Fort Hays shocks No. 8 Pittsburg State
Fort Hays State scored on a fumble recovery by Ed Williams on its first possession after a Pittsburg State interception in the Tigers’ end zone, and that was all the scoring needed as Fort Hays grabbed the MIAA upset of the season and its first win over the Gorillas since 1978.
The Gorillas managed their only points on a pair of field goals by Connor Frazell in the first half.
Fort Hays’ defense held Pitt State’s offense to just 80 rushing yards in front of 11,489 fans in Pittsburg — the third-largest crowd in school hisotry.
Pitt State (3-1 overall, 3-1 MIAA) tried a 55-yard field goal with just over three minutes to play, but it was blocked by Daniel Lindsey. Fort Hays (3-1, 3-1) was led by Joita Te’i’s three sacks.
Fort Hays | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 |
Pittsburg State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 |
F — Williams 0 fumble recovery (O’Brien kick)
P — FG Frazell 37
P — FG Frazell 33
Individual Statistics
Rushing — FHS, Smith 11-39, Albert 9-27, Iheme 9-9. PSU, Seybold 8-32, Tyler 1-11, Holman 5-11, Daniel 1-6, Watkins 1-5, Cushon 1-3, Abenoja 9-(-5).
Passing — FHS, Albert 7-13-2 61. PSU, Abenoja 8-16-0 97.
Receiving — FHS, Maxi 2-23, Gaughan 2-17, Jennings 1-10, Williams 1-7, Iheme 1-4. PSU, Lutman 3-49, Seybold 2-21, Swartz 2-17, Cardinal 1-10.
Emporia State 42, Northeastern State 35 (OT) — Emporia State’s Brent Wilson threw for 292 yards and four touchdowns while running for another score as the Hornets evened up their record at 2-2 in MIAA play at Tahlequah, Okla. Northeastern State dropped to 0-4 with the loss.
Missouri Southern 42, Washburn 21 — Missouri Southern sent Washburn to 1-3 in MIAA play with a blowout win in Joplin, Mo. Former Bishop Carroll quarterback Zeke Palmer came off the bench for Washburn and threw for 328 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions.
Washburn | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 21 |
Missouri Southern | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | — | 42 |
W – Moore 2 run (Linn kick)
M – Nelson 29 run (Renken kick)
M – Jeffries 80 pass from Lathrop (Renken kick)
M – Saunders 4 run (Renken kick)
W – Beard 11 pass from Palmer (Linn kick)
M – Forchu 5 run (Renken kick)
M – Lathrop 8 run (Renken kick)
M – Forchu 1 run (Renken kick)
W – Hart 1 pass from Palmer (Linn kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing – Washburn, Moore 22-109, Stewart 8-31, Palmer 5-11, Chilcoat 1-3, Hart 1-(-2); Missouri Southern, Nelson 7-70, Lathrop 14-68, Saunders 7-68, Gregory 6-41, Forchu 7-19, Jeffries 5-16, Thorton 1-6, Team 1-(-2).
Passing – Washburn, Palmer 27-47-328-3, Piper 5-8-53-1; Missouri Southern, Lathrop 5-5-119-0.
Receiving – Washburn, Beard 7-110, Moore 7-76, Crimmins 3-57, Gourley 3-34, Chilcoat 3-25, Luthi 1-24, Stewart 2-15, Hart 2-11, Buhler 1-10, Dewey 1-9, Lockhart 1-5, Eickhoff 1-5; Missouri Southern, Jeffries 1-80, Cannon 3-37, Davis 1-2.
KCAC
Friends 45, Southwestern 8 — Friends traveled to Winfield and evened its record in KCAC play at 1-1 behind two receiving touchdowns by Chris Allen and a pair of defensive scores by safety Derek Racette, who returned a fumble for a touchdown, and Wichita native Sequente Marks, who had a 30-yard inteception return for a touchdown.
Friends | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | — | 45 |
Southwestern | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 |
F – Cameron 1 run (Nixon kick)
F – Allen 9 pass from Hansen (Nixon kick)
F – Nixon 22 FG
F – Racette 4 fumble ret. (Nixon kick)
S – Crandall 15 run (Seaba from Kistler)
F – Marks 30 int. ret. (Nixon kick)
F – Allen 29 pass from Hansen (Nixon kick)
F – Bryan 8 pass from Hansen (Nixon kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing – Friends, Rogers 18-129, Cameron 9-41, Scott 6-24, Huber 3-21, Rivera 3-13, Roberts 1-11, Hansen 5-8, Hayward 5-4, Menke 1-4, Denton 1-0; Southwestern, Sims 19-87, Crandall 2-17, Strohl 2-5, Bradford 1-0, Keith 6-(-7).
