Box Score The 2016 Grand Valley State football campaign came to an end Saturday afternoon at Lubbers Stadium with its 47-32 loss to Ferris State. The Lakers close the season with a 12-1 record. 

Ferris State opened the scoring with a safety midway through the first quarter when the snap from the long snapper sailed over the punters head and through the endzone. The Bulldogs upped their lead to 9-0 with a 9-yard scramble by QB Reggie Bell and took a 12-0 lead with a 25-yard field goal. 

GVSU got on the board with a 37-yard field goal by senior PK Joel Schipper, concluding a 5-play, 61-yard drive. Sophomore RB Marty Carter pulled the Lakers within two with a 48-yard sprint to the endzone and Schipper added the PAT for a 12-10 score with 3:12 left in the first half. 
 
Grand Valley State took a 17-12 lead with a 5-play, 72-yard scoring drive that took 1:59 off the clock. Sophomore QB Bart Williams hit sophomore WR Nick Dodson with 42 yard reception, then connected with Dodson with a 13-yard scoring pass and following the PAT from Schipper GVSU led 17-12. 

Ferris State scored on back-to-back drives to take a 26-14 lead before Williams engineered a 9-play, 72-yard drive. Williams hit Dodson with a 25-yard completion and then connected with junior WR Urston Smith for a 12-yard TD pass to pull the Lakers within two (26-24). 

The Bulldogs added a touchdown late in the third quarter and midway through the fourth to take a 40-24 lead. 

GVSU scored quickly in the closing minutes with a 7-polay, 70-yard drive that took just 45 seconds off the clock. B. Williams connected with senior WR Matt Williams four times for 50 yards, then hit Dodson with a 20-yard TD pass. The two-point conversion pass was good to Williams to pull GVSU within eight (40-32). FSU returned the onside kick 56 yards for a TD and the final margin. 

Carter toted the ball 18 times for 101 yards and a TD, while Bart Williams completed 23-of-40 passes for 310 yards. Dodson hauled in a career-high 11 passes for a career-high 162 yards and two TDs. Senior LB David Talley led the defense with 13 tackles and two TFL, while senior LB Marquez Gollman added 11 stops. Senio DE Alton Voss chipped in 10 tackles and junior LB Collin Schlosser tallied nine tackles.