BEMIDJI, MN – When Bemidji State started 0-5, most thought the Beavers were a better team than that.  Now, the Jamestown Jimmies would certainly agree.

Bemidji State scored on their first four possessions Saturday on their way to a 47-25 win over Jamestown at Chet Anderson Stadium in the schools’ first meeting in football since 1956.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Bart McAnich passed for four touchdowns, three to Jake Hill in the first half, as the Beavers (3-5, 2-5 NSIC) jumped out to a 27-0 lead early in the second quarter.  McAnich was 20-of-23 for 216 yards.  Hill caught four passes for 57 yards.  Antonio Brown rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.

Cole Hentges passed for touchdowns to Colton Schumacher and Nate Burke for the Jimmies (1-6, 1-6) and was 13-of-27 for 185 yards with an interception.  Zach Hammett had his third touchdown rushing in the last two games.

Drayton Lehman returned the opening kick off 72 yards to set the Beavers up at the Jamestown 23.  A four-play drive ended with McAnich’s first touchdown pass to Hill from 17 yards.

After a Jamestown punt, the Beavers drove 61 yards, ending with a 15-yard scoring pass from McAnich to Hill.  Bemidji State led 13-0 after one quarter.

Brown rushed for two yards and a score and a 20-0 lead for the Beavers with 12:14 left in the first half.

The Jimmies went three-and-out, then Bemdji State drove 72 yards in just four plays, ending with McAnich finding Hill for a 22-yard scoring pass and a 27-0 Beaver lead.

Jamestown had their first extended drive on their next possession, which included a 33-yard pass from Hentges to Gage Solano.  Aanon Peterson kicked a 27-yard field goal and Jamestown was down just 27-3.

Ryan Beams recovered a muff on the ensuing kickoff and the Jimmies went 32 yards for their first touchdown, an eight-yard run by Zach Hammett.  UJ was down just 27-10 at halftime.

But in the third quarter, Bemidji State built the lead back up.  Isaiah Tisdale rushed for an 18-yard score and McAnich threw a 25-yard score to Lehman and BSU led 41-10 through three quarters.

Hentges found Schumacher for a 15-yard touchdown strike with 13:24 left and a Gage Solano two-point run cut the Bemidji State lead to 41-18.

Hentges’ 19-yard scoring pass to Burke with 46 seconds to go gave the Jimmies their last points, but Bemdji State scored again on a Zach Romak 25-yard run with one second left.

Trayten Johnson blocked an extra point for the Jimmies.  Zach Mueller and Josh Bosacker each recorded seven tackles.

Jamestown will host Minnesota Duluth on Saturday, October 25 at Rollie Greeno Field at Charlotte and Gordon Hansen Stadium.  Coverage will begin at 12:30 PM on The Voice of the Jimmies, Jamestown 107.1.

UJ	0	10	0	15	25
Bemidji St.	13	14	14	6	47

FIRST QUARTER
Bemidji St. – Bart McAninch 17-yard TD pass to Jake Hill 13:10 (Connor Mantelli XP) – 7-0 Bemidji St. – 4 plays, 23 yards, 1:32 – Key play: Drayton Lehman 72-yard return of opening kickoff to UJ 23
Bemidji St. – McAninch 15-yard TD pass to Hill 7:11 (XP blocked) – 13-0 Bemidji St. – 8 plays, 61 yards, 4:00 – Key play: McAninch 14-yard pass to Lehman to UJ 34

SECOND QUARTER
Bemidji St. – Antonio Brown 2-yard TD run 12:14 (Mantelli XP) – 20-0 Bemidji St. – 11 plays, 80 yards, 6:10 – Key play: Brown 27-yard run to UJ 2
Bemidji St. – McAninch 22-yard TD pass to Hill 9:33 (Mantelli XP) – 27-0 Bemidji St. – 4 plays, 72 yards, 1:49 – Key plays: McAninch 27-yard pass to Lehman to UJ 45, Brown 16-yard run to UJ 29
UJ – Aanon Peterson 27-yard FG 4:41 – 27-3 Bemidji St. – 14 plays, 64 yards, 4:44 – Key plays: Cole Hentges 10-yard pass to Gage Solano to UJ 41 on 3rd & 5, Hentges 33-yard pass to Solano to Bemidji St. 21
UJ – Zach Hammett 8-yard TD run (Peterson XP0 1:56 – 27-10 Bemidji St. – 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:41 – Key plays: Ryan Beams recovered muffed kickoff return at Bemidji St. 32, Hentges 9-yard run to Bemidji St. 15 on 3rd & 2

THIRD QUARTER
Bemidji St. – Isaiah Tisdale 18-yard TD run 8:14 (Mantelli XP) – 34-10 Bemidji St. – 5 plays, 50 yards, 3:24 – Key play: UJ defensive holding penalty to UJ 28
Bemidji St. – McAninch 25-yard TD pass to Lehman 4:39 (Mantelli XP) – 41-10 Bemidji St. – 5 plays, 50 yards, 2:32

FOURTH QUARTER
UJ – Hentges 15-yard TD pass to Colton Schumacker 13:24 (Solano run) – 41-18 Bemidji St. – 14 plays, 75 yards, 6:15 – Key plays: Hunter Ruzicka 10-yard run to UJ 39 on 4th & 6, Hentges 13-yard pass to Nate Burke to Bemidji St. 18 on 3rd & 11
UJ – Hentges 19-yard TD pass to Burke 0:39 (Peterson XP) – 41-25 Bemidji St. – 7 plays, 99 yards, 1:16 – Key plays: Hentges 54-yard pass to Burke to Bemidji St. 45, Bemidji St. defensive holding penalty to Bemidji St. 28
Bemidji St. – Zach Romak 25-yard TD run 0:01 (XP missed) – 47-25 Bemidji St. – 3 plays, 39 yards, 0:38 Key play: UJ onside kick went out of bounds at UJ 44, Romak 10-yard pass to Ethan Beihn to UJ 25

Individual Statistics

RUSHING
UJ: Hentges 19-64, Hammett 12-42-1 TD, Ruzicka 4-18, Cody Pellaton 1-9, Ethan Hoffman 1-3, Erastus Antsino 1-(-4)
Bemidji St.: Brown 15-108-1 TD, Tisdale 7-52-1 TD, Mitch Olson 9-45, Romak 2-29-1 TD, Lehman 1-14, Justin Incaprera 1-2, McAninch 3-(-10)

PASSING
UJ: Hentges 13-27-185-2 TD-1 INT
Bemidji St.: McAninch 20-23-216-4 TD, Romak 4-5-19, Caleb Thinesen 0-1

RECEIVING
UJ: Burke 4-110-1 TD, Solano 3-49, Schumacher 1-5-1 TD, Hammett 2-6, Antsino 2-5, Pellaton 1-0
Bemidji St.: Lehman 9-98-1 TD, Hill 4-57-3 TD, Cedric Wall 2-20, Imarion Kelly 1-12, Biehn 1-10, Kaleb Miller 3-9, Brown 1-9, Tisdale 1-8, Incaprera 1-7, Sam Kanne 1-5

	UJ	Bemidji St.
First Downs	19	28
Rushing	39/133	38/240
Passing	185	235
Total Yds	318	475
Att/Comp/Int	13/27/1	24/29/0
Punts/avg	6/37.3	2/38.5
Fumbles/lost	1/0	2/1
Penalties/Yds	3/20	6/35
Time of possession	25:56	34:04