The Grand View football hit the road after its first home victory of the season last weekend. The Vikings traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana, to face Marian University in non-conference action for the second year in a row. Marian once again came out on top in this year's match-up and defeated the Vikings 34-16 in its new stadium in front of a crowd of more than 3,000 fans.

The Vikings got on the board first in the second quarter after a 48-yard touchdown pass by Taylor Bennett to Brett Opdahl capped a four-play, 62-yard drive to give them a 7-0 lead. The Knights immediately answered with a scoring drive of their own to tie the game 7-7.

The teams traded possessions before the Knights got the ball with 1:09 to go in the frame and completed a 65-yard touchdown strike to give the Knights a 13-7 lead heading into the locker room.

The Knights amassed 137 yards on the ground in the first half, and they held the Vikings to just 108 yards of total offense in the first stanza. 

Marian University got the ball to start the second half, and the Knights marched down the field on a seven-play, 70-yard drive to increase their lead to 20-7.

A Marian sack closed the door on the Vikings' ensuing drive, but the Knights were forced to punt on their next drive.

The Vikings looked to get back in the ballgame when they strung together a 12-play, 45-yard drive. However, the result was just a 33-yard field goal by Blake Steil to cut the gap to 20-10 with 2:23 to go in the third quarter.

The Knights extended their lead at the start of the fourth quarter with a six-play, 61-yard touchdown drive to take a 27-10 lead. 

Grand View looked to rally as they marched down the field on a 15-play, 76-yard drive that chewed up nearly six minutes on the clock and resulted in a one-yard touchdown run by Daryl Ford to cut the lead to 27-16.

The final score of the day by Marian was a four-play, 38-yard drive with 2:19 left in the game.

The Vikings were led in rushing by Ford who ran for 72 yards on 23 carries. Opdahl made seven receptions for a total of 87 yards. Bennett completed 19 passes in 32 attempts for 177 yards.

As a team, Grand View riushed for 102 yards and had 225 yards in receiving.

Marian finished the day with a school record for rushing yards with 295 yards.

The Vikings (2-2) travel to Forest City next Saturday for a MSFA match-up against Waldorf. Kick-off is 1 p.m.