 times for 193 yards and three touchdowns. Reed caught five passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns while Williams-Gregory also scoffed twice on thee catches for 91 yards.

Hardnett led the Scots with eight tackles while Kaden Foglesong (Ipava, Illinois) had two sacks. Tashawn Ruffin (Bloomington, Illinois) broke up two passes and Nick Huston (Monmouth, Illinois) added six tackles.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Braun's 382 passing yards are the 11th most in a game in school history and his five touchdown passes are tied for eighth ... Wrublik moved into fifth on the single-season rushing list with 1,213 yards ... His 14 touchdowns are tied for eighth on the single-season list ... Wrublik has rushed for at least 147 yards in all six conference games and is averaging 150.4 yards per conference game this season ... Monmouth outgained IC 638 to 175 on the day ... IC had nine punts and 10 first downs ... The Scots lead the all-time series 49-14-2 against IC and are 10-1 under head coach Chad Braun ... The Scots are 36-6 against IC since 1982 when the Blueboys rejoined the MWC ... Monmouth won at home 48-15 last year ... The Scots are back home next Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff against Grinnell ... There will be a senior day ceremony pregame.

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