Northwestern football upped its record to 2-0 with a convincing 41-0 win over the Bangor Slaters in week two of Colonial League football.

The storyline remained much the same as in week one, a big night from junior running back Harry Hall and a defense that refuses to allow much of anything to the opposing offense.

Hall took the opening handoff and ran 77 yards for a quick touchdown and Brandon Miller added the extra point as the Tigers opened with a 7-0 advantage.

From there, the defense took over when Dylan Snyder intercepted a pass from Bangor quarterback Mike Hlatkey and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown, setting up the Tigers with a widening lead.

After throwing the ball just seven times in its opening week win over Catasauqua, Bangor put the ball in the air 20 times, but completed just seven passes and was picked off three times by the Northwestern defense.

"We've got a bunch of those run-stoppers in there and coach Hippensteel, the defensive coordinator, and the coaches put a great defensive alignment in against that single-wing," said Tiger head coach Josh Snyder. "We hadn't practiced much against the pass, because they just haven't shown it and they hit some nice passes to move the sticks a little bit, but our defense kept them out of the end zone."

Most of the yardage that Bangor was able to pick up came in the second half when coach Josh Snyder had pulled many of his starting defensive players.

There were also a number of young players getting time on the offensive unit for Northwestern as well.

Among the young players who saw time for Northwestern, sophomore Tyler Foster stood out, gaining 36 yards on five carries, one of which was a four-yard touchdown run for Northwestern's final score of the night. Sophomores Dalton Webster and Ryan Hippensteel had 13 and 11 yards rushing, respectively on the night.

"Foster's a good player, but he's behind some really good players as a sophomore," said Josh Snyder. "On that drive coming out in the second-half, Bangor made some changes on defense, so we got some guys in there and it was nice to see him come out there and run like he did.

"He made some things happen and I'm happy that he got into the end zone."

Northwestern has now outscored its first two opponents by a combined score of 73-6 and the defense, offense and special teams are all contributing for the Tigers.

The defense has allowed just over 125 yards of total offense per game and has intercepted opposing quarterbacks four times.

The first-team defense for Northwestern has pitched a shutout in each of the first two games. The only points that Notre Dame scored in the season opener came with the Crusaders' first-team offense on the field against the second-team defense for the Tigers.

"We had it [the shutout] last week, until their first-team offense got our JV guys late in the game," said Hall. "But those guys came out tonight and played really hard and they were determined not to have that happen again."