I thought I would try something a little different this time, so it's a rematch of the 2005 Div II Championship as the Grand Valley St. Lakers take on the NW Missouri St. Bearkats.


The Bearkats scored on their opening possession, but after that both defenses shut down their opposing offenses for the rest of the half. The second half was a completely different story as the scoring really picked up. Trailing 27-23, Grand Valley St marched down to the Bearkat 9 with a minute left, but the drive stalled and the Bearkats win 27-23. Grand Valley St missed what turned out to be 2 crucial field goals earlier in the game. Another thing that hurt GV was losing star running back Astin Martin to injury early in the 4th quarter.

  SCORE BY PERIODS



 1 2  3 4 FINAL

NW Missouri St 7 0 14 6 27

Grand Valley St 0 0 13 10 23







 SCORING



Bearkats Rector 25 pass from Lumberson (Frevert kick) 11:30 - 1

Lakers Martin 22 run (Greene kick)  13:45 - 3

Bearkats Meyerworth 7 pass from Lumberson (Frevert kick) 10:15 - 3

Lakers Hukill 75 run (kick failed) 9:45 - 3

Bearkats Peterson 8 pass from Lumberson (Frevert kick)  2:00 - 3

Lakers Finnerty 11 run (Greene kick) 11:30 - 4

Lakers Field goal Greene 26 4:45 - 4

Bearkats Omon 1 run (kick failed) 3:00 - 4







 TEAM STATISTICS



 Bearkats Lakers



First Downs................................. 21 19

Rushes-Yards................................ 27-51 44-261

Passing yards............................... 395 302

Sacked-Yards lost........................... 1-7 1-7

3rd down eff................................ 4-12 6-15

Passes A-C-I................................ 35-27-0 26-17-1

Punts....................................... 7 5

Fumbles lost................................ 1 0

Missed field goals.......................... 0 2

Penalties-Yards ............................ 6-33 5-35

Time of Possesion........................... 29:15 32:15











 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS



PASSING:

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Bearkats A C I YDS Lakers A C I YDS

Lumberson 35 27 0 395 Finnerty 26 17 1 302







RUSHING

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Bearkats ATT YDS Lakers ATT YDS

Lumberson 9 12 Finnerty 11 48

Omon 14 32 Martin  16 62

Ritacco 4 7 Hukill 10 99

 Langston 7 52







RECEIVING:



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Bearkats REC YDS Lakers REC YDS

Rector 11 182 Hukill 4 34

Peterson 10 146 Langston 3 8

Wright  1 35 Fowler 4 61

Falkner 4 25 Mitchell 5 182

Meyerworth 1 7 Trent 1 17