Redhawks Fall to Gardner-Webb on Halloween Saturday - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Saturday, October 31

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

1 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

5-4 , 3-1

Gardner-Webb

3-6 , 2-2

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Gardner-Webb	10	14	3	7	34
Southeast Mo. St.	7	3	0	0	10

10/31/2026 4:32:00 PM | Football

Box Score

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (5-4, 3-1) fell to Gardner-Webb (3-6, 2-2), 34-10, Saturday afternoon in Ohio Valley Conference action at Houck Field.

GWU scored 24 first-half points and held SEMO scoreless in the final two quarters.

Adrian Cormier broke free for a 59-yard touchdown run for the first score of the game with 7:54 left to play in the first quarter.

SEMO got on the board when linebacker KJ McRae intercepted Lan Farmer's pass and raced 50 yards to the end zone tying things up at 7-7 with 4:17 to go.

Following McRae's first interception of the season, Tyler Simpson kicked a 40-yard field goal to regain a 10-7 edge for the Runnin' Bulldogs at the 2:23 mark.

GWU added to its lead when Farmer completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Christian Vann. Vann's touchdown pushed his team's margin to 17-7 with 12:16 remaining in the second quarter.

After Justin Keller's 44-yard field goal pulled SEMO within three (17-10), with 8:35 left, Farmer crossed the goal line on an 8-yard run to make it a 24-10 contest at the intermission.

GWU tacked on three points in the third quarter and seven more in the fourth.

The Runnin' Bulldogs finished with 410 yards of total offense and limited the Redhawks to 187.

SEMO committed 12 penalties for 130 yards.

McRae and Justin Wheeler each had an interception for the Redhawks defense. Nehemiah Scott and LJ Minner, Jr. led the way with nine and eight tackles, respectively.

SEMO hits the road for its next two games first visiting Tennessee State on Nov. 7.