KIRKSVILLE, Mo. -- Just three weeks ago, Missouri S&T lost a football game on the last snap of the game and has used that disappointment as a springboard to a strong finish to the 2008 season.

On Saturday, the Miners were involved in another game that saw the winning points scored on the final snap of the ball -- but this time, the result went in the Miners' favor as they ended the season with a thrilling 39-38 double overtime win at Truman State.

The victory was the first for the Miners over the Bulldogs since 1983 -- Truman State had beaten S&T 22 straight times heading into Saturday's game -- and gave the Miners their second seven-win season in the last four years as they finished at 7-4.

For much of the first half, it appeared that the Miners were going to run away with the game as they took advantage of some Truman errors to build a 28-7 lead in the second quarter.

After a bad snap on a punt attempt gave the Miners the ball at the Bulldogs' 10-yard line midway through the first quarter, Brad Guidry (Rusk, Texas/Rusk) connected with Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's) for a touchdown on the next play to put S&T in front six minutes into the game.

The Miners got another turnover later in the quarter when Steve Edwards (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin) forced a fumble that Brian Gronewold (Peoria, Ariz./Ironwood) recovered at the Truman 14. They needed only two plays -- a 13-yard run by Jason Schlueter (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) and a one-yard touchdown run by David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) -- to extend the lead to 14-0.

After the Bulldogs cut the lead in half with their first scoring drive of the day, the Miners got their 14-point lead back when Guidry threw a 30-yard scoring pass to Chad Shockley (St. James, Mo./John F. Hodge). With 3:32 left in the half, Guidry threw his third scoring pass of the half when he hit Shields on a six-yard scoring play to push the advantage to 28-7.

However, the Bulldogs spent the better part of the next two quarters wiping out that lead. Matt Ticich threw a 10-yard scoring pass to Albert Coker with a minute to go in the half to make it 28-14 at the break, then after S&T missed a chance to extend the lead when Joe Drahos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington)' field goal hit the upright, the Bulldogs got on a roll on the offensive side.

A 34-yard field goal by Mickey Massuci, followed by a 28-yard scoring pass from Ticich to Kendrick Blue -- the two-point conversion attempt failed -- cut the lead to 28-23. Truman then put together a 55-yard scoring drive to take its first lead of the game when Ticich ran 14 yards to the end zone with 2:18 to go; a two-point conversion made it 31-28.

The Miners opened their last drive of regulation time at their own 42 and needed a fourth down completion to Greaving to keep the drive going. The drive almost ended in disaster again when Zach Howard (McKinney, Texas/Frisco) fumbled after making a catch, but Shockley pounced on the loose ball at the Truman 18.

Drahos atoned for his missed field goal by connecting on a 29-yarder with 19 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.

The Miners got the ball first in overtime, but only gained five yards on the three plays and then had a missed field goal to give the Bulldogs a chance to win it. The Miner defense answered the challenge, forcing a field goal attempt by Massuci that went wide to send the game to another overtime period.

Truman opened that period by scoring on the first play as Ticich connected with Coker to give the Bulldogs a 38-31 lead, but the Miners came back and put together the winning drive.

Guidry hit Bryan Crider (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias) for a first down to the Truman 14, then on a third-and-seven, the Bulldogs were flagged for pass interference at the two-yard line to give the Miners a first-and goal.

After the first two plays netted just one yard, Guidry took the third down play in to cut the lead to one. Head coach Kirby Cannon decided to go for the win right there and Shields took the ball in for the game-winning two-point conversion.

The Miners finished with 478 yards of total offense and broke their single-season scoring record in the process with 408 points on the season. Guidry was 35-of-52 for 383 yards and three touchdowns, with Howard catching 11 of the passes for 103 yards.

Shockley also reached the 100-yard mark on his eight catches.

Matt Loula (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) finished with 15 tackles and Edwards with 13 on the defensive side of the ball. Loula and Justin Philpy (McKinney, Texas/McKinney) each finished with a sack in the game.