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OSSEO – Osseo-Fairchild handed Stratford its first loss of the season, beating the Tigers 23-7 in a nonconference football game Friday at Osseo-Fairchild High School.
The Tigers fall to 3-1 overall, while Osseo-Fairchild improves to 3-1.
Stratford, which is 3-0 in the Marawood Conference, returns to conference action next Friday at home against 4-0 Marathon.
Stratford was plagued by mistakes. The Tigers committed four turnovers (two fumbles, two interceptions) and had seven penalties totaling 63 yards.
After falling behind 7-0, Stratford tied the game when Eli Temanson scored from 15 yards out with 26 seconds to go in the first quarter.
However, that was the only time Stratford found the end zone.
Nick Moore caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Sam Waters 7 seconds into the second quarter for the Chieftains – just 33 seconds after Stratford had tied the game – to make it 14-7.
O-F added a field goal and another touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Chieftains 23, Tigers 7
Stratford 7 0 0 0 – 7
Osseo-Fairchild 7 7 0 9 – 23
FIRST QUARTER
OF – Sam Waters 3 run (Nick Moore kick), 6:28.
M – Eli Temanson 15 run (Sam Guyer kick), 0:26.
SECOND QUARTER
OF – Moore 33 pass from Waters (Moore kick), 11:53.
FOURTH QUARTER
OF – Moore 23 field goal, 9:34.
OF – Cody Sromek 1 run (kick failed), 3:38.
TEAM STATISTICS
First downs: Stratford 11; Osseo-Fairchild 10.
Rushing (att-yards): Stratford 34-197; Osseo-Fairchild 40-181.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Stratford 7-19-69-2; Osseo-Fairchild 7-17-93-1.
Fumbles (total-lost): Stratford 3-2; Osseo-Fairchild 1-1.
Penalties (total-yards): Stratford 7-63; Osseo-Fairchild 4-30.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: S, Greg Belter 9-92, Travis Urlaub 14-59, Eli Temanson 6-3, Davis Drews 1-11, Joe Franklin 1-minus 1, Nolan Bargender 3-minus 5. OF, Sam Waters 13-92, Cody Stromek 10-48, Dawson Kuehn 10-25, Cole Kutchera 4-15, Derek Norby 3-1.
Passing: S, Bargender 7-19-69-2. OF, Waters 7-17-93-1.
Receiving: S, Temanson 3-7, Derek Austin 2-54, Belter 2-8. OF, Nick Moore 3-65, Derek Norby 2-3, Stromek 1-15, Cody Kostka 1-10.
Records: Stratford 3-1; Osseo-Fairchild 3-1.