Rams fall short in defensive battle at Grinnell, 7-3

GRINNELL – Grinnell’s 7-play, 80-yard touchdown drive on the game’s opening possession held up to the end of Saturday’s 7-3 Midwest Conference football battle with the Rams at Rosenbloom Field. Cornell (3-5 overall, 2-4 MWC) countered Grinnell’s TD with a 41-yard field goal by reigning MWC Special Teams Performer of the Week Mitchell Frahm , cutting the margin to 7-3 with 3:57 left to go in the first quarter. Both teams were kept scoreless the rest of the contest, which saw Grinnell (5-3 overall, 4-2 MWC) rely on a ball-control running game to snap a 13-game series losing streak against…