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UTPB Football Bemidji State 23
10
Winner Bemidji St. BSU 9-2 , 8-2
3
Tex. Permian Basin UTP 10-2 , 8-0
Winner
Bemidji St. BSU
9-2 , 8-2
10
Final
3
Tex. Permian Basin UTP
10-2 , 8-0
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
BSU Bemidji St. 0 7 3 0 10
UTP Tex. Permian Basin 0 0 0 3 3

Game Recap: Football |

UTPB And Beavers Slug It Out

ODESSA, Texas – Everything was left on the field as The University of Texas Permian Basin football team (#12 / #10) (10-2) lost 10-3 to #21 / #15 Bemidji State (9-2) in a first round game of the NCAA Division II Football Championships, Saturday afternoon at Astound Broadband Stadium.

This was a defensive battle on both sides as there was only 484 yards in total offense for the game.  UTPB drove inside Bemidji State's 30-yard line on its first two possession.

At the start of the second quarter, the Beavers had 2nd and goal from the one-yard line.  The Falcons came up with three straight stops to end the threat.

With 2:03 to go in the first half, BSU scored on a 15-yard play to go up 7-0.  In the third quarter, Bemidji State added a 19-yard field goal.  That made it 10-0 with 4:12 left in the quarter.

In the fourth quarter, with time running out, UT Permian Basin drove down the field.  Junior Rafael Vargas booted a 44-yard field goal to make it 10-3 with 41 seconds left.  The Beavers recovered the onside kick to seal the game.

Offensively, graduate student Kenny Hrncir was 15-of-37 for 153 yards and ran for 72 yards for 225 yards in total offense.  He ended up breaking the single-season school records for completions (198) and attempts (354).  Senior Gunnar Abseck caught three passes for 37 yards with two of them for first downs on 4th and 10 both times, all in the fourth quarter.

Defensively, senior Dominique Varela had eight tackles with 2.5 for a loss while graduate student Hayden Kelly and junior Jalon Rocquemore had seven tackles each.  The Falcons held Brandon Alt to 151 yards passing, 102 yards below his average.

UT Permian Basin has concluded the 2023 season.

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