Coming off a 63-14 road loss at Sullivan, Jed Leeper’s Hermann Bearcat football team looked to notch their second win of the season Friday night during homecoming against Pacific’s Indians at Bearcat Memorial Stadium.

Jumping out to a 27-6 halftime lead Friday night, Hermann limited the Indians to a fourth-quarter touchdown during the second half of their 33-12 victory.

Receiving the opening kickoff after Pacific deferred to the second half, Hermann capped their opening drive with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Miles Eikermann to Carter Humphrey.

Humphrey also kicked the ensuing extra point giving Hermann a 7-0 lead at the 5:11 mark of the first quarter.

Just over two minutes later, lightning struck again for the Bearcats.

Moments after forcing Pacific into a turnover-on-downs at the Hermann 4-yard line, the Bearcats added to their lead on a Tayven Hopkins 96-yard touchdown (TD) run giving the Bearcats a 13-0 lead after the missed extra point with 3:05 for the opening quarter.

Pacific got on the board in the final minute of the quarter on a Jordan Krumrey 3-yard TD run leaving Hermann’s lead at 13-6 after 12 minutes of football.

Adding to their lead at the 8:19 mark of the second quarter, Hopkins scored his second rushing touchdown of the game from seven yards away giving the Bearcats a 19-6 advantage after the extra-point attempt was blocked.

Later in the second quarter, a Hermann interception gave the Bearcats another shot to add to their double-digit lead.

Eikermann then threw his second touchdown pass of the game to Kohlt Witthaus from two yards away at the 1:59 mark of the half.

Hooking up with Hopkins on the ensuing two-point conversion pass, Eikermann helped the Bearcats to a 27-6 halftime lead after Creten Page intercepted an Indian pass stopping Pacific’s final drive of the first half.

Late in the third quarter, Hermann recovered a fumble at their 1-yard line before Witthaus scored on a 2-yard TD run with 1:34 for the third quarter.

After the missed extra point, Hermann led 33-6 late in the third quarter.

Krumrey scored his second touchdown of the game and Pacific’s final points of the contest at the 5:43 mark of the fourth quarter.

Including his 96-yard run to pay dirt, Hopkins finished the game for the Bearcats with 194 yards rushing on 17 carries.

Witthaus also had 44 yards rushing on 15 carries and a touchdown while Will Schutt added 17 yards rushing on 11 carries.

Eikermann had one carry for 12 yards while Humphrey added two carries for two yards.

Through the air, Eikermann went 10-13 for 89 yards and two touchdowns.

Hopkins led Bearcat receivers with four catches for 37 yards while Witthaus also caught three balls for 21 yards.

Humphrey had a catch for 21 yards while Kyle Koch caught one pass for seven yards and Schutt garnered one reception for three yards.

Creten Page led the Bearcat defense with two fumble recoveries, an interception and two total tackles.

Nathaniel Rucker also had an interception while Humphrey and Witthaus added a fumble recovery apiece giving the Bearcats six total takeaways against the Indians.

Adding to his touchdown grab late in the first half, Witthaus led Bearcat tacklers with 14 total stops.

Hopkins record six total tackles to go with four apiece from Eikermann and Koch and Rucker.

Corbin Sadler, Sawyer Moore and Humphrey both had three total tackles while Brady Traub also recorded two solo tackles.