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Griffins Lose Shootout at Fairmont State

Box Score The Griffins rallied from 23 points down to tie the score at 47 but it wasn't enough as Fairmont scored a touchdown late for a 54-47 WVIAC victory on Saturday afternoon.  Seton Hill falls to 0-8 on the season and 0-6 in WVIAC play.

Fairmont State scored the two lone touchdowns of the first quarter and added another early in the second quarter to jump out to a 20-0 lead.  Seton Hill cut the lead to 20-7 on a 2 yard TD pass from Andrew Jackson to DJ Carter with 10 minutes to play in the second.  FSU then extended its lead back to 20 with 6:42 to play in the half.  Tyler Zimmer forced a safety to cut the lead to 27-9 and Austin Recker recovered a fumble in the endzone just before the half and the Griffins entered the halftime break trailing 27-16. 

After FSU received a penalty for a lengthy halftime show, the Griffins pulled out their bag of tricks and recovered the onside kick.  Seven plays later Jackson found Lance Williams with a 9 yard TD pass and Niko Hall-Brown caught the 2 point conversion and the Griffins trailed 27-24.  Fairmont State then scored the next three touchdowns and led 47-24 with just over 12 minutes to play in the game.  Jackson then found Mike Allen with a 46 yard bomb to cut the lead to 47-32 after Eric Frye caught the 2 point conversion.  Johnathon Feagin then returned a fumble 63 yards and the Griffins trailed just 47-39 with over ten minutes remaining.  Darius Turner then recovered a fumble and after Sean Kelley's two point conversion the game was tied at 47 with 8:36 to play.  Neither team scored on their next possession and Fairmont State was then able to score with 1:36 to play to take a 54-47 lead.  Jackson was picked off as the Griffins were driving to end the contest.

Andrew Jackson was 32-61 for 432 yards and 3 TDs.  DJ Carter pulled in 13 grabs for 138 yards and a TD.  Mike Allen. Niko Hall-Brown and Lance Williams each had 5 receptions.  Derrick Dyer finished with 6 carries for 42 yards.  Tyler Zimmer led the defense with 15 tackles, 2 for loss and 2 sacks.  Xavier Perez-Coley had 14 tackles and Calvin Mason and Darius Turner each had 13.

Seton Hill will host West Liberty next Saturday at 3 PM.
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