The Lancer Football team fell to the No. 7 McMaster Marauders 44-19 on Saturday as part of Alumni Weekend.
 
With the loss, Windsor falls to 1-5 on the season while the Marauders improved to 4-1 on the year and are tied with Queen's for third place in the OUA standings.
 
Rookie quarterback Liam Putt led the Blue & Gold offensively with 165 passing yards, one touchdown, and no interceptions, to go along with 65 yards rushing. Kicker Anthony Malandruccolo finished the game with 276 punting yards and a 37 yard field goal, while Dave McDuffie had 71 kick return yards.
 
Defensively, Tarik Bonas had 9.5 total tackles, while Matt Gayer finished the game with 7 to bring his season total to 40.5.
 
Windsor got on the board first with Malandruccolo's 37-yard field goal, but the Lancer lead did not last long as McMaster's Wayne Moore found the end zone three minutes later on a one-yard run to take a 7-3 lead.
 
Down 28-3 late in the second quarter, Tarrence Crawford finished a Lancer drive running 2 yards into the end zone to cut the McMaster lead to eighteen. McMaster would score again before the quarter was out to take a 35-10 lead heading into halftime.
 
In the second half, Nate O'Halloran caught a 21-yard pass from Putt for Windsor's other score, while the Marauders conceded a safety in the third to complete the Lancer scoring.
 
The Lancers will be off next week for their bye-week and will return to action on Saturday, October 17th when they travel to Guelph to take on the No. 5 Guelph Gryphons. Kick-off is set for 1:00pm and can be seen live on www.oua.tv.