These are our favorite moments highlights from DII football opening night
These are our favorite moments, highlights from DII football opening night NCAA.com
We trail by four with 4:22 to play. — Ashland University Eagles (@goashlandeagles) SACK! DEANDRE EASTERLING! — IUP Football (@IUPfootball) MORE: The Bulldogs are breaking it out early. Minnesota Duluth opened with a commanding 49-3 victory over Minot State and flashed some hardware early in 2018. Turnover chain is in full effect — UMD Football (@UMD_Football) No. 10 Grand Valley State avenged its 2017 opening night loss to No. 13 UIndy in dominating fashion. Bart Williams looked sharp, leading the Lakers to a 30-7 victory, with plays like this perfectly placed pass. Here's Bart Williams finding Austin Paritee, who makes the tough grab to give the Lakers a 10-7 lead with just before half! — GVSU Football (@gvsufootball) It was a back and forth battle in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association opener between No. 5 (tie) Fort Hays State and No. 18 Central Missouri. A timely interception sealed the deal for the Tigers, who haven't lost in the MIAA in over a year. INSTANT REPLAY: Tanner Hoekman intercepts a Mules pass to seal a 20-16 Tiger victory! — FHSU Athletics (@fhsuathletics) MORE: Speaking of the MIAA, how about this video-game-like punt return from Pittsburg State's Kiante Hardin? KIANTE HARDIN!
The Webb City product had this 59-yard punt return TD for Pitt State in their season opener against UCO. — Jacob Lenard (@j_lenard) Lenoir-Rhyne had upset on its mind, but a huge 22-point fourth quarter moved No. 12 West Alabama to 1-0. FB Tigersw tack on 7 more 47 yd TD pass to with the PAT 12:53 left UWA 29, LRU 19 — UWA Athletics (@UWAAthletics) Stay tuned, DII football fans. We're only halfway through the opening-weekend action. Expect more highlights and dramatics on Saturday when the rest of DII opens its season. and . His work has appeared on Bleacher Report, MLB.com, AJC.com, SB Nation and FoxSports.com and in publications like The Advocate and Lindy's Sports. Follow him on Twitter at . The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions.
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PRESENTED BY Thursday night saw the DII football season commence. With both the defending champion Texas A&M-Commerce and reigning national runners-up West Florida in action, along with quite a few top 25 teams, there was plenty of excitement to go around. Let's take a look at some of our favorite moments from opening night. No. 22 Carson-Newman carried a three-point lead into the half, but No. 2 West Florida's backup quarterback Sam Vaughn connected with Lee Walker for the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter, sealing the Argos first win. Argos first touchdown of the season! — UWF Football (@UWFFootball) Unranked Texas A&M-Kingsville had the reigning champs on the ropes, up 16-0 in the third quarter. But, the Lions came roaring back and forced a double-overtime thriller to open the season 1-0. We can all say that is back in action!! The final score after 2OT, No. 1 Texas A&M-Commerce defeats Texas A&M-Kingsville 37-36. — NCAA Division II (@NCAADII) For the second straight season, No. 4 Indiana (Pa.) and No. 15 Ashland played a thriller right down to the wire. Last season, a game-winning field goal as time expired gave the Crimson Hawks the win. This season, Ashland's late comeback was thwarted by some big D to preserve the 21-17 victory for IUP. Ogi to the HOUSE!We trail by four with 4:22 to play. — Ashland University Eagles (@goashlandeagles) SACK! DEANDRE EASTERLING! — IUP Football (@IUPfootball) MORE: The Bulldogs are breaking it out early. Minnesota Duluth opened with a commanding 49-3 victory over Minot State and flashed some hardware early in 2018. Turnover chain is in full effect — UMD Football (@UMD_Football) No. 10 Grand Valley State avenged its 2017 opening night loss to No. 13 UIndy in dominating fashion. Bart Williams looked sharp, leading the Lakers to a 30-7 victory, with plays like this perfectly placed pass. Here's Bart Williams finding Austin Paritee, who makes the tough grab to give the Lakers a 10-7 lead with just before half! — GVSU Football (@gvsufootball) It was a back and forth battle in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association opener between No. 5 (tie) Fort Hays State and No. 18 Central Missouri. A timely interception sealed the deal for the Tigers, who haven't lost in the MIAA in over a year. INSTANT REPLAY: Tanner Hoekman intercepts a Mules pass to seal a 20-16 Tiger victory! — FHSU Athletics (@fhsuathletics) MORE: Speaking of the MIAA, how about this video-game-like punt return from Pittsburg State's Kiante Hardin? KIANTE HARDIN!
The Webb City product had this 59-yard punt return TD for Pitt State in their season opener against UCO. — Jacob Lenard (@j_lenard) Lenoir-Rhyne had upset on its mind, but a huge 22-point fourth quarter moved No. 12 West Alabama to 1-0. FB Tigersw tack on 7 more 47 yd TD pass to with the PAT 12:53 left UWA 29, LRU 19 — UWA Athletics (@UWAAthletics) Stay tuned, DII football fans. We're only halfway through the opening-weekend action. Expect more highlights and dramatics on Saturday when the rest of DII opens its season. and . His work has appeared on Bleacher Report, MLB.com, AJC.com, SB Nation and FoxSports.com and in publications like The Advocate and Lindy's Sports. Follow him on Twitter at . The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions.