Committing 8 turnovers and 11 penalties, the Pioneers lost to the Knox Prairie Fire 31-21 on Saturday on a hot October day in Galesburg, IL. The win drops Grinnell to 4-2 on the season and at 3-2 in MWC play, still just one game back of league leaders Ripon and Carroll with four to play.
The game got off to a great start as the offense took the first series down and scored on a Mike Bogard '12 to Kelsey Davis '12 17-yard strike. From that point forward however, nothing went right for the visiting Pioneers. Trailing 17-7 at halftime, the Pioneers had plenty of fight in them as they cut the lead to 3 points twice in the 2nd half, to 17-14 on a Robert Seer '12 28 yard catch and run with 5:30 left in the 3rd quarter and then again cut the lead to 24-21 on a Jason Peters '14 two yard scoring plunge with 13:00 minutes left in the game.
Knox proved up to the challenge and played the better game on Saturday, now it's time to regroup and get back to playing Pioneer football! With energy, pride, and passion!
Next game brings the Vikings of Lawrence University to Rosenbloom Field this Saturday for a 1 pm kickoff!
Go Pioneers!
