A stiff defense along with a great running and passing game helped the Peru State football team take down the #24th ranked Jimmies of Jamestown College.

The Bobcats forced the Jimmies into a quick three and out on their first possessions. Peru took their first drive and punched it in from seven yards out as John Noojin raced to the left corner for the score. The Bobcats gave up a field goal to the Jimmies in the following possession. Peru marched down the field again in which the Cats scored on a Curtis Thompson to Cody Wallinger fade to the right corner. Peru took a 14-3 with 5:03 remaining in the first quarter.

At the 9:20 mark in the second quarter, Thompson connected on a nine yard fade to hit Wallinger again to take a 20-3 lead. At the half Peru had racked up 233 yards on 40 plays. On the ground, the Cats ran for 144 yards on 30 carries with 89 yards on seven of 10 throwing.

The third quarter was uneventful on the score board as both teams traded possessions. As the game moved to the fourth quarter fans saw much of the same as the third until Peru reached the Jamestown eight yard line. Peru Kicker Max Kohlhoff stepped on to boot through a 25 yard field goal to move the Cats lead to a 23-3 with 5:45 remaining in the game.

Jamestown would have another three and out and would be forced to punt from the Peru 47 yard line. The Cats caught the punt at their own two yard line and elected to take a safety on fourth down. Jamestown would use their two minute game to drive down to the Peru 23 yard line with 27.9 seconds remaining. The Jimmies would scramble on fourth down and with no time on the clock; connect on a 23 yard TD pass as the Bobcats held onto a 23-11 victory.

Peru moves to 1-1 on the season. For the game, Peru finished with 318 yards on 73 plays. The Cats had a balanced attack on the ground and through the air. The Bobcats had 195 yards on the ground from 55 carries. John Noojin tallied 95 yards on 29 rushing attempts and a touch down. Curtis Thompson was 11 of 18 for 123 yards and two TD's. Both of Thompson's TD passes were to Cody Wallinger who caught six balls for 87 yards and two touchdowns. The Bobcat defense held the Jimmies to 97 yards on the ground. The duo of Derek Derr and Max Virus led the Cats in tackles with eight each. Virus added an interception return for 20 yards as well. Peru forced four INT’s on the day as Fred Whitted Jr., Wade Halvorsen and Ryan Newell each picked off the Jimmies QB. Whitted added two pass breakups to go along with his 35 yard INT return. Three other Bobcats recorded seven tackles including Bright Norris, Ryan Newell and J.J. Ozuna. Derek Phillips and Nathan Redwing combined on a quarterback sack for the game.

Peru returns to action on the 12th as they travel to Storm Lake, IA to battle Buena Vista University with a 1pm kick-off time.