And then, there was one.

The battle of the unbeatens in the Colonial League saw the Northwestern Tigers pick up a convincing 39-14 win over Saucon Valley, leaving the Tigers at 5-0, while the Panthers slipped to 4-1 on the year.

Tigers junior Harry Hall ran for 240 yards and two touchdowns to help the offense and Cam Richardson tallied a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown and a passing touchdown in the win.

"Our line did a great job blocking," said Hall. "Our backs were blocking down field and I was able to make a couple of cuts off of them and make a couple people miss and it worked in my favor."

The 240 yards for Hall is a career high, surpassing the 237 yards he had against Nanticoke in last year's Eastern Conference playoffs.

"Harry's a modest guy and a good running back," said Northwestern head coach Josh Snyder. "Coach Dave Kerschner takes a tremendous amount of pride in preparing our offensive line for anything.

"The Saucon defense didn't play a 50-defense all year long and then they came out and played a 50 tonight and we just adjusted to it. That's a testament to how we practice. We practice against every defense, no matter who we're playing, because when you have a bulls-eye on your back, the other team is going to try to do anything to get you. Our kids just picked it up seamlessly and gave Harry some creases."

Northwestern was also helped by the fact that its dominating defense turned in another impressive performance, holding the Panthers to just 151 yards of total offense.

On their first drive of the game, Northwestern went 86 yards on 13 plays, chewing up just over six minutes off the clock. Hall carried the ball nine times for 64 yards on the drive, but Cam Richardson pushed it over the goal line from three yards out to put the Tigers up 6-0.

Saucon Valley's Zach Thatcher returned the ensuing kickoff 39 yards to start the Panthers first drive at their own 40-yard line and 12 plays later, they still had the ball as the first quarter came to an end. On the first play of the second quarter, Thatcher hit Mike Kane for a six-yard touchdown pass and senior Giacomo Pazzaglia added the extra point to make Saucon Valley the first team to take a lead over Northwestern this season at 7-6.

From there, it looked like the rest of the game was going to be an offensive shootout as the two teams would combine to score 33 points in the quarter and the Tigers went into halftime with a 25-14 lead. Instead, Snyder challenged his defense to not only step up in the second half, but to shut down the Panthers.

"They're a good offense and have been putting up points each and every week and we held them scoreless in the second half," said Snyder. "We had challenged them to do that and that's what they did, so I'm really proud of the effort."

Critics had pointed to the combined 1-15 record of the Tigers' first four opponents as a reason to be skeptical of Northwestern's win streak. As for the players and coaches, there wasn't a doubt about just how good this team was coming into the game against Saucon Valley. Hall believes the impressive win should erase any doubts that those critics have about just how good Northwestern is.

"I hope it does, because I was convinced before the game and hopefully now, people understand how good we are," said Snyder.