At Taylor Stadium, UJ
(uj.edu) Offense was hard to come by for the University of Jamestown football team Saturday afternoon against ninth-ranked Dickinson State (N.D.) University.
The Blue Hawks took a 20-0 lead and cruised to a 34-0 win over the Jimmies at Rollie Greeno Field at Taylor Stadium.
Jamestown (0-2) travels to Hastings (Neb.) next Saturday in search of its first win in 2019.
A four-yard touchdown pass from Hayden Gibson to Amad Andrews Jr. capped off a six play, 40 yard scoring drive as DSU took a 7-0 lead with 6:12 in the first quarter.
Andrews plunged in from three yards out with 5:40 before halftime to make it 13-0, then Gibson found Jaret Lee from 17 yards out, extending the lead to 20-0 with 15 seconds before halftime.
UJ managed only 50 yards on 21 plays in the first half, punting four times and having two other drives end on a fumble. The Blue Hawks racked up 243 yards on 44 plays, including the 12 play, 93 yard drive culminated by Andrews’ touchdown run.
Despite holding the ball for only 4:15 in the third quarter and running six plays for 19 yards, the Jimmies kept Dickinson State off the scoreboard and it remained 20-0 heading into the final quarter.
Gibson and Lee connected on their second scoring play of the game to make it 27-0 with 14:12 remaining. Following a three-and-out by the Jimmies, a 12 play, 48 yard drive lasting 7:23 finished with Andrews’ second rushing touchdown to make it 34-0.
Jordan Mann (SR/Bismarck, N.D.) completed nine of 16 passes for 94 yards, with Garrett Mitchell (SO/Shakopee, Minn.) catching four balls for 69 yards, including a long of 35. Tanner Mathern (JR/Edgeley, N.D.) had 13 yards rushing on nine carries.
John Sullivan (SO/Sundance, Wyo.) led the defense with 10 tackles, followed by Ross Monson (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) with nine, and TJ Milk (JR/Pahrump, Nev.) and Aaron Mack (FR/Jamestown, N.D.) with eight. Justin Six (SO/Steele, N.D.) recorded an interception while Brooks Canfield (SO/Tempe, Ariz.) and Levi Scribner (JR/Crescent City, Calif.) each broke up a pass.
–Ryan Mikkelson, University of Jamestown Sports Information Director
