CALEDONIA, Mich. - The William Jewell football team found success in the early going against No. 21 ranked Davenport but the Panthers rallied in the fourth quarter to down the Cardinals 55-27. Jewell drops to 1-2 on the season heading into Great Lakes Valley Conference play. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Davenport took an early 14-0 lead early in the second quarter but the Cardinals got on the board in the first drive of the period. Keaundre McCullough ran for a 70 yard gain to set up a four-yard touchdown pass to Livingston Benoit and cut the deficit in half.
• The Panthers scored twice more to open up a 28-7 lead with under eight minutes to play in the opening half.
• Jewell rallied scoring 20 straight points, kick started by a 62-yard connection from CJ Ward to AJ Austene. Ward then found Nathan Barnett for 17 yards on the ensuing drive to make it 28-21 at the break. 
• A successful onside kick to open the third quarter set up a Jewell drive that ended in a 35-yard field goal from Paul Geelen.
• The Cardinals got a fourth down stop that ended with another Geelen field goal, this time from 42 yards out to bring Jewell within one, 28-27. 
• Davenport ended the fourth quarter with 27 unanswered points to put the game out of reach late. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• McCullough picked up 95 net yards on the ground, including his 70 yard rush, the third longest in the NCAA era. 
• Austene and Deldrionn Amos finished with 60 and 67 yards receiving.
• Ward finished 20-for-36 with three touchdown passes and 186 total yards. 
• Javion Macias picked up a team high 11 total tackles while Sean Mitchell added 10. 

UP NEXT 
Jewell returns home next weekend to take on new GLVC member Upper Iowa for Homecoming. Kick off is set for 4 p.m.