SOU-Linfield Boxscore 

The Linfield offense and defense made big plays in overtime as the Wildcats came away with a 14-7 overtime victory tonight in McMinnville.

Linfield improved to 1-1 on the season. The Raiders fell to 1-4 and are now off until they host Western Oregon Oct. 11.

The two teams struggled offensively in regulation and tied at 7-7, the game went into overtime where the Wildcats took control of the ball first.

Linfield took three plays to get the ball down to the Raider 6-yard-line. On a third-and-goal from the SOU 1, Linfield quarterback Cole Franklin battled his way in to the end zone to give the Wildcats a 14-7 lead.

The Raiders began their overtime possession at the Linfield 25-yard-line, but senior quarterback Bryan Lee-Lauduski (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad) fumbled the snap and Linfield's Paul Nishazaki fell on the football, giving Linfield the victory.

The game was a battle of defenses throughout the night. Linfield finished with 275 yards of total offense and the Raiders finished with 240.

The first half was scoreless as both teams missed a field goal attempt in the second quarter.

The Raiders got on the board first late in the third quarter as Danny Patenaude (Rocklin, Calif./Rocklin) made a beautiful diving catch on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Lee-Lauduski.

After the two teams traded punts, Linfield opened up the fourth quarter with a touchdown of their own on a Simon Lamson 1-yard rush to tie the game at 7-7.

The Raider defense helped send the game into overtime by making a big defensive play late in the fourth quarter.

The Wildcats took over possession of the ball with 10:07 on the clock and methodically marched the ball down the field and had a second-and-goal at the SOU 1-yard-line with 1:06 to play when Lamson fumbled the ball into the end zone and Thomas Sandoval (Santa Rosa, Calif./Piner) fell on it for the Raiders.

Neither team did much in the last minute, setting up overtime.

Senior running back Marlon Rosales (San Jose, Calif./Santa Teresa) went over 100 yards for the second-straight game, going for 105 yards on 21 carries for the Raiders.

Patenaude finished with three catches for 71 yards.

Kevin Harrell (Napa, Calif./Vintage) and Kenrick Baker led the Raider defensive efforts. Harrell finished with a game-high 13 tackles, while Baker went for nine tackles and two tackles-for-loss.