HAYS, Kan. – Chance Fuller completed 13 of 18 passes for 274 yards and a touchdown to lead Fort Hays State to a 27-14 win over Lindenwood in front of 3,527 Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field. The win improves to Tiger to 7-2 and is the 56th in eight years for head coach Chris Brown, the most by any coach in FHSU history.
Fuller played most of the second half after Jacob Mezera was sacked on the Tigers first offensive possession of the third quarter and didn’t return. Fuller’s 46-yard touchdown pass to running back D.J. Hickman with 2:05 to play in the third quarter closed out the scoring.
Chris Brown Postgame Press Conference
Chance Fuller Postgame Interview
Connor Shedeed Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
Dandre Reed returned the opening kickoff 49 yards to the Lindenwood 43. Four plays later Harley Hazlett hauled in a 28-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Mezera to give FHSU a 7-0 lead.
Fuller and Layne Bieberle connected passes of 20 and 36 yards to set up a 28-yard Dante Brown field goal to give the Tigers a 10-7 lead with 1:47 left in the opening quarter.
Fuller later found Andrew Jay on a 56-yard strike which set up a one-yard Charles Tigner touchdown run to push the lead to 17-7 with just three minutes left in the first half.
Following a three-and-out by Lindenwood, the Tigers drove 33 yards in seven plays and used a 34-yard Brown field goal for a 20-7 halftime lead.
The Lions (3-6) scored on their first possession of the third quarter but would go three and out and miss on a field goal on their next four possessions.
The Tigers sacked Lindenwood quarterback Cade Brister fourird down times, three of them on third down in the second half.
Layne Bieberle hauled in a six catches for 122 yards, his seventh career 100-yard game tying him with O.J. Murdock for the third most in FHSU history.
Harley Hazlett had nine catches for 93 yards. Tigner led the running attack with 36 yards on 14 carries.
Connor Shedeed and Kolt Trachsel both had 11 tackles with Trachsel registering two sacks.
The Tigers remain tied with Pittsburg State in second place in the MIAA, one game behind Northwest Missouri State. FHSU plays the Bearcats in Maryville Saturday.