WINONA, Minn. – Winona State advances to 4-0 at home this season in a 24-14 victory over Concordia-St. Paul on Homecoming.
The Warriors gained 209 yards on the ground, including a career high 141 yards from
Jahmani Muhammad to lead the Warriors to victory.
How it Happened:
After a Golden Bears punt, the Warriors went eight plays for 73 yards, capped off by a
Jackson Flottmeyer touchdown pass to
Joe Sikma to put the Warriors up 7-0 with 6:47 left in the quarter. CSP had a touchdown taken off the board on the ensuing drive from a penalty that ended the drive in a punt.
In the second quarter, a 41-yard Kenny Steffens field goal was blocked by Winona State's
David Nies to keep the Warrior lead at 7-0 with 8:53 left in the first half. On the Warriors' last possession of the half, they moved the ball down to the CSP eight-yard line. The following 21-yard field goal attempt with nine seconds left was missed by the Warriors to keep the game at 7-0 going into the break.
A 10-play drive that saw
Jahmani Muhammad break off a 27-yard run down to the Golden Bears 13-yard line, ended in the Warriors
Evan Swanstrom knocking in a 22-yard field goal to extend the Warriors lead to 10-0 with 10:43 left in the quarter. The Golden Bears responded with a 24-yard touchdown rush from Joel Lacy to cut the deficit to 10-7 with 6:21 left in the quarter. WSU battled right back with an 11-play, 73-yard drive capped off with a one-yard TD plunge from fullback
Colton Geurink to put the Warriors back up 10 at 17-7.
Winona States' defense forced yet another stop to keep the Golden Bears stuck at seven points. A seven-yard rushing touchdown from Flottmeyer, gave the Warriors a 24-7 lead with 6:34 left in the contest. A crucial 4th-down sack by
Ethan Doucette gave Winona State the ball back with 2:37 left. A Tony Edwards receiving touchdown with 58 seconds left ended the game at 24-14 Warriors.
Statistical Comparison:
- Winona State tallied 371 total yards with 162 passing and 209 rushing yards.
- Concordia-St. Paul gathered 293 yards on 173 passing and 120 rushing yards.
- The Golden Bears led in time of possession 33:09 to 26:51.
- The Warriors coughed up one fumble in the contest.
- Flottmeyer started at quarterback for WSU and went 13-of-28 with 162 yards through air with one TD pass and one on the ground.
- Muhammad earned a career-high 141 yards on the ground at an average tote of 8.8 yards a carry.
- Joe Sikma hauled in three passes for 59 yards and a score with Nolan Ginskey catching four balls for 53 yards.
- Doucette led the ferocious Warriors defense with eight tackles and a sack.
- Eliajah Randle, Caleb Jannsen, and Nies each had seven tackles in the home win.
- Taiden Thomas recorded 1.5 sacks for the Warriors.
- For the Golden Bears, Zachary Yeager and MJ Mitchell totaled 173 passing yards and a score.
- Daniel Hornacek crossed over the century mark with 105 rushing yards for CSP. Hornacek was the Golden Bears leading receiver with five catches for 44 yards.
- Tony Edwards gathered four catches for 44 yards and the Golden Bears lone receiving touchdown.
Winona State will have another tough test next weekend, traveling to the University of Sioux Falls on November 1st at 1:00pm.
