CLARION — Slippery Rock made quick work of Clarion in their college football game Saturday at Memorial Stadium — literally.

The Rock’s 31-0 victory — its fourth in a row — took all of two hours and 15 minutes.

“That was the fastest game I’ve ever been involved in, by far,” Rock coach Shawn Lutz said. “They were trying to run the ball, run clock ... They wanted to keep the ball away from our offense.”

With good reason.

SRU (8-1, 5-1) rolled up 533 yards of offense, most of it coming from the arm of quarterback Noah Grover. He completed 27 of 34 passes for 440 yards and three touchdowns. It was his third 400-yard passing game in less than two seasons as SRU’s starting quarterback.

The Rock won the Milk Jug trophy — presented annually to the Clarion-SRU winner — for the 11th time in 12 years.

Grover threw two 14-yard touchdown passes to Kyle Sheets and found Gavyn Barnes from 13 yards out.

“Noah’s playing at a very high level right now,” Lutz said. “I know the guy from Shepherd (Tyson Bagent) is good, but Noah’s playing as well as anybody in the region at this point.”

Grover’s found a go-to receiver as well, connecting with Sheets nine times for 206 yards. Sheets picked up his second consecutive 100-yard receving game.

“They couldn’t stop him, had no answer for Kyle,” Lutz said. “He was continually getting open. He’s elevated himself to one of the best receivers in our league.”

Clarion (3-6, 2-4) was limited to 202 yards offensively. Quarterback Zach Benedek threw for only 62 yards and The Rock defense continued its streak of not allowing a 100-yard rusher all season. Nathan Roby led the Golden Eagles’ ground attack with 51 yards.

The 13th-ranked moved into a three-way tie for first place in the PSAC West as Gannon defeated Indiana (Pa.), 43-36, Saturday. SRU closes the Western Division portion of its schedule Saturday, hosting Edinboro at 1 p.m.

If IUP, Gannon and SRU all win this weekend, IUP will win the West via the tiebreaker system and advance to the PSAC Championship Game.

Notes: SRU shut out Clarion for the second straight year and has outscored the Golden Eagles 130-0 over the final 10 quarters. ... The Rock is 17-2 in its last 19 PSAC West road games. ... Grover moved to No. 5 on The Rock’s all-time list with 41 career TD passes. ... SRU did not allow a first-quarter touchdown for the eighth time in nine games this season. SRU is outscoring the opposition 80-12 in the first quarter this year.

Slippery Rock 7 7 7 10 — 31

Clarion 0 0 0 0 — 0

First Quarter

SRU — Chris D’Or 1 run (DJ Opsatnik kick), 8:46

Second Quarter

SRU — Kyle Sheets 14 pass from Noah Grover (Opsatnik kick), 6:31

Third Quarter

SRU — Gavyn Barnes 13 pass from Grover (Opsatnik kick), 12:16

Fourth Quarter

SRU — Opsatnik 37 field goal, 12:10

SRU — Sheets 14 pass from Grover (Opsatnik kick), 7:07

Individual Statistics

Rushing: SRU, Isaiah Edwards 5-45, Chris D’Or 12-40, Noah Grover 4-9, Tim Smith 1-1, Chris Wells 2-0. Clarion, Nathan Roby 6-51, Khalil Owens 11-39, Michael Akinleye 2-17, Trenten Smith 4-10, Zach Benedek 8-2, Andy Martin 1-(-1), Zack Kindel 1-(-1).

Passing: SRU, Noah Grover 27-34-440-0, Kyle Butts 0-1-0-1. Clarion, Zach Benedek 10-18-62-0, Jarret Esposito 1-1-23-0.

Receiving: SRU, Kyle Sheets 9-206, Gavyn Barnes 3-55, Jawon Hall 4-52, Cohen Russell 4-45, Max Maciejewski 2-29, Kenyon Johnson 1-28, Nathan Waltman 1-12, Bryce Profitt 1-8, Chris D’Or 2-5. Clarion, Nathan Roby 4-27, Rega Schleicher 1-23, Khalil Owens 3-18, Trenten Smith 2-12, Zack Kindel 1-5.