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Southern Utah gets win in home opener, pulls away from Western Illinois, 37-17
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) Justin Miller threw two touchdown passes and Southern Utah scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to pull away from Western Illinois, 37-17 in its home opener on Saturday night.
Miller tossed a 10-yard touchdown to Zack Mitchell, and Targhee Lambson capped an 11-play, 62-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdownrun to give the Thunderbirds a 17-3 lead with under seven minutes to play in the first half, but Western Illinois scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 5:14 of the first half to send the game into halftime tied at 17.
Southern Utah (1-3) picked off the Leathernecks' Matt Morrissey three times, including a 60-yard pick-6 by Cody Coleman with :31 left to complete the scoring. Western Illinois had negative yardage in the running game after accounting for minus-28 yards on quarterback sacks.
Miller was 24-of-35 passing for 242 yards but also threw a pair of interceptions. The Thunderbirds managed 96 yards on the ground, led by 41 yards on 16 carries from Braedon Wissler.
Morrissey was 29-of-48 passing for 268 yards and a touchdown to lead the Leathernecks (0-4).
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Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | 0 | 0 |
Passing | 0 | 0 |
Penalty | 0 | 0 |
3rd Down Conv | 0-0 | 0-0 |
4th Down Conv | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Total Net Yards | 0 | 0 |
Total Plays | 0 | 0 |
Avg Gain | 0 | 0 |
Net Yards Rushing | 0 | 0 |
Rush Attempts | 0 | 0 |
Avg Rush Yards | 0 | 0 |
Yards Passing | 0 | 0 |
Comp. - Att. | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Yards Per Pass | 0 | 0 |
Penalties - Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Touchdowns | ||
Rushing TDs | 0 | 0 |
Passing TDs | 0 | 0 |
Other | ||
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles - Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 0 | 0 |
Punts - Avg | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Return Yards | ||
Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
T. Farmer Jr.
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T. Farmer Jr. | 37 | 113 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Lamb
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N. Lamb | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Campbell
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J. Campbell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
D. Parker
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D. Parker | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. DelaCruz
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J. DelaCruz | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
B. Lanier
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B. Lanier | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Farmer Jr.
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T. Farmer Jr. | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
C. Masucci
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C. Masucci | 0/1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
J. Berry
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J. Berry | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
B. Wissler
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B. Wissler | 146 | 686 | 5 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Lambson
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T. Lambson | 104 | 483 | 6 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Jefferson
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J. Jefferson | 31 | 134 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Bowring
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C. Bowring | 6 | 36 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Cullimore
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K. Cullimore | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Berry
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J. Berry | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Z. Mitchell
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Z. Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
Z. Mitchell
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Z. Mitchell | 0 | 36 | 460 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Acord
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J. Acord | 0 | 22 | 210 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
G. Nunez
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G. Nunez | 0 | 10 | 186 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
B. Wissler
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B. Wissler | 0 | 18 | 126 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Kraut
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A. Kraut | 0 | 8 | 120 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Lambson
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T. Lambson | 0 | 11 | 95 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Merrell
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C. Merrell | 0 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
F. Calderon
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F. Calderon | 0 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Jefferson
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J. Jefferson | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |