Football
Football
NSIC Football: SCSU 47, MSUM 0
Husky Football Wins 47-0 at MSU Moorhead
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Fred Williams |
Moorhead, Minn. – St. Cloud State junior wide receiver Fred Williams (Milwaukee, WI) tied a school record with four touchdown catches and the Husky defense recorded four interceptions as the Huskies defeated Minnesota State University Moorhead 47-0 Saturday afternoon at Alex Nemzek Stadium in Moorhead.
Junior running back Jake Machacek (Eagan) rushed for 125 yards on 14 carries and scored a touchdown to lead the Huskies on the ground.
With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 6-4 overall and 6-3 in the NSIC. The Huskies also improve to 5-1 in the NSIC North. MSU Moorhead drops to 2-8 overall, 1-8 in the NSIC and 1-5 in the NSIC North.
St. Cloud State will host undefeated Minnesota State University, Mankato next Saturday in the NSIC regular season finale at Husky Stadium. The Mavericks are 10-0 overall and 9-0 in the NSIC.
With senior Derek Stripling (Wabasso) starting at quarterback, the Huskies scored on its second possession of the first quarter, a five yard slant from Stripling to Fred Williams. The Huskies had two pass plays that helped set up the score, a 19-yard completion to Williams, followed by an 11-yard completion to Cody Anderson Norblom. A ten-yard run by junior Dante Steward (Milwaukee, WI) gave the Huskies a first and ten on the MSUM 20-yard line.
Late in the first quarter, the Dragons set up for a 37-yard field goal attempt and missed. The first quarter ended with SCSU leading 7-0. A minute and two seconds into the second quarter Stripling found Williams again, this time on a 31-yard touchdown pass play helped by a Tyler Allery block. Jake Machacek set up the play with a 38-yard rush.
Junior safety Tyler Niedfeldt (Plymouth, WI)intercepted MSUM and the Huskies found themselves at midfield. Six plays later Machacek ran in from one yard out to give the Huskies a 21-0 lead at 10:43. Machacek had runs of 27, five and one in the drive and Williams caught a 26-yard pass.
Joe Everson intercepted MSUM and returned it 55-yards for a touchdown it give the Huskies a 28-0 lead at 9:10 of the second. It was Everson’s second interception of the season, first for a touchdown, and the fourth interception return for a TD for the Huskies this season.
The Huskies halted the Dragons on the next drive when Marvin Matthews intercepted on the one-yard line. St. Cloud State engineered a 99-yard drive that ended on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Brad Meade to Fred Williams and the Huskies had a 34-0 half time lead (missed PAT on last touchdown).
Late in the third quarter, Fred Williams caught his fourth touchdown pass of the day, an 11-yard play from Meade that game the Huskies a 40-0 lead at 3:01 in the third. That would be all the scoring in the third quarter.
Three minutes into the fourth quarter, Dante Steward broke a run for 24 yards and scored his first touchdown of the game. The Huskies converted on the Pat and led 47-0 at the 12:22 mark.
Game Notes:
Williams caught a career high and tied the school record with four touchdown passes in the game. He tied the record previously held by Ben Nelson, who caught four TD passes in a game three times during his career. Williams previous high was two TD’s in a game, which he has accomplished twice this season. He finished the game with seven catches for 126 yards.
Stripling finished the game nine of 14 passing for 147 yards and two touchdowns.
Jake Machacek, after rushing for the first 100-yard game of his career last week, he returned to the gridiron and rushed for 125 yards on 14 carries and scored one touchdown. He gained 118 of those yards in the first half against the Dragons.
The Huskies had three first half interceptions, one resulted in a touchdown return for Joe Everson. It was Everson’s second INT of the season and first for a touchdown. The Husky defense has scored four times on interception returns this season. St. Cloud State collected its fourth interception when redshirt first year Thomas Johnson (Little Canada) made a one-handed catch on the MSUM sideline late in the fourth quarter. It was his first collegiate pick.
Dante Steward nearly rushed for 100-yards in back to back games. After rushing for 108 yards last week, he gained 92 yards and scored a touchdown today.
Redshirt first year quarterback Brad Meade (Chippewa Falls, WI) entered the game late in the first half -and drove the Huskies 99-yards and threw the TD pass to Williams. He played the entire second half and finished the game four of seven passing for 66 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 15 yards.
The Huskies collected their first shutout of the season.
St. Cloud State finished the game with 477 yards of total offense, including 264 yards on the ground. MSU Moorhead finished the game with 221 yards of total offense and rushed for 124 yards.
MSU Moorhead’s Enol Gilles rushed for 105 yards on 20 carries and Zach Fry completed 11 of 25 passes for 70 yards and threw three interceptions.
Defensively, redshirt first year Marvin Matthews (Roseville) led the Huskies with 8.5 tackles and junior Thomas Gruis (Clear Lake, IA) had five tackles including one tackle for loss.
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