Concordia-Moorhead used all three phases of the game in upsetting No. 4 St. John's. Concordia-Moorhead athletics file photo by Sheldon Green

Concordia-Moorhead completed just three passes all day, but one of them shocked No. 4 St. John's in overtime, while Union dealt the unbeaten Ithaca Bombers their first loss of the season and clinched an automatic bid to the playoffs, and Brockport handed Cortland its first loss of the season. Delaware Valley clinched its ticket to the dance as well in Division III football Week 9 action on Nov. 2, 2019.

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Facing fourth-and-9 from the 24-yard line in overtime, trailing St. John's 18-12, Blake Kragnes found Matt Bye downfield, where he got his hands on the ball, fell backward into the end zone, bobbled it and secrured the catch for a 24-yard touchdown, and Alexander Diaz converted the extra point to leave the crowd in Collegeville stunned.

St. John's had an extra point blocked in the first quarter, then had a PAT blocked and returned by Concordia-Moorhead for a defensive two-point conversion, and had their PAT blocked in overtime. Meanwhile, St. John's went for it on fourth down at the Concordia 11, 7 and 18-yard lines, passing up three kicks which would be makeable field goals for much of NCAA Division III.

Concordia-Moorhead improves to 3-5 on the season. The Cobbers managed just 224 yards of total offense in regulation, compared to 556 for St. John's, but Jackson Erdmann threw four interceptions in the loss.

Pride of Moorhead wins the game for Concordia over St. John’s. Massive win for the Cobbers. pic.twitter.com/aeRZhgLhcE

— Dom Izzo (@DomIzzoWDAY) November 2, 2019

Both Cortaca Jug rivals lost on Saturday in games that would have clinched them conference titles and automatic bids to the NCAA playoffs. Ike Irabor ran for 181 yards and three touchdowns and the Union defense had two interceptions and eight pass breakups against 2017 All-America quarterback Joe Germinerio as the No. 25 Dutchmen knocked off No. 8 Ithaca, 31-21. All three of Irabor's TD runs came in the final 31 minutes of the game, with the back-breaker coming with 2:23 left. Irabor saw a stacked line on second-and-12, but cut right, got past the line of scrimmage and sprinted untouched to the end zone for a 46-yard touchdown. Germinerio was 38-for-60 for Ithaca, for 397 yards, including throwing for 48 yards and running for another 34 on a drive which allowed Ithaca to cut the lead to 24-21 with 3:16 left. But the Bombers (7-1, 4-1 LL) were unable to cover the onside kick, and Irabor's scamper gave Union (8-0, 5-0) the buffer it needed to hold on for the win. The victory gives Union the Liberty League automatic bid to the playoffs, where the Dutchmen have not been since 2005.

Brockport rallied from a 23-0 deficit and defeated Cortland for the sixth time in seven meetings, handing the No. 18 Red Dragons their first loss of the season, 32-26 in overtime. Trailing 26-13 in the fourth quarter, Brockport quarterback Freddy June hit a deep bell to Daquan Hubbard to get the Golden Eagles down to the 6-yard line. Jala Coad ran it in two plays later. Later in the quarter, with Jason Hellwig at the helm for Brockport, Coad ran left and broke off a 32-yard touchdown to tie the game. Cortland's Travis Alvarez blocked the extra point. In overtime, Coad starting things off with a 14-yard run, and Hellwig finished it with an 11-yard touchdown to finish the game.

Brockport had a chance to win in regulation, but had a 32-yard field goal attempt go wide left with 1:09 left. The Eagles intercepted Cortland quarterback Brett Segala on the Red Dragons' final two psosessions to help secure the victory. Coad had 39 carries for 210 yards and the two touchdowns. The Golden Eagles can clinch the Empire 8's automatic bid with a win in either of their two remaining games, or a win and a Cortland loss at Hartwick in Week 10.

The defense had its day for Delaware Valley as the No. 15 Aggies won 44-0 at Alvernia, clinching the automatic bid from the Middle Atlantic Conference in the process. Brothers Michael and Anthony Nobile not only brought the defense up front, but scored all the points Del Val would need, as they combined for 19 tackles, five and a half tackles for loss, two sacks, a safety and a touchdown in the win. Michael Nobile's safety early in the third quarter gave Del Val a 9-0 lead after a first half in which the Aggies fumbled twice at the goal line. Anthony Nobile scored with 6:58 left in the game when he recovered a fumble in the end zone. Alvernia managed just 98 yards of total offense.

UW-Oshkosh put together two touchdown drives in the fourth quarter and rallied to knock off No. 13 UW-Platteville by a 24-20 score. The Pioneers (6-2, 3-2 WIAC) took the lead on a 21-yard touchdown catch by Brandt Stare from Colin Schuetz, going ahead 20-17 with 1:57 left in the game. But Kobe Berghammer led the Titans (6-2, 4-1) on an eight-play, 75-yard drive, and found Peter Maccudden for a 10-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left to win the game. Berghammer ran for 114 yards and threw for 174 and two scores, both in the fourth quarter. It's the Titans' sixth consecutive defeat of the Pioneers. 

No. 6 Muhlenberg jumped out to a 24-0 lead and was able to hold on to defeat Johns Hopkins 31-16. The Blue Jays turned the ball over three times in the first half and the Mules turned two of them into touchdowns. Johns Hopkins had two chances to pull within one score in the fourth quarter, but a Muhlenberg interception early in the period killed one drive at the Mule 42-yard line and the Blue Jays misfired on a fourth-down play inside the MC 10-yard line with just under three minutes remaining to end their final threat.

Elsewhere, points were being scored like they were going out of style. After a week in which Mary Hardin-Baylor and Hardin-Simmons battled each other with defense, their respective offenses broke out, as No. 2 UMHB rolled to an 82-0 shutout win at Louisiana College, and No. 17 Hardin-Simmons had its way with crosstown rival McMurry in a 91-29 win. No. 7 North Central took it to Elmhurst in an 82-7 win as well.

No. 3 UW-Whitewater emerged victorious after a back-and-forth fourth quarter, defeating UW-La Crosse 21-17. Trailing 17-14 five minutes into the fourth quarter, the Warhawks (8-0, 5-0 WIAC) connected on a big play as junior quarterback Zach Oles hit junior wide receiver Ryan Wisniewski for a 57-yard pass down to the Eagles' 18-yard line. Two plays later, Jarrod Ware busted up the middle for a 10-yard touchdown to give UW-Whitewater the lead with 8:36 left. UW-La Crosse (5-3, 3-2) drove 53 yards down to the Warhawks' 18, where. Mark McGrath tallied his team-leading fourth interception of the year to give UW-W the ball back with 4:41 to play. Whitewater was able to run out the clock.

D'Angelo Fulford and Braxton Plunk combined for 22-for-27 passing, throwing for 396 yards and five touchdowns as No. 1 Mount Union rolled past Ohio Northern 63-24. The Purple Raiders (8-0, 7-0 OAC) scored 35 points in the second quarter, including both of Plunk's touchdown passes. Josh Petruccelli had 24 carries for 144 yards and two scores.

No. 21 Case Western Reserve used three second half touchdowns to pull away from Bethany in a 35-14 win to clinch at least a share of the Presidents' Athletic Conference title. The Spartans (8-0, 7-0 PAC) need just one win more to clinch the outright title and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. Bethany fell to 3-5, 3-4. Travis Johnston was a factor in all three aspects of the game, rushing for two touchdowns, recovering a fumble, and blocking a punt.