2013 GAME BY GAME CENTRAL MISSOURI 14, MISSOURI SOUTHERN 21 October 5, 2013 at Joplin, Mo. SOUTH DAKOTA MINES 20, MISSOURI SOUTHERN 47 Joplin, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern defense picked up three sacks and held the Central Rapid City, SD -- The Missouri Southern football team raced out to a 28-6 lead en route to a Missouri offense to just 200 yards, defeating the Mules 21-14 on Family Weekend at Fred G. 45-20 win at South Dakota Mines today in non-conference action. Hughes Stadium. The Lions (5-1) win for the second year in a row over the Hardrockers (4-2). It’s the first time The Lions (4-1, 4-1 MIAA) had 427 yards rushing since 1996 that Southern has been 5-1 and it also and 69 yards passing for 496 yards on the evening. gives the Lions an 11-1 record against their last 12 It’s the first time the Lions had defeated Central non-conference opponents. Missouri since the 2006 season when Southern won Southern started the scoring with a 76-yard 31-26 in Joplin. touchdown run from Michael Nelson on the Lions’ Central (2-3, 1-3 MIAA) had just 26 yards on the first drive from scrimmage. Chris Barnwell added a ground and 174 through the air as the Southern one-yard touchdown with 2:24 left to go in the first defense held the Mules to 246 yards fewer than the quarter to put Southern up 14-0. team averages. Mines added a touchdown pass from Evan After the Lions went four and out on their Sanders to Derek Graves for 20 yards, but the point first drive, Central capitalized and scored first. after was no good, making the score 14-6 early in Quarterback Hayden Hawk hooked up with Ronrei GAME 5 the second quarter. GAME 6 Lloyd for 54 yards to start the drive and Hawk hit Jay McDowell then hooked up with Will Cuffee Sean Gorman for six yards to put the Mules on for separate touchdown pass and catches of 59 and top 7-0. Southern answered right back and Jay 58 yards to go up 28-6 with 4:32 left in the half. A McDowell capped off a five-play, 80-yard drive with a two-yard rushing touchdown to tie the Sanders pass to Chriss Sawdey made the halftime score 28-13. game with 6:52 left in the first quarter. Barnwell scored four minutes into the third quarter to make the score 35-13 and Sanders kept The Lions forced a Central punt on their next possession, and less than two minutes into the it on a quarterback keeper in the third to cut the Lions’ lead to 35-20. second quarter, JJ Jones took a pitch and ran two yards to put Southern up 14-7 with 13:33 left. A ten-yard touchdown run from Ejay Johnson with 1:22 left in the third and a 39-yard field Another punt from the Mules on their next possession gave the Lions the ball on the Central goal from Sean Seefeldt with 4:48 left in the fourth made the final score 45-20. 46-yard line and Southern would put points on the board again as Jones this time took a The Lions had 430 yards rushing and 125 yards through the air. Southern held the time of three-yard dive and made the score 21-7, Lions. Neither team would score as the halftime score possession lead with 37 minutes to Mines’ 23 and the Lions were 4-9 on third down conversions stood 21-7. and 1-2 on fourth down tries. Another strong defensive stand forced a Central punt shortly into the fourth quarter and McDowell had 14 carries for 95 yards, while completing 3-6 passing for 125 yards and two the Lions started to march down field on their possession. However, Central’s Ricky Spratley touchdowns. Cuffee caught all three passes for 125 yards and two scores. Nelson had six carries ripped the ball from the hands of Giresse Forchu and returned the ball five yards to the Southern for 103 yards and a score, while Barnwell had 81 yards and Giresse Forchu picked up 45 on the 40-yard line setting up a Mules scoring opportunity. Central would convert as Hawk completed ground. a seven-yard scoring pass to Ray Harris to cut the Lions’ lead to just seven (21-14) with 8:09 left in Defensively Gatlin Ridgway led the Lions with 12 tackles and 2.5 for a loss of six yards. the game. Johnquavious McBride had eight stops and a pass break up, while Dalvin Taylor had seven stops. A McDowell pass was intercepted by the Mules’ Zach Leinbaugh on the Lions’ next possession, Gaige Washington, Xaiver Graham and Brennen Nora had five tackles each. but the defense again held strong and forced a four and out, giving the Lions the ball with 2:37 left on the clock. McDowell wasted little time as the quarterback