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The Lindenwood football team scored three unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter for a come-from-behind 28-24 victory over Glenville State on Friday night at Hunter Stadium.

The Lions entered the final quarter down 24-7 but they dominated the final 15 minutes of play. The defense allowed just 57 yards of total offense in the quarter, forced three punts, and intercepted a pass to seal the victory.

Lindenwood's senior leaders on offense, Andrew Helmick and Denodus O'Bryant, sparked the comeback. The Lions got the ball with 12:45 remaining and had great field position on the Glenville State 40-yard line. After a penalty took the ball down to the 25-yard line, Helmick caught two passes for 23 yards, and O'Bryant had a two-yard rushing touchdown.

On its next possession, Lindenwood's other receivers got into the action. Matt Angell caught a big pass on third-and-18 for 19 yards to keep the drive going. Jordan Gater, Angell, and Sam Sealer then caught three consecutive passes to get the ball down to the two. O'Bryant finished the drive off again with another rushing touchdown.

Glenville State picked up one first down on its next possession, but on third-and-eight from its 26, Malach Radigan recorded a sack and the Pioneers' punt gave the Lions the ball near midfield. Lindenwood's final drive was all Helmick. On the first play, he caught a shovel pass and advanced the ball to the Glenville State 19-yard line. On the second play, Helmick rushed the ball and found a small hole on the right side. He was able to stay inbounds and score a 19-yard touchdown.

The Pioneers picked up one first down on its final drive, but Radigan came up with another sack on the next second-down play. On fourth-and-13, Pierre Desir then intercepted a pass to seal the victory for the Lions. (video)

While the final quarter was all Lindenwood, the first three were belonged to Glenville State. The Pioneers took a 17-0 lead into halftime after forcing three turnovers and outgaining the Lions by a 270-89 margin. The Lions finally got on the scoreboard on their first drive of the second half. O'Bryant opened the drive with a 27-yard run and later finished it with a three-yard touchdown. Glenville State answered on its next drive with a touchdown, and neither team scored again until Lindenwood's fourth-quarter outburst.

Glenville State finished the game with 401 yards of total offense, compared to 368 for the Lions. Lindenwood turned it over four times, compared to three for the Pioneers. Glenville State also dominated time of possession, including holding the ball for over 22 minutes in the first half.

Helmick finished with eight catches for 114 yards, while O'Bryant rushed for 72 yards and caught four passes for 23 yards. Angell finished just shy of the 100-yard receiving mark with 95. Ben Gomez threw for 287 yards.

Defensively, Radigan had six tackles, two sacks, and forced a fumble that Lindenwood recovered. Cody Fogle led the team in tackles with 12, while Desir had 11 tackles, and 1.5 tackles for loss to go along with his interception. AJ Chappelle, Jaz Granderson, and Connor Harris all had 10 tackles. Chappell and Joe Day recovered fumbles and Brock Reed had the team's other forced fumble. The Lions defense finished the game with three sacks and nine tackles for loss.

Game Notes: Lindenwood improves to 3-1 on the season while Glenville State falls to 1-3 … Andrew Helmick recorded the eighth 100-yard receiving game of his career … Denodus O'Bryant set a personal-best with three rushing touchdowns in the game … the 12 tackles by Cody Fogle was the most he has recorded in a game in his career … Malach Radigan recorded two sacks in a game for the first time in his career … Lions head coach Patrick Ross coached his 100th game at Lindenwood and won his 77th game at the school … Lindenwood will be home again on Sept. 29 with a 1:30 p.m. contest against Nebraska at Kearney.