The Lindenwood football team (1-4, 1-1 OVC) fell in the GameBall Brawl to SEMO (3-3, 1-0 OVC) by a score of 38-27 on Saturday afternoon from Steward Field at Hunter Stadium
GAME OVERVIEW
Both teams opened the game with a three and out as the defense held firm early. Following another SEMO punt, Lindenwood got the ground game going. Coming out of a timeout,
Pops Battle kept the ball on a quarterback read scoring from 50 yards out to put the Lions up 7-0 with 4:15 to play in the first. The Redhawks answered on their next drive, tying the game at seven apiece after one.
Lindenwood capped off a six-play 80 yard drive to begin the second quarter with a 43-yard touchdown run from
Jared Rhodes, putting the Lions up 14-7. SEMO answered right back with a score of their own, tying the game at 14 with 12:40 to play. Each defense settled in and got a few stops. With under four minutes left in the half, Lindenwood was looking for the go-ahead score, but missed a field goal, keeping the game tied. The Redhawks took the lead on its next possession and held a 21-14 advantage out of the break.
Following a pair of three and outs by each team, SEMO put a drive together and looked to be going up by two scores. After multiple stops near the goal line, a bad snap got away from the SEMO running back which was picked up by
Brayon Crawford and returned for a touchdown, tying the game at 21 midway through the third. However, SEMO responded back and took a 28-21 lead into the fourth.
The Redhawks would go up 35-21 with an early touchdown in the fourth, while adding a field goal to extend the lead to 38-21 with just under eight minutes to play. Lindenwood continued to rely on the ground game as
Steve Hall found the endzone cutting the deficit to 38-27 with just over five minutes to play. That would be as close as they would get, however, falling by that score on Saturday afternoon.
GAME LEADERS
Steve Hall (10 carries, 83 yards, one touchdown)
Jared Rhodes (14 carries, 67 yards, one touchdown)
UP NEXT
The Lions will hit the road for a matchup with Eastern Illinois on Saturday, October 17. Kickoff is set for 2:00 p.m.
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