No. 12 Rams Use Big Second Quarter to Beat Oklahoma Panhandle State 52-31
The No. 12-ranked Angelo State football team scored 29 points in the second quarter to pull away from Oklahoma Panhandle State to win its season opener 52-31 at LeGrand Stadium at 1st Community Credit Union Field.
The Rams (1-0) racked 566 yards of total offense and scored two special teams touchdowns. The Aggies (0-1) forced two interceptions and scored two special teams touchdowns of their own. Fred Lawrence scored the first touchdown of the season on a punt return of 74 yards while Dominique McCoy returned a blocked field goal 77 yards.
Kyle Washington threw for 291 yards on 22-of-32 passing and two touchdowns while added 89 yards on the grounds and two touchdowns. He broke the ASU career record of total offense and now has 8,246 yards in his career. Talon Smith caught six passes for 155 yards and Donovan Thompson recorded a career high 11 catches for 96 yards and two touchdowns. Richard Franklin led the defense with 12 tackles...
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No 22 Lions Notch 200th Victory In Memorial Stadium with 48-17 Rout of Adams State
The No.22 ranked Lion football team opened the season at Memorial Stadium on Thursday night, earning a convincing 48-17 victory over Adams State.
John Thomas rumbled in for a 20-yard touchdown catch with 9:13 left first half. Thomas broke through three tackles for the score. Prior to the 4-play 42-yard drive, the Lions had accumulated only 148 yards of total offense. The score sparked a 24-point second quarter that saw the Lions take a 27-6 lead into the locker room...
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Hutchinson leads Mustangs to convincing win over Truman State in opener
Midwestern State sophomore Hagen Hutchinson accounted for three touchdowns in his first collegiate start to lead the Mustangs to a 31-3 win over Truman State Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
The Stamford native completed 18-of-26 passes for 183 yards including scoring strikes to Arsenio Phillips (13) and Statron Jones (20) as MSU rolled out to a 17-3 halftime lead.
Hutchinson's efforts made a quality defense effort stand as the Mustangs limited Truman State to 171 yards of total offense ceding only a 21-yard field goal with three minutes to go in the first half.
Senior safety Marqui Christian led the way with 11 tackles, while redshirt-freshman linebacker Drew Bolin added eight tackles of his own. Nine different players were in on seven tackles for loss while converted linebacker LaFrontae Conkleton had his first collegiate interception after spending his first two seasons at running back...
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Opportunistic Gridiron Hounds Sprint Past Cowboys in Explosive Second Half
Eastern New Mexico (1-0) opened the 2015 season with a 40-10 win over visiting New Mexico Highlands (0-1).
ENMU took advantage of an early NMHU miscue to take a 7-0 lead. The Cowboys took the opening drive to the Greyhounds 16-yard line before Lawrence Hall forced a fumble. ENMU recovered and went 79 yards on 10 plays, capped by Cameron Mikell's 12-yard touchdown run.
After NMHU tied the game, a bad snap to the punter resulted in a kick that went 10 yards back to the Cowboys 29-yard line. The Hounds took the lead for good on a 10-yard run from Mickell.
Leading only 14-10 at halftime, the Hounds scored three touchdowns less than five minutes into the second half to pull away for the win. Kamal Cass' 61-yard run staked ENMU to a 33-10 lead.
The Greyhounds limited NMHU to just 29 yards of offense in the third quarter...
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Buffs Come Up Short in Season-Opener 27-24 to No. 19 Azusa Pacific
The West Texas A&M football team jumped out to a fast start in the 2015 season-opener Thursday evening at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium, but were unable to hang on as the No. 19 Azusa Pacific Cougars roared back for a 27-24 victory.
The Buffs were led on the ground by senior Geremy Alridge-Mitchell who rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, while senior quarterback Preston Rabb added 91 yards on the ground, as he was 25 of 44 with one interception for 131 yards and a touchdown. Senior Jarrian Rhone caught a game-high seven balls for 83 yards and a score.
It was truly a tale of two halves for the Buffs as they jumped out to a 21-0 lead midway through the second quarter, settling for a 21-10 lead at halftime. In the first half, WT rushed the ball 14 times for 161 yards and passed for 109 yards. WT held APU to just 56 yards rushing in the half on 22 carries and 122 passing yards...
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Depth of Defense Easy to See but Cardinals Rally to Win
The excitement has built up since the arrival of the new regime in December 2014 but Texas A&M University-Kingsville (0-1) gave the fans wearing blue and gold in Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium a defensive showcase as the Javelinas forced four Cardinal turnovers (three fumbles, one interception) in the first half. The defense limited UIW's single season passing record holder to 160 yards in the air, but the University of the Incarnate Word (1-0) rallied from behind to down TAMUK, 18-16, on Saturday afternoon.
The California kids accounted for 14 of TAMUK's 16 points in the 18-16 loss to the University of the Incarnate Word (1-0) on Saturday afternoon. Joe Te'o used his strength to find the end zone in the second and Myles Carr connected with Shawn Vasquez in the third as the Hogs regained the lead, but the legs of Trent Brittain and a bit of luck gave the Cardinals the win. Tied at 16 in the fourth, ZeMarcus Green blocked a PAT, but UIW recovered and rushed for two points to take an 18-16 lead with just over five minutes left in the game.
At halftime, the Hogs led 9-3 after a stellar performance on the defensive end under new coordinator David Brown II.
With 10:52 remaining in the opening quarter, John General – making his Javelina debut – forced the first of three first-half UIW fumbles and Devonte Williams recovered, giving the Javelinas possession in their own territory...
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