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At Sioux City, Iowa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Briar Cliff 31 Jamestown 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SIOUX CITY, Iowa- (UJ<\/a>) –\u00a0<\/strong>The Briar Cliff University Chargers scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to hand the University of Jamestown football team its first loss of the season, 31-25 Saturday afternoon at Memorial Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jimmies (2-1 overall, 1-1 GPAC) led 10-7 at the half on a 22-yard Aanon Peterson<\/a> (FR\/Andover, Minn.) field goal and one-yard Zach Hammett<\/a> (FR\/Mohave Valley, Ariz.) touchdown run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Briar Cliff tied the game on a 40-yard field goal by Jonathan Branner with 12:45 to go in the third quarter. After each team had their next drive stall out, UJ took over at its own 32-yard line following a Charger punt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thirteen plays and 68 yards later, Jamestown found the end zone as Cade Torgerson<\/a> (SR\/Billings, Mont.) and Steve Justice<\/a> (SR\/Henderson, Nev.) connected on a 28-yard touchdown pass, and Peterson’s extra point made it 17-10 with 4:45 remaining in the third. Torgerson completed five passes for 55 yards on the drive, including three to Justice for 44 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charger quarterback Luke Davies found Steven Whiting on an eight-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 17 with 11:42 remaining. The next two Jimmie drives ended in a fumble and a punt, while the defense was able to intercept Davies on the following Briar Cliff possession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Davies engineered another scoring drive following a UJ punt, completing a 39-yard pass to Spencer George on second-and-23, and the Chargers had their first lead since 7-0 in the first quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jimmies took over on their own 10 yard line with 7:55 to play, and covered 90 yards on 15 plays as Torgerson ran for a seven-yard touchdown to make it 24-23 with 1:29 left in the game. Instead of going for the tie with an extra point try, UJ went for the two-point conversion and the lead. Torgerson passed to Ryan Collins<\/a> (JR\/Akron, Ohio) for the successful try and Jamestown went back in front 25-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Briar Cliff started their final possession on their own 18-yard line and Davies found Damarreon Nelson for 12 yards and Kobe Johnson for another 28 on the first two plays, and the Chargers quickly marched into Jimmie territory. Back-to-back six-yard completions to Nelson moved the ball to the UJ 30, and with 22 seconds left, Davies and Nelson capped off the drive with a 30-yard scoring pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a fair catch on the ensuing kickoff, Jamestown started at its own 25 yard line, and moved up to the 32 on a 7-yard pass to Javon Bowie-Monteiro<\/a> (SR\/Sacramento, Calif.). On third down, Torgerson’s pass was incomplete to Ethan Goss<\/a> (SO\/Fresno, Calif.), and on fourth-and-three, Torgerson completed a three-yard pass to Goss on what appearted to be a first down. However, Torgerson was ruled to have thrown an illegal forward pass, and the game was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Torgerson completed 30-of-51 passes for 326 yards and a touchdown. Hammett carried 10 times for 58 yards and a score, and Justice finished with eight catches for 77 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rob Anderson<\/a> (JR\/Alexandria, Minn.) finished with 10 tackles, while Ezra Belingheri<\/a> (SO\/Sparks, Nev.) and Jed Rantz<\/a> (SO\/Arroyo Grande, Calif.) each had eight. Rantz and Paul Vandal<\/a> (JR\/Jamestown, N.D.) recorded sacks and Hershell Jefferson<\/a> (SO\/Pensacola, Fla.) had UJ’s only interception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamestown returns home to host Northwestern (Iowa) College Saturday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n