November 23, 2008
Lindenwood Football Wins First-Round NAIA Championship Series Contest
Nov. 22, 2008- The No. 7 Lindenwood football team won a shootout on Saturday afternoon in the first-round of the NAIA Championship Series, defeating No. 16 Lambuth by a 65-48 score. The victory was the first all-time for the Lions in the NAIA Championship Series.
The two teams combined for 1245 total offensive yards, including 865 through the air. Lindenwood was able to prevail after forcing six turnovers, including five interceptions, while the Eagles forced just one interception.
Lindenwood jumped out to an early 14-0 lead after one quarter, taking advantage of three Eagle turnovers. In the second, both teams scored three touchdowns and missed one extra point, making it 34-20 Lindenwood at halftime.
Early in the second-half, the Lions appeared to put the game away with touchdowns to go up 48-20. A 41-yard Eagle touchdown late in the quarter though set the stage for a wild fourth quarter.
Lindenwood scored first on a field goal by Halley Ferrell to go up 51-27. Lambuth scored two times though within 2:06 to pull within 51-41, with an onside kick recovery between the two scores.
Lambuth nearly got another onside kick, but it was called back on offside. Lindenwood missed a field goal however with the short field, and Lambuth answered with a third straight touchdown. After another onside kick failed, Lindenwood finally appeared to put the game away when Dario Camacho broke a third-and-four run for a 22-yard touchdown with 1:43 remaining. The final points of the game came at 1:14 when Billy Ray Uren picked off an Eagles pass and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown.
Ben Kisner threw for 352 yards and had five touchdown passes. Rudy Fleming and Marcel Thompson both went over 100 yards receivings, with Fleming having 123 and two touchdowns, and Thompson had 109 yards and one score. Camacho rushed for 134 yards and one touchdown.
LeMarien Parson had a rushing touchdown for the Lions, and Brent Hodgkiss and Brian Williams had the other receiving touchdowns. Mike Bunton had a special teams touchdown with an 85-yard kickoff return.
Landon Talley was the top offensive threat for Lambuth, catching 19 passes for 248 yards and four touchdowns. Quarterbacks Josh Garza and Adam Wiese both threw for three touchdowns and combined for 513 passing yards. Garza had 266 while Wiese had 247. Garza was also the leading rusher for the team with 84 yards.
Other touchdowns for the Eagles came from Brandon Okechukwu, Jesse Ferrell, and B.A. Davis.
Lindenwood's Adarrious Ross finished the game with one interception, four pass breakups, and six tackles. Darrel Trice, Logen Wright and Seth Tutera tied for the team-high with eight tackles. Brandon Gould had two interceptions, and Trice and Billy Ray Uren each had one.
Rashad Taylor had 10 tackles for the Eagles, and Jonathan Baptist had the team's lone interception.
Game Notes: Lindenwood improves to 10-1 on the year and will learn on Sunday who it will face in the NAIA Championship Series Quarterfinals Lambuth ends its season with an 8-4 mark Halley Ferrell set the school record for career field goals with his 29th of his career Rudy Fleming set the school's single-season record for touchdown receptions with his ninth and tenth of the season Ben Kisner tied a school single-game mark with five passing touchdowns Ben Kisner was named the game's Offensive Most Valuable Player and Adarrious Ross was the game's Defensive Most Valuable Player.
Lindenwood jumped out to an early 14-0 lead after one quarter, taking advantage of three Eagle turnovers. In the second, both teams scored three touchdowns and missed one extra point, making it 34-20 Lindenwood at halftime.
Early in the second-half, the Lions appeared to put the game away with touchdowns to go up 48-20. A 41-yard Eagle touchdown late in the quarter though set the stage for a wild fourth quarter.
Lindenwood scored first on a field goal by Halley Ferrell to go up 51-27. Lambuth scored two times though within 2:06 to pull within 51-41, with an onside kick recovery between the two scores.
Lambuth nearly got another onside kick, but it was called back on offside. Lindenwood missed a field goal however with the short field, and Lambuth answered with a third straight touchdown. After another onside kick failed, Lindenwood finally appeared to put the game away when Dario Camacho broke a third-and-four run for a 22-yard touchdown with 1:43 remaining. The final points of the game came at 1:14 when Billy Ray Uren picked off an Eagles pass and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown.
Ben Kisner threw for 352 yards and had five touchdown passes. Rudy Fleming and Marcel Thompson both went over 100 yards receivings, with Fleming having 123 and two touchdowns, and Thompson had 109 yards and one score. Camacho rushed for 134 yards and one touchdown.
LeMarien Parson had a rushing touchdown for the Lions, and Brent Hodgkiss and Brian Williams had the other receiving touchdowns. Mike Bunton had a special teams touchdown with an 85-yard kickoff return.
Landon Talley was the top offensive threat for Lambuth, catching 19 passes for 248 yards and four touchdowns. Quarterbacks Josh Garza and Adam Wiese both threw for three touchdowns and combined for 513 passing yards. Garza had 266 while Wiese had 247. Garza was also the leading rusher for the team with 84 yards.
Other touchdowns for the Eagles came from Brandon Okechukwu, Jesse Ferrell, and B.A. Davis.
Lindenwood's Adarrious Ross finished the game with one interception, four pass breakups, and six tackles. Darrel Trice, Logen Wright and Seth Tutera tied for the team-high with eight tackles. Brandon Gould had two interceptions, and Trice and Billy Ray Uren each had one.
Rashad Taylor had 10 tackles for the Eagles, and Jonathan Baptist had the team's lone interception.
Game Notes: Lindenwood improves to 10-1 on the year and will learn on Sunday who it will face in the NAIA Championship Series Quarterfinals Lambuth ends its season with an 8-4 mark Halley Ferrell set the school record for career field goals with his 29th of his career Rudy Fleming set the school's single-season record for touchdown receptions with his ninth and tenth of the season Ben Kisner tied a school single-game mark with five passing touchdowns Ben Kisner was named the game's Offensive Most Valuable Player and Adarrious Ross was the game's Defensive Most Valuable Player.