Wittenberg answered with a 61-yard drive that stalled at the Denison 21-yard line.
The Tigers had one more chance in the final minutes. They had third-and-2 at the Denison 10-yard line when Sam Kayser was tackled for a 12-yard loss. Bobby Froehlich threw an incompletion near the goal line on the next play. Denison took over on downs and ran out the clock.
Wittenberg began the game with sophomore Collin Brown, who missed the second game of the season after being injured in the opener, at quarterback. He threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Kayser on the first drive and a 44-yard touchdown pass to Jake Saus on the second drive. Wittenberg’s third possession ended with a 24-yard field goal by Brandon Goodwin.
Denison cut the deficit to 16-14 at halftime with two touchdown passes from Drew Dawkins to Mack Marston.
Wittenberg (1-2, 1-1) suffered its second loss in a row to Denison and third in five years. Denison (3-1, 3-0) is tied for first place in the North Coast Athletic Conference with Ohio Wesleyan (4-0, 3-0). Wittenberg plays at Ohio Wesleyan at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Wabash (3-0, 2-0) and DePauw (2-1, 2-0) are the other NCAC teams without a league loss.
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