2012 Football Guide
2011 REVIEW Game
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Oct. 15, 2011, FargoDome, Fargo, N.D.
Missouri State Bears.........................................21 (4) North Dakota State Bison .........................51
FARGO, N.D. -- The Bears surrendered two lost fumbles and a long kickoff return in the first five minutes of the third quarter that set up 17 North Dakota State points as the eventual Division I champions blew open a tight contest and rolled to a 51-21 Missouri Valley Football Conference victory over the Bears before 18,029 fans. NDSU’s Marcus Williams took the second-half kickoff 90 yards down the right sideline to score. After the ensuing kickoff, Missouri State fumbled on its own 17 on its first play from scrimmage to set up a short field for a Bison field goal, and the Bears‘ lost the handle on the return of the next kickoff and NDSU scored again for a 41-14 bulge by the mid-point of the third period. The Bears dented the nation’s top-ranked scoring defense for three touchdowns but had no answer for the Bison attack as NDSU scored six touchdowns and three field goals on its first nine possessions before the Bears stopped NDSU and forced the first Bison punt with four minutes left in the game. The game started like an offensive highlight film. The teams combined for five straight scoring possessions with four early lead changes in the game, but NDSU managed points on all four of its first half possessions for a 24-14 halftime advantage. Bison sophomore quarterback Brock Jensen was unstoppable early, hitting a perfect 15-of-15 passing the first half. He found senior wide receiver Warren Holloway six times for 109 yards in the first half as Holloway, among NDSU’s all-time top five in receptions and receiving yards, hauled in scoring aerials of 31 and 47 yards. Each score erased a Bears’ lead and RB D.J. McNorton rambled in from the 20 two minutes before halftime to push the Bison lead to 10. The Bears had two impressive drives to grab the lead twice in the opening 30 minutes. Trevor Wooden nailed Ian Starnes for 29 yards to cap an 84-yard drive that gave MSU a 7-3 edge. The Bears tallied on a 69-yard drive the next time they had the ball with Wooden finishing the job on a 19-yard throw to Chris Douglas at the start of the second as MSU moved in front 14-10. The Bears moved 50 yards just before half and Austin Witmer had the length on a bid for a career-best 47-yard field goal on the last play of the half but the kick was wide. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Missouri State (0-7) North Dakota State (6-0)
7 10
7 14
7 17
0 10
21 51
Scoring Summary: 1st 1st 09:47 NDSU Jastram,Ryan 34 yd field goal, 7-31 3:32 05:50 MSU Ian Starnes 29 yd pass from Trevor Wooden (Austin Witmer kick), 9-84 3:51 01:37 NDSU Holloway,Warren 31 yd pass from Jensen,Brock (Jastram,Ryan kick), 8-74 4:08 2nd 14:31 MSU Chris Douglas 19 yd pass from Trevor Wooden (Austin Witmer kick), 7-69 2:00 11:06 NDSU Holloway,Warren 47 yd pass from Jensen,Brock (Jastram,Ryan kick), 7-75 3:19 02:11 NDSU McNorton,DJ 20 yd run (Jastram,Ryan kick), 10-96 5:31 3rd 14:49 NDSU Williams,Marcus 90 yd kickoff return (Jastram,Ryan kick) 09:08 NDSU Jastram,Ryan 33 yd field goal, 10-14 5:38 06:48 NDSU Veldman,Matt 10 yd pass from Jensen,Brock (Jastram,Ryan kick), 5-28 2:09 02:22 MSU Trevor Wooden 1 yd run (Austin Witmer kick), 9-78 4:20 4th 12:45 NDSU Jastram,Ryan 35 yd field goal, 9-72 4:32 11:27 NDSU McNorton,DJ 9 yd run (Jastram,Ryan kick), 1-9 0:07 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
MSU 19 29-141 222 25-18-0 54-363 0-0 0-0 10-180 0-0 4-44.8 4-3 11-99 22:30 2 of 8 1 of 1 2-2 1-5
NDSU 26 41-212 216 24-20-0 65-428 1-0 3-23 4-148 0-0 2-44.5 0-0 7-48 37:30 5 of 9 0 of 0 6-6 2-17
Individual Statistics RUSHING: Missouri State - Vernon Scott 13-66; Trevor Wooden 10-32; Jordan Chiles 1-23; Chris Douglas 4-20; Stephen Johnston 1-0. North Dakota State - D.J. McNorton14-92; Sam Ojuri 13-69; Derrick Lang 9-37; Brock Jensen 3-11; Esley Thorton 2-3. PASSING: Missouri State - Trevor Wooden 18-25-0-222. North Dakota State - Brock Jensen 19-23-0211; Esley Thorton 1-1-0-5. RECEIVING: Missouri State - Ian Starnes 5-79; Matt Thayer 4-38; Jermaine Saffold 3-37; Cadarrius Dotson 3-20; Chris Douglas 1-19; Dorian Buford 1-18; Vernon Scott 1-11. North Dakota State - Warren Holloway 6-109; Ryan Smith 6-48; Matt Veldman 5-38; DJ McNorton 1-14; Moody,Nate 1-5; Sam Ojuri 1-2. TACKLES: Missouri State - Mike Crutcher 13, Andrew Beisel 10, Caleb Schaffitzel 8, Nick Canavan 7. Attendance: 18,029. Kickoff time: 6:07 p.m. End of Game: 9:00 p.m. Total elapsed time: 2:53. Officials: Referee: Wally Righton; Umpire: Ed Feaster; Linesman: Jim Swider; Line judge: Jeff Meslow; Back judge: Roger Quinlan; Field judge: Marvin Shade; Side judge: Rick Holmes;. Temperature: 70. Wind: Indoors. Weather: Indoors.
