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Matthew Ellis
46 Matthew Ellis
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Grand Rapids
  • High School:
    Grand Rapids Christian
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    210
  • yds/g
    21.0
  • td
    1

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6
  Total Conference
Rushes 31 28
Yards 210 177
Yards per game 21.0 29.5
Yards per rush 6.8 6.3
Touchdowns 1 1
Fumbles 2 2
Fumbles lost 1 1

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 5 30 6.0 10 0 1 1
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 4 26 6.5 16 0 - -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 3 33 11.0 19 0 - -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 16 113 7.1 19 1 1 0
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 3 8 2.7 4 0 - -
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 1 25 25.0 25 1 1 1
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 - -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 4 80 20.0 45 0 1 0
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 - - - 0 0 0
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 1 - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 1 - - - - 0
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 1 - - - - 0
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 1 - - - - 0
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 1 30 25 - - 55
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 1 26 - - - 26
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 1 33 -1 - - 32
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 1 113 80 - - 193
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 1 8 - - - 8
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 6 0 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 2 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 1
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 40-24 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Elmhurst (Ill.) W, 26-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Aurora (Ill.) W, 37-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Hope L, 42-20 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Kalamazoo W, 40-6 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Albion W, 47-26 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 43-37 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Alma W, 44-20 3 0 3.0 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Adrian L, 33-22 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Trine (Ind.) L, 28-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2017-18 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2018-19 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 20 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2017-18 10 31 210 21.0 6.8 1 19 2 1
2018-19 10 160 1075 107.5 6.7 12 36 2 1
Total 20 191 1285 64.3 6.7 13 36 4 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2017-18 10 6 0.6 104 10.4 17.3 1 45
2018-19 10 17 1.7 228 22.8 13.4 2 37
Total 20 23 1.1 332 16.6 14.4 3 45

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2017-18 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2018-19 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 20 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2017-18 10 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 20 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 - - - - - 2 22 11.0 0 0
Total - - - - - 2 22 11.0 0 0

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2017-18 10 210 104 - - 314 31.4
2018-19 10 1075 228 22 - 1325 132.5
Total 20 1285 332 22 - 1639 82.0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2017-18 14 1.4 1 1 - - - - 0 - 1 0
2018-19 84 8.4 12 2 - 0 - - - - - 0
Total 98 4.9 13 3 - 0 - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2017-18 10 6 1 7.0 .7 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2
Total 20 6 1 7.0 .3 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - 2

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 31 210 21.0 6.8 1 19 2 1
Conference 6 28 177 29.5 6.3 1 19 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 7 34 6.8 4.9 0 16 - -
Away 5 24 176 35.2 7.3 1 19 2 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 5 25 169 33.8 6.8 1 19 2 1
Losses 5 6 41 8.2 6.8 0 19 - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 28 202 50.5 7.2 1 19 2 1
November 2 3 8 4.0 2.7 0 4 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 6 0.6 104 10.4 17.3 1 45
Conference 6 5 0.8 105 17.5 21.0 1 45
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 6 1.2 104 20.8 17.3 1 45
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 5 5 1.0 105 21.0 21.0 1 45
Losses 5 1 0.2 -1 -0.2 -1.0 0 0
Month                
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 6 1.5 104 26.0 17.3 1 45
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 5 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 5 - - - - - - - -
Losses 5 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 210 104 - - 314 31.4
Conference 6 177 105 - - 282 47.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 34 - - - 34 6.8
Away 5 176 104 - - 280 56.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 5 169 105 - - 274 54.8
Losses 5 41 -1 - - 40 8.0
Month              
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 202 104 - - 306 76.5
November 2 8 - - - 8 4.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 14 1.4 1 1 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Conference 14 2.3 1 1 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 2 0.4 0 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
Away 12 2.4 1 1 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 12 2.4 1 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 2 0.4 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
Month                        
September 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
October 12 3.0 1 1 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 1.0 0 - - - - - 0 - 1 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 6 1 7.0 .7 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Conference 6 5 1 6.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 3 0 3.0 .6 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 3 1 4.0 .8 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 5 3 1 4.0 .8 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
Losses 5 3 0 3.0 .6 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 4 3 0 3.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 3 1 4.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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Football team comes up short against Adrian, 33-22

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Football team beats Kalamazoo, 40-6

The Olivet College football team rolled up 468 yards of offense and the defense scored two touchdowns in a 40-6 win over Kalamazoo College this...

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