The sun setting in shades of pink over the mountains behind them, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits rallied from a 22-point deficit in the final eight minutes to earn a shocking 29-28 victory against No. 4-ranked Cal Poly in Great West Football Conference play Saturday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
Like the sunset, the victory was a thing of beauty.
"I thank God we won this game," said SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier, his club's fourth consecutive victory ending the Mustangs 10-game home win streak.
Divine intervention was perhaps the only explanation for how the Jackrabbits (4-3, 1-0) scored 23 points in 6 minutes, 50 seconds of the fourth quarter against Cal Poly (5-2, 2-1), which entered the game leading the NCAA Division I-AA in overall defense and scoring defense.
All three touchdowns in that span were thrown by quarterback Andy Kardoes and caught by JaRon Harris, the last coming with 1:05 to play. The Mustangs, fading away in front of 9,042 fans, called a timeout after the score, giving Kardoes enough time to sell Stiegelmeier on a change of plans on the point-after attempt.
Unfortunately, the Iowa Hawkeyes didn't have the same success yesterday. Denver, coming off their win against the Oakland Raiders last week, go up against the Cleveland Browns today. Jimmy Johnson starts ninth in today's race at Martinsville, and hopefully he can perform well there.
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