Box Score ROCKFORD, Ill. - The Rockford University football team fell just short 49-48, in an absolute thriller with the Wisconsin Lutheran College Warriors on Saturday afternoon. The Regent offense was firing on all cylinders, putting together 603 yards of total offense, including 420 yards in the air and 183 yards on the ground. Despite this, the Warriors started red-hot, scoring on their first five of seven drives to put up 35 points and take a 35-21 lead into the half. In the second half, the RU defense held the Warriors scoreless in the third quarter and allowed the offense to cut the deficit and creep back into the game. Rockford finally tied up the game at 42-42, late in the 4th quarter, but neither team was able to put together a game-winning drive in regulation, forcing overtime. WLC scored to open overtime and so did Rockford, but the Regents elected to go for two, and were unfortunately unsuccessful, allowing the Warriors to take the 49-48 nail-biter. 

• WLC and Rockford traded opening touchdown drives, with the Warriors scoring on a 62-yard receiving touchdown and Rockford scoring on an 11-play, 61-yard drive which ended in a 7-yard rushing touchdown by Jaelen Ray, resulting in a 7-7 ball game. 
• The Warriors put together touchdown drives on their next two possessions, with WLC quarterback Bryce Barbian finding wide receiver Emmitt Hawkins twice, for 20-yard and 31-yard receiving touchdowns to give WLC the 21-7 lead. 
• Rockford cut into the WLC after the RU defense forced a punt and allowed the offense to set up shop at the 50-yard line. The scoring came on a 9-play, 50-yard drive, which was capped off by a 4-yard rushing touchdown by Jack Carey to make it 21-14. 
• WLC was able to score two more times before the end of the first half with a 58-yard rushing touchdown by Liam Heiges and another receiving touchdown by Emmitt Hawkins to make it a 35-14 Warrior lead. 
• Rockford was also able grab a score late in the first half as well, with just 1:05 left on the clock, the Regents drove down the field 69 yards, ending in a 37-yard bomb to Kyree Jackson from Jaelen Ray for the touchdown to make it a 35-21 game going into the half. 
• The Regents made it a one-score game to open the half, scoring on their opening drive on a 7-yard receiving touchdown by Jack Carey from Jaelen Ray to cut the WLC lead to 35-28. 
• Rockford's defense held the Warriors scoreless in the third quarter, but neither team was able to get anything else going offensively for the remainder of the quarter and the score sat at a 35-28 WLC lead heading into the fourth quarter.
• After both teams punted on their opening fourth quarter drives, the Warriors were able to extend their lead with a touchdown drive that gave them a 42-28 lead. 
• Rockford responded right away with a 63-yard touchdown drive that ended in a 13-yard Jaelen Ray rushing touchdown and after the RU defense forced a punt the offense marched right back down the field. On just the third play of the drive, Jaelen Ray found Blake Winters on a 67-yard haymaker to tie the game up at 42-42. 
• Neither team was able to put together a game-winning drive in the dwindling minutes of the fourth quarter, resulting in overtime. 
• The Warriors scored on their opening drive of overtime and Rockford responded, scoring as well, with a 1-yard rushing touchdown by Jaelen Ray. Rockford elected to go for two, looking for the win, but the conversion was unsuccessful, allowing the Warriors to walk away with the close 49-48 win. 

• Jaelen Ray finished 34-of-48 for 420 yards and 3 passing touchdowns. Ray also rushed 9 times for 23 yards and 3 touchdowns, giving him 6 total touchdowns and his third 6-touchdown performance of the season. 
• Jack Carey ran the ball 40 times for 169 yards and a touchdown, he also caught 8 passes for 38 yards and a touchdown. He continues to lead the NACC in all-purpose yards with 1,260 and rushing touchdowns with 11. 
• Joey Alvarez had 14 tackles, including 2 tackles for loss and a career-high 2 sacks. 
• Blake Winters snagged 5 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown, for his third-straight week with a receiving touchdown. 
• Da'Quan McIntosh caught 10 passes for 123 yards.
• Timothy Bearden had 4 tackles and picked up his second interception of the season. 
• Jarrett Redmond had 4 tackles, including 1 tackle for loss and 1 sack, his third of the season.