Big First Half Carries No. 3 NW Missouri State Past FHSU

Northwest Missouri State scored on five of their first six possessions, racing out to a 42-7 halftime lead and beat the Fort Hays State Tigers 49-14 in front of 3,523 at Lewis Field Saturday night. It’s the Bearcats have now won 10-straight over the Tigers and improve to 3-0 and 2-0 in the MIAA. FHSU drops to 0-3 overall and in the MIAA.

After forcing Northwest to punt on their first possession, Northwest scored on their next five possessions. Running back Billy Creason scored three rushing touchdowns and quarterback Trevor Adams threw one touchdown pass and backup Brady Bolles threw two.

The Tigers scored on a four yard touchdown run from quarterback Treveon Albert to make the score 21-7. Edward Smith added a 10 yard run at 8:34 of the third quarter.

Albert completed 14 of 22 passes for 158 yards with no interceptions. Running back Andre Smith rushed for 107 yards on 16 carries as the Tigers tallied a season-high 365 yards of total offense.