Football Rally at Rose-Hulman Falls Short

For the last 22 minutes of Saturday afternoon’s game at Rose-Hulman, Franklin football was an unstoppable force. Unfortunately, the first 38 minutes didn’t go as well. A wild second-half rally that produced four touchdowns erased most of a 29-point deficit, but the Grizzlies’ comeback bid ran out of time in a 42-34 defeat. The Engineers spoiled Franklin’s opening drive with a 78-yard interception return for a touchdown, then followed up with another first-quarter touchdown. The Grizzlies (1-3) got on the board with a 31-yard scoring pass from Marshall Kmiecik to Owen Wright , but Rose-Hulman answered with two more touchdowns…