Concord Drops Road Game Against Hillsdale

HILLSDALE, Mich. – The Concord University football team fell in its only non-conference game of the season, 38-14, to Hillsdale Saturday afternoon at Frank Waters Stadium.

The Mountain Lions (0-5) jumped on the board in their opening possession as they needed less than five minutes to drive 69 yards that ended with a 33-yard touchdown toss from senior quarterback Kyle Akin to junior wide receiver Tywan Pearce.

After CU forced a punt on the opening offensive series of the game by Hillsdale (3-2), Concord appeared poised to jump up two possessions, but Hillsdale intercepted a pass and began a string of scoring 38 straight points that included a 60-yard Hail Mary pass completed at the end of the first half.

The final play of the first half gave the Chargers a 17-7 lead at halftime.

Concord kept HC from expanding its lead on the opening drive of the second half as a sack from junior defensive lineman JT Turner helped stall out the series. Hillsdale would go on to miss a field goal.

On the ensuing Mountain Lions' drive, CU drove into the edge of the red zone as it converted a fourth down near midfield to keep the possession alive. However, Concord missed its own field goal that would have trimmed the lead to 17-10.

Hillsdale scored a touchdown at the end of the third quarter and added two more scores in the fourth quarter.

Senior wide receiver Brandon Plyler caught a touchdown pass on the final play of the contest. For Plyler, he had 11 receptions for 150 yards in the contest. Plyler is the first CU receiver with double-digit catches and 150 yards in the same game since Jermeil Douse on November 5, 2016.

Junior wide receiver Tywan Pearce also went over the century mark receiving as he hauled in seven catches for a career-best 110 yards to go with the touchdown.

Both CU quarterbacks, senior Kyle Akin and redshirt freshman Matt Shearer, each had touchdown passes in the game.

Junior linebacker Dwain Porterfield collected a career-best 12 tackles while senior defensive back Ke'Shawn Hall added 11 stops on the afternoon.

Concord is back on the road next weekend as it visits West Liberty 1:00 p.m. Saturday.