Lindsborg, Kan. – The Bethany College Swedes football team played host to the Bethel College Threshers in a Kessinger Division battle of 1-6 teams.
The Swedes would jump on the board first with a 37-yard field goal to start of the second quarter. The Threshers would later score following a fumble recovery to go up 7-3. In the final three minutes of the same quarter, the Swedes would orchestrate a seven-play, 29-yard drive that ended in a Jeremiah Dilbert three-yard touchdown to go up 10-7. The Swedes would get hit with some costly penalties in the final 34 seconds to give up a game-tying field goal from 41 yards out.
The Threshers would score a touchdown on the opening drive of the second half due to a roughing the kicker penalty that extended the drive. In the fourth period, the Swedes would knot it 17-17 as Wes Anderson would dump it off to Josh Wilkins who would race 68 yards to the endzone. Bethel would answer on the following drive with a field goal to take a 20-17 lead. The Swedes would go three-and-out on the next possession. The Swedes would need just a stop, but were unable to as the Threshers punched would punch in a score from the one-yard to go up two possessions. The Swedes would fall 27-17.
The Swedes outplayed the Threshers in almost every facet of the game, but penalties and the lone turnover of the contest proved costly allowing the Threshers to score 24 of their 27 points.
Up Next…
The Swedes will take the road to Ottawa, Kan. to take on the Ottawa University Braves. Kickoff is set for 1:00 PM on Saturday, October 31.
