Winona State Rally spoils home opener for Dragon Football, 27-13 | Mighty 790 KFGO

ABERDEEN, SD The Moorhead national football team at Minnesota State University led the 13-0 lead early in the third quarter, but Winona State scored the last 27 points to beat the Dragons 27-13 on Saturday at Schools Field at Nemzek Stadium.

MSUM fell 1-1 in a year as Winona State improved 2-0.

The Dragons were only 2/5 of the red area scoring opportunities. Winona State scored 14 points on two MSUM sales.

After all, it was disappointing, MSUM head coachSteve Laquasaid. We had opportunities we didn’t take advantage of. We need to clean up non-compelling mistakes.

Freshman quarterbackTommy Falkset a new single-game MSUM record with 59 assists and was three miles from the set goalJakup Sinani373 out of 59 with 393 yards and two touches. He was arrested twice.

Older receiverGrady Bresnahanpulled 12 passports for 129 yards and contacted after a second-year recipientRyan Bieberdorftook 11 catches at 139 yards. Sophomore receiverTrent Marquartpulled six passes for 54 yards and a score.

The freshman runs backLuke Imdiekerushed for 43 yards and got three assists for 35 yards.

Second class defensive backJared Kallenbachthere were 12 games high in defense leadership and senior securityShad Vedaawas the 11th Sophomore defensive endDenver Sheetswas sacked and forced to fumble when the freshman defended backCody Sorensontook his first collegial abduction.

MSUM led 7-0 at halftime, thanks 10 yards from Falk to Bresnahan and 9:01 left in the second set. It limited the 58-game drive of seven games.

The lead grew to 13-0 when Falk hit Marquart by 8 yards 3:25 in the second half and led 13-0.

Winona State would make the final 27 points in the last 23 minutes to gain the lead and earn a win.

MSUM will be in Augustana on September 18th.

Match Summary: Football 9/11/2017 5:26:00 PM | Tom Berg