GAME OVERVIEW
The Lindenwood football team (3-6) lost 27-14 to Fort Hays State (7-2) on Saturday afternoon in Hays, Kan.  Lindenwood was just 2-for-12 on third downs and allowed 389 passing yards to the Tigers.
 
Fort Hays needed just 1:25 to take a 7-0 lead to open the game after its first drive started at the Lindenwood 43 yard line.  Later in the quarter, Cade Brister led the Lions on a four-play 52-yard drive that was capped off with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Mason Bendigo to tie the game at 7-7.  Fort Hays scored 13-straight points to take a 20-7 lead at the end of the first half.
 
Lindenwood answered to start the second half as the Lions went 65 yards on eight plays make it a 20-14 game after a Najee Jackson touchdown grab.  The Tigers scored late in the third quarter to again take a two-score lead, and neither team scored in the final quarter as the game ended in a 27-14 win for Fort Hays.
 
GAME LEADERS
Jonathan Harris (9 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 4.0 TFL, 1 FF)
Cade Brister (20-30, 178 yards, 2 TD)
Najee Jackson (6 rec, 42 yards, 1 TD)
Cameron Sanders (13 rushes, 91 yards)
 
UP NEXT
Lindenwood (3-6) returns home to take on Central Missouri on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Hunter Stadium in St. Charles, Mo.