KEARNEY, Neb. – The Missouri Western football team rushed for 387 yards and got career-high games from two running backs in a 34-17 at Nebraska-Kearney that snapped a three-game losing streak for Missouri Western.

It was the team’s first 300 yard rushing game since 2013. Raphael Spencer rushed 31 times for a career-high 251 yards with two touchdowns. The senior also moved over 1,000 rush yards on the season for the third year in a row. Spencer now has 4,106 career rushing yards. Josh Caldwell rushed 19 times for 153 yards and two touchdowns himself, also a career-high. The Griffons could have been well over 400 yards on the ground were it not for 23 yards lost on two sacks of Skyler Windmiller.

On the other side of the ball the Griffon defense held Nebraska-Kearney 25 yards rushing on 28 carries. The defense did give up 254 passing yards to the Lopers and two touchdowns that kept Nebraska-Kearney in the game for several stretches. Yomi Alli came one tackle short of having a fifth-straight double-digit tackling game, finishing with nine tackles in the game. Michael Jordan picked off his fifth pass of the season and had a tackle for loss, playing most of the game at safety for the injured Donte Watkins.

The win moved the Griffons to 5-5 on the season. Missouri Western will host Missouri Southern next Saturday in Senior Day at Spratt Stadium. The game begins at 11 a.m.

— MWSU Athletics —