GREENVILLE, Ill. - Minnesota Morris (1-1, 1-0 UMAC) beat Greenville College (0-2, 0-1 UMAC) for the first time in program history and snapped an 11 game losing streak with a dramatic 19-13 win. The Cougars stopped the Panthers on the two yard line as time expired in the fourth quarter.
 
In four previous matches with Greenville the Cougars had lost all four doing so by an average of 33.5 points. That changed on Saturday thanks to a strong defensive effort.
 
Morris had just 120 yards of total offense in the game but it did not matter because they caused four turnovers on the defensive side of the ball. Donnie Mavencamp was responsible for 112 of those 120 yards on offense.
 
Devan Griffin had a rushing touchdown and a receiving score. Evan Guffey and Kyle Petermeier each had four catches for UMM.
 
Chandler Erickson had an interception for the second straight contest. Clayton Dovier had ten tackles in the game.
 
Greenville coughed up the ball on their own 49 after a Mavencamp punt. Morris moved the ball to the 19 before settling for a 27 yard field goal from John Hoff. The Panthers responded in their first drive of the second quarter scoring a touchdown on a 45 yard running play.
 
The Cougars got back on the board midway through the second quarter when they blocked a punt that was recovered in the end zone by Greenville. Morris took the lead back late in the second quarter when Devan Griffin capped off a 13 play drive with a one yard touchdown run. The half ended with the Cougars leading 11-7, after the extra point was missed.
 
The Panthers nearly took the lead back with their first drive of the second half but they failed to score after having first and goal from the one yard line. On their next drive Greenville was able to score but the extra point was blocked, giving the Panthers a 13-11 lead at the end of three.
 
In their first drive in the fourth quarter Morris drove all the way down to the 24 yard line but had a pass intercepted, ending the scoring threat. After forcing a three and out Minnesota Morris scored on a fourth down play when Mavencamp found Griffin four a 43 yard pass. The two point conversion was good giving the Cougars a 19-13 lead with 3:30 left.
 
On the ensuing drive the Panthers drove down to the Cougars 14 yard line but a false start moved them back. On fourth and fifteen the Panthers quarterback was forced out of the pocket and made a dash for the end zone but Sergio Natividad saved the Cougars by tackling Jacob Tibbetts at the two yard line.
 
Next week the Cougars will host Northwestern in their first home game of the year at 1 p.m.