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42
Winner Minn. Duluth UMD 5-4 , 4-4
38
Winona St. WSU 4-5 , 4-4
Winner
Minn. Duluth UMD
5-4 , 4-4
42
Final
38
Winona St. WSU
4-5 , 4-4
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Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
UMD Minn. Duluth 7 14 7 14 42
WSU Winona St. 7 21 0 10 38

Game Recap: Football |

Walljasper's Offensive Afternoon Leads Bulldogs Past Winona State 42-38

Led by the 30 points and 420 total offensive yards from quarterback Kyle Walljasper, the University of Minnesota Duluth football team defeated Winona State University 42-38 at Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winona, Minn. Saturday afternoon.

 

The game featured a number of season best performances from the Bulldogs, including 322 team rushing yards, the most rushing TDs (Walljasper, with five), most individual rushing yards in a game (Walljasper 236), and both the longest rush (Walljasper, 70 yards), and longest reception (Sam Pitz, 74 yds) of the season.

 

UMD's offense flexed those season-high efforts early, with Walljasper hitting Pitz a mere 1:34 into the opening quarter for the early 7-0 lead. After the Warriors drew even on a 13-yd pass midway through the frame, Walljasper scampered in with the first of his four rushing TDs nine seconds into the second quarter to push the Bulldogs ahead 14-7.

 


WSU scored back-to-back rushing touchdowns less than three minutes apart before adding a 8-yard TD reception at 5:35 to go ahead of UMD 28-14, but Walljasper pulled the Bulldogs within a single touchdown with a 13-yd run 1:52 before halftime to make it a 28-21 game.

 

Another 1-yd run by Walljasper with 53 seconds left in the third quarter drew UMD even at 28-28, and was the only score by either team of the entire third frame.

 


Both teams traded points in the final quarter, starting with a Warrior TD at 11:58 to retake the lead. Walljasper again answered just 1:25 later on a 4-yd rushing TD to even the game out at 35-35. A sack by Drew Hennessey may have altered the game for WSU, however, forcing the Warriors back nine yards and into a 3rd and 15 at 3:58. WSU settled for a field goal and a three-point lead, and with 3:50 left in the fourth, UMD took possession of the ball on its 25 yardline. Walljasper hit DaShaun Ames for a 31-yd completion on the first possession, moving the ball to the Warriors 44-yd line. 

 


Four plays later, Walljasper rushed out of the shotgun position for 22 yards to WSU's 28, and another two plays later, the redshirt junior QB sealed UMD's winning fate with a 2-yard run, that followed by a Curtis Cox extra point, pushed the Bulldogs ahead 42-38 with just 23 seconds left to play.

 

Walljasper's monster day had a career high effort too – his rushing mark of 236 yards and his five rushing TDs were both career bests, and he registered 9.1 yards a carry on the afternoon. Pitz was one yard shy of his career-best receiving yards in a game with his season-best 132 yard effort, but his 74 yard reception is the longest of his Bulldog career. 

 

Defensively, UMD was led by Jarrett Bennett's eight tackles, including five solo efforts. Two players had six tackles – Mac Strand and Preston McQueen, while Jacob Mogensen, Tyrone McCoy, Landon Carter and Mason Wilson all recorded five. 

 

Hennessey was one of four players to record sacks, and led the Bulldogs with 1.5 sacks. His effort now brings his career sack total to 19 – catapulting Hennessey into a tie for the sixth most UMD career sacks in program history. 

 

UMD out gained WSU on offense 535-393, including a 322-170 advantage on the ground.
 

 

The Bulldogs (5-4 overall and 4-4 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) will continue their back-to-back road stand next Saturday when they travel to St. Paul, Minn. to face Concordia University, St. Paul in an NSIC contest that will get underway at noon.

 

BULLDOG NOTES: Kyle Walljasper led the entire NSIC Saturday in total offense (420), rushing yards (236), and points scored (30) … Sam Pitz led the league with 132 receiving yards … Drew Hennessey is now just one of six UMD players ever to record 19 or more sacks in a career and is now tied with Beau Bates, who recorded 19 from 2013 to 2016 … punter Logan Kobus had a season-best punting average of 44.5 yards per punt Saturday ... Walljasper now has 30 career rushing TDs, putting him in a tie for eighth all-time … Walljapser also has the fourth most total career TDs in program history with 78 … UMD has now won 11-straight games against the Warriors and 14-6 in Winona since 1980 … the Bulldogs have not lost to WSU since it rejoined the NSIC in 2008.

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