Football
Midland 35 Jamestown 28
FREMONT, Neb (uj.edu) — Payton Nelson’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Johnson in overtime was the game-winner as Midland (Neb.) defeated the University of Jamestown 35-28 Saturday afternoon.
The game was a see-saw affair, with four lead changes and four ties during the course of the afternoon.
Midland took the opening kickoff and went 73 yards in seven plays over 3:31 to take a 7-0 lead. Lukas Vopnford went in from five yards out for the score.
Jordan Mann (JR/Bismarck, N.D.) connected with Barry Williams Jr. (FR/Las Vegas, Nev.) on a 16-yard pass six seconds into the second quarter to tie the game. Mann gave Jamestown its first lead with a one-yard scoring run. The Kai Madela (FR/Henderson, Nev.) extra point made it 14-7 with 12:24 before halftime.
Vopnford found paydirt for the second time in the half with a one-yard plunge at the 4:23 mark of the second quarter to make it 14-14.
In the second half, Jamestown went ahead 21-14 on Mann’s second touchdown pass of the game, this time a four-yard pass to Marcus Giles (FR/Blaine, Minn.), to cap off a 51-yard, 10-play drive.
Nelson hit Jordan Jackson with a 12-yard pass for Midland to tie the game at 21 seventy seconds into the fourth quarter.
Nick Thompson (JR/Max, N.D.) was on the other end of Mann’s third scoring pass of the day as UJ retook a 28-21 lead with 11:22 in the fourth.
Nelson scored from one yard out to tie the game for Midland with 7:43 in regulation.
Mann had a career day throwing the ball, completing 22 of 36 passes for 234 yards. Giles had 90 yards on four catches and Williams caught five passes for 51 yards. Allen Jevning (SO/Brainerd, Minn.) carried 17 times for 78 yards while Mann and Jimmy Hatch (JR/Sacramento, Calif.) each ran for 44 yards.
Caleb Ellingson (SR/Jamestown, N.D.) made 15 tackles (9 solo). Ellingson, Bisherie Steward (JR/Rialto, Calif.), Zach Philips, Aundre Purnell (SO/Garden Grove, Calif.), and Gavin Pancirov (JR/Las Vegas, Nev.) all registered tackles for loss. Cedric Terry (JR/Minneapolis, Minn.) and Andrew Jensen (SR/Gardnerville, Nev.) intercepted passes.
Nelson was 11-for-23 for 138 yards passing and ran for 84 yards. Adrian Kellogg rushed for 117 yards on 16 carries. Jackson had three catches for 37 yards.
Jamestown (1-5, 0-4 GPAC) hosts Briar Cliff next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
