– Jimmies Football Defeated by Concordia (Neb.)

Results of Sat Football Homecoming Game At Hansen Stadium

Concordia (Neb) 24 Jamestown 17

Jamestown (UJ) The Concordia (Neb.) University Bulldogs held off a fourth quarter comeback attempt by the University of Jamestown football team and defeated the Jimmies 24-17 Saturday afternoon at Charlotte & Gordon Hansen Stadium.

The loss drops the Jimmies’ record to 2-4 overall and 2-3 in the GPAC. UJ is home next Saturday against No. 2 Northwestern (Iowa) College at 1 p.m.

Concordia needed just two plays for the opening score as Korrell Koehlmoos took a shovel pass from DJ McGarvie 78 yards to the end zone. Jamestown tied the game with a touchdown pass of their own, a 33-yarder from Cade Torgerson (JR/Billings, Mont.) to Isaiah Roebuck (FR/Marana, Ariz.). The Izaak Myles (JR/Apple Valley, Calif.) extra point made it 7-7 with 11:54 in the second quarter.

The Bulldogs took a 17-7 lead into the half after a 41-yard Daniel Cantu field goal and McGarvie’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Schardt. UJ had the only points in the third quarter, a 24-yard field goal by Myles that made it 17-10 entering the fourth quarter.

McGarvie threw his second scoring pass to Koehlmoos, a 20-yard strike that increased the Bulldogs’ lead to 24-10 with 12:52 remaining. Jamestown found the end zone again with 5:20 left as Carlos Julian (FR/North Las Vegas, Nev.) scored from 11 yards out.

UJ had one last drive beginning at the 3:24 mark and went 50 yards in 15 plays, but the drive ended on downs with four seconds left, and a Concordia kneel down ran out the clock.

Torgerson completed 26-of-52 passes for 253 yards. The 52 attempts set a new Jimmie single game record, breaking the previous mark of 50 by Josh Kittell in 2008. Micah Madyun (FR/Ramsey, Minn.) caught nine passes for 76 yards and Marcus Giles (JR/Coon Rapids, Minn.) added five grabs for 44 yards. Julian had 32 yards rushing on eight carries.

Defensively, Aaron Mack (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) and Jed Rantz (FR/Arroyo Grande, Calif.) each had six tackles. Josiah Rudloff (FR/Aladdin, Wyo.) had two tackles for loss, totalling 12 yards and registered a sack. Hershell Jefferson (FR/Pensacola, Fla.) also had an interception.