BEEP! BEEP! | UTSA Roadrunners

[Manning2Harrison]

Miners’ 17 Point Lead Caves In,
Runners Turn Huge 4th Quarter Into Victory

Trailing 20-3 in the third quarter, the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners looked like they were heading for defeat in their first Conference USA game, and a third straight loss since beginning the season with a victory at New Mexico. As UTSA head coach Larry Coker had promised, we didn’t get to see Eric Soza reach 4 first half picks like he did at Arizona last week. Coker gave him the hook when the count reached 2, and he was 2-for-8. Those interceptions helped the UTEP Miners take a 17-3 lead, which expanded to 20-3 with the UTSA offense still struggling with backup Tucker Carter under center. Carter also threw a pair of picks, but then settled down so well the he brought the Runners back from the grave. The rally began unimpressively with Sean Ianno’s 42 yard field goal seemingly doing nothing more than make it a two-touchdown game heading into the fourth quarter. But the fourth quarter is where the Runners exploded, beginning with Carter’s 21 yard touchdown pass to Kam Jones, who finished the game with a school-record 174 receiving yards. On the first play after the kickoff, Crosby Adams picked off a wide receiver screen and bolted into the end zone, and just like that, the game was tied. After the Miners were forced to punt, Carter and Jones put UTSA on top with a 56 yard hookup. UTEP QB Jameill Showers tried making the same throw that Adams turned into a pick-six, and Adams robbed him again. This time the turnover was converted into an Ianno field goal and a 10 point advantage at 30-20. Showers collected himself and engineered a scoring drive that was capped by a 1 yard run by Nathan Jeffery, but he suffered a mild concussion scrambling to the 1 on the previous play. After a failed onside kickoff attempt, the Runners would have been facing a 4th and 3 at the UTEP 36, but a Miner defender was flagged for yanking Jones’ facemask. Thanks to that infraction, the Runners were able to boost their lead to 33-27 with Ianno’s 33 yard kick with just 53 seconds left. Now all UTSA had do do was avert the disaster of giving up a touchdown to the Miners with backup Carson Meger in for Showers. Meger was not up to the task, and after a four-play turnover on downs, Carter took a knee to seal the win.

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners at UTEP Miners
Sep 22, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners (2-2)	3	0	3	27	33
UTEP Miners (1-2)	0	17	3	7	27

Team Stats Comparison
	UTSA	UTEP
Total Offense	251	290
Rushing Yards	26	58
Passing Yards	225	232
First Downs	8	15
Punt Return Yards	9	8
Kick Return Yards	112	150
Total Yards	372	448
Turnovers	4	3
3rd Down Converstion	4-12	6-15
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/1/3	4/3/1
Penalties	0-0	6-56
Posession Time

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
	(UTSA) S. Ianno 32 FG	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
	(UTEP) C. Wernick 5 pass from J. Showers (S. Valdez kick)	3	7
	(UTEP) S. Valdez 32 FG	3	10
	(UTEP) J. Leslie 1 pass from J. Showers (S. Valdez kick)	3	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
	(UTEP) S. Valdez 42 FG	3	20
	(UTSA) S. Ianno 42 FG	6	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UTSA	UTEP
	(UTSA) K. Jones 21 pass from T. Carter (S. Ianno kick)	13	20
	(UTSA) C. Adams 20 INT return (S. Ianno kick)	20	20
	(UTSA) K. Jones 56 pass from T. Carter (S. Ianno kick)	27	20
	(UTSA) S. Ianno 32 FG	30	20
	(UTEP) N. Jeffery 1 run (S. Valdez kick)	30	27
	(UTSA) S. Ianno 33 FG	33	27

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Carter 8/13 194 2 2 E. Soza 2/7 31 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Glasco 13 36 2.7 0 T. Carter 6 7 1.1 0 E. Okotcha 7 3 0.4 0 E. Soza 4 -20 -5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD K. Jones 5 147 29.4 2 E. Holmes 5 78 15.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Z. Hester 0 3 N. Leonard 0 1 J. Walker 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Douglas 8 1 0 0 S. Kurfehs 6 1 0 0 B. Okotcha 6 2 0 0 T. Wade 5 0 0 0 C. Berry 4 1 0 0 A. Brown 4 0 0 0 D. Starling 4 0 1 0 R. Burge 3 2 0 0 N. Johnston 3 0 0 0 C. Rogers 3 0 0 0 C. Adams 2 0 2 1 W. Ritter 2 1 0 0 J. Neill 1 1 0 0 2 Players 2 0 0 0 5 Players 1 0 0 0

