WAYNE, Neb. – Concordia-St. Paul fell to 0-4 on Saturday night, falling 48-21 at Wayne State (4-0) at Bob Cunningham Field at Memorial Stadium.
 
Concordia's first four opponents have now combined for a 15-1 record, with another 3-1 squad on the horizon next Saturday in St. Paul, as the Golden Bears return home for their first afternoon game with a noon kickoff for homecoming against Minnesota State (3-1). 
 
CSP's homecoming features Comet's Carnival from 2-5 p.m., offering unlimited rides, food and access to the Bear Garden for two adult beverages. Wristbands are still available for purchase online.
 
The game started close, with Wayne State leading 7-0 at the quarter break, with the Wildcats extending the lead to 14-0 early in the second.
 
Concordia kept things close, though, when Jaylin Richardson responded with a 9-yard touchdown run on a drive that included a 31-yard run by Richardson deep into WSC territory. The Golden Bears converted a pair of third downs on the drive, as Conner Cordts connected with Evan Peterson on 3^rd-and-9 from the CSP 26-yard line for 10 yards, and Jaire Moore rushed for a five-yard gain on 3^rd-and-1 from the WSC 14 with Richardson scoring on the next play.
 
But third down production belonged to Wayne State, as the Wildcats picked up 11-of-15 on third down and converted their only fourth down attempt in the game as the 14-7 deficit with 7:28 to play in the half would be short-lived.
 
The Wildcats responded with a five-play scoring drive, but scored from distance on a 55-yard passing play. A fumble by CSP set up the Wildcats with a short field, using just four plays to get in the end zone again while converting a 3^rd-and-goal from the CSP 8-yard line, shifting the balance to a 27-7 contest just over four minutes later (3:10/2^nd).
 
Wayne State added another touchdown just before halftime for a 27-point second quarter and a 34-7 lead at the break.
 
The Golden Bears scored on their opening drive of the second half, marching 75 yards on 10 plays with Cordts connecting with Drew Enke for a 51-yard completion deep down the left sideline to the WSC 15-yard line. Two plays later, Cordts scored on a 9-yard keeper for his first career rushing touchdown.
 
While the defense held firm on the ensuing drive to keep the margin 34-14, Concordia was forced to punt as well with the Wildcats moving 70 yards in two plays in response, including a 52-yard touchdown run to push the lead back to 41-14.
 
Concordia's final touchdown was engineered by sophomore Bryce Sievers, who entered the game late in the third quarter before firing a 13-yard strike over the middle to Julius Reynolds for the redshirt freshman wide receiver's first career score.
 
Cordts finished the game 9-15 for 111 passing, adding 7-13 rushing with a touchdown. Sievers went 4-7 for 44 yards and a touchdown, adding one run for 15 yards to convert a 3^rd-and-8 on his scoring drive.
 
Redshirt freshman Jaylen DeVries made his collegiate debut as a quarterback, passing for 35 yards on two completions as CSP combined to pass for 190 yards between its three quarterbacks.
 
Enke was the top target with 73 receiving yards on three catches while Jack Munsterteiger had four catches for 36 yards.
 
The ground game was led by sophomore Jaylin Richardson, who carried 10 times for 56 yards, added 2-19 receiving and a 20-yard kickoff return to pile up 95 all-purpose yards to lead the squad.
 
While Reynolds had a 13-yard touchdown on his first career reception, freshman running back Daniel Hornacek also had his first career offensive touches, gaining two yards on a carry and adding a 26-yard third down reception.
 
Sophomore linebacker El-Osiris Jeudy had a team-high eight tackles while freshman cornerback Zantavious Grahm had seven stops. Andrew Egnarski (6 tackles), Cyrus McClure (5 tackles), Richard Wauer (5 tackles) and Lucas Becker (1 tackle) all had a tackle for loss while Luke Dunsmoor had 1.5 tackles for loss and split a sack with Drake Teal as CSP had a season-high six tackles for loss as a team.
 
Isaac Reed added a blocked PAT and Davaris Cheeks secured a fourth-quarter fumble recovery.
 
Sophomore Parker Dahlman led the special teams with a 47.3-punting average on three punts, including a long of 61 while two of his punts were fair caught.
 
Nick Bohn guided the Wayne State offense, completing 15-19 for 227 yards and three touchdowns while adding 11-46 on the ground with a rushing touchdown.
 
Seven different Wildcats scored touchdowns in the game, including four on the ground as WSC rushed for 252 yards on 47 attempts without a 100-yard rusher.
 
Wayne State out-gained CSP 518-280 in the game with a 7.2 to 4.4 average per play advantage.
 
The Golden Bears entered play leading the league in fewest penalty yards on the season, and the trend continued this evening, flagged just twice for 30 yards, just three yards over the NSIC's best 27.0 average per game.