Box Score The Lindenwood football team could not repeat its road magic from week one of the season on Saturday night. The Lions fell to Fort Hays State by a 20-7 margin in Hays, Kan.
 
The Lions committed numerous mistakes throughout the night which ultimately cost them a victory. Among them were four turnovers and 121 penalty yards.
 
The first quarter was a defensive battle as both teams punted the ball four times. In the second quarter, the Tigers took the lead because of two Lindenwood interceptions. The first came at Lindenwood's 29-yard line and the Tigers returned it 25 yards. Two plays later, Fort Hays State was in the endzone with the first seven points of the game. Later in the half, Lindenwood had first-and-goal from the three-yard line, but it lost a yard after two plays. On third down, the Lions threw an interception in the endzone to keep them off the scoreboard at halftime.
 
The second half started out promising for Lindenwood. The defense forced a three-and-out, and Lindenwood put together a seven-play scoring drive. The big play was a 43-yard pass from Dillon Miller to Jaron Alexander. Two plays later, Miller found Alex Robinson for a three-yard touchdown reception.
 
Fort Hays State quickly regained control of the game. The Tigers rushed five times for 81 yards on their next drive, including a 40-yard touchdown run. Lindenwood then fumbled the kickoff and the Tigers quickly added a field goal. Those 10 points in 50 seconds put Fort Hays State up 17-7.
 
Fort Hays State would add one more field goal in the fourth quarter. The Tigers defense did the rest as Lindenwood would never get closer than the Fort Hays State 48-yard line the rest of the game.
 
Miller finished the game 31-of-55 passing for 263 yards and one touchdown. The 31 completions were the third-most in school history for a single game. Alexander led the receivers with five catches for 59 yards. Robinson and Tre' Roby also had five receptions, and Gater finished with 39 receiving yards on just two catches.
 
Defensively, Connor Harris had a team-high 11 tackles. Derrick Nsubuga had a fumble recovery. Chaz Fulton had the team's only sack and finished with a team-high two tackles for loss.
 
Game Notes: Lindenwood falls to 1-2 overall and 1-2 in the MIAA … Fort Hays State improves to 2-1 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA … Fort Hays State now leads the all-time series by a 2-1 margin … Connor Harris recorded his 10th career game with double-figure tackles … Jaron Alexander passed 1,000 receiving yards for his career …. Dillon Miller also reached a milestone by passing the 4,000 yard passing mark for his career … Jeremy Morris had one of the team's three pass breakups and continues to lead the team with four …. the Lions will be in action again next Thursday at home at 7 p.m. against Missouri Western in the CBS Sports Network NCAA Division II National Game of the Week.