LORETTO, PA - Zack Drayer scored from one yard out with 50 seconds left to give Saint Francis a 14-10 win over Duquesne at DeGol Field.

Drayer's run capped a 10 play, 63 yard drive.

Saint Francis, which had just three plays of 10 yards or more prior to its final possession, got a 22-yard completion from Drayer to Kamron Lewis and a 20-yard run from Marcus Bagley to move to the Duquesne one, setting up Drayer's game-winning sneak.

The Dukes took over on their own 33 and moved to the SFU 36 in the closing seconds before Jalen Wells picked off a Dillon Buechel pass at the 20 to end it.

Duquesne, which held Saint Francis to 57 yards on its first five possessions of the second half, took a 10-7 lead on an A.J. Hines run with 8:43 left in the third quarter.

DU ran for 172 yards against a SFU defense that entered the game giving up 95 yards per game on the ground, Hines topped the 100-yard mark for the fourth time in five games with 128 yards rushing on 25 carries.

The Red Flash, who came into the game with an FCS-best 30 sacks, did not get to Buechel, who finished 13-of-34 for 150 yards.

Duquesne, behind a pair of completions from Buechel to Blair Roberts, drove 71 yards to the Saint Francis two on its first possession, but came away empty when Austin Crimmins' 20-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.

The Dukes managed to break the scoreless tie when Crimmins capped a 15 play drive with a 26 yard field goal mid way through the second quarter.

DU was driving late in the first half when Brandon Ponder stepped in front of a Buechel pass at the Duquesne 17. On the next play, Drayer hit Lewis on the right sideline. Lewis slipped a pair of DU tacklers near midfield and took it 83 yards to the Duquesne one. Drayer took it in on the next play to give the Red Flash a 7-3 halftime lead.

The two exchanged punts to open the second half, before Jonathant Istache picked off a Drayer pass and returned it 26 yards to the SFU 42. Buechel then hit Wayne Capers with a 33 yard pass to the nine. Three plays later, Hines took it in to give the Dukes their 10-7 lead.

Duquesne, which had an over nine-minute advantage in time of possession, outgained Saint Francis 322-251. The Dukes had 19 first downs to 10 for the Red Flash.

Lewis finished with 135 yards on four catches for SFU.

Duquesne returns home to face Bryant on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Noon.

GAME NOTES
Duquesne finished with 19 first downs to 10 for Saint Francis ... DU had a 35:37 to 24:23 advantage in time of possession ... the Dukes held SFU to seven three-and-out possessions ... DU, which ran for 172 yards, averaged 4.4 yards per carry ... Saint Francis entered the game giving up 95 yards/g on the ground ... the Red Flash, who entered the game with an FCS-best 30 sacks, did not get to DU quarterback Dillon Buechel in Buechel's 34 pass attempts ... the win was Saint Francis' third in the pas 18 meetings between the two ... all three wins have come at DeGol Field (2009, 2014 and 2016) ... freshman running back A.J. Hines (Wilson, N.C./Fike) carried 25 times for 128 yards ... it was his fourth 100-yard game this season and fourth in DU's past five games.