By Rick Mauch

The Texas Wesleyan Rams football team has enjoyed a historic season. However, Saturday they suffered a setback in their lone non-conference contest of the season, falling 63-3 at Central Arkansas.
 
The Bears compete at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Rams are in the NAIA.
           
The Rams avoided the shutout when Daniel Trejo kicked a 24-yard field goal with 7:03 remaining in the game.
           
Despite Saturday's loss, Texas Wesleyan is 6-3 this football season, including 6-2 in the Sooner Athletic Conference. They have clinched their first winning season since reinstating the program in 2016.
           
The Rams used two quarterbacks against UCA. Carson Rodgers was 7-for-10 for 87 yards with an interception and Dalton Dale was 6-for-13 for 66 yards with an interception.
           
Collier Ricks led all receivers with three catches for 58 yards. Brandon Rolfe hauled in two passes for 41 and Cameron Chapman had two receptions for 41 yards.
 
The Texas Wesleyan running game struggled all afternoon. Ty Williams topped the squad with 19 yards on eight carries.
 
Defensively, Chance Carroll posted 10 tackles for the Rams, with Dylan Pettway and Darius Vandyke each registering seven. Tyquandrik Conner finished with a half dozen.
 
Along with his field goal, Trejo punted eight times for an average of 49.3 yards.
 
The Rams will end the season (barring an at-large playoff berth) at Lyon College in Batesville, Ark. Saturday at 2 p.m. The Scots (2-7 overall, 2-6 in SAC) are coming off a 35-33 victory against Louisiana College.
 
The Scots lead the series against the Rams 2-1 with all three games being close. In 2017 and 2019 Lyon won at home 21-14 and 53-45. In 2018 in Fort Worth Texas Wesleyan won 21-20. The teams did not play in 2020 because of COVID-19.