Grand View College Wins Inaugural Football Game

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 1, 2008) The Grand View College football team won their inaugural game today knocking off Briar Cliff University 20-17 at Williams Stadium in front of 4,300 excited fans.

The Vikings are now undefeated in the school's short history of football at 1-0, while Briar Cliff starts the season off at 0-1.

Both teams exchanged possessions through the first half until Briar Cliff took the lead on a 27 yard field goal with 3:24 left in the first quarter.

Grand View answered back early in the second quarter when Brett Opdahl hauled in a 31 yard touchdown pass from Gregory Charles to record the first points in Grand View College football history.

Briar Cliff connected on another field goal to make the score 7-6 going into the second half.

Another Briar Cliff field goal gave the Chargers the lead at 9-7, until Lawrence Furlow scored on a 50 yard touchdown run with 5:43 to go in the third quarter.

Grand View's final score came off of an 89 yard interception return for a touchdown by Quentin Palmer making the score 20-9. Briar Cliff scored their only touchdown of the game with three seconds left in the game.

The Vikings are lead by head coach Mike Woodley, who is the former head football coach at Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena, Texas.

The Vikings hit the road next week to take on Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa at 1:00pm.