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Oct. 22, 2011, Hanson Field, Macomb, Ill.
Missouri State Bears.........................................31 Western Illinois Leathernecks .................... 17
MACOMB, Ill. – Four second-half take-aways propelled Missouri State to a 31-17 win over Western Illinois in Missouri Valley Football Conference play. The win snapped an eight-game Hanson Field winning streak by the Leathernecks and secured MSU’s first win of 2011. The final nail in the coffin came with 2:15 to play when senior Jimmie Strong halted a threatening WIU drive with a 91-yard interception return for a touchdown, the longest in Bears’ history. The pick six came on the heels of a 54-yard pass completion to Charles Chestnut that set the home club up at the MSU 9 for the potential game-tying score. MSU closed out the game with a fumble recovery on WIU’s fourth turnover of the final period. Trevor Wooden completed 8-of-16 passes for 190 yards for the Bears who won on the road for the first time in 13 tries and also posted a game-high 82 rushing yards. Jermaine Saffold caught four passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, coming just two yards shy of becoming MSU’s all-time receiving yards leader. The Leathernecks got 269 passing yards by Josh Hudson who was 20-for-34 with a pair of interceptions. Terriun Crump had seven receptions for 67 yards to lead WIU, while Kevin Palermo posted a game-high 14 tackles. With 7:56 to go in the third, the Bears extended their 14-10 halftime lead on a 19-yard field goal by Austin Witmer to overcome a pair of first-half misses by the sophomore. The score was set up by a 57-yard pass from Wooden to Saffold to the WIU two-yard line just three players earlier. The Bears could not punch it into the end zone, but settled for the chip-shot FG to go up by seven. The lead didn’t last long as WIU got 33 yards on the ensuing kickoff to its own 38. Six plays later, Josh Hudson found Larry Patterson wide open on the far sideline for Patterson’s second catch of the season. He bolted to the end zone for his second score of the night to tie the game 17-17 after the Pat Smith PAT with 5:21 on the clock. Feeling the opportunity for their first victory, the Bears used the momentum of a 50yard completion from Wooden to Saffold to set up the go-ahead score on the ensuing drive. Stephen Johnston punched it in from the two-yard line to put the Bears up 24-17 with 55 seconds left in the third, and Strong’s pick later sealed the win. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Missouri State (1-7) Western Illinois (2-5) Scoring Summary: 1st 14:48 WIU 09:53 MSU 2nd 07:23 MSU 00:05 WIU 3rd 07:56 MSU 05:21 WIU 00:55 MSU 4th 02:15 MSU
7 7
7 3
10 7
7 0
31 17
Larry Patterson 90 yd kickoff return (Pat Smith kick) Trevor Wooden 14 yd run (Austin Witmer kick), 9-74 4:35 Jermaine Saffold 20 yd pass from Trevor Wooden (Austin Witmer kick), 1-20 0:05 Pat Smith 21 yd field goal, 14-82 3:33 Austin Witmer 19 yd field goal, 8-69 3:38 Larry Patterson 38 yd pass from Hudson, Josh (Pat Smith kick), 6-62 2:28 Stephen Johnston 2 yd run (Austin Witmer kick), 8-88 4:21 Jimmie Strong 91 yd interception return (Austin Witmer kick)
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
MSU 19 47-160 190 16-8-0 63-350 0-0 3--12 3-54 2-91 6-36.2 1-0 6-61 34:18 3 of 13 0 of 0 4-5 2-14
WIU 18 32-79 269 34-20-2 66-348 0-0 1--1 6-192 0-0 5-37.2 3-3 9-73 25:42 8 of 15 1 of 1 1-3 0-0
Individual Statistics RUSHING: Missorui State - Trevor Wooden 11-82; Stephen Johnston 19-55; Chris Douglas 13-27; Cadarrius Dotson 1-2; Team 3-(-6). Western Illinois - Caulton Ray 18-60; Bryce Flowers 10-28; Josh Hudson 4-(-9). PASSING: Missouri State - Trevor Wooden 8-16-0-190. Western Illinois - Josh Hudson 20-34-2-269.. RECEIVING: Missouri State - Jermaine Saffold 4-138; Dorian Buford 2-19; Matt Thayer 1-36; Cadarrius Dotson 1-(-3). Western Illinois - Terriun Crump 7-67; Charles Chestnut 5-97; Bryce Flowers 3-21; Larry Patterson 1-38; Justin Morgan 1-31; Myles Daughtry 1-8; Aaron Muhammad 1-5; Caulton Ray 1-2. TACKLES: Missouri State: Nick Canavan 6; Mike Crutcher 6; Andrew Beisel 6, Nate Davis 5, Sybhrian Berry 5, Mikel Ruder 5. Attendance: 10,041. Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. End of Game: 9:05 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:00. Officials: Referee: Bill Etzler; Umpire: Steve Flanagan; Linesman: Tim O’Dey; Line judge: Gary Barrett; Back judge: Jamie Birr; Field judge: Paul Vallina; Side judge: John Smith. Temperature: 70. Wind: NW 9mph. Weather: Clear.
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