MINNEAPOLIS – Quarterback Cade Sheehan (SO, Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) completed 24-of-35 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for a score, leading the Augsburg University football team to a 38-35 victory over Concordia College-Moorhead in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon at Edor Nelson Field.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 38, Concordia-Moorhead 35
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-2 overall (4-2 MIAC), Concordia 4-4 overall (2-4 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• With the victory, Augsburg snapped an 11-season losing streak to Concordia, dating to a 27-20, two-overtime Auggie win on Oct. 17, 2009 in Moorhead, Minn. The win also snapped a nine-game losing streak at Edor Nelson Field to the Cobbers, dating to a 13-10 win on Oct. 25, 1997, during Augsburg's MIAC championship season with current Auggie head coach Derrin Lamker '97 as the starting quarterback.
• The two teams combined for 916 yards of total offense -- Augsburg gaining 467 yards (273 passing, 194 rushing) and Concordia gaining 449 yards (320 passing, 129 rushing). Augsburg held the ball for 30:21, compared to 29:39 for the Cobbers.
• The Auggies and Cobbers traded touchdowns throughout the game, with neither team holding greater than a seven-point lead until the fourth quarter. The Cobbers took advantage of two Auggie fumbles to score 14 of its 21 points in the second quarter to take a 28-21 halftime lead.
• But Augsburg scored 17 unanswered points in the second half to take the lead for good. After the Auggie defense stopped a Concordia drive on downs at the Auggie 22-yard line, Sheehan capped a 12-play, 70-yard, 6:41 drive with a four-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 28-28 late in the third quarter. Another long drive -- eight plays, 89 yards and 3:39 -- was capped by a three-yard touchdown pass from Sheehan to Dominic Smith (SO, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS), and after Gerald Shepherd (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) recovered a Cobber fumble at the Concordia 40, kicker Nathan Wangensteen (FY, Chisholm, Minn./Chisholm HS) gave the Auggies a 38-29 lead with a 41-yard field goal with 6:22 left to play.
• Sheehan claimed his third four-touchdown passing game of the season and seventh game with four or more touchdown passes in his career with Saturday's effort, completing 24-of-35 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns against no interceptions. Sheehan also rushed 14 times for 63 yards and a four-yard touchdown in the third quarter.
• Smith caught eight passes for 86 yards and his fourth-quarter touchdown, while Michael Ims (JR, Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) claimed his first career multi-touchdown effort, catching two scores in the first quarter as part of his four-catch, 60-yard effort. Braden Tretter (SO, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) caught four passes for 45 yards and an 11-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Tyrone Wilson (FY, Ellendale, Minn./New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva HS) caught four passes for 49 yards.
• Running back DJ Monroe (SO, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) continued his strong season with his fifth game with 60-plus rushing yards -- running for 94 yards on 10 carries. 
• Justin Tverberg (SO, Farmington, Minn./Hastings HS) led the Augsburg defense with 11 tackles (five solo), while Brandon Sjostrand (JR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) had 10 tackles (two solo). Camdin Carlson-Mathies (SR, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) had eight tackles (four solo), and Marcus Santillana (JR, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) and Charles Otu (SO, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) had seven tackles and a pass breakup each.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• With its third straight win, Augsburg improved to 6-2 overall -- its first season with six or more wins since the 2012 campaign (7-3 overall, 5-3 MIAC).

FOR THE FOES
• Concordia quarterback Cooper Mattern completed 35-of-58 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns -- two to Owen Miller and two to Jake Evans -- while also rushing 14 times for 70 yards. Miller caught 12 passes for 127 yards, and Jackson Haire caught seven passes for 83 yards.
• Mitchell Sullivan had nine tackles (eight solo) and a pass breakup, and Ty Moser had eight tackles (two solo) to lead the Cobber defense.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Bethel next Saturday (11/5) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field. Augsburg and Bethel both have 3-0 records in the MIAC Skyline Division, so the winner of next Saturday's game will play at the winner of the MIAC Northwoods Division on Nov. 12 for the MIAC's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III national tournament.