GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines clicked in every phase of the game as they beat Chadron State 40-14 for their fifth straight win.

The Orediggers (7-2, 6-2 RMAC) produced 644 yards of offense spurred by Justin Dvorak's 30-of-41, 384-yard, five-touchdown day. Riley Hoff compiled 136 receiving yards while the rushing attack, led by Sam Seeton's 148 yards, produced 260 yards in all.

The Mines defense generated four turnovers, including interceptions by Chris Brockman, Drew Stephon, and Dean Wenger and Michael Kelso's recovery of Nicola Lonardo's forced fumble. Chadron was held to 303 yards of offense, including only 98 rushing yards.

The win keeps Mines in the hunt for the RMAC title with two games to go, leaving them as one of three two-loss teams in the league.

Mines struck first with a 97-yard drive on their second series. Hoff's 60-yard catch set up Brody Oliver's one-yard touchdown catch, and Zach Richter found himself wide open on their next drive to complete a 50-yard touchdown bomb from Dvorak and take a 13-0 lead.

Wenger took advantage of Jalen Champagne's tip to haul in his interception at the start of the second, and that let Dane Arakawa haul in a 24-yard pass from Dvorak to go up 20-0. The Eagles' only score before halftime came late in the half as Jackson Dickerson hauled in Matt Vinson's 16-yard pass, but Mines tacked on another touchdown before the break thanks to Oliver's 18-yard grab.

The Orediggers opened the second half with a nine-yard Ty Young touchdown, then added a fourth-quarter score when Cameron Mayberry hit a hole and went 19 yards to capitalize on Kelso's fumble recovery. Cody Paul's four-yard rush on an option pitch gave the Eagles a late consolation score.

NOTABLES
- Dvorak tied the Mines and RMAC single-season passing touchdowns record at 39. He also broke the RMAC career total offensive yards record and now stands at 13,320 yards.
- Oliver's two touchdown catches take his NCAA-best total to 20 through nine games. He is one away from tying the RMAC single-season record in that category.
- The Mines offense line had a virtually perfect game, not allowing a sack and only three pressures on Dvorak while Mines rushed for 260 yards.
- Hoff turned in 136 yards of receiving on a game-high eight catches, and added 28 punt return yards. Both he and Seeton were over 160 yards of all-purpose yards as Seeton added 21 receiving yards to his rushing total.
- Grant Gale had a game-high 10 tackles. Chris Brockman had a terrific all-around game with six tackles, a sack, and his first-quarter interception.
- Stephon's interception was his fifth of the season, tying him for second in the RMAC.
- Mines is now +8 on turnovers this season.
- Mines dominated the possession at 35:49 with 89 offensive snaps.
- The Orediggers entered the weekend seventh in the NCAA Super Region 4 rankings, with the top seven teams after Week 11 making the NCAA Tournament.

NEXT UP
Mines ends its home regular-season slate against Adams State on Nov. 5 at noon.