Sunday, September 27, 2009 DAILY HERALD B7 cougarblue: no. 19 BYu 42, colorado state 23 Ga m e s tat i s t i c s Po s t G a m e no. 19 BYu 42, colorado st. 23 an a l y s i s 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Colorado St. 0 7 7 9 — 23 BYU 21 0 7 14 — 42 Quarterback Running back WR/TE DiLuigi 1 4 0 4 4.0 Not a great game for Harvey Unga ran for Some spectacular Scoring summary Hall 8 4 1 10 0.5 Kariya 1 3 0 3 3.0 : 18-of-29 113 yards and three catches by Chambers, Team 1 -3 0 0 -3.0 for 241 yards, two short , who is flashing some FIrst Quarter BYU C+ touchdowns and two A- but what impressed B of his considerable tal- — Harvey Unga 4 run (Mitch PassIng Payne kick), 12:44 A-C-I Yds TD Lng interceptions. Both of me the most was how ent. McKay Jacobson Scoring Drive: 2 plays, 15 yards, :39 Hall 29-18-2 241 2 37 the picks were miscommunications with hard he ran. He picked up a third-and-16 was shut down. Pitta had five catches for Key Play: On third-and-2 on the Rams’ his receivers. He also made some very in the fourth quarter on a draw play, car- 59 yards and a great catch for a score. first possession, Rashaun Greer tipped receIvIng No Yds TD Lng sharp throws during the game, includ- rying half the CSU defense on his back Spencer Hafoka scored his first career a pass into the air and the ball was intercepted by BYU’s Brian Logan, who Pitta 5 59 1 18 ing the TD to Dennis Pitta and a couple the final five yards. He has power and . returned it to the CSU 15. Chambers 3 70 0 37 of long gains to O’Neill Chambers. Hall quick feet. Once he’s completely healthy, Ashworth 2 24 0 15 showed a willingness to run and picked he’ll be a huge key to BYU’s success. BYU — Max Hall 1 run (Payne kick), Jacobson 2 21 0 16 up a couple of first downs. 3:04 Kariya 2 9 0 8 Scoring Drive: 2 plays, 39 yards, :37 Hafoka 1 24 1 24 Key Play: After an interception by DiLuigi 1 14 0 14 Andrew Rich, Hall connected with O’Neill Tonga 1 13 0 13 Offensive line Defensive line Chambers on a 37-yard pass play to the George 1 7 0 7 CSU 2. PuntIng Solid not spectacular, Romney Fuga was a Coleby Clawson fin- No Yds Avg Lng although a couple of standout on the de- ished with nine tack- BYU — Unga 5 run (Payne kick), :24.7 Stephenson 4 204 51.0 57 Scoring Drive: 2 plays, 18 yards, :35 holding penalties hurt fense. How often do les and a sack, but the Key Play: Matt Marshall busted up the returns B drives. Unga doesn’t B you see a nose tackle C seemed to middle and blocked a Colorado State , No Yds Lng TD need much of hole to end up with nine tack- be a little slow to fill giving BYU the ball deep in Rams territory. Jacobson (P) 1 0 0 0 get through. Hall was sacked twice but les and two tackles for loss? Remember, rush lanes and get back in pass cover- Marshall (P) 1 22 22 0 second Quarter Logan (Int) 1 20 20 0 had time to throw most of the time. the kid is a returned missionary and still age. said as much in CSU — Dion Morton 3 pass from Grant Rich (Int) 1 0 0 0 finding his legs. Not a lot of pressure by the post-game, especially for the inside Stucker (Ben DeLine kick), 9:56 Chambers (KO) 3 69 27 0 the line on Grant Stucker, but once the linebackers. Scoring Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards, 5:20 Cougars got the three-touchdown lead, Key Play: On third-and-10, Stucker took colorado state they didn’t blitz or stunt much. BYU shut a shot but completed a 19-yard pass to Matt Yemm for a first down at the BYU 45. down CSU’s run game in the first half. rushIng thIrd Quarter Att Yds TD Lng Avg BYU Mason 12 51 1 28 4.2 — Dennis Pitta 18 pass from Hall Mosure 11 41 0 16 3.7 Safety Special Teams (Payne kick), 6:56 Pauga 2 10 0 7 5.0 Scoring Drive: 10 plays, 82 yards, 4:33 Stucker 3 -36 0 0 -12.0 Key Play: After an offensive pass interfer- Colorado State got Say this for Brian Straight “C” here, ex- ence penalty took a BYU score away, the PassIng a lot of yards over Logan — he’s going cept for the blocked Cougars found the end zone on a corner A-C-I Yds TD Lng C+ the middle against to be involved in the punt raises the grade. route from Hall to Pitta. Stucker 50-30-2 372 2 21 the Cougars, which B- game, good or bad. B Kickoffs were