HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – Host Hampden-Sydney survived a furious Shenandoah comeback to prevail 38-33 in ODAC football action Saturday at Everett Stadium.
With 49 seconds left, Hampden-Sydney (5-2, 3-1 ODAC) picked off Shenandoah quarterback Hayden Bauserman for the third time to seal the win over the Hornets (4-3, 1-3).
SU, which was seeking its second straight victory at H-SC, put itself in position to win it with a Bauserman to Leonard Scott 3-yard TD pass with 1:36 to play and then executing a perfect onside kick to retain possession.
Bauserman, who threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns against three interceptions, drove the Hornets 39 yards and had a 1st-and-10 from the Tigers 28 when he threw the fateful pick.
Hampden-Sydney, which had 478 yards of its own, ran out the clock to clinch the victory.
The final exchange capped a game in which Shenandoah took the early lead thanks to a two-play, 79-yard drive to start the game only to see Hampden-Sydney score four of the game's next five touchdowns to take a 28-13 advantage with 9:24 to play in the second quarter.
Coach Scott Yoder's club was able to answer that fourth touchdown, a 1-yard Kyree Koonce run, with a three-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a 17-yard Bauserman to Travis Barton, Jr. TD pass at the 4:57 mark of the second.
Those two switched roles for the Hornets next score, with Barton tossing a 2-yard TD pass to Bauserman on a 4th-and-goal play to open the fourth.
Bauserman and Barton are now the first players in program history to have a touchdown pass and a touchdown reception in the same game.
The Tigers extended their eight-point lead to 11 thanks to a 27-yard Liam Hodge field goal before Bauserman drove Shenandoah 69-yards in 12 plays, ending with that TD pass to Scott, to set up the final two possessions of the game.
All three of the Bauserman interceptions came in the red zone; H-SC picked him off at its own 7 in the first quarter and in the end zone in the second before Jay Brooks had the game-clinching pick at the 15.
Cedrick Delaney, who keyed the first TD drive with an 80-yard run on the Hornets first play from scrimmage, finished his day with 150 yards rushing on 21 carries.
Koonce had 220 yards on 32 carries.
Bauserman had three TD passes against the three interceptions. He had a 25-yard strike to Jalen Brisco along with the connections to Scott and Barton.
Michael Messick had 10 tackles to pace the SU defense.
Shenandoah has its final road trip of the season next Saturday with a 1 p.m. ODAC contest at Randolph-Macon.
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