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SAN ANGELO - The Angelo State football team let a 28 point lead slip away in the second half as Eastern New Mexico defeated the Rams 29-28 at San Angelo Stadium on Saturday night.

Eastern New Mexico (2-3, 1-1 LSC) scored with 5:18 to play on a Christian Long 17 yard run and setup for the PAT to tie the game. Jacob Johnson took the snap and rushed around the left end to put the Greyhounds up 29-28 to play.

The Rams (2-4, 0-2 LSC) would take the ensuing drive 62 yards and setup for a 30-yard field goal. Rhett Peterson's attempt would be blocked and ENMU would run the clock out for the victory.

Angelo State got out to a quick start scoring on its first two drives of the game and putting up 28 points in the first half. The Greyhounds responded with 29 straight points with 21 coming in the second half.  ENMU gained 214 yards of total offense in the second half while limiting ASU to 136 yards.

Kyle Washington and the Rams would take the opening kickoff 65 yards in eight plays with Washington scoring on a 40 yard rush. He went three-for-four passing and rushed for 44 yards on the drive to put ASU up 7-0.

The Ram defense stopped ENMU's first drive of the game and gave the ball back at the ASU 31. Washington again went to work completing seven of eight passes including a 12 yard touchdown pass to Brett Rasberry to put the Rams up 14-0.

For the second-straight week ASU would score a defensive touchdown. Eastern New Mexico would have the ball on the Greyhound eight yard line and Johnson tried to gain ground. Matthew Gholston forced a fumble and Clayton Callicutt picked up and walked into the end zone to put the Rams up 21-0 still in the first quarter.

After Callicutt recovered his second fumble of the game in ENMU territory it took the Ram offense just two plays to score. Jermie Calhoun scored from 21 yards out to give ASU a 28-0 advantage.

The tide started to turn for ENMU after the Greyhounds were forced to punt. The punt would hit an ASU player and Marcus Inglemon would pick up the live ball and score. The Greyhounds would try for two but would throw an incomplete pass to make it 28-6 at halftime.

The Rams would gain 225 yards of total offense with 124 coming on the ground and 101 through the air. Eastern New Mexico was held to only 107 yards in the first half.

The Greyhounds came out of the locker room and scored on their first two drives of the second half. Jeremy Buurma would throw two touchdown passes to Jordan Wells to make it 28-18 with 7:22 to play in the third quarter.

Angelo State would try to respond in the fourth quarter going for it on fourth down at the ENMU 29 but were stopped.

The Greyhounds drove 59 yards in 12 plays with Mitchell Cox kicking a 28 yard field goal to cut ASU's lead to 28-21.

ASU took the drive but a costly fumble during an exchange between Washington and Calhoun would give the Greyhounds the ball. The fumble would lead to the game winning touchdown drive.

Washington finished the game throwing 18-of-29 for 155 yard with a touchdown and added 87 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Rush Seaver led the defense with a career high 17 tackles.

The Rams will play No. 4 West Texas A&M on Sat., Oct 19 in Canyon, Texas.