Football: Bison struggles continue in loss to Golden Tornadoes

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Bethany College football team dropped their seventh straight game this season falling the Geneva College, 45-20 late Saturday evening.

THE HIGHLIGHTS

• Despite Bethany forcing a fumble and recovering it on Geneva's first play, the Golden Tornadoes held all of the momentum after picking off the Bison on their first drive.
• Geneva would score 21 unanswered points in the first quarter.
• In the second quarter, the Bison held the momentum, outscoring the Golden Tornadoes, 7-3. After driving down the field, Charlie Mills punched in a one-yard touchdown. The Bison held the Golden Tornadoes to a 23-yard field goal. Geneva took a 24-7 lead into the halftime break.
• Geneva opened up the third quarter with a touchdown. Bethany responded with a 46-yard touchdown pass from Miles Goffe to Jacob Munoz. The Golden Tornadoes continued to respond to the Bison scoring, punching in a 14-yard touchdown to go ahead, 38-13.
• The Golden Tornadoes added to their lead with a one yard rushing touchdown to open the fourth quarter.
• Bethany added the final points of the night with a 4-yard rushing touchdown from De'Vaughn McWhorter.

BY THE NUMBERS

• (199) – Bethany totaled 199 receiving yards while holding Geneva to 76.
• (448) – Geneva had 448 yards rushing.
• (273) – The Bison had 273 total yards of offense, while the Golden Tornadoes had 524.

LEADERS

• Jacob Munoz led the Bison receiving team with 108 yards on five catches. Charlie Mills led the rushing game with 54 yards on 10 attempts.
• Amarion Williams led the Bison with 12 tackles with one tackle for loss. Rondell Lewis added 11 tackles (eight solo). Grant Snyder had three tackles for loss of three yards.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Bethany returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 28 when they traveling to Grove City for a PAC matchup for a 1 pm kickoff.