STORM LAKE, Iowa (Nov. 2, 2024) - The Buena Vista University football team returned home on Saturday to host Coe College, but it was the Kohawks scoring three straight second half touchdowns which aided them during a 35-13 victory over the Beavers.

Despite being held to only one first down and 30 total yards of offense in the first half, the Beavers trailed only 14-0 at the half. The team received the second half kickoff and marched down the field with a 13-play drive that used 7:49 off the clock and ended with an eight-yard touchdown pass over the middle of the field to Colton Brant. Quarterback Zach Herrera was 4-of-5 through the air on the drive for 50 yards as BVU cut the deficit to 14-6 after the PAT was missed.

The Kohawks responded right back with a touchdown drive of their own ending in a four-yard touchdown run three minutes later to push the advantage back to two scores at 21-7. The Beavers were forced to punt the ball back to Coe on the ensuing drive with under three minutes to play in the quarter, and then on the first play of the fourth quarter, the Kohawks hooked up for a 32-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-7.

Coe would get the ball right back deep into BVU territory after the Beavers fumbled on the third play from scrimmage on the ensuing drive. The Kohawks used that turnover to break the game open as it resulted in a one-yard touchdown run with 10:28 remaining and a 35-6 cushion.

After both teams turned the ball over on downs in their opponent's territory, BVU got the ball back with 5:04 to play and turned it into points. On second and goal from the four-yard line, Herrera connected with a wide-open Gavin Honkomp at the 1:14 mark. From there, Coe ran two running plays on the ensuing drive to run out the clock.

The Kohawks chalked up 454 total yards of offense in the contest while BVU finished with 454. Coe did the majority of its damage on the ground with 297 rushing yards and three scores. The Beavers were limited to 50 yards on the ground on 21 attempts. Herrera completed 21-of-34 pass attempts for 162 yards and his ninth touchdown pass of the year.

Blaine Peebles caught a team-high six passes for 51 yards. Eman Alaniz followed with four receptions while Brant and Honkomp each added three for a combined 53 yards. Back-up Brady Kelly stepped in as quarterback for the Kohawks due to injury and completed 12-of-19 passes for 122 yards and a pair of scores.

Trenton Barnes, the A-R-C's leading rusher by a wide margin, chalked up 194 yards on 38 carries and three scores and moves past 1,000 yards on the season. 

Troy Reynolds registered a game-high 18 tackles for BVU, defensively, while Nick Moorshead was close behind with 15. 

Buena Vista is now 1-7 on the year (1-5 A-R-C) and travels to Luther College (1-7, 0-6 A-R-C) for a 1 p.m. kickoff next Saturday, Nov. 9.