UTEP Miners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Showers 22/31 232 2 3 C. Meger 0/4 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD N. Jeffery 14 48 3.4 1 J. Showers 19 7 0.3 0 K. Ford 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD C. Wernick 6 69 13.6 1 M. Trail 6 82 11.5 0 N. Jeffery 4 34 8.5 0 D. Patterson 3 23 7.6 0 J. Leslie 2 18 9.0 1 K. Ford 1 6 6.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. White 1 0 M. Amdall 0 1 K. Brown 0 1 P. Melendez 0 1 J. Robinson 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Puenet 7 3 1 0 G. Reed 7 1 0 0 T. Brown 6 1 2 0 D.Cockrell 4 0 1 0 N. Gathrite 3 0 0 0 A. Ropati 3 0 0 0 C. Haley 2 0 0 0 D. Little 2 0 0 0 W. Miller 2 0 0 0 D. Smith 2 0 0 0 8 Players 1 0 0 0

It took the Runners until the 4th quarter to find the end zone, but Kam Jones’ first TD catch ignited a rally.


Pick-six, tie game.


Jones’ 56 yard reception gave the Runners a 27-20 lead.

[Manning2Harrison]

Top 25 Scores - Week 4

Results

#5 Clemson 14, N..C. St. 12

#5 Ohio St. 38, Florida A&M 0

#15 Nebraska 42, South Dakota St. 6

#6 Alabama 35, Colorado St. 3

#23 UCLA 52, New Mexico St. 0

#Washington 38, Idaho St. 0

#21 Michigan 42, UConn 3

#1 Texas A&M 33, SMU 0

#4 Notre Dame 33, Michigan St. 17

Fresno St. 31, #25 Boise St. 24

#9 Georgia 35, North Texas 13

#12 Florida St. 35, Bethune Cookman 0

#7 Florida 30, #18 Tennessee 17

#24 Mississippi St. 35, Troy 16

#8 Louisville 35, FIU 6

Auburn 19, #10 LSU 7

#3 Stanford 24, Arizona St. 21

#20 Texas 20, #16 Kansas St. 16

C-USA Scores - Week 4

Results

UTSA 33, UTEP 27

Virginia Tech 19, Marshall 7

Syracuse 58, Tulane 16

UAB 31, Northwestern St. 7

#9 Georgia 35, North Texas 13

Rice 17, Houston 14

La. Tech 52, Kansas 28

#8 Louisville 35, FIU 6

FAU 31, MTSU 0

Other Week 4 Scores Of Note

Results

Purdue 24, Wisconsin 10

Georgia Tech 21, North Carolina 20

Kent St. 27, Penn St. 23

San Jose St. 17, Minnesota 14

Rutgers 38, Arkansas 6

Air Force 38, Wyoming 13

San Diego St. 20, Oregon St. 17

Maryland 35, West Virginia 14

Washington St. 58, Idaho 17

Utah 27, BYU 24

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 22, 2013
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio St.		832 PY, 7 TD, 0 INT; 407 RY, 9 TD
Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M		805 PY, 6 TD, 4 INT; 205 RY, 3 TD
Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville		1,177 PY, 10 TD, 2 INT; 214 RY, 4 TD
Ben Malena	HB	Texas A&M		311 RY, 4.9 avg., 6 TD, 125 Rec. Y
Jordan Hall	HB	Ohio St.		472 RY, 4.8 avg., 5 TD; 184 Rec. Y, 1 TD

