Even though it wasn't their best performance of the season, Northwestern still had plenty in the tank to beat Salisbury 47-15 Friday night. The key was two senior stars who had record-setting nights for Northwestern on offense.

Quarterback Frank Dangello threw a school record four touchdown passes, all of them going to fellow senior Cam Richardson, giving Dangello 40 career touchdown passes.

Richardson's four touchdown receptions were the most ever by a Northwestern receiver. Both Dangello and Richardson also ran for a touchdown to cap the scoring for the Tigers.

It was the second week in a row that Richardson set a school record after he became the first Northwestern player to catch, throw and run for a touchdown in the win over Saucon Valley.

"Frankie and Cam had career nights, but again, that goes out to teamwork and taking what the defense gives you," said Tiger head coach Josh Snyder. "All of these kids are just so unselfish. They don't get jealous of the other guy and I think what happens is that they feed off of one another."

The Northwestern defense, which has been the backbone of Northwestern's success this season, allowed 351 total yards of offense, but came up with some key plays that kept Salisbury from putting points on the board.

Brett Schillinger came up with two interceptions in the second half to stop Salisbury drives and the defense shut down the Falcons on drives that started in Northwestern territory, including one that started on the Tigers four-yard line after a fumbled punt. The defense stuffed a running play and a penalty pushed Salisbury back to the seven-yard line. On fourth down, the Falcons attempted a 25-yard field goal that missed wide left to keep the game scoreless.

Salisbury quarterback Tevon Weber was victimized by his own receivers, who time-after-time dropped passes that should have easily been caught for long gains or touchdowns. Those drops led Weber to be 13-for-27 in passing, but he did throw for 225 yards and two touchdowns.

Weber hit Shane Wittman for a 20-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter after the Falcons recovered a fumble and started a drive at their own 37-yard line. Weber also hit Kyle Hartzell with a one-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter to cap the Falcons scoring.

For Richardson, his individual accomplishments are really more of a team accomplishment that he's willing to share with the rest of the offense.

"It's nice to be able to give Harry [Hall] the ball a couple of times and then maybe throw me a pass or have me run or something,' he said. "It just makes our offense that much better.

"It really goes out to our linemen and to Harry and Dylan [Snyder] and Frank. There's no way that any one player can be a whole team, so I just have to thank them for everything."

While it wasn't their best effort of the season, the Tigers did get the win and moved to 6-0, while dropping Salisbury to 3-3. They also showed a bend-but-don't-break attitude on both offense and defense and were able to overcome any mistakes that they made along the way.

"We didn't play a perfect game, but from a team aspect, where individuals broke down, the team really rallied around them," said Snyder. "We dropped a punt inside our own five-yard line and they didn't score, because the defense picked it up. Although it wasn't a great game for not making mistakes, I thought we had a great effort and that made up for some of those mistakes."