{"id":111909,"date":"2016-12-03T21:07:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T03:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=111909"},"modified":"2016-12-03T21:07:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T03:07:55","slug":"richmond-comeback-defeats-hawks-27-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=111909","title":{"rendered":"Richmond comeback defeats &#8216;Hawks 27-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-102961\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/UNDhawksLOGO-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"UNDhawksLOGO\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/UNDhawksLOGO-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/UNDhawksLOGO-431x291.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/UNDhawksLOGO-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/UNDhawksLOGO.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Griffin Trau kicked an 18-yard field goal as time expired, capping a 17-point comeback and sending Richmond to a 27-24 win over seventh-seeded North Dakota in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Spiders (10-3) got into field goal range thanks to a 54-yard pass from Kevin Johnson to Tyler Wilkins on third-and-14 earlier on the drive. Richmond moved the ball 17 yards in the next three plays, and Trau&#8217;s game-winner tucked inside the left upright as the clock hit zeroes.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota (9-3) led 24-7 early in the third quarter after Demun Mercer&#8217;s second touchdown catch from Keaton Studsrud. Mercer had five catches for 122 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns, ran for a 9-yard score late in the third to pull Richmond within 24-14. The Spiders blocked a punt and converted field position into a field goal to get within a touchdown, and Johnson found Garrett Hudson for an 8-yard score to tie it at 24 with 5:24 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Richmond travels to second-seeded Eastern Washington next Saturday for a quarterfinals matchup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Griffin Trau kicked an 18-yard field goal as time expired, capping a 17-point comeback and sending Richmond to a 27-24 win over seventh-seeded North Dakota in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday. The Spiders (10-3) got into field goal range thanks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":102962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111911,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111909\/revisions\/111911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}