ARCATA – Dexter Hill's pass to Kyser Christensen with one second left in the game lifted Dixie State to a 19-15 win over Humboldt State in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference season finale.

With the loss, Humboldt State finishes the season 2-9 overall and 0-8 in GNAC play while Dixie State finishes its year 4-7 overall and 2-6 in the GNAC, both league wins coming against the Jacks.

“This could've been a great win,” HSU head coach Rob Smith said. “This kind of loss hurts tremendously and our guys deserved a lot better because they really battled their tails off.”

The Rebels scored the only touchdown of the first half when Hill completed a 16 yard pass to running back Aaron Davies with 5:51 left on the clock. It was a half dominated by the Rebels, outgaining the Jacks 222 yards to 91.

With a lack of offensive production, Smith went to senior quarterback Brian Hildebrand to spark the offense.

“We just had no rhythm in the first half at all,” Smith said. “(Starting quarterback) Garrett (Hubrich) was just thinking a little too much out there and we had to do something to change things up.”

Hildebrand did indeed get the offense going, answering a Dixie State 22-yard field goal with a 28-yard pass to Devin Stearns halfway through the third. On the night, Hildebrand finished 13-25 for 164 yards.

“He did a good job moving the offense, which is something we had trouble doing all year,” Smith said.

After Dixie got another field goal midway through the fourth, Hildebrand drove the Jacks down the field on a eight-play, 50 yard drive. He capped it off with a 10-yard touchdown pass, his second of the night, to Matt Smith with just 2:05 left on the clock.

With Dixie attempting the comeback, it appeared that cornerback Justin Price had intercepted a Hill pass that would have ended the game. However, the call was over turned.

“You had one official saying it was intercepted, one saying he didn't,” Smith said. “In that case you just hope they got it right.”

Following the call Dixie marched right down the field, capping of its 13 play, 68-yard drive with Hill's pass to Christensen.

“This is the way it has gone for us all season long,” Smith said. “Learning how to win is just something this team will have to learn to do.”

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Dixie State College.  0  6  3 10  - 19       Record: (4-7,2-6)
Humboldt State......  0  0  7  8  - 15       Record: (2-9,0-8)



Scoring Summary:
2nd 05:51 DSC - Davies 16 yd pass from Hill,D (Manning rush fumbld), 6-44 3:01, DSC 6 - HSU 0
3rd 10:57 DSC - Manning 22 yd field goal, 5-23 1:35, DSC 9 - HSU 0
    08:08 HSU - Stearns 28 yd pass from Hildebrand (Schierholt kick), 7-63 2:42, DSC 9 - HSU 7
4th 07:37 DSC - Manning 24 yd field goal, 10-64 4:45, DSC 12 - HSU 7
    02:05 HSU - Smith,M. 10 yd pass from Hildebrand (Devlin pass from Hildebrand), 8-50 2:58, DSC 12 - HSU 15
    00:01 DSC - Christensen,K 7 yd pass from Hill,D (Manning kick), 13-68 1:56, DSC 19 - HSU 15



                                    DSC      HSU
FIRST DOWNS...................       26       15
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    28-92    23-24
PASSING YDS (NET).............      336      233
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  59-31-1  41-21-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   87-428   64-257
Fumble Returns-Yards..........     1-20      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     4-42     1-13
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     2-37     4-41
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-0      1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   3-35.0   6-34.8
Fumbles-Lost..................      2-1      3-3
Penalties-Yards...............     3-34     8-83
Possession Time...............    33:37    41:23
Third-Down Conversions........ 12 of 22  7 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 3   1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      4-7      1-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-13     4-21


RUSHING: Dixie State College-Hill,D 14-69; Davies 12-24; Timo 1-0; Owens
1-minus 1. Humboldt State-Thomas 8-29; Cueva 4-3; Stollmeyer 4-2; TEAM 1-minus
1; Hildebrand 3-minus 2; Hubrich 3-minus 7.

PASSING: Dixie State College-Hill,D 31-59-1-336. Humboldt
State-Hildebrand 13-25-0-164; Hubrich 8-16-1-69.

RECEIVING: Dixie State College-Christensen,K 8-77; Thompson,J 7-80;
Fowler 6-75; Davies 6-51; Ence 3-36; Seegmiller 1-17. Humboldt State-Smith,M.
5-77; Thomas 4-20; Miles 4-9; Devlin 3-36; Stearns 3-35; Simmons 2-56.

INTERCEPTIONS: Dixie State College-Doman 1-0. Humboldt State-Reynolds
1-0.

FUMBLES: Dixie State College-Fowler 1-1; Davies 1-0. Humboldt
State-Hildebrand 1-1; Devlin 1-1; Thomas 1-1.

Stadium: Redwood Bowl          Attendance: 1083
Kickoff time: 6 p.m.    End of Game: 9:03 pm   Total elapsed time: 3:03
Officials: Referee: Kent Condle; Umpire: R. Meisenheimer; Linesman: Carl Del Grande;
Line judge: Randy Mora; Back judge: James Bruno; Field judge: Brian Burns;
Side judge: Craig Mierrs; Scorer: Daniel Penza;
Temperature: 51 deg.   Wind: W 15 mph  Weather: rain