By the Numbers – Fall Week 6: Football Edition

Career wins for Ryan Cornelsen at Republic after Friday’s 35-0 win at Joplin. Cornelsen is 50-19 in his sixth season, third on the program’s all-time list behind Ed Miller (122 wins, 1983-97) and Jim Chambers (63, 1975-82). His teams are 13-5 in the playoffs.

Straight wins over Webb City, which comes to Republic for a 7 p.m. game Friday. It’s a turnaround in a series Republic lost the first 24 times, from 1988 through 2022. Republic has won five of the last six meetings, including a 21-20 playoff win in 2023 and a 41-24 playoff win last November. A win Friday would be the 370th in program history.

Points for Joplin on Friday, the first time Republic has shut out the Eagles. Republic lost the first five meetings in the series, from 2018 through 2022, and has now won four straight.

Shutouts for Republic this season: 35-0 at Lebanon, 49-0 over Ozark and Friday’s win at Joplin. It’s the most shutouts by Republic since 2003. The most in one season is six, by the 1990 team. The 1980 and 1987 teams had five.

Rushing yards for Republic through six games, an average of 410.2 a game and 7.2 a carry, with 30 rushing touchdowns. Republic has thrown 16 passes all season. It ran 53 times for 422 yards Friday at Joplin.

Rushing yards for Nolan Lashley in six games, 173.2 a game on 130 carries, with 20 touchdowns. The junior ran 19 times for 173 yards and two scores at Joplin, including a 34-yard touchdown on Republic’s first possession of the second half.

Points per game for Republic this season, 226 in six games. In school records going back to 1963, only last season’s team averaged more, at 42.0 points a game. Republic is allowing 15.7.

Percentage of third downs opponents have converted against Republic, seven of 41. The Tigers have allowed 35 first downs and 177.2 yards a game, and opponents have completed 14 of 42 passes. Trenten Coleman leads the defense with 46 tackles and intercepted a pass at Joplin. Uriah Drew has a team-high 10 tackles for loss and Ethan Montiel has eight, and each has two sacks.