[Careless Whisper]

Tartans Offense Explodes in Laugher Over Yale
Carnegie Mellon scored 59 points and compiled 677 yards of total offense in its blowout win over Yale



Junior tailback Jim Manning leaves the Yale defense in his dust on this 56-yard touchdown run. (John Paulson / Getty Images)

by Alicia Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Carnegie Mellon head coach John Elliott knows all too well what Yale is going through. But this time around, he and his team were the beneficiaries of it.

The Tartans were no match for the second-year FBS program, as they compiled an eye-popping 677 yards of total offense and scored eight touchdowns in a 59-28 thrashing of Yale this afternoon in the team’s home opener at Gesling Stadium. The Bulldogs were within a score until the final horn of the first half, and were outscored 28-7 over the final 30 minutes of the blowout.

“(Yale is) on year two of this, we’re (Carnegie Mellon) on year four,” said the fourth-year head coach. “Of course there’s going to be a talent gap. That’s a really good program there, and they’re going to be even better in the future with all the young talent they possess. But it takes time to build a consistent winner at this level, and when you have a two-year head start of preparing and playing as a FBS program, that gap will be too much to overcome right now. I’m glad that our guys came out prepared and never let their foot off the gas.”

Carnegie Mellon (1-1) received a huge performance from junior runningback Jim Manning, who rushed for 269 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries. Two of his touchdown runs eclipsed 50 yards, and he added five catches in his expanded role in the passing game.

His first of three scores came on a 56-yard burst, giving the Tartans a 14-7 lead over Yale (0-2). The Bulldogs answered with their own talented tailback, as freshman Ted Johnson outran the defense on a 50-yard sweep, but CMU marched right back and used a 15-yard connection from Justin Keyes to Kevin Cousins to take the lead for good with 9:11 remaining in the half.

Keyes reached 200 yards passing for the second straight game and third time overall, accumulating 210 and two scores on 17-of-23 passing to go along with 91 yards rushing. Redshirt senior Kevin Cousins posted his second 100-yard performance in as many contests, leading the receiving corps with 109 yards and a score on seven receptions. Sophomore Nate Satele provided 41 rushing yards and a touchdown on 10 totes.

Yale’s offense was very all-or-nothing throughout the afternoon, as all four of its touchdowns were 50 yards or longer. Steve Beltowski threw for 288 yards and three scores – a 55-yard pass to Chris Fisher, 71-yard toss to Adam Wagner, and 85-yard connection with Courtney Burton – but also tossed three interceptions to Matt Johnson, Todd Andriano, and Calvin Burton. Johnson topped the century mark rushing with 116 yards to his name.

It wasn’t all good news for the Tartans this afternoon, however, as sophomore linebacker Mark Toth left in the first half with a chest injury, and second-year safety Elvis Washington departed in the second half favoring his elbow.

The fourth edition of the renewed Steel City Showdown is next week for Carnegie Mellon, as it travels onto the North Shore to face Pitt on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Yale Bulldogs at Carnegie Mellon Tartans
Sep 12, 2009	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Yale Bulldogs (0-2)	7	14	7	0	28
Carnegie Mellon Tartans (1-1)	14	17	21	7	59

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		YALE	CMU
7:43	(CMU) Justin Keyes 9-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	0	7
4:48	(YALE) Steve Beltowski 55-yard pass to Chris Fisher (River Kim kick)	7	7
0:38	(CMU) Jim Manning 56-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		YALE	CMU
12:53	(YALE) Ted Johnson 50-yard run (River Kim kick)	14	14
9:11	(CMU) Justin Keyes 15-yard pass to Kevin Cousins (Jon Foster kick)	14	21
4:25	(CMU) Justin Keyes 10-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	14	28
3:13	(YALE) Steve Beltowski 71-yard pass to Adam Wagner (River Kim kick)	21	28
0:00	(CMU) Jon Foster 44-yard field goal	21	31
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		YALE	CMU
11:56	(CMU) Jim Manning 52-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	21	38
11:25	(YALE) Steve Beltowski 85-yard pass to Courtney Burton (River Kim kick)	28	38
3:52	(CMU) Justin Keyes 4-yard pass to Kevin Cousins (Jon Foster kick)	28	45
0:33	(CMU) Jim Manning 1-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	28	52
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		YALE	CMU
5:52	(CMU) Nate Satele 1-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	28	59

Yale Bulldogs PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Steve Beltowski 10/23 288 3 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Ted Johnson 19 116 6.1 1 John Terrell 2 13 6.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Adam Wagner 4 106 26.5 1 Courtney Burton 3 110 36.6 1 Chris Fisher 1 55 55.0 1 Reid Lathan 1 19 19.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Richard Rouse 11 0 0 0 Trai Henshaw 10 0 0 0 Jamal Gooden 8 0 0 0 Aaron Bennett 6 0 1 0 Tyler Long 6 0 0 0 Aundre Henderson 4 1 0 0 Mike Halterman 4 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG River Kim 0/0 4/4 4 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Alex Barnes 4 119 29.8 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Chris Fisher 8 124 15.5 0 Courtney Burton 1 19 19.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Ben Evans 1 1 1.0 0

Carnegie Mellon Tartans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Justin Keyes 17/23 210 2 2 Kevin Wilson 3/5 29 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jim Manning 28 269 9.6 3 Justin Keyes 14 91 6.5 2 Nate Satele 10 41 4.1 1 Clarence Cabral 7 26 3.7 0 Korey Harper 3 11 3.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Kevin Cousins 7 109 15.5 2 Jim Manning 5 36 7.1 0 Stephen Carter 3 49 16.3 0 Issac Schroeder 2 14 7.0 0 David Young 1 12 12.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Matt Johnson 9 0 1 0 Matt Burnsides 6 1 0 0 Erik Sellers 6 1 0 0 David Brown 4 1 0 0 Todd Andriano 3 0 1 0 Hayden Temple 2 0 0 0 Calvin Burton 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jon Foster 1/1 8/8 11 49 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Andy Fitzhugh 2 86 43.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jon Crowell 3 63 21.0 0 Stephen Carter 2 45 22.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jon Crowell 3 7 2.3 0