ARVADA, Colo. – A career-best day from quarterback Ward Anderson was not enough to overcome the 17th ranked team in the country as the Black Hills State University football team fell 48-21 to Colorado School of Mines on Saturday afternoon.
Anderson threw for 429 yards, a career best, completing 33-of-50 passes and three touchdowns. The Yellow Jackets loss drops them to 2-2 and 1-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while Colorado Mines improves to 4-0 and 2-0 in the RMAC.
Avery Llewellyn, the RMAC Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year, opened up the scoring for CSM with a 25-yard field goal with 2:52 remaining in the first quarter.
The Orediggers tacked on another score with a 90-yard touchdown reception from Justin Dvorak to Diamond Gillis with 11:29 remaining in the second quarter.
The Yellow Jackets used a five-play, 75-yard drive culminating with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Ward Anderson to Bradley Adamson with 9:41 left in the first half to pull within 10-7.
However, Colorado Mines kept the pressure on scoring two more times in the first half, first a four-yard touchdown reception then with a 51-yard field goal to enter the intermission with a 20-7 lead.
In the first drive coming out of the break, Anderson found Phydell Paris for a 64-yard touchdown to pull the Yellow Jackets within six points at 20-14. The drive consisted of six plays for 87 yards.
The two squads traded touchdowns as Colorado Mines used 12 plays for 75 yards over 3:45 to push the lead to 27-14 with a nine-yard touchdown reception to Ty Young.
Just 43 seconds later, Black Hills State answered back with a 73-yard touchdown reception from Anderson to Jerome Krysl, once again pulling the Yellow Jackets to within six points at 27-21.
However that was all the offense Black Hills State would have as the 17th ranked Mines showed their power en route to the 48-21 victory.
Quick Hits
The Yellow Jackets accounted for 574 yards of offense including 429 through the air
Jerome Krysl was the team's leading receiver catching six passes for 143 yards including a long of 73
Luke Whalen caught seven passes for 100 yards
Phydell Paris accounted for 140 yards of total offense, 96 receiving and 44 rushing
The Yellow Jackets had three sacks with Cody Okray, Sam Prentner and Steven Soderstrom each accounting of one
Trent Boner was BHSU's leading tackler with 10
Quarterback Justin Dvorak threw for 529 yards on 36-of-46 passing
The Yellow Jackets held Dvorak, the squads leading rusher, to -16 yards
Tevin Champagne rushed for a game-high 138 yards
Diamond Gillis was the game's top receiver with four catches for 158 yards
