Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 15 2002 Ags Continued from B1 I don't think we played as well as we are capable of playing" While Dennehy pointed out USU still has work Idaho State coach Larry Lewis was proud of ' his Bengals The Aggies had built a 28-- 0 lead early in the second quarter “I'm damn proud of this foot- - AGGIES team” Lewis said “It is great ball to see what we saw tonight It's great for our program We’re upset about the loss” The two teams combined for 913 yards of total offense USU rushed for 161 yards and passed ' for 330 ' Roger Robinson came off the bench to lead the Aggies in rushing with 93 yards on 12 carries Starter James Samuel gained 63 yards on 14 attempts a “James kind of brings a power aspect to the game” Robinson saidi “I’m here to bring a little explosiveness when I can” USU quarterback Jose Fuentes for 330 yards three went touchdowns and one interception Wide receiver Gary Coleman caught six passes for 66 yards and a score while Kevin Curtis hauled in five passes for 147 yards and a i 'V'-- f ‘W'V - ' v - :YV 1“ tniiJL fa ' f TD i-- - vA ' Baughman passed for 268 yards but was picked off by the Aggies four times Mitchell 126 yards rushed for a game-be- st an 28 carries and three scores The Aggie offense that had been missing certainly showed up to start Saturday’s game It took two plays and a total of 20 seconds for USU to score two toqchdowns On the fust play of the game Fuentes hooked up with Curtis for An score Fuentes was hit as he released the ball but Curtis adjusted hauled it in at the Bengal 40 and outsprinted a pair of ISU defenders for the TD and the 12th longest pass play in school history Two plays later the Aggie offense had the ball again Safety Jamar Glasper intercepted a tipped pass and returned it eight yards to the ISU 20 “It was being in the right place ' at the right time” Glasper said Fuentes found wide receiver Gary Coleman betweentwo Bengals in the end zone for a TD strike With 13:40 still left in the first quarter the Aggies were up 14-- 0 Cornerback Ade Jimoh picked off another pass by Baughman on the next ISU possession but the Aggie offense failed to reach paydirt USU defensive tackle Jorge Thpia made it 21-- 0 at the end of the first quarter after scooping up a fumble in the backfleld and rumbling 15 yards for a TD Dennehy gave the junior a big hug when tie Mitch Mascaroherald Journal Utah Stats defensive tackle Jorge Tapia picks up a fumble on Ns way to returning it for a touchdown during the first half of Saturday night’s game Left USU running back James Samuel pulls down a pass from Jose Fuentes 20-ya- rd USU Continued from B I Curtis for an touchdown on the game's opening play Then after a Jamar Glasper interception 80-ya- rd set things up for USU on the Bengal 20 Fuentes tossed another scoring pass this time to Gary Coleman Eighty seconds into the game the same Aggies who found paydirt just once in the season's first eight quarters had amassed 14 58 yards in eight plays A pass to Curtis was the longest play Samuel followed fullback Chris Cooley in from a yard out al on to make it 28-- 0 with 1 1 :5 1 left in the half It was the first rushing score of the season for USU Three plays later Aggie comer-bac- k Mark Estelle intercepted a pass but the offense stalled after eight plays Suddenly the Bengals came to life A pass from Baughman to Jeff Davenport set up a TD run by Mitchell pulling ISU within 28-- 7 with 6:38 left in the first half It was then the Bengals’ turn to cash in on an interception: Nailai Rankin picked off a Fuentes pass giving ISU the ball at its own 49 It took one play for Mitchell to score He got outside and went 51 yards untouched to make it 28-1- 4 at the break The Bengals did have a shot at a field goal just before halftime biit ran a fake Glasper tack- led the kicker Jeremy Hershey loss for a “We took a few plays off and let them get back in the game” Glasper said After trading punts to start the second half the third quarter became wild ISU scored on three straight possessions with field goals of 38 and 50 yards by Hershey and a Baughman to Brett Fowler pass Between Bengal scores die Aggies added a TD of their own After a run by Robinson Fuentes found Chris Stallworth ail alone for a TD pass The 35-2- 7 took lead into die a Aggies final period USU opened the fourth quarter wih its longest drive of the night But