Box Score ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. - Coming off a Homecoming win last Saturday over Martin Luther, the Minnesota Morris football team traveled to KleinBank Stadium in St. Bonifacius to battle Crown who was celebrating their own Homecoming and were able to use their home crowd to their advantage and gave the Cougars a 27-17 setback.

The Cougars cracked the scoreboard first near the end of the first quarter. John Hoff's field goal from 38 yards out (the first of his three made field goals on the evening) ended a 13-play, 54-yard drive that gave UMM a 3-0 lead.

Only one more score was added before halftime, but it was Crown who would enter the end zone as Jacob Pardee's 2-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter gave Crown a 7-3 edge.

Crown would use that rushing attack to score three more touchdowns on the ground in the second half. After another Hoff field goal, from 36 yards out, cut Crown's lead to 7-6, Ryan Synoground scored from 3 yards out to put Crown ahead 14-6 with 54 seconds left in the third.

Matt Michaud, who led all rushers with 148 yards on the ground, scored two back-breaking touchdown runs less than four minutes apart to clinch the game for Crown. His touchdown from 5 yards out gave Crown a 20-9 lead with 7:49 left and his rush from a yard out gave the Storm a 27-9 edge with 4:04 remaining.

Evan Guffey scored the Cougars lone touchdown on a 4-yard run with 1:13 left in the game.

JC Cummings led the Cougars with 67 yards rushing. Santana Mejia rushed for 55 yards and Guffey added 51. Guffey also led the team in receiving with four catches for 63 yards.

Drew Shipley and Sergio Natividad led the defense with nine tackles each.

Minnesota Morris (3-3, 3-3 in UMAC) returns to Big Cat Stadium next Saturday to host St. Scholastica at 2 p.m.