The Snow College football team rallied to secure a 55-38 come-from-behind victory against No. 15 Lackawanna College Saturday in Ephraim. Seth Rigtrup led the Badgers offensively as he racked up 195 rushing yards and three touchdowns to help the Badgers earn their third victory of the season.
 
Snow College entered Saturday's top-15 matchup off the heels of a heartbreaking 31-29 loss to the Army West Point junior varsity team. The Black Knights returned a 97-yard fumble in triple overtime to secure the two-point victory.
 
The Badgers found themselves trailing early in the game as Lackawanna scored on its opening drive after forcing a punt. The Falcons went up 14-0 after scoring a touchdown on their second possession.
 
Snow College responded by putting together a 90-yard drive on the subsequent possession. The biggest chunk came on a 54-yard pitch and catch from Jack Thow to CJ Rabb III to put the Badgers inside the Falcons' 10-yard line. Matt Wilson finished the drive on the next play from six yards out, and Lackawanna led 14-6 after the failed 2-point attempt.
 
 Both teams exchanged field goals to open up the second quarter. A 26-yard Lackawanna field goal preceded a 40-yard kick from Joseph Brandt that split the uprights and brought the score to 17-9.
 
The Badgers forced a punt on the Falcons' next possession and took possession with great field position near midfield. Rigtrup started the drive with a 17-yard carry before a sack put the Badgers behind the chains.
 
Thow again found Rabb III over the middle on 3^rd-and-11 for 18 yards to keep the drive alive. A few plays later, the Badgers pulled out the trickery. Snow College ran a fake reverse, but Thow kept the ball. He found Miles Peters wide open in the end zone for the 21-yard touchdown. Thow finished the drive with a quarterback keeper to secure the 2-point conversion and even the game at 17 apiece.
 
After forcing a pair of punts, the second of which from Lackawanna's own endzone, Snow College took over at the Falcons' 21-yard line. The Badgers wasted no time, scoring on the first play of the drive as Thow once again found Rabb III for the touchdown.
 
Snow College would score again before the end of the half. After forcing a turnover on downs with just over a minute to play, the Badgers moved quickly down the field. With the second quarter clock waning, Brandt was called upon to extend the lead. His 33-yard field goal was true, and the Badgers entered halftime leading 27-17.
 
The Badgers started the third quarter with a bang as Rigtrup broke free on the first play for the Badgers. He raced 87 yards down the field, outrunning all pursuers for the score. It's the longest rush a Badger has recorded since Targhee Lambson had an 89-yard rush against McDougle Technical College Sept. 18, 2021.
 
The Falcons quickly responded on a big play of their own just 72 seconds later. A 64-yard passing touchdown saw the Badgers' lead trimmed to 34-24 with just under 12 minutes to play in the third quarter.
 
Lackawanna edged ever closer after regaining possession midway through the period. The Falcons scored a touchdown after a 65-yard drive to trim the lead to just three points. The Badgers responded and got a good kickoff return from Colby Williams, setting them up at the Lackawanna 25-yard line.
 
Thow threw his third touchdown pass of the game, this time finding Kael McCoy for the 20-yard touchdown, and the Badgers extended their lead back to 10, 41-31. It was Lackawanna's defense that halted the Badgers' momentum as the Falcons returned an interception for a touchdown to get back within three points.
 
Rigtrup struck again with another long run to give the Badgers a little breathing room. He scampered for a rushing touchdown, this time from 57 yards out, to bring the score to 48-38 with four minutes to play.
 
The Badgers' defense set up the final touchdown of the game as Salehe Koonooka-Williams sacked Falcons' quarterback Jacob Tiberi, forcing a fumble, which was picked up by Okusitino Sa and returned to the Lackawanna 3-yard line.
 
Rigtrup punched in his third rushing touchdown of the game on the next play to give the Badgers the 55-38 lead. Teni Worthen secured the victory for the Badgers as he intercepted a pass from Tiberi with less than a minute to play.
 
In addition to his three touchdowns, Rigtrup racked up 195 total rushing yards on just 18 carries – more than a 10-yard per rush average. The 195 rushing yards are the most by a Badger since Seth Kaelin ran for 232 yards in a 69-18 victory against Ellsworth Community College May 1, 2021. Through five games, Rigtrup has tallied 523 rushing yards – fourth most in the nation.
 
Thow went 12-25 for 204 yards and three touchdowns while Rabb III caught four passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Defensively, the Badgers were led by Tayson Reid, who recorded 15 total tackles, an interception, and a pass breakup.
 
The Badgers will now have two weeks to prepare for No. 2 Iowa Western Community College. The Reivers own a 3-1 overall record and will take on Coffeyville Community College next Saturday. The matchup with the Reivers will take place Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7:00 p.m. inside Terry Foote Stadium. For video streaming and live stats information, visit snowbadgers.com.