2011 GAME SUMMARIES GAME 1
GAME 2
#11/10 WISCONSIN 51
WASHINGTON ST. 59
UNLV
UNLV
17
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisc. • Sept. 1, 2011 • Att. 77,085
Martin Stadium • Pullman, Wash. • Sept. 10, 2011 • Att. 27,018
BADGERS TAKE OPENER IN 3-D UNLV 0 WISCONSIN 20 WISC - WISC - WISC - WISC - UNLV - WISC - WISC - WISC - WISC - UNLV - UNLV -
3 17
7 14
7 -- 17 0 -- 51
Ball 4-yd pass from Russell (French kick) 11:49 1st Ball 22-yd run (French kick failed) 8:12 1st White 1-yd run (French kick) 0:38 1st Ball 1-yd run (French kick) 8:50 2nd Kohorst 37-yd FG 1:45 2nd Wilson 46-yd run (French kick) 1:14 2nd French 29-yd FG :00 2nd Pederson 8-yd pass from Russell (French kick) 10:28 3rd Ball 1-yd run (French kick) 8:45 3rd Payne 6-yd pass from Herring (Kohorst kick) 2:53 3rd Vea 9-yd pass from Herring (Kohorst kick) 11:41 4th
UNLV First Downs 19 Rushes-Yards 38-146 Passing Yards 146 Passes (A-C-I) 27-18-0 Total Offense 292 Punt returns-Yards 0-0 Kick Returns-Yards 8-160 Interceptions-Yards 0-0 Sacks By-Yards 1-11 Punts-Average 5-44.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-65 Possession Time 34:20
WISC 20 38-241 258 15-11-0 499 3-58 4-101 0-0 3-19 2-45.0 0-0 6-50 25:40
Rushing: (UNLV) Randle 12-65, Cornett 14-61, Herring 9-29, Bradford 2-(-1) (WISC) White 11-64, Ball 10-63, Wilson 2-62, Gordon 7-38, Lewis 5-24. Passing: (UNLV) Herring 18-27-146-2-0 (WISC) Wilson 10-13-255-2-0, Brennan 1-2-3-0-0. Receiving: (UNLV) Johnson 7-51, Payne 4-291, Randle 2-35, Vea 2-14-1, Harrington 1-11, Vidal 1-6, Cornett 1-0 (WISC) Ball 2-67, Toon 2-54, Pederson 2-20, Ewing 1-41, White 1-40, Abbrederis 1-23, Duckworth 1-10, Doe 1-3. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Hodge 6 (WISC) Borland 7. Sacks: (UNLV) Jackson 1-11 (WISC) Nzegwu 2-10, Gilbert 1-9. Interceptions: None
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Bobby Hauck figured UNLV wasn’t ready for a major upset like the Rebels pulled in 2003 against Wisconsin. Still, he was satisfied with how his team rebounded after taking a first-half flurry in UNLV’s 51-17 loss to No. 11 Wisconsin on Thursday night. New starting quarterback Caleb Herring posted two second-half touchdown passes that cut the lead to 51-17 in the fourth. He kept plays alive with his feet and showed poise under relentless pressure, but didn’t have many options and finished 18-of-27 passing for 146 yards. UNLV failed to convert on its first nine third-downs, and one second-quarter sequence highlighted the Rebels’ struggles. Wide receiver Phillip Payne committed a 15-yard personal foul for a late hit, center Robert Waterman snapped the ball over Herring’s head for an eight-yard loss, Payne dropped a pass with no defender nearby and Nolan Kohorst pulled a 52-yard field goal wide left. Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in his Wisconsin debut and Montee Ball scored four times for the Badgers, who built a 51-3 lead. All the attention was on Wilson, the North Carolina State transfer who is using his last year of eligibility at Wisconsin. UNLV (0-1) had some good moments. Herring’s two second-half touchdown passes forced the Badgers to send most of their first-team defense back on the field in the fourth quarter. In some ways it was a typical Wisconsin opener. The Badgers scored on their first drive of the season for the sixth straight year. In some ways, it was very different: the temperature at kickoff was 90 degrees. Wisconsin (1-0) made it 13-0 when Ball took a handoff, busted through two arm tackles and highstepped to avoid Quinton Pointer’s desperation dive for a 22-yard touchdown. It was 20-0 when Wilson found top target Nick Toon for completions of 39 and 15 yards before James White punched it into the end zone from a yard out. Ball, who finished with 63 yards rushing, also scored on a pair of one-yard runs, making it 51-3 midway through the third quarter. Kohorst hit a 37-yard field goal, but Wilson dropped back to pass on the next possession, broke to the right and saw no pursuit behind him for his 46-yard TD scamper as the Badgers led 37-3 at halftime after a field goal.