the Aggies " ended up settling for a Dane Kidman field goal with 9: 14 to play when a penalty nullified a TD run by Fuentes “Damn penalties cost us seven” Dennehy said “Little things can end up being huge” The Bengals came right back and made it four straight scoring Mitchell possessions with a al ID run on Other game notes: Fuentes moved into second on the USU career total offense charts (6286 yards) passing Eric Hippie Idaho State defensive back Mo Caraway played two seasons for the Aggies before heading north He did not play for the Bengals Saturday because of an ankle sprain Going back to last year the Aggies had scored 56 straight points against the Bengals until the second quarter Saturday night let them get back (pto the game” ISU totaled 422 yards of offense You can’t tell me that team earned every bit of that real estate There were missed tackles missed assignments and blown coverages “We need to make teams earn what they get” Aggie coach Mick Dennehy said “We’re not good enough to give anybody any- Two weeks later BYU comes to town Troy State and Middle thing" aren’t easy But be certain of this It won’t come any easier than it did Saturday night That’s a scary thought 21-ya- rd 50-ya- rd third-and-go- 80-ya- rd 26-ya- rd 29-ya- rd time-consumi- ng 53-ya- rd 25-ya- rd 12-ya- rd jmHf 4' V- )$ rd rd third-and-go- 37-ya- rd got to the sidelines HTiat was awesome” Dennehy said “I’m very happy for him1’ “I saw the play develop ’’ Tapia said “We practice picking up balls so I just had to run” ‘ On their first possession of the second quarter the Aggies drove points They kept the heat on the Bengals and led 28-- 0 with 11:51 left in the second quarter But give Idaho State crediL Obviously inspired by its small but vocal contingent of fans the ' squad kept clawing back and scored on four straight possessions to trim what was once a 28- point lead to just five with six minutes left Yet there is also some blame to go around “After getting that lead you heed to play hard instead of taking a few plays off” Glasper said “It Tennessee State aren’t the pushovers they sound like TSU gave Nebraska a game during the season’s first week as did MTSU to Alabama Now Dennehy was right in his postgame comments He said a win is a win and you take them any way you can because they That needs to be fixed in a hurry because there isn’t a weaker opponent on USU’s schedule Iowa is next week Notre Dame edges: Wolverines 25-2- 3 : Utah State's opponents in bold Saturday Utah17 Penn State 40 Nebraska 7 Iowa State 36 kwa 31 Boise State 35 Wyoming 13 Arizona 23 By Nevada 31 Brigham Young 28 New Mexico 23 Baylor 0 McNeese State 24 19 New Mexico State bye Troy State 40 Southern Utah 15 Middle Tennessee State bye oe Next week's games ' Saturday Utah at Michigan Nebraska bye Idaho State at Montana Utah State at Iowa Boise State by? Brigham Young at Georgia Tech New Mexico at New Mexico State Arkansas State at Ttoy State at Iowa State Middle Tennessee State at Kentucky "A : 26-of-- Scores of interest y&' A t-- The Associated Press Tyrone Willingham is in his first year as coach at Notre Daiqe while Joe Paterno is in his 36th at Penn State They had a lot in common Saturday: Each coach’s team pulled off a stirring victory that drastically altered their seasons In South Bend Ihd cornerback Shane Walton slid to the grass on the line after his inter- Michigan ception with 21 seconds left sealed 20th-rankNotre Dame’s 25-2- 3 victo7 over No ry Michigan At that moment Notre Dame’s sellout crowd of 80795 stood and cheered The final mistake in this comedy of errors of a game had been made by the Wolverines and Notre Dame stayed unbeaten at 0 38-ya- rd ed AP photo Notre Dame guard Sean Milligan celebrates Notre Dame’s 25-2- 3 win over Michigan Saturday in South Bend Ind 3-- kTop25iroundup “As soon as you saw it hit his hands you’re thinking ‘Get down get down get down”’ Willingham said “Because the game was over” Penn State shocked No 8 Nebraska' 40-- 7 in State College proving that Patemo’s Nittany Lions are back after die coach’s first consecutive losing sear! j j j sons Paterno who has more major-colleg- e wins than any other coach got No 329 in front of a record crowd of 110753 It was the Nittany Lions' fust victory over a top-1- 0 team since Sept 18 1999 when they beat d Miami 3 Bad weather plagued several games eighth-ranke- 27-2- See EDGES on B5 j |