Box Score SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Southern Oregon overcame a 21-point deficit to force overtime, but the 10th-ranked Raiders' season came to an end Saturday afternoon as No. 3 Morningside scored an overtime touchdown to claim a 47-44 victory in the NAIA Football Championship Series Quarterfinals.

Southern Oregon tied the program record with nine wins, finishing the season with a 9-3 record, and the Raiders made their fourth all-time trip to the NAIA quarterfinals. Morningside improves to 12-0 and will advance to next weekend's semifinals.

The Raiders totaled 587 offensive yards in the game and finished the season with an NAIA record average of 642 yards per game. Austin Dodge (Vancouver, Wash./Skyview) threw for 444 yards and three touchdowns to surpass 5,000 passing yards this season with 42 total touchdowns. Manny Barragan (Yreka, Calif./Yreka) ran for 103 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries.

Cole McKenzie (Red Bluff, Calif./Red Bluff) rewrote the SOU single-game receiving records, as his 19 catches for 265 yards erased the previous team records of 14 and 237. He finished with a pair of touchdown grabs among his myriad catches. Patrick Donahue (Los Angeles, Calif./Franklin) added 11 receptions for 96 yards and a score, becoming the first Raider ever to catch 100 passes in a season with 103.

Kalii Robinson (Los Angeles, Calif./Dorsey) led the SOU defensive effort with 13 tackles and added a key interception early in the second half that helped the Raiders come back from a 21-point deficit. Dustin Fretwell (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oakridge) finished with 12 tackles and Mike Seifert (Springfield, Ore./Thurston) added 10 in the loss. Ben Rickord recorded 15 tackles for Morningside, while Colb Henderson and Cole Boger each recorded double-digit tackles and an interception.

Morningside totaled 505 yards in the game, with quarterback Joel Nixon leading the way. Nixon passed for 346 yards and four touchdowns and added 106 rushing yards and another score. Kyle Schuck caught nine passes for 154 yards and a touchdown, while Joel McCabe added 10 receptions for 97 yards and a score.

Southern Oregon struggled early on both sides of the ball as Morningside scored touchdowns on five of its first six possessions while the Raiders were scoreless in their first three drives. Dodge threw a pair of first-half interceptions, including a pick that Boger returned 46 yards for a touchdown to put the Mustangs up 14-0. Morningside carried all the momentum throughout the first half until the Raiders' final drive, when they capped a 12-play, 86-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown pass to McKenzie to make it 35-21 at halftime.

Morningside received the ball to open the second half and took nearly six minutes to work down the field and into the red zone looking to reclaim a three-score lead. With the Mustangs converting third- and fourth-down plays on the drive, the Raider defense was looking for a big play to give its offense a chance to get back in the game.

Robinson made that big play for the Raiders, intercepting a pass in the end zone and returning the pick to the SOU 30-yard line to end the scoring threat. Dodge and the offense took advantage of the new opportunity, driving 70 yards in nine plays to score on a 1-yard Barragan run and pull within one score at 35-28. The defense came through again on the next drive, forcing a punt that pinned the Raider offense on its own 2-yard line. The long field proved to be little hindrance to the Raiders, as Dodge hooked up with McKenzie on a 48-yard pass to cap an eight-play drive and tie the game at 35-35 going into the fourth quarter.

Another three-and-out forced by the defense gave the offense good field position on its own 38-yard line with a chance to take SOU's first lead of the game. The Raiders moved 57 yards in eight plays, and a 22-yard Colin Amsler (Stevenson Ranch, Calif./West Ranch) field goal put SOU up 38-35.

Morningside's offense awoke just in time to end the 24-point SOU streak, putting together an 11-play, 80-yard drive to reclaim the lead on a short pass to Schuck. David Galloway's point after attempt hit the upright, making it 41-38 midway through the fourth quarter.

Southern Oregon's offense held the ball until the closing seconds of regulation, moving methodically downfield in an epic 19-play, 83-yard drive before stalling at the goal line in the final minute. On third-and-goal from the 1-yard line, the Mustang defensive line held Barragan from breaking through, and Amsler tied it up again with a 17-yard field goal.

The Mustang defense forced a three-and-out on SOU's overtime possession, forcing a 37-yard Amsler field goal to put the Raiders up 44-41. Nixon found McCabe for a first down at the SOU 10-yard line on Morningside's first offensive play, and on third-and-goal from the 4-yard line Nixon connected with McCabe in the end zone to clinch the win for Morningside.

The loss ends a streak of seven consecutive wins for Southern Oregon, as the Raiders bookended the most dominant offensive stretch in program history with a pair of overtime road losses. Southern Oregon concludes its season with an NAIA record for yards per game, 11 all-Frontier Conference honorees and a program record book filled with 2012 achievements.