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 22, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas &M (34)	4	0	1498
2	2	Ohio St. (25)	4	0	1428
3	3	Stanford (1)	3	0	1360
4	4	Notre Dame (1)	4	0	1293
5	5	Clemson	3	0	1247
6	7	Florida	3	0	1124
7	6	Alabama	2	1	1123
8	8	Louisville	4	0	1042
9	9	Georgia	2	1	944
10	11	Oklahoma	3	0	869
11	12	Florida St.	3	0	814
12	13	South Carolina	2	1	727
13	14	Oregon	2	1	676
14	15	Nebraska	4	0	660
15	17	Mississippi	3	0	564
16	20	Texas	3	1	496
17	19	Washington	3	0	475
18	10	LSU	3	1	422
19	21	Michigan	3	1	384
20	16	Kansas St.	3	1	330
21	22	Oklahoma St.	2	1	327
22	18	Tennessee	3	1	304
23	23	UCLA	2	1	290
24	24	Mississippi St.	4	0	278
25	--	Auburn	3	1	249

Also receiving votes:
USC (210), Fresno St. (152), Iowa (148), Utah (127), Cal (74), Michigan St. (64), Miami (49), Arizona (42), Baylor (19)
Dropped out: Boise St.

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 22, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas &M (37)	4	0	1597
2	2	Stanford (22)	3	0	1528
3	3	Ohio St. (1)	4	0	1461
4	4	Clemson (2)	3	0	1394
5	5	Notre Dame (2)	4	0	1329
6	6	Alabama	2	1	1223
7	7	Louisville (1)	4	0	1202
8	8	Florida	3	0	1159
9	10	Georgia	2	1	982
10	11	Florida St.	3	0	962
11	12	Oklahoma	3	0	905
12	13	Nebraska	4	0	794
13	14	Mississippi	3	0	740
14	15	South Carolina	2	1	705
15	16	Oregon	2	1	653
16	18	Washington	3	0	586
17	9	LSU	3	1	528
18	22	Texas	3	1	481
19	20	Michigan	3	1	465
20	21	UCLA	2	1	366
21	--	Auburn	3	1	331
22	17	Kansas St.	3	1	316
23	19	Tennessee	3	1	283
24	24	Oklahoma St.	2	0	279
25	25	Mississippi St.	4	0	265

Also receiving votes:
Iowa (183), Fresno St. (144), Baylor (106) Michigan St. (47), Miami (46), Cal (46)
Dropped Out: Boise St.

[LonghornFan78]

Very nice layouts, liking all the in depth feel this dynasty has. And added bonus for me is that your playing coach mode which is how I play, so ill def be following.

[Manning2Harrison]

Matchup Preview *|* September 28, 2013
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Houston Cougars (1-2, 0-1 Away)		Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners (2-2, 0-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 297.7 (111) Total Offensive Yards 245.5 (126) 228.3 (34) Passing Yards 192.0 (68) 69.3 (125) Rushing Yards 53.5 (126) 19.7 (100) Points Per Game 20.3 (97) Defensive Stats Comparison 341.3 (64) Total Yards Allowed 326.3 (51) 120.0 (5) Passing Yards Allowed 218.0 (99) 221.3 (125) Rushing Yards Allowed 108.3 (15) Injury Report HB Kenneth Farrow (knee) 3 weeks ROLB Trevon Randle (knee) 6 weeks Game Notes A return to non-conference play threatens to drop the Roadrunners back below .500. Houston's not as good as it was under Kevin Sumlin, but it's still got better athletes than UTSA.

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by LonghornFan78

Very nice layouts, liking all the in depth feel this dynasty has. And added bonus for me is that your playing coach mode which is how I play, so ill def be following.

Thanks for checking in. Glad you like it.

I tried "true coach mode" (vs. just using auto pass) for the Houston game. One thing that was very different was how often your QB scrambles.

[LopaKa]

wow what an awesome victory, that one must have felt good

[Manning2Harrison]

Cougars Claw Out 21-7 Win Over Runners

The Houston Cougars have knocked UTSA back down below .500 with a 21-7 win at the AlamoDome. Tucker Carter got the start at quarterback for the Roadrunners this week, and threw another long touchdown pass to Kam Jones, but he struggled with his accuracy. Carter completed only 9 of 24 pass attempts and was temporarily relieved by demoted starter Eric Soza. The running game never got going, either, altogether making it a tough day for the UTSA offense. Carter’s 69 yard strile to Jones came on the first play from scrimmage after a 72 yard punt return by Markeith Ambles had put the Cougars up 14-0. The score was still 14-7 when Larry Coker decided to see if a quarterback change would put a spark into his offense. Soza managed to complete 4 of 6, but the sixth attempt was an interception that preceded Houston’s drive to the only score of the second half, and Carter was reinserted into the lineup. The final score had a chance to be a more lopsided 33-7, but Houston’s kicker missed all four of his field goal attempts.

