Urbana had three players reach the 100-yard mark on the ground, led by Boise Moon with 226 yards on the afternoon. Moon got the scoring started by dashing 73 yards for a touchdown three plays into the Blue Knights' second series of the game.
Missouri S&T cut the lead to 7-6 on a pair of Joe Drahos field goals, the first from 25 yards away at the 5:19 mark of the first period and the other from 22 yards with just under a minute to go in the quarter. However, Urbana was able to take a 21-6 lead to the locker room thanks to a pair of big plays that resulted in touchdowns.
The first came on a 35-yard pass from D.J. Mendenhall to Matt Hightower, followed by a 32-yard scoring run by Moon with 2:01 remaining in the half.
Curterris Golden closed out an impressive drive - five running plays that covered 69 yards - with an 18-yard scoring run to trim the lead to 21-12 early in the third quarter. Golden's touchdown run came one play after Ryan Taylor, who had the first four carries of the drive, rumbled 40 yards to get the ball into Urbana territory.
Urbana answered right back, as Josh Turnbo closed out an 83-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run. Turnbo had one of the big plays in the drive with a 26-yard reception on third-and-18, then reserve quarterback Evan Gehlert completed a 43-yard pass to Diamond Hart to get the ball to the S&T five-yard line to set up Turnbo's score.
S&T cut the lead to nine again on its next drive, getting a 33-yard completion from Steve Watson to Chad Shockley to set up a scoring pass from Watson to Kevin Dillon that covered 22 yards to make it 28-19 with 6:36 left in the third quarter.
But a 39-yard kickoff return by Turnbo into S&T territory set up another Urbana score, as Mendenhall threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to LaVelle Spivey to extend the margin to 16 again. The Blue Knights got one more score in the final period on a five-yard run by Mendenhall.
The Miners added another score in the final period as well, as Watson threw a five-yard scoring pass to Shockley, who had another big game in his final home game at Missouri S&T.
Shockley finished the day with 287 all-purpose yards, including 176 on 11 receptions to become just the third player in school history to reach 1,000 yards in receptions in a season; he ended the day with 1,001.
S&T had a season-high 422 yards of total offense, running for 180 and passing for 242. Golden had 96 yards on the ground for the Miners, while Watson and Matt Elliott combined to complete 17-of-35 passes for the 242 yards.
However, the Blue Knights ran up 621 yards of total offense that included the 444 on the ground. Three Urbana players - Moon, Mendenhall and Turnbo - all reached the 100-yard mark in the contest.
Kirk Stilwell had 10 tackles to lead the Miners, while Marc Fagan and Freddie Dugard recorded quarterback sacks.
The Miners, now 2-7 on the season, will play their final two games away from home beginning next Saturday against Saint Joseph's in Rensselaer, Ind.
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