By: Alex Patt<\/p>\n
River Forest, Il. Concordia opened the 2015 season at home against Beloit College on a humid September 5th afternoon in front of 750 spectators. The high-scoring affair ended in a 51-50 Cougars victory which came down to the last minutes of the game.<\/p>\n
Both Concordia and Beloit traded leads throughout the games; Concordia lead most of the first half scoring 28 points in the first two quarters. After Concordia took a 35-24 lead at the 12:40 mark in the 3rd quarter, Beloit scored three straight touchdowns taking a 42-35 lead at the 6:24 mark of the 4th quarter. Concordia came right back to score another touchdown and take a 43-42 lead. Cheers turned to groans at Concordia Stadium when Beloit scored to take a 50-43 lead with less than two minutes to go. But the Cougars put together an eight-play, 58-yard drive to score a touchdown to make it 49-50 and a gutsy call by the coaching staff to go for a game-winning 2-point conversion to give Concordia a 51-50 lead with 14 seconds left. The Cougars held on to win.<\/p>\n
It was a great game for Concordia’s offense who mixed in both the run game and the passing game.<\/p>\n
Notable stats:<\/p>\n
RB Jakari Cammon rushed for 146 yards and scored two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
WR Rashad Lofton had 116 yards of offense and scored two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
QB Shane Virnala completed 21 of 26 passes with 249 total yards and threw three touchdowns.<\/p>\n
QB Rob Granquist completed 9 of 13 with 86 yards and threw two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Concordia will play their next game at Kalamazoo College on September 19th (Noon CT start) after an off week this week.<\/p>\n
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