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Greg Nowlin
35
Winner South Dakota Mines SDFB 5-6 , 4-6
16
Western State WSFB 1-10 , 1-9
Winner
South Dakota Mines SDFB
5-6 , 4-6
35
Final
16
Western State WSFB
1-10 , 1-9
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
SDFB South Dakota Mines 7 7 7 14 35
WSFB Western State 0 2 0 14 16

Game Recap: Football | | Garrett Finke - Sports Information Director

FB | Mountaineers battle Rockers till the end

GUNNISON, Colo. – Western State Colorado University football played their final game of the 2017 season on Saturday. The Mountaineers were unable to come away with a win falling in a closely contested battle to South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 35-16.
 
With 11:21 left to play Western (1-10, 1-9 RMAC) cut the SDSMT (5-6, 4-6 RMAC) score to just five points on a five-play 52 yard drive to make the score 16-21. Quarterback Easton Bruere ran it into the end zone to keep the Mountaineers within striking distance.
 
Bruere threw for a game-high 182 yards and ran for a team-high 82 yards.
 
Western's 205 yards passing is the most since week six of the season.
 
With the game on the line, the Hardrockers were able to find the end zone and win the game, 35-16.
 
Markeith McDonald led the team in receiving with 42 yards on three catches.
 
Defensively, Desmond Marfizo led Western with nine tackles and one tackle for a loss.
 
After a first quarter touchdown, Western's defense held SDSMT to a three-and-out to begin the second quarter. The Hardrockers went back to punt from their 29-yard line. The snap went over the SDSMT punter's head, into the end zone and a safety made the score 7-2 with 14:28 left in the second quarter.
 
The Hardrockers would get one more touchdown to make it 14-2 at the break.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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