Passing – Friends, Hansen 17-26-216-1, Darling 0-1-0-0; Southwestern, Crandall 10-25-55-1, Langston 0-1-0-0.
Receiving – Friends, Allen 5-82, Schulte 3-49, Bautista 2-35, Wesley 4-31, Camp 1-9, Bryan 1-8, Rivera 1-2; Southwestern, Kistler 3-25, Williams 1-12, Marple 2-9, Keith 1-5, Whitfield 1-4, Hankins 1-4, Whitson 1-(-4).
No. 25 Ottawa 38, Bethel 30 — Ottawa held off a rally by upstart Bethel for the win in North Newton. The Threshers were led by quaterback David Bronson, who was 23-of-39 passing for 309 yards and two touchdowns.
Ottawa | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | — | 38 |
Bethel | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | — | 30 |
O — Stangby 15 pass from Behr (Sigala kick)
B — Oliver 12 run (Dettmar kick)
O — Bruce 69 fumble return (Sigala kick)
O — Lundy 6 run (Sigala kick)
B — FG Dettmar 36
O — FG Sigala 33
O — Behr 1 run (Sigala kick)
B — Long 32 pass from Bronson (Dettmar kick)
O — Stangby 41 pass from Behr (Sigala kick)
B — Foster 28 pass from Bronson (Dettmar kick)
B — Smith 1 run (kick failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing — Ottawa, Lundy 18-84, Behr 7-33, Hayes 3-11, Staats 1-5, team 1-0. Bethel, Oliver 22-113, Smith 10-42, Bronson 5-20, Peter 1-14, Haigler 1-13.
Passing — Ottawa, Behr 21-29-0 264. Bethel, Bronson 23-39-1 309, B. Steed 0-1-0 0.
Receiving — Ottawa, Stangby 8-154, Anderson 4-28, Lundy 4-18, Hayes 2-50, Hernandez 2-5, Staats 1-9. Bethel, Parham 6-108, Oliver 5-40, Foster 3-51, Hernandez 3-42, B. Steed 3-16, Long 2-49, Smith 1-3.
Saint Mary 43, Bethany 19 — Bethany fell flat in its follow-up to last week’s upset of Bethany, losing to previously winless Saint Mary in Lindsborg.
The Spires used a balanced attack to pick apart Bethany, getting 110 rushing yards and one touchdown from Will Ryan and 230 passing yards, no interceptions and one touchdown from Jake Umphreyville.
In other KCAC action, McPherson defeated Kansas Wesleyan 30-24.
Saint Mary | 2 | 14 | 14 | 13 | — | 43 |
Bethany | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 19 |
B – Wells 2 run (Maisch kick)
S – Safety (Chrome tackled in end zone)
S – Lopez 3 fumble ret. (Mitchell kick)
S – Cannon 16 pass from Mata (Mitchell kick)
S – Mata 3 run (Mitchell kick)
B – Umphreyville 9 run (pass failed)
S – Simpson 2 run (Mitchell kick)
S – Ryan 33 run (Mitchell kick)
B – Daniel 21 pass from Umphreyville (pass failed)
S – Mata 3 run (Mitchell kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing – Saint Mary, Ryan 16-110, Mata 15-35, Simpson 5-19, Ervin 1-10, Williams 2-9, Gemette 1-2, Amos 1-0, Team 3-(-14); Bethany, Eley 9-46, Umphreyville 9-25, Evans 3-11, Wells 3-8, Crome 1-(-2).
Passing – St. Mary, Ervin 22-35-165-0; Mata 2-2-24-0; Bethany, Umphreyville 18-40-230-4.
Receiving – St. Mary, Gomes-Coelho 6-64, Williams 7-48, Ryan 2-35, Wiesmann 3-16, Cannon 1-16, Mata 3-13, Fernandez 1-2, Simpson 1-(-5); Bethany, Evans 6-75, Daniel 3-71, Molette 3-54, Alexander 1-15, White 1-12, Wells 3-4, Eley 1-(-1).
McPherson 30, Kansas Wesleyan 24 — Trent Forrester led McPherson’s defense with 24 tackles and two sacks as the Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season against visiting Kansas Wesleyan.
Kansas Wesleyan’s Jake Curran threw for 329 yards but no touchdowns and two interceptions in a losing effort.
Kansas Wesleyan | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | 24 |
McPherson | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 | — | 30 |
K – Sachs 1 run (Stecker kick)
K – Stecker 30 FG
M – Ramos 11 pass from Groff (Guerra-Barbosa kick)
K – Jones 1 run (Stecker kick)
M – Balthazor 13 run (Guerra-Barbosa kick)
K – Sachs 1 run (Stecker kick)
M – Guerra-Barbosa 22 FG
M – Groff 1 run (Guerra-Babosa kick)
M – Balthazor 13 run (kick failed)
Individual statistics
Rushing – KWU, Jones 13-32, Sachs 13-27, Curran 14-24, Matthews 1-13, Donohue 1-(-1); McPherson, Balthazor 25-116, Groff 12-52, Team 1-0.
