The freshman from Columbia High accounted for five touchdowns, leading Quincy University (6-5) over William Penn 45-42 in a Mid-States Football Association Midwest League game.

Truttmann passed for 244 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 106 yards and two scores. He was replacing starter Sam Donatucci, also a freshman, who was sidelined with a broken foot.

"Truttmann stepped up huge," said Quincy coach Bill Terlisner, an Alton native. "The kids who needed to have big days had big days."

Truttmann was a standout a year ago at Columbia, leading the Eagles to a second-place finish in Class 3A. He threw for 1,992 yards and 22 touchdowns.

The victory assured Quincy a third straight winning record for the first time since the school reintroduced Football 22 years ago.

SALUKIS GET CLOSE

SIU-Carbondale can clinch the Missouri Valley Football Conference's automatic berth in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) postseason tournament with a win Saturday at Illinois State.

A victory would guarantee the Salukis (8-2, 6-1 MVC) no worse than a share of the league title with Northern Iowa (9-2, 7-1 MVC). SIUC would win the tiebreaker on the strength of its 27-24 win over the Panthers on Sept. 27 in Carbondale.

AROUND THE AREA

LINDENWOOD - The No. 7 Lions (9-1) will host a first-round NAIA postseason game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against No. 16 Lambuth (8-3). Lindenwood, in the playoffs for the fourth time, is seeking its first postseason victory. Lindenwood and Lambuth, which is located in Jackson, Tenn., feature two of the top offenses in the nation. Lambuth is averaging 43.1 points and 469 yards a game. Lindenwood is averaging 38.5 points and 453 yards.

MISSOURI S&T - Senior running back David Shields (Cardinal Ritter) scored on a two-point conversion in the second overtime to give the Miners a 39-38 victory over Truman State. Missouri S&T had lost 22 straight games to Truman State. The Miners, who won the Great Lakes Football Conference and finished 7-4, scored 170 points over their final three games. Shields led the team in rushing with 800 yards.

WESTERN ILLINOIS - Senior Herb Donaldson (CBC) enters the final game of his college career with 1,549 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns. His 154.9 rushing yards per game and 12.6 points per game are first among all FCS and FBS players. WIU (6-4) faces Youngstown State (3-8) at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Macomb.

EASTERN ILLINOIS - The Panthers' what-else-can-go-wrong season took another bizarre twist in a 15-13 defeat by Austin Peay, when defensive back Justin Vanatta stripped the ball from EIU's Travorus Bess as he was breaking away for what looked to be a game-winning touchdown with 35 seconds to play. EIU (4-7) opened the season nationally ranked and picked third in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Panthers sit at 2-5 in the league heading into Saturday's finale at Tennessee Tech (3-8, 1-6 OVC).