MINNEAPOLIS -- Ayrton Scott (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest HS) rushed for 158 yards and passed for 353 more, but it was not enough for Augsburg College, as Hamline University rallied from a 21-6 deficit to claim a 28-27 overtime victory in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football game on Saturday afternoon at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Hamline 28, Augsburg 27 (OT)
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-6 overall (2-5 MIAC), Hamline 4-5 overall (2-5 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Hamline tied the game at 21-21 on a one-yard touchdown run by Brendan Nachtrieb (FY, Metamora, Ill./Metamora Township HS) with 2:02 left in regulation time, forcing overtime.
• Scott scored on Augsburg's first overtime session with a four-yard run, but the extra point attempt was blocked by Anthony Hill (SO, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Champlin Park HS).
• On Hamline's first play of its overtime session, Nachtrieb rushed for a 25-yard touchdown, and Forrest Coughlin's (JR, Maple Lake, Minn.) extra point sealed the win.
• Scott completed 19-of-31 passing for 353 yards and a touchdown, while rushing 23 times for 158 yards and two touchdowns -- a seven-yard run in the third quarter and the four-yard run in overtime.
• Joey Sonnenfeld (JR, Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS) caught eight passes for 153 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.
• Jerise Washington (SR, Roseville, Minn./Mounds View HS) accumulated 183 all-purpose yards -- catching six passes for 123 yards and rushing 21 times for 60 yards, including a two-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter.
• Isaac Hove (FY, Burnsville, Minn.) led the Auggie defense with 11 tackles (eight solo), adding a forced fumble.
• Denzel Anderson (JR, Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) had nine tackles (six solo), and Felix Coleman (SR, Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson HS) had seven tackles (three solo). Tyler Sis (JR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) had a sack.
• Isiah Malone (FY, Brooklyn Center, Minn./Park Center HS) and Bryce Nelson (JR, New Brighton, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) had interceptions for the Auggies.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Hamline claimed "The Hammer," the traveling trophy between the two schools, for just the second time in the 10 trophy-game meetings between the two schools, dating to the 2005 season.
• Augsburg outgained Hamline by a 586-333 margin in the game, but turned the ball over four times on fumbles.

FOR THE FOES
• Nachtrieb rushed 15 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns for the Pipers.
• Tim Bona (JR, Columbia Heights, Minn.) completed 27-of-40 passing for 230 yards and a touchdown, a six-yard pass to Philip Sherman (JR, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.) in the third quarter. Sherman caught nine passes for 98 yards to lead the Pipers.
• Hill led the way for the Piper defense with 10 tackles (seven solo) and two forced fumbles, while Jonny Nguyen (SO, Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) and TaSawn Burton (SO, Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial HS) had nine tackles each. Corey Touchette (SR, Bainbridge Island, Wash.) had two sacks, a forced fumble and fumble recover, along with his eight tackles in the game.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg closes out the season with a game at Bethel next Saturday (11/15) at 1 p.m.
• Hamline closes its season with a home game against Carleton next Saturday at 1 p.m.