MCPHERSON, Kan. – Tabor College Football made the trip west to take on McPherson College in the Highway 56 Showdown on Saturday. The Bluejays were looking to capitalize on a solid effort against Southwestern the week before, while the Bulldogs looked to improve to 3-0.
SCORE
GAME NOTES
- With the loss, the Bluejays fall to 1-2 on the season
- Saturday's game marked the 58th all-time meeting between the two programs
- The all-time series dates back to 1967, Tabor's first season of football
- Tabor currently holds a 29-28-1 advantage in the series
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- Jerome Stewart found the endzone for the second time as a Bluejay, connecting on a 49-yard pass to A.J. King
- King now has five touchdown receptions in a Bluejay uniform
- Cam Pair recorded 14 total tackles
- Dusty Daigle recorded 11 tackles and one tackle-for-loss (TFL)
FROM THE COACH
- "They (McPherson) did a really good job tackling, they did a good job getting after us up front on both sides of the ball."
- "We never were really able to get into a rhythm, and that is partly a credit to them and what they were able to do defensively."
- "I thought Jerome (Stewart) did about as well as he could have, given the circumstances."
- "The thing about football is it's a week-to-week deal, and some weeks things go a little bit different than you have planned, and other weeks they go as you have planned, we obviously didn't play our best, but you have to give credit to McPherson, they played really well."
NEXT UP
- Tabor returns to Joel H. Wiens Stadium on Saturday as they play host to Friends in a 1:00pm kickoff.
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Tabor College is a Christ-centered institution located in Hillsboro, Kansas. The Bluejays are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and compete in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC).
