CALEDONIA, Mich. — For the second consecutive week, the Michigan Tech Huskies football team spoiled Homecoming for the opposition. This time, the Huskies won a 16-14 defensive road battle at Davenport on Saturday.

The win marks the first Homecoming loss for the Panthers, who entered the contest 8-0 on the special day. More importantly, it ties the all-time series at four wins apiece between the two teams, with the Huskies snapping a three-game losing skid to Davenport for its second win at Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex.

Michigan Tech is now 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in the GLIAC as Davenport drops to 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the loop.

“Beating Davenport, and not playing our best football, we’ll take that any day of the week. It’s a great win for our program,” said Huskies coach Dan Mettlach. “This game has been our Achilles heel the last couple of years, and it wasn’t how we wanted it to go offensively, but the defense played their tails off. It was a great team victory in terms of playing the next play regardless of how things were going.”

In the first quarter, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Nic Nora of Kingsford notched a 23-yard rushing touchdown on second and 11 to give the Huskies a 10-7 lead.

Michigan Tech’s most complete drive in the second quarter came down the stretch with a 12-play 61-yard drive being concluded with a 23-yard field goal to put Tech ahead 13-7 heading into halftime. Nora had an 18-yard reception from redshirt sophomore quarterback Alex Bueno and a 17-yard rush to set up the score.

Huskies junior linebacker Chase Koch secured his second interception in two weeks, halting the Panthers on the Huskies’ 23-yard line with 5:44 to play in the third quarter.

Bueno threw for 104 yards, finding Nora (53 yards) and redshirt sophomore wide receiver Bryce Kurncz (32 yards) for three receptions.

Captain Dante Basanese of Iron Mountain, a senior, and Koch led the Huskies with eight total tackles.

Avery Kucharski recorded a season-high three field goal makes, going 3-for-4 with a long of 43.

The Huskies return to Kearly Stadium on Saturday, welcoming the reigning national champions and current No. 1 nationally-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs.

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