Passing – KWU, Curran 30-55-329-2; McPherson, Groff 18-38-157-2.
Receiving – KWU, Sachs 11-128, Geason 4-61, Kufahl 4-45, Lewis 4-39, Thomas 2-15, Cowan 2-14, Guerero 1-14, Welch 1-7, Jones 1-6; McPherson, Walke 3-50, Johnston 6-39, Ramos 5-38, Cordova 2-21, Key 2-9.
Jayhawk
No. 13 Butler 57, Air Force Prep 0 — Butler got to Air Force Prep through the air, throwing for six touchdowns as the Grizzlies rolled to the win.
Butler quarterback Damarcus Smith threw for 202 yards and four touchdowns, while teammate Joel Blumenthal stepped in to throw for 189 yards and two touchdowns.
Air Force Prep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Butler | 0 | 29 | 14 | 14 | — | 57 |
B – Powell 20 pass from Smith (Jones from Triggs)
B – Lee 1 pass from Smith (Larocca kick)
B – Carson 1 run (Larocca kick)
B – Gallup 20 pass from Smith (Larocca kick)
B – Wade 50 pass from Smith (Larocca kick)
B – Cotton 59 run (Larocca kick)
B – Reinkmeyer 52 pass from Blumenthal (Larocca kick)
B – Burris 45 pass from Blumenthal (Larocca kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing – Air Force Prep, Griffin 7-31, McElhannon 7-28, Lindsey 13-20, A. Smith 1-5, Miro 7-2, Hill 1-0, Galloway 9-(-15), Fiacable 3-(-20), Miller 10-(-31); Butler, Cotton 4-93, Carson 7-28, McCrary 3-18, Wrench 4-14, Buehler 1-3, Bluementhal 2-0, Chavis 1-(-6), D. Smith 1-(-14).
Passing – Air Force Prep, Galloway 2-6-7-0; Miller 2-2-8-0; Fiacable 0-0-0-0; Butler, D. Smith 15-25-202-0; Blumenthal 10-17-189-1.
Receiving – Air Force Prep, McCulley 1-6, Hill 1-4, Jacques 1-3, Griffin 1-2; Butler, Reinkmeyer 4-91, Van Powell 3-37, Lee 3-15, Gallup 2-41, Chavis 2-17, Johnson 2-9, Carson 2-6, Wade 1-50, Burris 1-45, Johnson 1-37, Nachbar 1-28, Wrench 1-9, Cotton 1-4, McCrary 1-2.
No. 5 Hutchinson 43, Dodge City 26 — Hutchinson’s Alvin Kamara rushed for 165 yards and three touchdowns while Southeast product Bradan Smith added 123 rushing yards and one touchdown as the Blue Dragons improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in Jayhawk play with the road win.
In other Jayhawk action, No. 19 Coffeyville beat Iowa Central 38-7, Highland defeated Fort Scott 52-13 and Garden City beat Independence 41-14.
Hutchinson | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 | — | 43 |
Dodge City | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 26 |
D — FG Burkhard 40
D — safety
H — Custis 3 run (Lemons kick)
D — Booker 21 pass from Ford (Burkhard kick)
H — Kamara 1 run (Lemons kick)
D — King 1 run (Burkhard kick)
H — Kamara 5 run (Lemons kick)
H — safety
H — Smith 15 run (Lemons kick)
H — Autry 42 pass from Binn (Lemons kick)
D — French 7 pass from Campbell (Burkhard kick)
H — Kamara 28 run (kick failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing — Hutch, Kamara 32-165, Smith 10-123, Demos 4-54, Custis 11-44, Ledbetter 1-1, Binn 1-0, team 3-(-45), Broce 0-3. Dodge City, King 24-58, French 1-2, Ford 5-(-17), team 1-(-22), Campbell 4-(-34).
Passing — Hutch, Binn 7-10-0 131, Demos 2-7-0 14. Dodge City, Ford 14-30-1 158, Campbell 7-16-1 81.
Receiving — Hutch, Autry 2-77, Bowman 2-31, Harvey 2-9, Kamara 2-2, Dickey 1-26. Dodge City, George 7-55, French 5-90, Booker 5-67, Bynes 2-14, King 1-7, Newton 1-6.
This story was originally published September 27, 2014 at 10:43 PM with the headline "Fort Hays shocks No. 8 Pittsburg State."