2010 season-in-review: game 2 NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE AT CSU-PUEBLO
saturday, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 • NETA & EDDIE DEROSE THUNDERBOWL • PUEBLO, COLO. • (6,723)
55 13 Pack becomes first RMAC team to move to 2-0 with convincing win. PUEBLO, Colo. – In 2009, CSU-Pueblo travelled to Alva, Okla. to take on a Northwestern Oklahoma State team regarded as one of the top NAIA teams in the nation, and lost a heartbreaker 34-28. Saturday night, CSU-Pueblo showed what it looked like to purge a 365-day-old grudge, annihilating Northwestern Oklahoma State 55-13 at the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl in the Pack’s 2010 home opener. The win vaulted the Pack to 2-0 on the young season, putting them in the enviable position of being the only RMAC squad to be undefeated through two weeks of the season. The Pack started slow, enduring a few threeand-outs and a lackluster running game before the passing game and defense helped lift the team to the stratosphere. The first strike came on a 63-yard touchdown toss from Ross Dausin (So., San Antonio, Tex.) to Da’Quan Cartwright (Jr., Pueblo, Colo.), to give the Pack a 7-0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, the ThunderWolves all
NW Oklahoma State CSU-Pueblo Scoring Summary:
0 7
6 24
In his first home start, CSU-Pueblo quarterback Ross Dausin nearly broke a single game record for passing yardage with 304 yards, going a very efficient 16-for-21 passing. Photo by Bill Sabo, Pro Action Photos but put the game away, converting another touchdown toss from Dausin to Cartwright, then breaking the Rangers’ back when Grant Crunkleton (Sr., Denver, Colo.) scored on a pick-six interception return, part of a 24-point second quarter by CSUPueblo. The Pack carried a 31-6 lead into halftime and never looked back. By the time the smoke cleared, CSU-Pueblo had netted 55 points, the most points scored by a ThunderWolf squad since it hung 57 on Fort Lewis in 1965, and the passing game came within a hair of busting school records. Dausin turned in one of the most efficient passing games in school history, going 16for-21 with 304 yards, five yards shy of a school record, and three touchdown tosses. As a unit, the ThunderWolves passed 19-for-26 for four scores and 316 yards, also three yards shy of a school record.
0 17
7 7
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13 55
1st quarter
01:42 CSUP Da’Quan Cartwright 63 yd pass from Ross Dausin (Kyle Major kick) Drive: 1 play, 63 yards, TOP 0:11
NWOSU 0 - CSUP 7
2nd quarter
13:29 CSUP Kyle Major 47 yd field goal Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:33 11:03 CSUP Da’Quan Cartwright 2 yd pass from Ross Dausin (Kyle Major kick) Drive: 3 plays, 28 yards, TOP 1:10 07:40 NWOSU J. Jackson 36 yd pass from K. Jech (E. Colmenares kick failed) Drive: 10 plays, 83 yards, TOP 3:18 02:10 CSUP Koby Wittek 2 yd pass from Jamaal Johnson (Kyle Major kick) Drive: 5 plays, 47 yards, TOP 3:14 01:16 CSUP Grant Crunkleton 30 yd interception return (Kyle Major kick) Drive: N/A
NWOSU 0 - CSUP 10 NWOSU 0 - CSUP 17 NWOSU 6 - CSUP 17 NWOSU 6 - CSUP 24 NWOSU 6 - CSUP 31
3RD quarter
11:30 CSUP Jamaal Johnson 39 yd pass from Ross Dausin (Kyle Major kick) Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:24 05:40 CSUP Kyle Major 40 yd field goal Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards, TOP 3:34 01:44 CSUP Jamaal Johnson 27 yd run (Kyle Major kick) Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:49
NWOSU 6 - CSUP 38 NWOSU 6 - CSUP 41 NWOSU 6 - CSUP 48
4TH quarter
50
07:23 CSUP Giovanni Rider 1 yd run (Kyle Major kick) Drive: 4 plays, 21 yards, TOP 2:19 04:15 NWOSU J. Jackson 5 yd run (E. Colmenares kick) Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:08
NWOSU 6 - CSUP 55 NWOSU 13 - CSUP 55
Offensively, the Pack turned in 402 total yards, and held NWOSU quarterback, Kyle Jech, to just a 13-for-31 day with one pick. The Rangers’ All-American tailback, Nate Guillory, mustered just 52 yards after torching the Pack for 130 a year ago. With the win, CSU-Pueblo will get a bye week before hitting the field again in its RMAC opener Sept. 18 against Adams State, also at the ThunderBowl. Despite the fast start, CSUPueblo coach, John Wristen, said no level of cockiness is setting in, even after putting up 55. “We’re very excited about our offensive personnel, especially with our defense playing lights out,” Wristen said. “But this doesn’t send any message to the RMAC. We still have to show up and get ready for conference play.”
TEAM STATISTICS: FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
INDIVIDUAL STATS:
NWOSU 17 40-152 148 31-13-1 71-300 0-0 4--28 4-78 0-0 10-37.1 3-2 9-70 26:12 4 of 16 0 of 1 1-1 2-21
CSUP 16 39-86 316 26-19-0 65-402 0-0 6-48 2-34 1-30 6-36.3 3-0 6-65 33:42 6 of 14 0 of 1 4-4 3-14
RUSHING: NW Oklahoma State-J. Jackson 16-85; N. Guillory 14-52; K. Williams 3-11; C. Smith 1-9; K. Jech 6-minus 5. CSU-Pueblo-Jamaal Johnson 17-73; Dominique Harris 14-28; Bernard Jackson 2-5; Marquise Enoch 1-2; Giovanni Rider 1-1; Josh Salazar 1-0; Ross Dausin 3-minus 23. PASSING: NW Oklahoma State-K. Jech 13-31-1-148. CSU-Pueblo-Ross Dausin 16-21-0-304; Troy Graham 1-2-0-12; Bernard Jackson 1-2-0-minus 2; Jamaal Johnson 1-1-0-2. RECEIVING: NW Oklahoma State-J. Jackson 3-51; K. Williams 3-19; C. Womack 2-41; K. McDonald 1-12; M. Lebeda 1-12; M. Frame 1-12; B. Wardlaw 1-1; N. Guillory 1-0. CSU-Pueblo-Bernard Jackson 4-78; Da’Quan Cartwright 3-71; Jamaal Johnson 3-53; Jared Sperber 2-46; Josh Sandoval 2-29; Koby Wittek 2-9; Roger Pfannenschmid 1-22; Derek Gainey 1-10; Marquise Enoch 1-minus 2. INTERCEPTIONS: NW Oklahoma State-None. CSU-Pueblo-Grant Crunkleton 1-30. FUMBLES: NW Oklahoma State-J. Jackson 1-0; K. Jech 1-1; C. Jones 1-1.