Severe thunderstorms that rolled in less than 30 minutes prior to kickoff led to the postponement of the Missouri S&T football season opener Thursday night against Truman State University.

The storms, which brought a good deal of rain and lightning, caused a delay of one hour, 45 minutes before officials from both teams decided to call the game. Another line of storms was heading in the direction of the stadium at Central Methodist University — where the game was moved to after construction delays at Truman caused the change of venue for the contest — which would have extended the delay.

A decision on the game is expected to be made Friday afternoon.