It may not have been their best performance of the season, but the Northwestern Tigers had more than enough power to beat Salisbury 47-15 Friday night on the road. The win moves the Tigers to 6-0 on the season and drops the Falcons to 3-3.

The Northwestern defense allowed 351 total yards of offense, but came up with some key plays that kept Salisbury from putting points on the board. Brett Schillinger came up with two interceptions in the second-half to stop Salisbury drives and the defense shut down the Falcons on a couple of drives that started in Northwestern territory. Early in the game, Salisbury took over at the Tigers four-yard line when the Tigers fumbled a punt and the Falcons recovered. The defense stuffed a running play and a penalty pushed Salisbury back to the seven-yard line and on fourth down, they attempted a 25-yard field goal that missed wide left to keep the game scoreless.Immediately after that set of downs, Northwestern went to work and the tag team of Frank Dangello and Cam Richardson connected for their first of four touchdown passes to give Northwestern an early lead and they never looked back. Richardson, who became the first Northwestern player to rush, pass and throw for touchdowns last week against Saucon Valley, not only caught four touchdown passes against Salisbury, but rushed for another on a 57-yard run. Richardson finished the night with 183 yards of total offense."It's nice to be able to give Harry [Hall] the ball a couple of times and then maybe throw me a pass or have me run or something. It just makes our offense that much better," said Richardson of his varying role with the team's offense. "It really goes out to our linemen and to Harry and Dylan [Snyder] and Frank. There's no way that any one player can be a whole team, so I just have to thank them for everything."Not to be outdone, Dangello also rushed for a touchdown on a nine-yard run in the second quarter. Dangello finished the night with an effective 9-for-13 night passing for a total of 145 yards and collected another 53 yards rushing."Frankie and Cam had career nights, but again, that goes out to teamwork and taking what the defense gives you," said coach Josh Snyder. "All of these kids are just so unselfish. They don't get jealous of the other guy and I think what happens is that they feed off of one another."Salisbury quarterback Tevon Weber was victimized by his own receivers, who time-after-time dropped passes that should have easily been caught for long gains or touchdowns. Those drops led Weber to be 13-for-27 in passing, but he did throw for 225 yards and two touchdowns. Weber hit Shane Wittman for a 20-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter after the Falcons recovered a fumble and started a drive at their own 37-yard line. Weber also hit Kyle Hartzell with a one-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter to cap the Falcons scoring."We didn't play a perfect game, but from a team aspect, where individuals broke down, the team really rallied around them. We dropped a punt inside our own five and they didn't score, because the defense picked it up," explained Snyder. "Although it wasn't a great game for not making mistakes, I thought we had a great effort and that made up for some of those mistakes."