MONMOUTH, Ore. – The Western Oregon football team allowed GNAC leading running back Ja'Quan Gardner to rush for 261 yards on 38 carries as the Lumberjacks snapped a 12-game home winning streak with a 29-13 victory on Saturday afternoon in front of 2,323 people at McArthur Field.
 
The Wolves (7-4) jumped out to a 7-0 lead with a 71-yard scoring strike from quarterback Phillip Fenumiai to Maurice McSwain down the sideline.
 
Humboldt State, the 2015 GNAC champion in football, tied the game in the first quarter after Garnder scampered 48 yards for a score on the first play from scrimmage after a WOU fumble. The Jacks extended the lead to 17-7 at halftime with a field goal and TD pass to Richard Doctor from 16 yards out.
 
HSU continued their run to finish with all 29 of their points unanswered heading into the fourth quarter.
 
On the final play of the season, senior running back Joe Harris scored on a 1-yard rush set up by a nice layout grab by McSwain.
 
Defensively for the Wolves, four players notched at least eight tackles, led by junior defensive end George Swartzlender with a career-best 11 stops. Shane Kuenzi, Tyler Johnson and Mitch Nelson each had eight tackles with Kuenzi nabbing an interception late in the first half in the end zone to thwart a HSU drive.
 
Western Oregon was held to 264 total yards of offense, with only 50 coming on the ground. Freshman running back Malik Braxton led the Wolves with 26 yards on 11 carries. McSwain tabbed his first game over the century mark with 129 yards on five catches. Fenumiai went 3 of 9 for 89 yards through the air while Shimabukuro was 13 of 29 for 125 yards.
 
WOU ended the year with its 10^th consecutive season with a winning record.