Box Score La Grande, Ore. - The Eastern Oregon University football team lost their last home game to Southern University 63-35.
The Mountaineers had 431 yards of total offense averaging 5.6 yards per play.
Jason Simonis completed 9 of 31 passes for 196 yards and rushed for 1 touchdown.
Jace Billingsley had 2 touchdowns on the day catching 6 passes for 71 yards.
Southern came out in the first quarter scoring on their first three positions of the game, taking an early 21-0 lead.
With just a second on the clock in the first quarter
Ronnie Flowers recovered a fumble by Southern in the end zone to give the Mountaineers their first touchdown of the day.
The Mountaineers would trail 7-21 after the first but would get things going in the next 15 minutes of play.
In the second quarter Simonis jumpstarted the Mountaineers offense. With 13:26 on the clock Simonis rushed for an 18-yard touchdown to put EOU on the scoreboard again. On EOUs ensuing possession, Simonis would put a series of completions together for a touchdown. This time Simonis threw a 6-yard pass to Billingsley on a 6 to tie the game at 21 with 6:21 to play in the half.
Southern would get the ball back twice before half and score on both of their possessions to take a 35-21 lead at half.
In the third, Southern started with the ball and picked up where they left off scoring on their first possession. EOU would follow with a touchdown of their own as Simonis completed a 38 -yard pass to Billinsley with 10:03 to play, cutting the Raiders lead back down to 21.
With 3:41 to play in the fourth the Mountaineers would score again. Simonis completed a 20-yard pass to
Justin Reynolds for last touchdown of the game. Southern was difficult to stop on offense, as they would score two more times in the fourth to give them a 63-35 victory.
SOU was led by Austin Dodge as he completed 32 of 51 passes for 550 yards and threw 4 touchdowns Patrick Donahue had 8 receptions for 143 yards.
The Mountaineers will travel to Dillon, Mont. to take on University of Montana Western next Saturday, November 10th. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. MT
