Box Score | Season Stats

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods fell in their first game of the season as  Missouri Western's Brad Beckwith hit a 53-yard field goal as time expired to top Washburn 37-34. The Ichabods will be back in action next Saturday when they play host to Central Missouri at 1 p.m. in Yager Stadium.

Washburn knotted the scored at 34 after the Griffons took a touchown lead when Dane Simoneau drove the Ichabods 65 yards in nine plays in 1:37 leaving 27 seconds on the clock for the Griffons. In the drive, Simoneau was 5 of 7 including the tying strike to Brad Cole on a 5-yard reception.

The Griffons scored 17 points in the fourth quarter as they finished with 541 yards of total offense.

Washburn's Vershon Moore had 90 yards on the ground to go with one touchdown on 22 carries. Simoneau was 12 of 22 for 207 yards and three touchdowns with five completions going to Moore for 64 yards and one touchdown.

Defensively, Casey Curran recorded 22 tackles with 14 solo stops including a tackle for loss. Zach Watkins had 12 tackles with eight solo stops and Pierre Desir had two interceptions and five tackles.