St. Louis, Missouri (uwrfsports.com) - The UW-River Falls Football team jumped out to a 21-3 halftime lead, and after that the defense took over as the Falcons won on the road 30-3 over Missouri Baptist.  The Falcons now go into their bye week before starting the conference schedule later this month.

THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score:  UW-River Falls 30, Missouri Baptist 3
• Location:  CBC Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
• Records:  UW-River Falls 2-1 (0-0 WIAC), Missouri Baptist (0-3)

WHAT HAPPENED

• Michael Diggins rushed 21 times for 171 yards and 2 TD's.
• Travon Hearns was efficient completing 8 of 12 passes for 94 yards, and 2 TD's.
• Ben Beckman did a fine job when he was in the game completing 3 of 8 passes for 77 yards.
• Trenton Monson caught 5 passes for 74 and a TD.
• The Falcons defense made their presence known to Missouri Baptist holding them to -26 yards rushing for the game.
• The defense had 11 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks.
• Mitch Dienger led the defense with 6 tackles.

IN-DEPTH LOOK

• UW-River Falls rushed for 179 yards in the game, while holding Missouri Baptist to -26 yards.
• Total yardage for the game was in favor of the Falcons who had 350 yards, compared to just 206 for Missouri Baptist.
• The Falcons collected 19 first downs in the game, and held Missouri Baptist to just 7.
• Missouri Baptist held the ball for just 23:52 while UWRF had the ball for 36:08.
• UWRF had 5 drives that were 3 minutes or longer.

THE OPPOSITION

• Chase Brown was 17 of 30 for 159 yards.
• Isaiah King caught 9 passes for 111.
• Dontrai Johnson had 9 tackles, and .5 sack.
• Caleb Carver had 8 tackles, with 3.5 of them being for loss, and a sack.

LOOKING AHEAD
The UW-River Falls Falcons are off this coming weekend.  They return to action on September 30th as they go on the road to face UW-Eau Claire in the conference opener for both teams.  Kick off is set for 1 PM in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.