Football Recap: Willamette Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Willamette faced Dallas in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Wolverines strolled past the Dragons with points to spare, taking the game 42-27. 42 seems to be a good number for the Wolverines as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.

Zeke Thomas

Passing Touchdowns

10/17/25 @ Dallas	6
10/10/25 vs North Medford	4
10/03/25 @ West Salem	2
09/26/25 vs Sheldon	1
09/19/25 @ Sprague	5
+ 2 more games

A big part of Willamette's win came down to the chemistry between Zeke Thomas and his top target Hunter Vaughn. Thomas threw for 301 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt while Vaughn picked up 147 receiving yards and four TDs. Thanks to that big game, Thomas is now up to 23 passing touchdowns on the season. A healthy portion of Thomas' aerial production (96 yards to be exact) also went to TaeSaun Tarusan, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.

Willamette didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brodie Butler and Tarusan. Willamette got some further help from Tony Cumberland: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).

The victory keeps Willamette at an undefeated 7-0. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 37.7 points this season. As for Dallas, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-1.

Coming up, Willamette will venture away from home to challenge North Salem at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Vikings will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for Dallas, they will host Silverton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Foxes' defense has only allowed 14 points per game this season, so the Dragons' offense will have their work cut out for them.