MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg University football team put on a furious second-half rally in its Homecoming contest, but were unable to overcome a 28-6 halftime deficit in falling 48-26 to St. Olaf College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football action on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: St. Olaf 48, Augsburg 26
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 1-3 overall (0-2 MIAC), St. Olaf 4-0 overall (2-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• St. Olaf scored the first 28 points of the game, taking advantage of Augsburg drives that ended with four punts, a blocked field goal attempt and two fumbles, including one that extended a St. Olaf drive that resulted in the first Ole touchdown in the first quarter. St. Olaf outgained Augsburg by a 314-136 margin in the first half, en route to a 469-343 advantage in the game.
• Augsburg didn't score until its final drive of the first half, following a 69-yard kickoff return by Le'Andre Benion (SR, Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS). Quarterback Quinn Frisell (SR, Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS), returning to the starting lineup after missing a game-and-a-half due to injury, threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Williams (JR, Milpitas, Calif./Milpitas HS) with 26 seconds left in the first half. 
• The Auggies scored three times in the second half, with Frisell throwing two third-quarter touchdown passes -- a 13-yarder to Mike Rodriguez (JR, Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) and a nine-yarder to Benion. The Benion touchdown followed a successful onside kick, recovered by Williams on the St. Olaf 45-yard line.
• On a running play, Frisell suffered an injury on a tackle and was knocked from the game early in the fourth quarter. His replacement, Chad Costello (JR, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS), continued the Auggie drive and completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to Josiah Ferguson (JR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS), and a two-point conversion pass to Benion, to cut the Ole lead to 42-26 with 9:34 left to play. But the Oles got one more touchdown in the final two minutes of play to cap the scoring.
• Frisell completed 17-of-32 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns, while Costello completed 3-of-6 passes for 32 yards. Ferguson caught six passes for 57 yards, while Zach Kes (JR, Jordan, Minn./Jordan HS) caught three passes for 7 yards and Rodriguez caught three passes for 51 yards.
• Running back Quran Al-Hameed (JR, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) rushed 11 times for 83 yards, his second game this season with 80-plus rushing yards.
• Tony Neve (JR, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) led the Auggie defense with nine tackles (three solo), including a tackle for-loss, while Lorenzo Hernandez (SR, New Ulm, Minn./New Ulm HS) had eight tackles (three solo) with a tackle for-loss and Jared Pope (JR, Colorado Springs, Colo./Lewis Palmer HS) had seven tackles (four solo) with a tackle for-loss.
• Shaquille Young (FY, St. Paul, Minn.) had six tackles (two solo) with two forced fumbles, and Derek Glynn (SR, Lonsdale, Minn./Faribault HS) had six tackles (three solo) with a fumble recovery.

FOR THE FOES
• Quarterback Lars Prestemon completed 13-of-19 passes for 280 yards and five touchdowns, with two touchdowns going to Isaac Coutier, who caught three passes for 102 yards. Gonzalo Pirela caught four passes for 76 yards and a touchdown, and Caleb Golberg and Gabe Alada also caught passes for touchdowns.
• Siegel Howard III scored two rushing touchdowns and had 10 carries for 48 yards. Khayleb Willis rushed 25 times for 80 yards.
• Leandro Ferreira had eight tackles (two solo) with a half-sack, while Shiloh Goodwin had six tackles (two solo).

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Saint John's next Saturday (10/5) at 1 p.m.
• St. Olaf hosts Hamline next Saturday at 1 p.m.