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30
Winner South Dakota Mines SDM 5-1 , 3-1
16
Fort Lewis FLC 2-3 , 1-3
Winner
South Dakota Mines SDM
5-1 , 3-1
30
Final
16
Fort Lewis FLC
2-3 , 1-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
SDM South Dakota Mines 7 7 6 10 30
FLC Fort Lewis 3 3 10 0 16
Jacob Brown vs. South Dakota Mines
Kaitlyn Silva
Jacob Brown (32) after rushing for his first collegiate touchdown against the Hardrockers on Ray Dennison Memorial Field (Oct. 3, 2026)

Game Recap: Football | | Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

Turnovers doom Skyhawks in home loss to Hardrockers

Fort Lewis outgains opponent again in third-straight loss

DURANGO, Colo. – The Fort Lewis College football team fell 30-16 to South Dakota Mines on Saturday afternoon at Ray Dennison Memorial Field, suffering its third consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference loss and first loss in Durango in 2026.   
 
Fort Lewis (2-3, 1-3 RMAC) outgained its opponent for the second time in as many games, running up 302 yards of offense behind 287 yards passing on a 27-for-43 (62.8 percent) effort from fifth-year quarterback Sam Jones, who finished with three interceptions, a fumble, and two sacks. Michael Collins notched his first 100-yard receiving effort with a game-high 116 yards on 12 catches, and Solomon Latimer posted his second 100-yard effort in as many games and third of the campaign with seven catches for 114 yards. FLC was 3-of-11 (27.3 percent) on third down and 1-of-1 on fourth down.
 
South Dakota Mines (5-1, 3-1 RMAC) mustered up a season-low 242 yards of offense, with just 70 yards passing on a 6-for-9 (66.7 percent) performance from quarterback Gage Baker. Wesley Wright forced the Hardrockers' first offensive turnover of the season with an interception on the second drive of the day, and Samuel Ballas came up with a critical forced fumble later in the fourth quarter to give the Skyhawks the ball back with just under four minutes down one possession. SDM was 3-of-12 (25 percent) on third down and 1-of-2 on fourth down.
 
Kyler Drunasky ran up 11 of the Skyhawks' 15 net rushing yards on five carries. Jacob Brown ran for seven yards on three carries, including a three-yard scamper for his first collegiate touchdown and FLC's second rushing score of the season. Dawson Dunbar rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries, accounting for over 45 percent of the Hardrockers' total offense.
 
Lucas Schmitten bounced back on special teams, knocking in all three field goal attempts through the uprights from marks of 18, 30, and 46 yards, while also converting a point-after attempt. Ethan Kercher flipped the field in quality fashion, making four punts for 163 yards (40.8 yards/punt), with two punts pinned inside the 20, including a 60-yard boot that put the Hardrockers on the 10-yard line in a one-possession game with 7:47 remaining in the fourth quarter.
 
Trenton Sullivan led all players with 12 tackles and one quarterback hurry, aided by two nine-tackle efforts from Samuel Ballas, who added a tackle for a seven-yard loss, and Porter Delnoce, who had half of a two-yard sack. Jonathan Stewart had the only other half sack for FLC. Jadon Lemmons, Lang Gappelberg, and Jarin Allen all had interceptions for SDM. Gabe Frerichs, who led the Hardrockers with six tackles alongside Lemmons, picked up one of two fumbles alongside Sawyer Wald.
 
Notes
-Fort Lewis dropped its third straight game and second straight while outgaining its opponent in yards of total offense.
-The Skyhawks lost their eighth straight game to South Dakota Mines and trail the Hardrockers 8-3 all-time and 4-2 at home.
-FLC have ran up 300+ yards of offense in back-to-back games.
-Fort Lewis has gone into the final half of the fourth quarter down one possession in back-to-back losses.
-Sam Jones has thrown for 287 yards or more with 27+ completions in each of his last two starts.
-Jacob Brown rushed for his first collegiate touchdown with a three-yard carry.
-Michael Collins posted the first 100-yard receiving effort of his young career.
-Solomon Latimer went for 100+ receiving yards for the second time in as many games and the third time overall this season.
-Wesley Wright became the fifth Skyhawk to bring down an interception this year with the second of his career.
-Samuel Ballas forced his second fumble of the year and the sixth of his career.
-Trenton Sullivan posted the second double-digit tackling performance of the season.
 
Bye Week
Fort Lewis will regroup and recover with a bye week next Saturday, Oct. 10, before returning to action with a daunting road trip to Gunnison, Colo., to challenge No. 7/7-nationally ranked Western Colorado University (5-0, 3-0 RMAC) at Mojo Field at Mountaineer Bowl at The Rady Family Sports Complex on Saturday, Oct. 17, under the lights at 6 p.m.
 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play Visiting Team Score Home Team Score
1st Quarter SDM FLC
FLC
06:27 - FLC - Schmitten,Lucas 46 yd field goal 10 plays, 40 yards, TOP 04:06
0 3
SDM
01:03 - SDM - Dunbar,Dawson 1 yd run (Eccles,Sam kick), 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 05:17
7 3
2nd Quarter SDM FLC
FLC
07:12 - FLC - Schmitten,Lucas 18 yd field goal 12 plays, 91 yards, TOP 06:24
7 6
SDM
02:50 - SDM - Baker,Gage 8 yd run (Eccles,Sam kick), 8 plays, 77 yards, TOP 04:17
14 6
3rd Quarter SDM FLC
SDM
13:36 - SDM - Dunbar,Dawson 4 yd run ( ), 2 plays, 5 yards, TOP 00:36
20 6
FLC
08:02 - FLC - Brown,Jacob 3 yd run (Schmitten,Lucas kick), 4 plays, 22 yards, TOP 01:14
20 13
FLC
00:34 - FLC - Schmitten,Lucas 30 yd field goal 11 plays, 44 yards, TOP 04:49
20 16
4th Quarter SDM FLC
SDM
09:21 - SDM - Eccles,Sam 45 yd field goal 6 plays, 7 yards, TOP 03:11
23 16
SDM
00:06 - SDM - Wald,Sawyer 0 yd fumble recovery (Eccles,Sam kick)
30 16

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