Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November 16 2003 Pmvbmi $&!)Jtf-OQ- Eianm nnmummm zi n?rmri7TTm AGGIES RUSHING Yds 71 Att '21 David Fiefia A TraVis Cox’ '4:t' v'V$rBryan Black "Brian Majors Y£ Ben Chaet'ViV 1 ’'Tyron McKinney M 34 40 22 16 ' ''i 9 3' 3 V TD 0 Avg 1 O i 3:o’rs o 30 0 PASSING ' ' Utah State nose guard Ronald Tupea rims down the field after recovering a fumble late in the fourth quarter PUNT RETURNS No Yds 6 52 David Fiefia : ' hv 'rj&'K Ronald Tupea '16 1 ’ ' 42 : 42 W1 VVi-PUNTIN- Yds No v':yv BenChaet"' Avg Long 36 v:45 4v 144 SACKS Ronald Tupea Nate Putnam 'vV : ' dfwnThings just didn’tgo my way" 6 " - Robert Watts 7' 10 17 RUSHINGsJgf?: -- ' "V - - TROJANS Yds t ' That could he said for the entire " teams make plays They (Trojans) made some plays oh us today offense USU had nine offensive The extra point was missed and possessions in the second half '' and scored zero points One film- Troy State had a 2344 lead with: 1 ble came inside the Troy State 0 ' 11:28 left in thh third quarter There would be no more scoring "and one of the interceptions was USU's Mark Estelle blocked a in the end zone The Aggies jjunt- ed twice and turned the ball qyer v punt but Black tossed an inter-- ’ :oh downs when a fake punt went f ception on the next play iTie the ir the red zone on penetrated Aggies forbnly three yards instead oif ' " Mitch MascarqHerakl Journal their next drive but Fiefia had the :10 needed for a flrst dowh v ' Utah State's Ronald Tupea sacks T roy State quarterback Aaron Leak ball poked away v Black admitted he shouldn't have fried to force several of his"Saturday afternoon at Romney Stadium The Aggies seemed to have some momentum late ih passes that tackles Ast Tot :: we put too much presus back sure on him" Dennehy said Black said he actually had a g(X)d week of practice before Sat urday'sgame but did agree with the coach that it took awhile to ' " gvt used to live action 'When I first started I was pret-- " ' ty nervous" Black said "It's not like playing with S lead' ' "It was a tough situation You don't Iikeit' when the starter goes '' : - 17' 1 17-1- 40-poi- nt Yards No : v ‘ FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Long V -- Long 37-ya- nf ' Bl' Journal half die score was knotted at 14 Troy State's Thomas Olmsted field goal just booted a before the break for a 4 Tror ' ' jan lead' Then came the nightmare sec- " ond half Cox got hurt and Troy ' State's Torre Lankford recovered the loose pigskin at the USU 17 ' The Aggie defense dug in but ' eventually gave up a touchdown ' when Trojan quarterback Aaron Leak faked ahandoff to Betterson and rolled the'opposite direction " to score from two yards but It r ’'vr was another fourth-dow- n play "We tried to hold them and did a good job but they just got the best of it" Rosencrans said "Sometimes Senior Continued from Mitch MascaroHerald Saturday vs Troy State Avg"TD V-- : - i' DJULK aulll- 1 U1UUK1U I IIOU IV 7 three 'Vfi' '1oh the make Trojan riinning backDeWhitt 0 r KICKOFF RETURNS ! ’ ?- - V-Tp- -- £'sh Johnny : PUNT RETURNS - v: ' ’ 'X' " NO : Faulk'X-V-- ’ l ' Yds ' 4 LongTD - i 4 ?" INTERCEPTION RETURNS NOi Yds Long' TD v Adrian Ghent 4- - ' y’-- Johnny Faulk ' T Derrick Ansley V PUNTING ' Yds Avg Long No 8 Olmsted 366 458 53 'Thomas : KICKING FGM - Thomas Olmsted FGA 1 1 Yards' 1 ' upDennehylsaid he play ed very wel 1 1 6-- " i : v thought ! The Aggies finished With 307 yards of offense Senior tailback David Fiefia rushed for 7 1 yards- went for it on fourth down arid got V up which we needed fo dd" on The Trojans went fourth-dow- n plays in the game ' State Troy began the seemg hy in on the Aggies’ first V cashing fumble The Trojans mariched 69 ' yards ( 52 through the air) in eight plays Betterson scored his first TD oh a run with 9:Q0 left ' in the opening quarter Bettersonthen helped set up his' with 32'g yards of total offense which shows how much Better- son meant to the visitors 'Tthqughi he made soirie nice ' runs when we didn't wrap him KSU Long 37 SACKS PemarcusWafe' HTK 3 firef Iiua r1riic roollu : ’itSjP 6 0 224 132 3 225 228 