The RMAC football title will stay in Colorado. It’s just heading elsewhere.

CSU Pueblo officially put an end to Colorado School of Mines’ longshot conference championship hopes with a 28-13 victory on a chilly Saturday afternoon inside the Thunderbowl.

The seventh-ranked Thunderwolves (9-1, 8-0 RMAC) were outgained 392 to 332 but came up with key stops again and again to beat the 14th-ranked Orediggers (7-3, 5-3 RMAC) for the first time in seven years. The win marks the first time CSU Pueblo has claimed at least a share of the RMAC title since 2018, and the first time since 2017 that Mines won’t finish atop the league stand- ings.

The Thunderwolves have already beaten second-place Western Colorado (9-1, 7-1 RMAC) and will close out the regular season next week with a visit to Chadron State.

Junior quarterback Roman Fuller completed 23 of 31 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns in the win. Two of those TD throws went to Reggie Retzlaff, who had seven catches for 139 yards. The first scoring hookup gave CSUP a 21-6 lead with 4:36 left in the third quarter. Mines running back Braelon Tate answered with a 44-yard touchdown burst, but Fuller found Retzlaff again for a 61-yard scoring pass with 14:18 left, and the Thunderwolves defense made the 28-13 cushion hold up.

The Thunderwolves totaled six sacks on the game as Mines struggled on third and fourth down, converting 4 of 16 attempts on the former and 1 of 4 on the latter. They also picked off Mines quarterback Joseph Capra twice, including on the Orediggers’ last drive of the game.

The Denver South product finished 15 of 34 for 161 yards passing and ran for 80 yards. Landon Walker led Mines with 97 rushing yards and Matthew Eich drilled a pair of 43-yard field goals.

Mines closes out the regular season with Senior Day next Saturday against Fort Lewis at Marv Kay Stadium.

Eastern Washington 43, Northern Colorado 15 >> Kekoa Visperas threw for three touchdowns, Jared Taylor accounted for three more and Eastern Washington rolled past Northern Colorado 43-15 on Saturday in Greeley.

Vispers threw three touchdown passes in the first quarter to help the Eagles (3-7, 2-4 Big Sky Conference) take a 22-0 lead.

Taylor had his first short touchdown run before the Bears (1-9, 1-5) scored twice and he followed that with a second rushing touchdown and a 14-yard touchdown pass to Efton Chism III.

Visperas was 13 of 20 for 179 yards and an interception.

He threw touchdown passes to Wesley Garrett for 44 yards, Michael Wortham for 34 and Chism for nine. Taylor was 3 of 4 for 20 yards and ran for 92 on 17 keepers. Malek Dotson ran for 130 yards on 17 carries and Chism had 10 catches for 93 yards.

Chrism now has 1,035 yards and 11 touchdowns on 95 catches.

Peter Costelli was 11-of-26 passing for 258 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears. He hit Brayden Munroe for a 29-yard score and connected with Carver Cheeks for a 76-yard touchdown.