The first half was slow for both teams as neither got into an offensive rhythm. As the half was coming to a close, Bethel's Sean Fraser booted a 40-yard field goal to put Bethel up 3-0 with 1:13 left in the half. But, Cumberland worked themselves into field goal range and Nick Sasser kicked a 45 yarder with time expiring to knot the score 3-3 at the break.

Bethel took the opening kickoff of the second half and worked it to the Cumberland 14 yard line, but Fraser's 31 yard field goal missed wide left. Both teams were still looking for offensive consistency and Bethel began to find theirs toward the end of the third quarter. Four plays into the fourth quarter and Fraser kicked his second field goal of the game from 27 yards out giving Bethel a 6-3 lead. After a defensive stop, Bethel grinded it out on the ground with a 15 play drive covering 83 yards ending with Josh Boyd scoring from five yards out. That gave Bethel a 13-3 lead that they would hold onto.

Boyd had 143 yards on 33 carries and a touchdown; he also caught one ball for 10 yards. Cordarius Mann had 66 yards on 10 carries. Troy Watson was 9 of 15 for 89 yards passing. John Graham had three catches for 18 yards. Michael Thrasher had two grabs for 47 yards. The offense had 313 total offensive yards on the night.

On defense, Sean McCormick had eight stops and two tackles for loss. Wade Vandergriff had six stops; Will Henry had five, including one for loss and a sack. BJ Banks had four tackles; Chancy DePriest had four.

Bethel's Will Henry drags down a Cumberland runner

Sean McCormick teams up to put a stop on a Bulldog

Receiver John Graham looks for extra yardage after the catch

Bethel punter Luke Roth averaged 42.8 yards on four punts and put two inside the 20 yard line.

The Bethel cheerleaders to their best to fire up the crowd