Batesville, AR - For the first time in history Lyon College hosted a football game on their own campus in their own brand new Bad Boy Mowers Stadium. Unfortunately this inaugural match up resulted in a loss for the Scots who had the lead in the fourth quarter over Arkansas Baptist College, but could not hold to it as the Buffaloes came back to win, 20-19. Scots are now 0-2 on the year.
Offensively Lyon had 241 yards of total offense with only 37 yards through the air and 204 yards on the ground.
Grayson Johnson was 6-of-20 for 37 yards, two passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdown, and two interceptions.
Jacobi Williams led the team in rushing going for 79 yards on 20 carries.
Louis Calhoun led the team in receiving with 25 yards and a touchdown.
Ashton Scott had a receiving touchdown as well.
Defensively
Trampas Stubbs led the defense with nine tackles, eight solo, one assisted, and 1 TFL for a yard.
Keidrick Wooten led the team with 3 TFL for six yards, he also had four tackles, three solo, one assisted.
Scots won the toss and elected to receive the opening kick with
Kaden Canada receiving on the Lyon 25 and being brought down on the Lyon 45. On the first Scots drive a hand-off to
Jacobi Williams gained three yards to make it 2 & 7 on the Lyon 48. An incomplete pass thrown by Johnson was followed by a 13 yard QB keeper to the Arkansas Baptist 39-yard line for the first down. Rushes by Williams and Johnson only gathered three yards. Now 3 & 7 on Arkansas Baptist 36 two back-to-back incompletions resulted in turn over on downs. With 12:29 left in the first, Buffaloes have the ball and go on a five play drive starting on their 36-yard line. This just barely cross the 50-yard line as the defense including
Jacob Hutto,
Jabori Johnson,
Trampas Stubbs make stops to force the punt.
With 9:34 still in the first Scots get the ball back on their 25-yard line. Scots go a 12-play drive with
Jacobi Williams rushing for 21 yards to the first down at the Lyon 46. Now 4th & 2 a Johnson pass to
Keilin Hall is incomplete but holding is called on the Buffaloes so a new set of downs are awarded. Hall rushes for seven yards to get to the Arkansas Baptist 29. Close to the end zone, Scots try to score but two passes go incomplete, so a field goal is attempted by
Jesus Romero-Castillo but it misses wide left. This missed scoring opportunity was critical.
Early in second quarter a fumble by Johnson was recovered by Arkansas Baptist on the Lyon 38-yard line. With 14:26 on the clock, the Buffaloes begin their second half drive with rushes being stopped at the Lyon 27-yard line by Wooten and Williams. ABC would attempt four passes but all would go incomplete as the defense made another crucial stop. At 5:42 in the second Scots had the ball on the Buffaloes 25-yard line after Lyon defense pinned them on their side of the field. On the first play of this drive Johnson would hit Calhoun on the Arkansas Baptist 5-yard line for a 25 yard touchdown pass. Scots would be up 7-0 after the extra point was kicked good by Romero-Castillo.
With Arkansas Baptist now in possession of the football they went on a 10 play almost four and minute drive that reached the Lyon 14-yard line. Buffaloes in the red zone tried to score, but
Aaron Martin and
Xiyiah Spencer-Cole shut down all pass attempts forcing a turnover on downs. Scots went into halftime up 7-0.
It was a defensive battle in the third quarter, with neither side being able to drive down the field and score for almost 10:00 minutes. At 4:35 Arkansas Baptist rushed down the field for 18 yards to reach their 37-yard line. From there the Buffaloes completed a 63-yard pass to the Lyon 38-yard line to score their first touchdown of the game, Lyon remained in the lead as ABC failed on their two point attempt. Now 7-6, Lyon returned the kickoff to the Lyon 38-yard line but a personal foul penalty on the Buffaloes spotted the ball across the fifty. Williams would rush 19 yards on three carries stopping on the Arkansas Baptist 34-yard line. Johnson would firing one into the end zone for
Ta'Jon Ellis but would fall incomplete. Now 3rd and 4 Johnson would pull the ball and make the first down with his legs. Fourth Quarter would start with
Donovan Jordan bringing the Scots four yards from the goal line with an 11 yard rush. Johnson would find
Ashton Scott in the end zone on a four-yard pass that send the Scots up 13-6. Lyon would go for two again, but fail after two rushing attempts were allowed after a illegal substitution penalty was committed by the Buffaloes.
Arkansas Baptist would regain possession but would throw a pick on third play of the drive to William Littlell who returned it for 19 yards. Scots had the ball on the Arkansas Baptist 26-yard line and Johnson threw a pass that was intercepted on the first play of the drive. Buffaloes on their own 27-yard line would go on a five-play drive crossing midfield on 31 yards from rushes. Now 2nd and 10, Arkansas Baptist would complete a 5-yard pass but would be penalized for holding pushing them back the Lyon 47-yard line. On the next play the Buffaloes would find their man on the Lyon 35-yard line for a 47-yard touchdown, 13-12, they would then go for two and make it.
With Arkansas Baptist now leading 14-13 at 10:33, Scots would respond with a 17-play drive to take the lead, with a touchdown coming at 3:20 on a 1-yard rush from Johnson. Drive got started on a 9-yard rush from Jordan to the Lyon 44-yard line. Jordan would cross midfield on another 9-yard rush to ABC 46-yard line. Williams would rush for eight yards to reach the Buffalo 33-yard line. An offsides penalty on the Buffaloes would move Lyon forward five-yards for a first down. A few plays later another offside penalty would put the Scots in scoring position at the Arkansas Baptist 15-yard line. Two rushes from Williams for 12 yards would move the ball to the Buffaloes 4-yard line. Jordan on the carry fumbled the ball on the seven-yard line but recovering the ball. Johnson would get his second rushing touchdown of the day on a 1-yard run to put the Scots on top, 19-14, Lyon would go for two and fail to find the end zone.
With 3:20 left in the fourth Arkansas Baptist would go a five-play drive starting on their own 25-yard line. Buffaloes would move the ball to their 35-yard line on two shorts passes and a short run. A deep pass went incomplete around the Lyon 35-yard line and the very next play Buffaloes would ripoff a 65 rush to find the end zone to go up 20-19. Arkansas Baptist would fall short on their two point attempt.
With 1:34 left Scots got the ball on their own 31-yard line, a penalty on an incomplete pass would move the Scots to their 39-yard line. A nine yard rush by Johnson would get Lyon to their own 43-yard line. A pass interference penalty would put the Scots on the 50 with a full set of downs. Next play Johnson would be picked off at the Arkansas Baptist 39-yard line. Buffaloes with 0:53 seconds left would kneel down to take the game 20-19.
The Lyon College Scots Football team will travel to Greenville, IL to face the Greenville University Panthers on Saturday, September 20 at 1:00 PM.
