No. 5 Wheaton defeats No. 3 Mount Union in dramatic fashion for huge programmatic win

Wheaton. Ill. – The Wheaton football team picked up its biggest non-conference, regular season victory in program history on Saturday as the Thunder defeated University of Mount Union at McCully Stadium, 24-23 in dramatic fashion. All-American Aiden Byrne blocked a game-tying PAT kick attempt with 22-seconds left in regulation to help lead Wheaton to its first victory in eight all-time meetings against the Purple Raiders. Wheaton (1-0) entered today’s season opener ranked fifth in both Division III polls, and Mount Union (0-1) is third in the same preseason polls. Wheaton’s win on its home field snapped Mount Union’s streak of…