decent, CSU — Leonard Mason 5 run (DeLine receIvIng is a concern. Scott He had the intercep- but coverage wasn’t kick), 2:51 No Yds TD Lng Johnson led the team with 12 tackles and tion to start the game and caused a sec- quite as good as it’s been. Return game Scoring Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 3:55 Liggett 11 156 1 21 Andrew Rich had 10. Grade raised from ond with a big hit, which got BYU off to doesn’t seem to have much effect, either Key Play: On fourth-and-4 at the BYU 39, Morton 5 43 1 19 Peitz 4 48 0 19 a “C” because of several monster hits by a big start. He also had a couple of pass punts or kickoffs. Stucker found Morton on a 15-yard pass play for a first down at the Cougar 24. Pauga 4 26 0 12 Rich, the defensive backfield enforcer. interference penalties and was picked Mosure 3 51 0 19 on all night. When you’re 5-foot-6, that’s Fourth Quarter Yemm 2 29 0 18 going to happen. He battles, though, and CSU — DeLine 38 FG, 14:02 Greer 1 19 0 19 I think BYU prefers that to laying back Scoring Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 2:09 PuntIng Key Play: On the first play of the drive, No Yds Avg Lng and not getting burned. Makes it inter- Stucker hit Tyson Liggett, who broke esting, though. Kontodiakos 4 172 43.0 52 two tackles and rambled 21 yards to the Team 1 0 0.0 0 BYU 40. returns BYU — Unga 2 run (Payne kick), 7:04 No Yds Lng TD Scoring Drive: 15 plays, 68 yards, 6:51 Thomas (P) 2 2 5 0 Key Play: On third-and-16, Unga broke Mosure (KO) 2 42 30 0 loose on a draw play and powered for- Oppenneer (Int) 1 0 0 0 ward just enough for a first down at the Greenwood (KO) 3 62 25 0 CSU 11. Kawulok (Int) 1 0 0 0 Morton (KO) 1 36 36 0 CSU — Tyson Liggett 13 pass from Stucker (run failed), 5:02 Scoring Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 1:57 Key Play: Stucker hit Zac Pauga for 12 Defensive stats yards and BYU was charged with roughing the passer, setting up the Rams at the BrIgham Young Cougar 13-yard line. T-FL FC FR Int PD S BYU — Spencer Hafoka 24 pass from Johnson 11-1 0 0 0 1 0 Hall (Payne kick), 4:05 Rich 8-0 0 0 1 0 0 Scoring Drive: 3 plays, 28 yards, :57 Clawson 6.5-1 0 0 0 0 1 Key Play: Colorado State misplayed the Fuga 6-2 1 0 0 0 0 attempted onside kick and BYU took over Logan 5.5-0 0 0 1 3 0 deep in Rams territory. Doman 5-0.5 0 0 0 0 0 Bradley 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 Hooks 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 Ogletree 2.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team statistics Bauman 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 CSU BYU Jorgensen 1.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 First downs 26 20 Mendenhall 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Rushes-yds 28-66 34-132 Nelson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Passing yds 372 241 Nelson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Comp-Att-Int 30-50-2 18-29-2 Thomas 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Total offensive plays 78 63 So’oto 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 Total net yards 438 373 Denney 1-0.5 0 0 0 0 0 Avg. gain per play 5.6 5.9 Pendleton 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-0 Hola 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Punt Returns-yds 2-2 2-22 Pace 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 KO Returns-yds 6-140 3-69 Hunter 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Inter. Returns-yds 2-0 2-20 Gaskins 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Punts-avg. 5-34.4 4-51.0 Te’o 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Third-down conv. 7-17 11-16 Marshall 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Fourth-down conv. 1-2 0-0 Marshall 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Sacks by-yds 2-8 2-21 Tialavea 1-0.5 0 0 0 0 0 Penalties-yds 6-52 10-117 Fuga 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Possession Time 33:19 26:41 colorado state

