Box Score
A 28-0 lead for the William Jewell College Cardinals just 17 minutes into the game wasn't enough against a powerful St. Joseph's College team (8-3, 5-2 in the GLVC), as the Pumas rallied to a 37-31 overtime win in GLVC football in Rensselaer, Indiana on Saturday.

A dream of a start turned into a nightmare of a finish for the Cardinals (3-8, 2-5) when the Pumas scored on a five-yard run in the first overtime following the only Jewell turnover of the day, which came on the first possession of the overtime.  The Pumas had sent the game into overtime by completing a 70 yard drive with under a minute to play, hitting the tying 20 yard field goal with no time remaining.

The start of the game, though, was memorable for Jewell.

After a St. Joseph first down on their first possession, Vinnie Bockhoff blocked a punt for the Cardinals, which set up a Darrick Strzelecki TD run from two yards out after a short drive.

On the next possession, Thomas Cook, Jr. set the Cardinals up at the six yard line with a 63 yard punt return, followed by a four-yard scoring pass from Sean Shelton to Nick Cody.

Later in the first quarter, with the Pumas backed into their own end, a bad snap over the punter's head was recovered at the four yard line, and Shelton capped the short drive with a one-yard plunge.

Early in the second quarter, a short Shelton pass to Nate Egharevba turned into a 65 yard completion to the two-yard line, and Strzelecki's second touchdown of the game made it 28-0 with 13:15 to play in the half.

The Puma offense began to get their running game on track, as they accumulated 240 yards on the ground in the game.  A long drive ended with a fourth down run to make it 28-7 at half.

After a Puma touchdown in the third quarter, Warren Frevert's 20 yard field goal made it 31-14, but after that the Pumas took over with a 23 point run to end the game.

The Cardinals successfully recovered two onside kick tries by St. Joseph's, but couldn't run the clock out as a fourth down run came up just short, giving the Pumas the ball back for the tying drive.

St. Joseph's College had a total of 506 yards of offense in the game, while the Cardinals had 204.  The Pumas ran 102 plays from scrimmage.

Defensively, Jimmy DeStefano had 13 tackles.  Jack Bissonnett had 11 tackles, including a sack.