COUGARS WIN BIG UNLV WSU
0 14
0 21
WSU - WSU - WSU - WSU - WSU - WSU - WSU - WSU - WSU - UNLV -
Galvin 48-yd run (Furney kick) 12:38 1st Karstetter 5-yd pass from Lobbestael (Furney kick) 6:37 1st Karstetter 19-yd pass from Lobbestael (Furney kick) 14:54 2nd Barton 21-yd pass from Lobbestael (Furney kick) 10:23 2nd Lintz 23-yd pass from Lobbestael (Furney kick) 7:00 2nd Furney 46-yd FG 9:08 3rd Wilson 7-yd pass from Lobbestael (Furney kick) 3:59 3rd Williams 57-yd pass from Halliday (Furney kick) 14:15 4th Bontemps 10-yd pass from Halliday (Gauper kick) 5:42 4th Cornett 95-yd kick return (Kohorst kick) 5:29 4th
First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A-C-I) Total Offense Punt returns-Yards Kick Returns-Yards Interceptions-Yards Sacks By-Yards Punts-Average Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time
0 10
7 -- 7 14 -- 59
UNLV WSU 9 32 34-98 39-139 60 474 11-20-0 29-38-0 158 610 0-0 4-24 7-228 1-21 0-0 0-0 1-8 2-14 7-41.1 1-26.0 2-1 1-1 10-85 6-55 29:07 30:53
Rushing: (UNLV) Bradford 9-42, Cornett 1042, Randle 8-15, Johnson 1-0, Herring 6-(-1) (WSU) Galvin 5-80-1, Winston 9-32, Mason 7-22, Mitz 7-5, Barton 1-5, Oertel 8-5, Team 1-(-2), Lobbestael 1-(-8). Passing: (UNLV) Herring 11-20-60-0-0 (WSU) Lobbestael 24-32-361-5-0, Halliday 5-6-110-2-0. Receiving: (UNLV) Johnson 5-35, Vea 2-4, Davis 1-9, Vidal 1-6, Barefi eld 1-3, Payne 1-3 (WSU) Karstetter 6-66-2, Wilson 5-102-1, WIlliams 4-89-1, Barton 4-69-1, Myers 2-35, Eaddy 2-22, Galvin 2-17, Ratliff 1-32, Lintz 1-23-1, Bontemps 1-10-1, Winston 1-6. Tackle Leaders: (UNLV) Carter, Harper 7 (WSU) Mizell 7. Sacks: (UNLV) Dunlap 1-8 (WISC) Bock 1-7, Pole 0.5-3, Long 0.5-4. Interceptions: None
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7 PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Marshall Lobbestael threw for career highs of 361 yards and five touchdowns as Washington State beat UNLV 59-7. Washington State (2-0) scored touchdowns on its first five possessions and held a 35-0 lead at halftime to win its first two games of the season for the first time since 2005. Lobbestael, who took over as starter after Jeff Tuel suffered a fractured collarbone last week, completed 24 of 32 passes. The fifth-year senior was not intercepted. UNLV (0-2) was scoreless until Tim Cornett’s 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. The Rebels gained just 158 yards and could not stop the WSU offense, which produced 610 yards. Backup quarterback Connor Halliday threw a pair of late touchdown passes for WSU, giving them seven for the game. UNLV quarterback Caleb Herring completed just 11-of-20 passes for 60 yards. Marquess Wilson caught five passes for 102 yards and a touchdown for WSU. Jared Karstetter had six receptions for 66 yards and two touchdowns. This one was over early, as Rickey Galvin ran 48 yards for a touchdown on WSU’s opening drive. Galvin finished with 80 yards on five carries. On WSU’s second possession, Karstetter caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Lobbestael to cap a 74-yard drive for a 14-0 Cougars’ lead. On WSU’s third possession, Lobbestael completed passes of 22 and 37 yards to Wilson, then hit a diving Karstetter for a 19-yard touchdown strike in the end zone. At that point Lobbestael had completed nine of his first 10 passes for 145 yards. The Rebels, meanwhile, managed only 41 yards in the first quarter and their first three drives ended in punts. Lobbestael led the Cougars’ on an 80-yard drive on their fourth possession, and threaded the ball through a pair of defenders to hit Isiah Barton in the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown pass. Just over three minutes later, Lobbestael hit tight end Andrei Lintz on a 23-yard touchdown pass to close first half scoring. Lobbestael completed 18-of-21 passes for 274 yards in the first half, and WSU had 372 total yards in the first half while holding UNLV to 95 yards. This was the first meeting between the two programs since 1991.