Box Score BUTTE, Mont. – Before turning the lights out on the 2013 season, the Southern Oregon University football team managed to put everything together one last time.

The Raiders' 31-10 win Saturday afternoon at Montana Tech's Bob Green Field was the product of an offense that got back to taking care of the ball and a defense that allowed the Orediggers to score fewer points than any of SOU's last 19 opponents.

Melvin Mason (Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville) netted 162 yards on 17 rushes, a 60-yard touchdown dash being one of them, to help ensure SOU's second-place finish in the Frontier Conference. By completing the season sweep of Montana Tech, the Raiders ended the year with a 7-4 overall record and a 7-3 conference mark.

The Raiders had been plagued by 10 turnovers in their last two games, both losses, but their 481 yards of offense came without a giveaway. For the first time in more than three years, they amassed more rushing yards (264) than passing (217).

Austin Dodge (Vancouver, Wash./Skyview) still squeezed in two touchdown passes – one to Mason, who added 56 receiving yards, and the other to Sean Tow (Diamond Springs, Calif./Union Mine), another running back – to bring his single-season SOU record to 47. He completed 28 of 44 attempts, seven of which found Matt Retzlaff (Medford, Ore./South Medford) for 81 yards.

Tow also ran in a TD and had 56 rushing yards, helping the Raiders average six yards on 44 carries.

The Orediggers (4-6, 4-6) didn't generate much of anything, gaining 3.8 yards per rush and 4.8 per pass.

Pat Hansen scored their only touchdown with a two-yard run that knotted the score, 7-7, at the beginning of the second quarter.

Dodge and the Raiders responded immediately, orchestrating an eight-play, 65-yard drive that ended with a five-yard pass to Mason in the end zone. Aldrick Rosas (Orland, Calif./Orland) nailed a 41-yard field goal to put SOU up by 10 at halftime.

In addition to his field goal, Rosas converted all four of his extra-point attempts to polish off a perfect 57-for-57 season. He was 9-for-11 on field goals.

Two plays after the Orediggers initiated the third-quarter scoring with a field goal, Mason's 60-yard run put the Raiders up by multiple possessions for good.

Mason averaged 116.5 yards on the ground over SOU's final four games.

Linebacker Laurence Calcagno (Canby, Ore./Canby) had nine solo tackles and assisted three, putting him in double digits for his fifth straight outing.

This was the 10^th time in program history that SOU has won seven or more games.