ST. PAUL, Minn. (TRAMESH) — Division II-member Sioux Falls got two hasty touchdowns from Dylan Runningen and the Cougars shut bottomward the St. Thomas-Minnesota breach in a 34-13 season-opening win on Thursday night.
The Tummies’ accident brought their nation-long 31-game home acceptable band to an end.
The Cougars, accepted for their four NAIA civic championships afore affective to Division II in 2012, outgained St. Thomas 393-172 in absolute offense. The Tommie's had alone three aboriginal downs through three abode and were 1 for 13 on third bottomward for the game.
Sioux Falls took an 11-7 advance at halftime, afterwards Camden Dean’s 1-yard run additional a two-point about-face and a 30-yard acreage ambition by Nick Hernandez.
The Cougars pushed their advance to 18-7 back Matt Grzybowski ran 3 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. St. Thomas got aural 18-13 on a band sack and 5-yard bollix acknowledgment by C.J. Warren to accomplish it 18-13 but the Cougars’ Brendan Holt recovered a bollix on the two-point try and alternate it 90 yards for a arresting two-point conversion.
Sioux Falls added Runningen’s two abbreviate touchdown runs to put the bold abroad in the fourth quarter. He accomplished with 67 yards on 23 carries.
Dean completed 17 of 29 passes for 189 yards and was intercepted once.
Two St. Thomas quarterbacks accumulated to go 14 of 35 for 150 yards with a touchdown and in interception.
The Tommie's took an aboriginal 7-0 advance back an interception by Branden Smith set up a 25-yard touchdown canyon from Tak Tationa to Jacob Wildermuth.
