San Antonio - The Trinity Tigers football team completed its three-game home stand with a 26-3 victory over Austin College on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity improved to 3-1, while Austin College remained winless at 0-4. The two teams are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, but the game on Nov. 16 at Sherman, Texas will count toward SCAC standings. The Tigers have now won 17 consecutive meetings with the Kangaroos – including a 42-13 victory last year in San Antonio – and lead the series 43-29-6.

A few minutes into the game, officials halted the contest due to lightning in the area.  The delay came right after Trinity's Stephen Smith hooked up with Sam Harford for a 15-yard touchdown pass with 11:50 remaining in the first quarter.  The delay lasted more than an hour.

Von'Darrick Jones set up the opening score with his second interception in the past two weeks, and the Tiger drive started just 26 yards from the end zone.

Early in the second period, Travis Williams gave the Tigers a 13-0 lead with a 12-yard run - a lead that held into halftime.  

Austin College's only score of the game was a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter, but then Smith threw a pair of touchdown passes to put the Tigers comfortably in front.  Both of those touchdowns went to wide receiver Cody Sandman. 

Smith completed 12-20 passes for 155 yards and three touchdowns in just his second career start.  Sandman snagged five passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Kennemer had three receptions for 14 yards, and became the 24th player in Trinity history to reach the 1,000-yard milestone in receiving.

Williams rushed 11 times for 62 yards and one touchdown to lead Trinity, while Desmond King had 12 attempts for 50 yards. King, who also registered two receptions for 43 yards, led the Tigers in the all-purpose yards, with 93 for the game.

Defensively, J.P. Sanchez and James Hix each chalked up 11 tackles, while Connor Yorloff had 10. Sanchez, Jones, and Bradley Drenon each recorded sacks in the game.

Trinity travels to Belton, Texas, next Saturday, to take on third-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor at 6 p.m. The Tigers return home Oct. 12 to host Millsaps College at 1:30 p.m., during the University's Alumni Weekend. The Trinity University Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2013 will be inducted at halftime.