BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – Roosevelt scored a non-offensive touchdown for the third week in a row in a 63-20 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference loss to No. 1 Ferris State on Saturday in Big Rapids.
Stacey Terry did all the work to score the Lakers' second touchdown of the day, jarring the ball free from the Ferris State running back late in the third quarter. The senior safety then scooped up the fumble and went the final 10 yards to score. Terry finished with five tackles on the day, all of which were solo stops giving him more than 100 solo tackles in his collegiate career.
The touchdown capped off a crazy sequence of events for Roosevelt (5-6, 1-6 GLIAC) in the third quarter. Jordan Brazil jumped a route and returned the interception 33 yards to the Bulldogs' 7-yard line. The Lakers thought they had a touchdown two plays later, but the pass to Michael Prokos was wiped out by a penalty.
Tony Chahino got all of the yards back on the next play when he scrambled for 14 yards to the Ferris State 4-yard line. Tyvon Boddie took the ball down to the goal line then Carl Bew was stuffed on fourth down with roughly 90 seconds left in the third quarter.
Roosevelt got on the board early in the third quarter after its defense stuffed Ferris State on fourth down in near midfield. Chahino and Prokos connected for 46 yards to take the Lakers inside the Bulldogs 5-yard line, then Julius May found a hole for a 3-yard touchdown.
May added a receiving touchdown from Justin Bland in the fourth quarter as he led the Lakers with 54 rushing yards on 16 attempts.
Terrion Spencer recovered a muffed punt in the second quarter to put the Lakers in the red zone. However, Roosevelt's drive ended on one of four interceptions Lakers quarterbacks threw against the two-time defending national champions. John Sherrod led the team with seven tackles in the loss while Brazil added a tackle-for-loss to his interception.
