WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Daniel Polk closed out a brilliant career with another spectacular performance Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

The 6-2, 202-pound rushed for an MSU single-game rushing record of 290 yards and connected on 14-of-22 for 187 more yards.

But Polk's record-setting day wasn't enough to lead No. 19 Midwestern State to win as No. 17 Abilene Christian's Bernard Scott scored three second-half touchdowns to pull the Wildcats to a 42-41 win.

Polk's 477 yards of total offense was the third-most in MSU history and it was the signal caller's third career 200-yard game as he now has notched the program's three best rushing games.

The Mustangs ran out to a 28-7 lead two minutes into the second half as Polk rushed for touchdowns of 14, 27 and 16 yards and Steven Harper added a 1-yard TD run with 13:02 remaining in the first half.

The Wildcats closed the first half with a 14-3 run to close the MSU advantage to 31-21.

Harper added another touchdown in the third quarter to put the Mustangs up 38-21, but MSU was to hang on as Scott posted each of his three rushing touchdowns in the final 15:03 of the game to lead the Wildcats to the win.

The Mustangs posted their fourth 600-yard performance of the season by finishing with 654 yards of total offense including 467 yards on the ground which is the second most in school history.

Sophomore BeeJay Mathis added 101 yards on 13 carries, while freshman Marcus Mathis had 74 yards on 11 totes.

Senior DelJuan Lee was the top receiver with 78 yards on six receptions.

Scott led Abilene Christian with 269 all-purpose yards, including 178 rushing yards on 27 carries and had five catches for 90 yards.

ACU quarterback Billy Malone connected on 21-of-30 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns.

Midwestern State junior linebacker Jacob Martin paced the Mustangs with nine tackles, while senior linebacker Darron Harbert and freshman safety Ryan Craven had eight tackles each.

Junior Herman Walker had two interceptions.

Midwestern finishes the regular season at 8-3 as it records its program-best eighth-straight winning season, while Abilene Christian improves to 9-2.

The NCAA Division II Football Committee is set to announce the 24-team field for the 2007 championship sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday on ESPNU. ESPNU can be found on DirectTV channel 609 and Dish Network channel 148.

The bracket will also be available on the NCAA sports Web site (www.ncaasports.com/football/mens) at the conclusion of the bracket announcement.

Polk in the record book
Career
Rushing yards: 3,590 (1st)
Rushing TDs: 44 (1st)
Pass completions: 342 (2nd)
Passing yards: 4,686 (2nd)
Passing TDs: 38 (2nd)
Pass completion percentage: 60.4 (342-566-15) (2nd)
Total offense yards: 8,276 (1st)
TDs Accounted for: 82 (1st)
Points: 266 (1st)