RAPID CITY, S.D. - Colorado School of Mines came away with a hard-nosed road win in Week 6, defeating South Dakota Mines 24-14 at O'Harra Stadium.

The Orediggers (4-2, 2-2 RMAC) were led by Joseph Capra's three-touchdown day, while the defense allowed a season-low 14 points to the Hardrockers (2-5, 2-3 RMAC)

Capra threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Nick Stone, while Aksel Richard had a career-high 104 yards receiving and Braelon Tate went off for 132 total yards and a receiving TD.

Dawson Dunbar led SDM with 117 rushing yards and a touchdown, and Mason Galbreath caught seven passes for 123 yards and a score. Quarterback Gage Baker threw for 182 yards and a touchdown with an interception to William Brown.

The Orediggers scored on their opening possession when Capra found Stone on a short two-yard crossing route, but the Hardrockers responded with a pair of long Dunbar runs to set up his seven-yard scoring tote later in the first quarter.

Mines would get back ahead on their next possession, hitting a deep 47-yard pass to Richard before Capra found Stone on his second touchdown of the quarter; neither team managed to score in the second quarter with each side missing a field goal in the period.

In the third, the Orediggers were pinned at their own 1 but marched 99 yards on 15 plays to score on a short pass out to Tate, and Preston Kyle's 32-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter made it 24-7. The Hardrockers cashed in on a 30-yard Baker pass to Galbreath on the next series to cut it to 24-14 with 9:39 to go, but a combination of clock management on offense and a stout defense helped Colorado School of Mines outlast their South Dakota counterparts. 

NOTABLES
- Mines is now 3-0 on the road this season.
- Richard recorded his first career 100-yard game as a consistent deep threat, with a long catch of 47 yards. A week after he caught 10 passes, Pierce Richards had a game-high nine receptions for 52 yards, and Josh Best had a career-high four catches for 28 yards. 
- Tate had 87 yards on 20 carries while Max Barnes made his season debut with 10 carries for 34 yards.
- The Orediggers had their least-penalized game of the season losing only 20 yards, and did not commit an unintentional foul until the fourth quarter; two of their four penalties were intentional delays of game taken before punts.
- Jackson Zimmermann led all Orediggers with six total tackles. Brady Zingelmann, Evan Bish, Sean Gilbert, and Hall Edmonds combined for sacks, with Zingelmann's causing a fumble to end the game.
- Brown, in his first career start, added five tackles to his interception. 
- Both punters had busy and productive days as Lucas LeSieur kicked six times for a 44.5-yard average and SDM's Bryson Patten five times for a 46.2-yard average. Three of LeSieur's six landed inside the 20. 
- The Orediggers improved to 25-1 all-time against SDM dating back to 1917.

NEXT UP
Mines returns home to host Adams State on Oct. 18.