The top-ranked and defending national champion Pittsburg State Gorillas scored the game’s final 13 points Saturday and beat the Central Missouri Mules 30-21 in Pittsburg, Kan.
The MIAA football game was close into the fourth quarter when the Mules took their first lead on quarterback Colter Smith’s 1-yard only 6 seconds into the fourth.
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