BC football struggled with offensive consistency Saturday in a 24-9 Homecoming loss to Concordia at Memorial Field.
A first-quarter safety was a bright spot for the Charger defense. Pressure from
Daylan Littlejohn and
Robert Robinson forced Concordia quarterback Blake Culbert back into his own end zone and down for the BC score.
Culbert found Koreell Koehlmoos on a 26-yard touchdown pass to give the Bulldogs the lead after one quarter. A field goal and touchdown in the second quarter pushed the Concordia lead to 17-2 at halftime.
BC came back within eight points on a touchdown run by
Devrene Kahananui-Alejado in the third quarter to make the contest 17-9 in favor of the visitors. The Chargers only scoring drive of the game saw the Blue and Gold march 75 yards and into the end zone. Kahanananui-Alejado's three-yard run contributed to his 47 total yards on the afternoon.
The Chargers could not get out of their own half in the fourth quarter and allowed Concordia's final TD to fall 24-9.
"Our offense has got to get into a rhythm," said head coach
Dennis Wagner. "We are making too many mistakes to be consistent. Our defense had good first half, but we allowed too many long drives in the second half."
Defensively,
MJ Montgomery totaled 11 tackles for the Chargers and
Brandon Faatalale took part in seven.
Mar'Kaybion Wallace and Kahananui-Alejado were the Cliff's go-to rushers. The pair tallied 41 and 39 run yards, respectively.
Ryan Kotey hauled in six receptions for 53 yards.
Cayden Mitchell went 12-for-23 for 86 yards and was sacked on five occasions.
The Chargers will be at Memorial Field next week, hosting Midland on home turf. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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