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They get the kickoff on their 40 after a very good return.

3 plays in QB Billy Hinton hits his WR Lincoln for a 38 yard TD. 7-0 WAST leads.



A holding call or two kills our drive, and we end up punting it from our own 35.


Dwone Secules injures his foot again, and has to leave the game on the 1st play of this drive.


We force a 3 and out.

Terry Betters jukes two guys and finds a seam for a 68 yard Punt Return TD!!! 7-7.


Brad Adams sacks the QB on the first play of the drive, and forces a fumble! Brad recovers it as well.

3 plays later Sanders hits Franklin in stride, but the SS nails him and he fumbles the ball. WAST recovers.


We force a 3 and out.


We exchange several failed drives. The defenses are dominating right now.


End of 1: 7-7. We have the ball, but are still deep in our territory.


We end up punting and they get a great punt return to get it to our 43.


They put together a 7 play 43 yard drive which ends in a TD run by DelGaizo. 14-7 lead for WAST.


We get stopped short of midfield, and have to punt it.


We exchange several failed drives. They are getting tremendous pressure on Sanders.


They put together a 60 yard drive with all of the yardage coming on the ground, but we stop them just inside the 25. They kick a 41 yard FG. 17-7 with just 90 seconds left in the half.


Lennox Franklin is crushed on a deep pass and he drops it and hurts his arm. He won't come back today.

We drive inside the 5, but time is running out and we kick a FG. 17-10 WAST leads.



Halftime: 17-10 lead for Washington State. Sanders' stats; 11 of 16 for 138 yards 0 TD 0 INT. Sacked 5 times for 13 yards.




Sanders is sacked on 3rd and 6, and we have end up punting.


We stop them at midfield and they punt.


Sanders is sacked on 3rd and 9 and it kills another drive.


They get a good punt return and start on their own 40.


Hilton hits Brent Lincoln for their 2nd TD of the day, this time a slant that he took the distance - 38 yards. 24-10 we are down.


They stop us on 3rd and 9 and force a 3 and out. Another good punt return compounded by a personal foul gives them the ball on our 35.


We stop them 3 consecutive plays, but they connect on a 52 yard FG. 27-10 with only 3 minutes left in the 3rd.

DT Jake Hasselback sacks us on 3rd down and forces a punt after we had drove 35 yards. Unbelievable how bad they are dominating my offensive line.

We need a big defensive play to get us going.


We force a 3 and out.


End of 3: 27-10 lead for WAST.


They have been stuffing Wes all game long.

Kelley drops a 3rd down pass when he is hit hard by the corner. We end up punting with 14 minutes left.

We stop them after allowing only 1 first down, but time is working against us.



Steve Boyd sacks Sanders and forces a fumble. They recover on our 25.

We stop them without much gain, but they hit the 42 yard FG. 30-10 with only 8 minutes left now.


Terry Betters returns it 100 yards, but gets stopped on their 1. Wes Nelson runs it in the next play. 30-17.


We force a 3 and out. We get the ball back with 6 minutes left.

We drive inside the 10, but another sack. Next play, Sanders connects with Kelley for a 12 yard TD pass. 30-24 but only 3 minutes left.


Trevor Malone with a huge sack on 3rd and 2 to force a 3 and out. We get the ball back on our 14 with 90 seconds left.


Eric Williams drops the first pass.

Wes Nelson with a 10 yard pass gain.

Jerry Jones drops a deep pass.

They sack us on 3rd and 9.

They put pressure on the QB on 4th and 17 and we can't convert.


What a terrible game by our WR's in getting open quickly, and our offensive line in protecting.


Game over. 30-24 loss.

Pros: Not many.

Cons: Terrible pass blocking, WR injuries caught up with us and we couldn't get open. Their Star HB ran well against us, and stopped our streak of not allowing a 100 yard rusher.