Top ranked @NWBearcatsFB win 17th straight, @UCMFootballTeam rolls at home, @LU_Lions linebacker sets tackling record

by | Sep 9, 2016

WashburnWashburn-7

Northwest MissouriNorthwest Missouri-41

Leading 17-7 at the half, the number one ranked team in the country turned it loose in the third quarter to win their 17th straight game.

Fort Hays StateFort Hays State-17
Central MissouriCentral Missouri-34
Garrett Fugate connected with Jaylen Zachery on two first quarter touchdowns and the UCM defense held Fort Hays State to just over 200 yards of total offense.
LindenwoodLindenwood-31
Northeastern StateNortheastern State-35

Lindenwood linebacker Connor Harris broke the NCAA Division II tackles record, but the Lions lost in the final minute 35-31 to Northeastern State.

Harris, from Lee’s Summit, played HS ball at Blue Springs South, recorded his eighth tackle of the game in the third quarter which gave him 518 for his career, the most for any defender in NCAA Division II history. He finished with four more tackles to give him 522 as he moves closer to the NCAA All-Division record of 550.



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