Football Finishes Season

November 7, 2009

WEATHERFORD, Okla. -- Southwestern Oklahoma State University stood toe-to-toe with Lone Star Conference North Division heavyweight Texas A&M Commerce and gave the Lions a fight to the finish before falling 15-12 in a football game Saturday in Weatherford.

The loss ended SWOSU's season at 1-10 overall and 1-4 in North Division play. The Lions

celebrated an unbeaten run to the division championship which was their first since the league split 1997. A&M-Commerce finished the season at 5-5 overall and 5-0 in division play.

Quarterback Adam Farkes one-yard run with 6:24 to play was enough to push the Lions into a 15-12 lead. A&M-Commerce took over at the SWOSU 34 following a short punt and moved to the Bulldogs goal line. Farkes sneak came on a fourth-down play after the Lions had been stopped three previous times at the one by the stingy Bulldog defense.

SWOSU had one final opportunity moving the ball down to the Lions' 25-yard line before fumbling the ball away on a mishandled snap. The Lions recovered and ran out the final 3:55 of the clock.

Farkes was the offensive star for A&M-Commerce completing 21-of-36 passes for 206 yards. He was assisted by running back Marcus Graham who ended the game with 90 yards rushing on 96 carries.

SWOSU was led offensively by Day who completed 23-of-38 passes for 224 yards and one touchdown. Day was intercepted two times and sacked six others by the Lions defense.

SWOSU's Johnathan Haggerty was Day's primary target catching 11 balls for 136 yards including a 27-yard touchdown that put the Bulldogs ahead 12-7 with 1:25 left in the third period. Haggerty added yet another school record by catching 53 passes this season, the most ever by a SWOSU player in a single season.

The Bulldogs were up 6-0 early on the strength of a pair of Chad McIntosh field goals of 23 and 48 yards. The stayed in SWOSU's favor until Commerce went ahead 7-6 on a one-yard run by Marcus Graham with 1:21 to play in first half.

A&M-C had a slight statistical edge in the offensive statistics finishing with 314 yards to SWOSU's 270. The Bulldogs turned the ball over four times to the Lions three.

Defensively, SWOSU was led by Shane Scott who finished with 14 tackles.