Mistakes By Frustrated Jimmies Help Bemidji St. To Easy Win

JAMESTOWN After three straight losses by only one score, Jamestown Jimmies Football felt like steps were being taken forward in the effort to avoid a winless season. The step taken on Saturday was not at all forward or anything close. Bemidji State shut out Jamestown 33-0 Saturday at Rollie Greeno Field at Charlotte Gordon Hansen Stadium, the Jimmies 14th straight loss. A sign of how the game would go for the Jimmies (0-8, 0-7 NSIC) came at the end of their first possession. With fourth down at the Bemidji State 36 and the punt unit on the field, a delay of game penalty sent UJ back five yards. Then, long snapper Gunnar Majerus snapped the ball on a hop past punter Kobe Irmen, who had to fall on the ball back at the Jamestown 41. Bemidji State (3-5, 3-4) took advantage of the short field, scoring in five plays. Connor Carver threw the first of his three touchdown passes, a 26-yarder to Tyree Lockett, and BSU led 7-0 with 9:15 left in the first quarter. Later in the first quart