The Hayfield football team opened its season with a 20-12 loss at Stewartville Friday night.

The Vikings trailed by just 13-6 in the fourth quarter when Stewartville’s Tom Gisler hauled in a 34-yard scoring strike from Steve Jezeski to put the game out of reach.

Hayfield outgained Stewartville on the ground 193 to 173 and passed for 138 yards, while Stewartville passed for just 96. But Hayfield QB Evan Bungum threw three costly picks in the loss while Stewartville avoided turnovers.

The Vikings also won the time of possession battle as they had the ball for almost 10 minutes more than the Tigers.

SCORING SUMMARY

First quarter

No scoring

Second quarter

(S) Zac Tuffy 15-yard run (kick failed) 9:52

Third quarter

(S) Bryan Schroeder 11-yard run (Schroeder kick) 7:00

(H) Evan Bungum 1-yard run (kick failed) :04

Fourth quarter

(S) Steve Jezeski 34-yard pass to Tom Gisler (Schroeder kick) 4:37

(H) Bungum 1-yard run (kick failed) 0:00

Individual statistics

Hayfield rushing: Jake Siemers, 11-for-47; Mark Evjen, 2-for-35; Paul Blanchard, 13-for-22; Adam Kruger, 2-for-11; Dennis Gilbertson, 3-for-4; Evan Bungum, 13-for-1, 2 TD

Stewartville rushing: Zac Tuffy, 12-for-78; Bryan Schroeder, 12-for-48; Thomas Robak, 3-for-24; Shaun Ly, 1-for-10; Braden Bentley, 2-for-10; Steve Jezeski, 3-for-3

Hayfield passing: Bungum, 14-of-26, 138, 3 INT

Stewartville passing: Jezeski, 4-of-10, 96

Hayfield receiving: Kody Kramer, 5-for-56; Cody Hendrickson, 4-for-23; Mark Evejen, 3-for-23; Paul Blanchard, 2-for-22; Dennis Gilbertson, 1-for-13

Stewartville receiving: Bryan Schroeder, 2-for-52; Tom Gisler, 1-for-34; Tyler Rogers, 1-for-10