Houston Cougars at Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners
Sep 28, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Cougars (2-2)	7	7	0	7	21
Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners (2-3)	0	7	0	0	7

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	UTSA
Total Offense	355	276
Rushing Yards	114	63
Passing Yards	241	213
First Downs	20	13
Punt Return Yards	128	30
Kick Return Yards	26	91
Total Yards	509	397
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Converstion	3-14	2-13
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/2/0	2/0/0
Penalties	2-16	0-0
Posession Time

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	UTSA
	(HOU) R. Jackson 1 run (T. Cummings kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	UTSA
	(HOU) M. Ambles 72 punt return (T. Cummings kick)	14	0
	(UTSA) K. Jones 69 pass from T. Carter (S. Ianno kick)	14	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	UTSA
	(HOU) J. Webb 1 run (T. Cummings kick)	21	7

Houston Cougars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Piland 28/46 241 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Glenn 8 57 7.1 0 R. Jackson 11 28 2.5 1 D. Piland 6 20 3.3 0 J. Webb 2 9 4.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Ambles 8 89 11.1 0 R. Jackson 5 36 7.2 0 D. Greenberry 3 42 14.0 0 M. Roberts 3 29 9.6 0 X. Brown 3 27 9.0 0 J. Glenn 3 6 2.0 0 D. Spencer 2 14 7.0 0 J. Webb 1 -2 -2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Cloud 1 1 R. Harper 1 1 R. Jackson 1 0 A. Lunsford 1 0 M. Roberts 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD S. Taylor 10 3 0 0 T. Stewart 6 0 0 0 E. Eiland 5 2 0 0 J. Irving 5 0 1 0 D. Matthews 5 0 0 0 L. Hightower 4 0 0 0 E. Braswell 3 1 0 0 J. Mbu 3 1 0 0 Z. McMillian 3 0 0 0 E. Oliphant 2 0 0 0 L. Stice 2 0 0 0 A. Tillman 2 0 0 0 6 Players 6 0 0 0

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Carter 9/24 178 1 0 E. Soza 4/6 35 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Carter 13 24 1.8 0 E. Okotcha 9 15 1.6 0 D. Glasco 5 12 2.4 0 N. Shaw 1 5 5.0 0 E. Soza 5 4 0.8 0 K. Harrison 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD K. Jones 4 126 31.5 1 N. Shaw 3 31 10.3 0 E. Holmes 2 29 14.5 0 D. Glasco 2 -4 -2.0 0 J. Moehler 1 21 21.0 0 E. Okotcha 1 10 10.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Z. Hester 0 3 C. Harris 0 2 S. Inskeep 0 2 N. Leonard 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Berry 13 0 0 0 D. Douglas 7 0 0 0 N. Johnston 5 0 0 0 B. Okotcha 5 0 0 0 S. Kurfehs 4 0 0 0 A. Brown 3 0 0 0 A. Mabry 3 1 0 0 C. Rogers 3 0 0 0 T. Wade 3 0 0 0 C. Adams 2 0 0 0 R. Burge 1 0 0 0 M. Curry 1 0 0 0 F. Macon 1 0 0 0 W. Ritter 1 1 0 0 R. Singletary 1 0 0 0

Aside from his touchdown pass, Tucker Carter had more success running than he did throwing.


Piland eluded the first man, but not the second.


Jones did again for UTSA’s lone score.

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by LopaKa

wow what an awesome victory, that one must have felt good

It sure did. When it was 20-3 I was thinking it was going to be a long season if we could get ripped by the likes of UTEP.

The Houston loss was expected. I was still disappointed, but now it's C-USA the rest of the way.