Utah St 3 180 116 3 117 249 Arkansas St 3 189 190 MtddleTenn 4 144 159 New MexSt 4 171 158 Idaho 5 156 221 NorthiTexas i ' : All Games W L PF PA 328 248 266 415 251 295 22S 377 308 361 8 252 328 9 228 301 110 215 439 8 4 3 5 3 3 2 3 8 8 6 8 Saturday's Games Troy State 23 Utah State 14 57 Middle Term 51 OT North Texas 58 Arkansas State 14 Arkansas 48 New Mexico State 20 20 Idaho 58 at : 9-y- end-arou- nd oe by plane in' 14 outings' TE Chris Cooley extended Aggie his streak of catching at least two'1---passes in a game to 15 He had a five receptions for 48 game-high Aggie LB Robert Watts yards had a gamerbest 17 tackles while Trojan DB Arthur Adams riecov- -' The seven ered three "fumbles turnovers were the most since committing eight against Nevada ' in the 1996 season finale 'traveling - : ' " in Lincoln Boilermakers in overtime Buckeyes Ell Roberson passed for 313 yards and the two touchdowns that broke open the game in the fourth quarter of Kansas State’s 38-- 9 road win over No 18 Nebraska bn Saturday It was the Wildcats’ first victory in Lincoln since 1968 and the worst loss at Memorial Stadi- urn since a 31-- 0 setback against Missouri on Nov: 1 1958 The victory clinched a share of the Big 1 2 North title and gave the Wild- cats the inside track to a meeting with South champion Oklahoma in the Dec 6 conference championship game Kansas State (9-- 3 2 Big 12) became only the sixth visiting team to beat the in die last 107 games Huskers (8-- 3 in Lincoln The Wildcats' last win at Nebraska was 12-- 0 on Nov 9 1968 No 1 OUahoma 41 Baylor 3 At Norman Oklalason White threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns and die Sooneis' defense didn't allow a touchdown for the third straight week The Sooneis (1 0 Big 12) clinched die Big 12 South Division tide earning a spot in the Dec 6 conference APpholo championship game for die third time in Nebraska quarterback Jammal Lord ML goes airborne as be four years The win also keeps Oklahoma on track for a berth ia tries tor extra yards against Kansas State on Saturday 5-- 4-- 3) 7-- 0 Next Week's Games Utah State at Idaho North Texas at New Mexico State Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State at Troy State " possession driving 83 yards Brian Majors scored on another run an play Cox made a key block to spring Majors around the left sideWith 7:52 left in the Com-huske- rs' PA fourth-and-1' v’ third-dow- By The Associated Press Conference I on-X- r P The Aggie offense cametd life driving 65 yards in 13 plays n USU inverted three a scored before Cox on plays draw from nine yards out bn this first play of the second quarter USU tied tip the game on its next snaps long skid too mm W WL PF Tl UIOLK I1UUM4I up null Coleman for 25 yards biiithen tossed his 7 third pick of the gaihe Other game notes Fourteen JUUV over the goal line to rhakb it14-- 0 late in the first quarter ''? : 6 - TD Yds Long ' 23 '23'X0 No ' X Rutledge ns 5-- year '! "Uo nmKnKlu eiirnricArl flipm ' Bettersbncertainly madesome : plays The junior tailback rushed 'v v ' as ‘d 9 ‘mpfoVeto i 1 L BowL the site oif the national title game Oklahoma cruised after jumping out to a 24-- 0 lead in the first quarter not a surprise after coach Bob Stoops was crib-cizfor running tip the score iri a 77-- 0 rout of Texas A&M the week before White the nation's leader in passing efficiency had all of his touchdown pass- es in the first half as the Sooneis roOedup 260 yanjs of offense and took a 34-- 3 lead No 2 USC 45 Arizona At Tucson Ariz Mike Williams ed cauit three touchdown passes to break the Trojans' career record for : scoring receptions — with two games left in his sophomore season Williams caught 11 passes for 157 yards including scoring plays of 15 22 and 26 yards and didn't play die last 1 12 quarters His three TD catches tied a school record and gave him 26 in his game college career breaking the USC career record of 25 touchdown recep- tions by Kevin Williams from 1977-8- 0 Nl 3 LSU 27 Alabama 3 ' At Tuscaloosa Ala Mauck threw ' for 251 yards and two touchdowns and the Tigers held the Crimson Tide See TOP 25 on B5 ' |