Jimmie Football Stays Close, But Loses Home Finale

Posted By: davidburrall November 7, 2026 @ 8:14 pm Sports Tweet Share LinkedIn Email JAMESTOWN – While Jamestown Jimmies Football made timely defensive stops and scored late to be in the game, the result was the same frustrating one for them that it has been all season. MSU Moorhead held off Jamestown 16-10 Saturday at Rollie Greeno Field at Charlotte & Gordon Stadium in the Jimmies’ final home game of the season and UJ’s 16th straight loss. The Dragons (6-4, 5-4 NSIC), looking to break a two-game losing streak, scored on the game’s first possession, ending the drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Drew Huebner to Jack Julson just over five minutes into the first quarter. With two minutes left in the quarter, the Jimmies (0-10, 0-9) tried for points, but a 40-yard field goal try by Ethan Lieb barely missed wide right. In the second quarter, the Jimmies did score.  Their drive included a 15-yard completion from Jacob Mattick to Ethan Hoffman and was helped by two MSUM penalties.  Lieb kicked a 23-yard field goal and Jamestown cut the MSU Moorhead lead to 7-3 with 6:56 remaining in the first half. Answering on their next drive, the Dragons took a 13-3 lead with 1:59 left in the half on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Huebner to Kalen Lucas, one of his 13 catches.  The Jimmies’ Jack Young then blocked the extra point attempt. After Jamestown punted, MSU Moorhead had one more possession in the first half, but Xander Jarosh made an interception on the last play of the half. MSU Moorhead led 16-3 after a 27-yard field goal by Max Watson with 2:57 left in the third quarter. Jamestown had two big defensive stops in the fourth quarter.  Spencer Russell broke up a fourth-down pass by the Dragons, then Antonio Bernadini forced a fumble, which was recovered by Jarosh at the Dragons’ 36 with 4:40 to play. The Jimmies then scored in just two plays.  Mattick threw a 35-yard pass to Riley Svanda to the MSUM one yard line, followed by a touchdown pass from Matthew Dosch to Jordan Theisen with 3:50 left to cut the Dragons’ lead to 16-10. MSU Moorhead’s bid to run out the clock nearly failed.  The Dragons had fourth down & two at the Jimmies’ 34 when Huebner overthrew Seth Staloch, but Russell was called for pass interference and MSU then ran out the last seconds. Svanda had a career-high five catches for 70 yards.  Hoffman also made five receptions.  Jackson Handel also recovered a fumble.  Zach Mueller made 10 tackles. Jamestown will end its season on Saturday, November 14 at Northern State.  Coverage will begin at 1:30 PM on Jamestown 107.1 . MSU Moorhead 7 6 3 0 16 UJ 0 3 0 7 10 FIRST QUARTER MSU Moorhead – Drew Huebner 20-yard TD pass to Jack Julson (Max Watson XP) 9:51 – 7-0 MSU Moorhead – 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:59 – Key play: Huebner 16-yard pass to Denzel Sutton to UJ 29 SECOND QUARTER UJ – Ethan Lieb 23-yard FG 6:56 – 7-3 MSU Moorhead – 10 plays, 60 yards, 3:56 – Key play: Mason Whitley 13-yard rush to MSU Moorhead 44 MSU Moorhead – Huebner 20-yard TD pass to Kalen Lucas (XP blocked) 1:54 – 13-3 MSU Moorhead – Key plays: Tyson Brandt 14-rard rush to UJ 39 on 3rd & 2, Huebner 10-yard pass to Julson to UJ 26 on 4th & 7 THIRD QUARTER MSU Moorhead – Watson 27-yard FG 2:57 – 16-3 MSU Moorhead – Key play: Huebner 23-yard pass to Kelly Johnson to UJ 25 FOURTH QUARTER UJ – Matthew Dosch 1-yard TD pass to Jordan Theisen (Lieb XP) 3:51 – 16-10 MSU Moorhead – Key play: Mattick 35-yard pass to Riley Svanda to MSU Moorhead 1 Individual Statistics RUSHING MSU Moorhead: Brandt 16-98, Owen Wiersma 16-91, Huebner 7-13, Sutton 1-2, TEAM 1-(-4) UJ: Whitley 6-29, Andres Bonilla 5-28, Emilio Matias 1-4, Dosch 2-2, Mattick 5-(-15) PASSING MSU Moorhead: Huebner 25-38-272-2 TD-1 INT, Timmy Guler 3-4-22 UJ: Mattick 17-32-159, Dosch 1-1-1 TD RECEIVING MSU Moorhead: Lucas 13-99-1 TD, Seth Staloch 4-73, Johnson 6-52, Julson 3-48-1 TD, Sutton 2-22 UJ: Svanda 5-70, Gage Solano 4-48, Ethan Hoffman 5-38, Theisen 1-1-1 TD, Jeric Schloegl 2-0 MSU Moorhead UJ First Downs 26 13 Rushing 41/200 19/48 Passing 294 160 Total Yds 494 208 Att/Comp/Int 28/42/1 18/33/0 Punts/avg 2/39.0 6/42.8 Fumbles/lost 2/2 0/0 Penalties/Yds 7/64 4/40 Time of possession 37:25 22:35