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HANCOCK -- It was 60 minutes of SISU as the Finlandia University football team (0-2 UMAC, 0-6) lost 28-12 to Minnesota-Morris (2-0 UMAC, 3-3), Saturday afternoon at Big Cat Stadium.
On the first possession of the game, Finlandia drove down to the Minnesota-Morris 25-yard line before being stopped. The Cougars would score on their first possession for the 7-0 lead.
With 2:48 to go in the first quarter, freshman Chance Bridgers forced a fumble and sophomore Charlie Garbowski recovered at the FinnU 48-yard line. Finlandia drove down and freshman Hunter Miles threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to freshman Jordin Haley.
That made it 7-6, Minnesota-Morris at the 12:48 mark of the second quarter. Another fumble recovery gave the Lions the ball at the Cougars 17-yard line. Morris forced a turnover and scored on their next possession to lead 14-6 at the half.
Minnesota-Morris scored twice to take a 28-6 lead with 6:30 left in the game. Freshman Keveontai McDonald dove in from the run with 1:39 left in the game.
Offensively, Miles and freshman Nahum Garent combined to go 22-of-33 for 222 yards. The 22 completions were second best in single-game history. Freshman Montez Archer ran for 52 yards and had 63 yards returning kicks for 115 yards in all-purpose yardage.
Defensively, FinnU held the Cougars to 76 yards in the air. Freshman Diego Agosto had 15 tackles and Garbowski had 14 tackles, one for a loss and recovered a fumble. It was Garbowski's fourth straight game in double-digits for tackles.
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Finlandia keeps to the road, Saturday, Oct. 15, taking on Martin Luther. The game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.