scampered for a 49-yard gain on Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score the first play of the drive to put the Lions on the Mules’ 45 yard line. Chris Barnwell added a run of Missouri Southern 14 14 14 3 45 Record: (5-1) 22 yards on the drive and the Lions ran out the clock for the win. South Dakota Mines 0 13 7 0 20 Record: (4-2) McDowell rushed for 225 yards on the night, becoming the first Southern quarterback to rush <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< for over 200 yards since Josh Chapman had 246 against Missouri-Rolla in 2002. He also had 69 Scoring Summary: yards on 5-10 passing. Barnwell rushed for 65 yards, while Jones had two scores on the ground. MSSU 1 14:18 Michael Nelson Garccies (pitch) touchdown 76 yards, Defensively Ridgway led the way with eight tackles, a sack, a pass break up and three PAT kick by Sean Seefeidt good MSSU 1 02:24 CHris Barnwell Carries (hand off) touchdown 1 yard, quarterback hurries. Elijah Swen and Paco Varol each had sacks, while Swen forced a fumble and PAT kick by Sean Seefeidt good added four pass break ups and a hurry. SDSMT 2 11:39 Evan Sanders passes to Derek Graves touchdown 20 yards, PAT Run by Cody Vollmar no good Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score MSSU 2 11:30 Jay McDowell passes to Will Cuffee touchdwon 59 Central Missouri 7 0 0 7 14 Record: (2-3,1-3) yards, PAT by Sean Seefeldt good Missouri Southern 7 14 0 0 21 Record: (4-1,4-1) MSSU 2 04:32 Jay McDowell passes to Will Cuffee toucdown 58 yards, PAT by Sean Seefeldt good Scoring Summary: SDSMT 2 01:53 Evan Sanders passes to Chris Sawdey touchdown 17 1st 09:53 UCM Gorman,Sean 6 yd pass from Hawk,Hayden yards, PAT by Devon Jones good (Gebhardt,Zach kick), 5-69 1:30, UCM 7 - MSSU 0 MSSU 3 10:27 Chris Barnwell carries (hand off) touchdown 10 yards, 06:52 MSSU McDowell, Jay 2 yd run (Seefeldt, Sean kick), PAT by Sean Seefeldt good 5-80 2:55, UCM 7 - MSSU 7 SDSMT 3 Evan Sanders carries (QB Keeper) touchdown 1 yard, PAT by 2nd 13:33 MSSU Jones, JJ 2 yd run (Seefeldt, Sean kick), 11-80 Devon Jones good 5:12, UCM 7 - MSSU 14 MSSU 3 01:22 Ejay Johnson carries (pitch) touchdown 10 yards, PAT 07:11 MSSU Jones, JJ 3 yd run (Seefeldt, Sean kick), 9-46 by Sean Seefeldt good 5:05, UCM 7 - MSSU 21 MSSU 04:48 Sean Seefeldt 39 yard field goal attempt good 4th 08:09 UCM Harris,Ray 7 yd pass from Hawk,Hayden (Gebhardt,Zach kick), 6-40 2:00, UCM 14 - MSSU 21 MSSU SDSMT FIRST DOWNS 26 23 UCM MSSU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 62-430 37-125 FIRST DOWNS 13 19 PASSING YDS (NET) 125 177 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 18-26 69-427 Passes Att-Comp-Int 6-3-0 27-13-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 174 69 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-555 64-302 Passes Att-Comp-Int 32-16-0 10-5-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 50-200 79-496 RUSHING: Missouri Southern-Nelson, Michael 6-103; McDowell, Jay 14-95; Barnwell, RUSHING: Central Missouri-Taylor,LaVance 8-35; Kirkwood,Anthon 1-4; Harris,Ray Chris 13-81; Forchu, Giresse 11-45; Jones, JJ 4-34; Allen, Terrence 5-33; 3-3; Campbell,Evan 1-3; Hawk,Hayden 5-minus 19. Missouri Southern-McDowell, Jay Johnson, Ejay 3-20; Hayes, Ty’Quan 1-13; Thayer, Anthony 3-5; Price, Anthony 21-225; Barnwell, Chris 11-65; Forchu, Giresse 16-54; Allen, Terrence 6-36; 1-1; O’Neill, Domini 1-0. South Dakota Mines-De’Andre Bolden 15-65; Evan Sanders Nelson, Michael 3-22; Johnson, Ejay 5-17; Jones, JJ 3-12; Nichols, Ricky 1-5; 5-24; Chris Sawdey 3-20; Ben Broeker 6-11; Kevin Thompson 5-5; Devon Jones 1-0; TEAM 3-minus 9. TEAM 2-0. PASSING: Central Missouri-Hawk,Hayden 16-32-0-174. Missouri Southern-McDowell, PASSING: Missouri Southern-McDowell, Jay 3-6-0-125. South Dakota Mines-Evan Jay 5-10-1-69. Sanders 7-15-0-95; Ben Broeker 6-12-0-82. RECEIVING: Central Missouri-Lloyd,Ronrei 7-108; Taylor,LaVance 3-22; Harris,Ray RECEIVING: Missouri Southern-Cuffee, Will 3-125. South Dakota Mines-Derek Graves 3-21; Rosine,Cullen 2-17; Gorman,Sean 1-6. Missouri Southern-Davis, Jocqui 1-27; 3-39; Chris Sawdey 3-34; Cody Vollmar 2-28; Tim Crenshaw 1-32; Marshall Davis Nelson, Michael 1-20; Cuffee, Will 1-13; Collier, Dion 1-5; Jones, Josh 1-4. 1-23; Xavier Matthews 1-15; Patrick Berke 1-4; De’Andre Bolden 1-2. 62 2014 Missouri Southern Football mssulions.com missourisouthernlions @mososports
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