GOLDEN EAGLE FOOTBALL Game #9
Opportunistic Murray State upends injury-riddled Tech November 6, 2010
Stewart Stadium / Murray, Ky. / Attendance: 4,114 MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State, already an explosive offensive unit, got plenty of help from a mistake-prone, patched-up Tennessee Tech lineup and the Racers rode their opportunities to a 44-13 Ohio Valley Conference victory in chilly Stewart Stadium. Tech, which had won three straight coming into the contest, suffered four turnovers in the game.
Murray State, which leads the OVC in passing and total offense, had 504 yards in the contest. After taking a 16-0 lead, Murray State saw the Golden Eagles close the gap to 16-7 on a 19-yard TD pass from Cass Barnes to Tim Benford. MSU added two field goals, and turned away a Tech scoring chance from the one-yard line to take a 22-7 lead into halftime. Tech made it 22-13 to start the second half as Jocques Crawford raced 13 yards for a touchdown, but mistakes caught up with Tech after that. The final score came on a 77-yard interception return for a touchdown on the game’s last play. Barnes, making his first start since 2007, was 21-for-35 for a careerbest 203 yards and one touchdown. He threw one interception and was sacked twice. Benford caught eight passes for 98 yards. Dontey Gay, who left the game in the third quarter with an injury, led Tech’s ground game with 49 yards on eight carries. Marty Jones headlined the defense with 12 tackles and an interception while Richmond Tooley had two interceptions. Mike Harris, the league’s leading rusher, had 242 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries. Casey Brockman passed for 202 yards and two scores, going 17-for-27 with three interceptions. He was sacked once. Marcus Harris had eight catches for 126 yards.
Tennessee Tech 0 7 6 0 --- 13 Murray State 16 6 3 19 --- 44 1st 11:47 09:45 00:19 2nd 12:52 09:53 00:00 3rd 11:46 02:20 4th 12:13
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MUR HARRIS, Mike 4 yd run (CULLEN, Kienan kick) 13 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:13 0 -7 MUR HARRIS, Marcus 59 yd pass from BROCKMAN, Casey (CULLEN, Kienan kick failed) 1 play, 59 yards, TOP 0:09 0 - 13 MUR CULLEN, Kienan 37 yd field goal 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 1:21 0 - 16 TTU BENFORD, Tim 19 yd pass from BARNES, Cass (BARKER, Matthew kick) 7 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:23 7 - 16 MUR CULLEN, Kienan 20 yd field goal 7 plays, 48 yards, TOP 2:59 7 - 19 MUR CULLEN, Kienan 21 yd field goal 6 plays, 95 yards, TOP 2:21 7 - 22 TTU CRAWFORD, Jocqu 13 yd run (BARKER, Matthew kick blockd) 8 plays, 69 yards, TOP 3:07 1 3 - 22 MUR CULLEN, Kienan 40 yd field goal 10 plays, 20 yards, TOP 3:45 1 3 - 25 MUR BRADY, Duane 1 yd run (CULLEN, Kienan kick) 5 plays, 55 yards, TOP 1:16 1 3 - 32
Team Statistics.................TTU............. MUR First Downs................................23......................21 Yards Rushing......................... 185...................300 Com-Att-Int.......................... 21-35-1...........18-28-3 Yards Passing........................... 203...................204 Total Offense........................... 388...................504 Punts/Avg............................... 4/40.0.............2/34.0 Possession Time.................... 34:01...............25:59 Leading Rushers Tech: Gay (49 yards on 8 carries) MUR: Harris (242 yards on 23 carries) Leading Passers Tech: Barnes (21-of-35 for 203 yards) MUR: Brockman (17-of-27 for 202 yards)
STRONGER THAN EVER F 2011