T-FL FC FR Int PD S Individual stats Kubiak 8.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas 4.5-0 0 0 0 1 0 Gipson 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 GeorGe฀Frey/Associated฀Press BrIgham Young BYU’s Andrew Rich, left, intercepts the ball as Colorado State’s Rashaun Greer fall to the turf during the first quarter Saturday. rushIng T-Tackles, TFL-Tackles for loss, Att Yds TD Lng Avg FC-fumble caused, FR-fumble recov- Unga 22 113 3 20 5.1 ered, Int-interception, PD-pass deflec- zone and Pitta chased it down said. “Whenever we can hold Tonga 1 11 0 11 11.0 tion, S-sack. cougars by the for the touchdown. a team to 24 points or less, any Continued from B1 “I thought they (CSU) were given team, any given season, playing zone, but at the last we can win.” Logan’s interception set numBers second they came down and While the Rams threw the up BYU at the Rams’ 15-yard it looked like man,” Hall said. ball for a lot of yards, the run- line, and two plays later Unga “I had Dennis 1-on-1 with the ning game never really got scored on a four-yard run. Number฀of฀ safety. Right before the play, going. The Cougars held the Later in the quarter, Logan’s third-down฀ I told him to take it high to get visitors to minus-6 yards rush- hit on a CSU receiver caused conversions฀for฀ to the corner of the end zone. ing in the first half. Colorado 11 BYU฀on฀16฀฀ the ball to end up in Rich’s He ran a perfect route and State finished with 66 rushing hands at the Rams 39. A 37- attempts,฀a฀69฀percent฀ made a great catch.” yards on 28 carries. yard pass play from Hall to conversion฀rate.฀Colo- Colorado State cut the lead “You just saw it in the O’Neill Chambers set up Hall’s rado฀State฀converted฀on฀ to 28-17 at the beginning of running game,” BYU senior 1-yard run on a bootleg and a just฀7-of-17฀third-down฀ the fourth quarter, but BYU defensive end Jan Jorgensen 14-0 lead. attempts. responded with a 15-play, 68- said. “Whether we stop the The third quick score came yard scoring drive. The key run, that’s the difference in after Marshall burst up the play was a powerful run by the game. Last week, we middle and blocked Pete Kon- Unga (22 carries, 113 yards), didn’t stop the run. In the first tadiakos’ punt, and BYU took Number฀ who turned a third-and-16 into half tonight, Colorado State over on the CSU 18. A 13-yard of฀penalty฀ a first down by carrying half couldn’t run against us at all.” pass from Hall to yards฀for฀ the Rams’ defense on his back BYU safeties Scott Johnson Patrick฀Smith/Daily฀Herald 117 the฀Cou- Dennis Pitta preceeded Unga’s the final five yards. Three and Rich combined for 22 BYU’s Spencer Hafoka runs with the ball and scores a five-yard scoring run and a gars.฀BYU฀was฀flagged฀ plays later, Unga bulled his tackles and sophomore nose touchdown after pulling in a reception during the fourth 21-0 BYU advantage late in the for฀10฀penalties,฀one฀of฀ way into the end zone from tackle Romney Fuga, making quarter at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday. first quarter. which฀called฀at฀TD฀back. two yards out (his third touch- his first start, had nine tackles Colorado State (3-1, 0-1) put down of the evening) for a and two tackles for loss. together a strong offensive 35-17 advantage with 7:04 to The Cougars’ next game is game and put up 438 total made it 28-7 midway through play. Friday night at home against yards against the Cougars, the third quarter. Hall hooked Colorado State dominated Utah State (7 p.m., The Mtn.). including 372 passing yards up with McKay Jacobson on most of the offensive statistics, Introducingducing the All-NewAll- T from quarterback Grant a 3-yard touchdown pass, but including time of possession ∫ Daily Herald Sports Editor Stucker and 156 receiving the score was wiped out when (33:19 to 26:41), first downs Darnell Dickson can be A yards on 11 catches from wide Pitta was called for offensive (26-20) and total yards (438 to reached at 801-344-2555 receiver Tyson Liggett. But pass interference (a pick play). 373). or by e-mail at ddickson@ UVwheels the three-touchdown deficit On third-and-goal from the “Yards aren’t the indicator heraldextra.com. Read his .com was too much to make up. 18-yard line, Hall lofted a pass to me, points are,” BYU head blog at heraldextra.com/ www.heraldextra.com BYU led 21-7 at the half and deep to the corner of the end coach Bronco Mendenhall sports