In the end, the University of Northern Colorado football team couldn’t stop South Dakota running back L.J. Phillips.

The growing and gritty Bears took a tough loss for the second-straight week, falling to the nationally ranked Coyotes, 24-17, in overtime Saturday in Vermillion, South Dakota.

UNC plays at Houston Christian next week in its final nonconference game. The Bears are a few plays from being 3-0 after starting the season with one win in the two previous years under third-year coach Ed Lamb.

Instead, UNC sits at 1-2. It led Colorado State for most of the game last week in Fort Collins, appearing to score the game-winning touchdown with eight seconds to play only to see it overturned. (CSU hung on, 21-17).

“It hurts in part because of the cumulative losses suffered, and to be so

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