Associated Press
Brian Halverson kicked a 30-yard field goal with 24 seconds remaining to lift undefeated Concordia-Moorhead over St. John's 21-20 Saturday.
The Cobbers scored their first victory in their last 14 meetings with the Johnnies (5-2, 4-1 MIAC).
The two teams stayed within a touchdown of each other until Lee Clintsman scored two consecutive touchdowns in the second and third quarters to put the Johnnies up 20-11.
The Cobbers (6-0, 5-0) answered early in the fourth quarter with a 1-yard TD run by Ed Oehlers to cut their deficit to 2 with Halverson's field goal clinching the win.
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While the Cobbers have not yet clinched the conference title, they lead the MIAC with three games to go.
Chris Samp's four touchdown receptions from Brian Wrobel gave Winona State a 60-28 victory over Northern State.
Dave Cruz scored the first of his two touchdown runs a couple minutes into the first quarter to give the Warriors a lead that grew to 28 points early in the second quarter.
The Warriors (7-1, 3-0) responded with Cruz's second touchdown and the first of Eric Kraus' two field goals to lead 38-7 by halftime.
One of Winona's late-game scores was on a 2-yard TD pass from Plainview's Ryan Eversman to Jeff O'Donnell.
Toby Korrodi passed for two touchdowns and a game-high 313 yards.
Wes Beschorner passed for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead South Dakota past St. Cloud State 37-21.
Both teams are 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the NCC, trailing Nebraska-Omaha, which is 3-0.
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Jeff Glas kicked four field goals to lead North Dakota over Minnesota-Duluth 26-0.
James McNear's two touchdown runs and two scoring passes powered Concordia-St. Paul's 34-20 win over Minnesota State Moorhead.
Wade Thompson, a sophomore from Rushford-Peterson, ran for four touchdowns and 175 yards to propel Carleton over Macalester 55-14.
Fillmore Central grad Adam Denny passed for 225 yards and caught two TD passes for Macalester (1-5).
