No. 15 Pitt State rallies in second half to beat Tigers
Pittsburg State scored 17 unanswered points in the second half on the way to a come-from-behind win at previously unbeaten Fort Hays State.
Pittsburg State trailed 24-17 at halftime before storming back in the second half on a pair of 6-yard touchdown runs by freshman quarterback John Roderique Jr., including the game-winner with 5:36 remaining in the fourth quarter. All-American defensive end Heath Wilson led No. 15 Pittsburg State with two sacks on Fort Hays State’s final drive, including one for a 15-yard loss on 4th-and-10 that allowed the Gorillas to get the ball back and run out the clock.
Treveon Albert led Fort Hays State (3-1) with 248 yards of total offense and one touchdown pass.
Pittsburg | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
Fort Hays | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
P — Seybold 12 pass from Roderique (Levin kick)
F — Gaughan 16 pass from Albert (O’Brien kick)
F — Cooper 31 run (O’Brien kick)
P — Murray 48 run (Levin kick)
F — O’Brien 27 field goal
F — Cooper 55 run (O’Brien kick)
P — Levin 28 field goal
P — Roderique 6 run (Levin kick)
P — Roderique 6 run (Levin kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing — Pitt St: Roderique 18-117, Seybold 18-85, Murray 3-47, Tyler 3-20, Taylor 1-17, Cardinal 2-17, Cushon 2-5, Copelin 1-0, LePage 1-(-6). Fort Hays:Albert 17-107, Cooper 19-104, K-Campbell 1-2, Salat 1-(-1).
Passing — Pitt St: Rodrique 21-32-225. Fort Hays:Albert 14-21-141
Receiving — Pitt St: Copelin 4-94, Daniel 3-38, Swartz 3-38, Nordic 2-21, Panko 1-11, Seybold 3-9, Cushon 3-7, Otting 1-7, Tyler 1-0. Fort Hays: Bacon 4-40, Maxi 2-38, Gaughan 2-24, Holle 2-16, Cooper 2-11, Salat 1-8, Flory 1-4.
Emporia State 55, Northeastern State 14 — Emporia State improved to 4-0 with a win over winless Northeastern State on Saturday in Emporia, the third 4-0 start for the Hornets in the last three seasons.
Emporia State scored on nine of its 11 possessions and led 42-7 at halftime. Senior quarterback Brent Wilson had another big game for Emporia State, going 12-for-18 passing for 285 yards and five touchdowns in just one half.
Northeastern State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Emporia State | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 55 |
E — Nault 1 run (Morton kick)
E — Williams 7 pass from Wilson (Morton kick)
E — Williams 80 pass from Wilson (Morton kick)
E — Buffalomeat 5 pass from Wilson (Morton kick)
E — Jackson 21 pass from Wilson (Morton kick)
N — Pantastico 1 run (Garcia kick)
E — Foote 5 pass from Wilson (Morton kick)
E — Reasnor 4 run (Morton kick)
E — Morton 26 field goal
N — Powell 39 pass from Armstrong (Garcia kick)
E — Morton 39 field goal
Individual statistics
Rushing — Northeastern State: Busby 8-37, McMillan 10-35, Armstrong 5-11, Rockmore 6-3, English 3-0, Powell 1-(-2) Pantastico 6-(-6). Emporia: Nault 18-88, Brown 11-50, Strong 11-42, Robinson 3-5, Reasnor 1-4, Reed 1-0, Wilson 1-(-6).
Passing — Northeastern State: Pantastico 16-26-197, Armstrong 7-12-106. Emporia State: Wilson 12-18-285, Reasnor 5-7-50.
Receiving — Northeastern State:Powell 7-106, Pope 2-65, King 5-58, Dan 3-25, Drysdale 1-20, Butler 2-13, English 1-8, Busby 2-8. Emporia State:Williams 4-147, Smithton 3-50, Foote 2-29, Jackson 2-25, Buffalomeat 2-22, Ervin 1-16, Reed 1-16, Brown 1-15, Clothier 1-15.
Washburn 27, Missouri Southern 21 —Washburn scored two touchdowns in the final 3:44 to come from behind and beat Missouri Southern in Topeka.
Washburn quarterback and North Dakota State transfer Derek McGinnis connected with Chad Williams for a 4-yard touchdown pass and the lead with 1:16 remaining.
Missouri Southern drove to the Washburn 9-yard line, but three straight incompletions sealed the Ichabods’ win, including a pass break-up by Northwest product Zach Franklin in the back of the end zone. Washburn improved to 3-1 with the win following last week’s upset at Pittsburg State.
Missouri Southern | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Washburn | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
W — Chavis 39 pass from McGinnis (Schmiedeler kick)
M —Fleeton 3 run (Renken kick)
W — Chavis 30 pass from McGinnis (run failed)
M — Gregory 2 run (Renken kick)
M — Nolan 6 pass from Fleeton (Renken kick)
W — Groves 3 run (run failed)
W — Williams 5 pass from McGinnis (Luthi pass from McGinnis)
Individual statistics
Rushing — Missouri Southern: Gregory 18-46, Forchu 9-40, Henderson 3-6, Keller 1-3, Fleeton 15-(-10). Washburn: Bourbon 27-96, Groves 10-41, Stewart 5-14, McGinnis 1-2, Crimmins 1-0.
Passing — Missouri Southern: Fleeton 23-42-239. Washburn: McGinnis 22-51-298.
Receiving — Missouri Southern: Nelson 6-99, Morrison 7-82, Nolan 2-20, Crawford 2-16, Day 1-10, Gregory 3-6, Henderson 1-5, Hayes 1-1. Washburn: Chavis 4-145, Daniels 4-63, Crimmins 5-52, Horner 1-15, Hamilton 2-13, Lickteig 1-9, Williams 1-5, Groves 2-3, Bourbon 1-(-2), Stewart 1-(-5).
KCAC
Sterling 30, Friends 19 — Sterling won a battle of winless KCAC teams and sent Friends to its first 0-4 start since 1999 with the win at Sterling.
Sterling quarterback Cedrick Phillips had his most complete game as a starter, going 5-of-10 passing for 132 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for 96 yards and one touchdown.
Friends | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
Sterling | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
F—Roberts 38 FG
S—Juarez 41 FG
S—Frame 12 pass from Phillips (Winstead kick)
F—Roberts 28 FG
S—Phillips 8 run (Winstead kick)
S—Bennett 36 pass from Phillips (Winstead kick)
S—Brown 27 pass from Phillips (kick failed)
F—Darling 1 run (pass failed)
F—Rogers 30 run (Roberts kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing — Friends, Rogers 19-82, Denton 5-21, Reed 1-13, McShan 3-12, Rivera 4-7, Conell 1-4, Major 1-2, Wesley 1-2, Darling 3-2, Baez 1-0. Sterling, Phillips 27-96, Brown 7-37, Rios 2-17, Williams 4-16, Lopez 3-7.
Passing — Friends, Darling 12-21-140-0, Denton 4-9-20-0. Sterling, Phillips 5-10-132-0.
Receiving — Friends, Wesley 4-18, Rogers 3-23, Camp 3-33, Becker 2-21, Glover 2-49, Melillo 1-7, Major 1-9. Sterling, Bennett 2-37, Brown 2-83, Frame 1-12.
No. 24 Kansas Wesleyan 42, Southwestern 0 — Kansas Wesleyan improved to 4-0 and remained the KCAC’s lone unbeaten team thanks to its first shutout since 2010.
KWU | 13 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 42 |
Southwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KW—Balthazor 5 run (Curran kick)
KW—Thomas 13 pass from Curran (kick failed)
KW—Donohue 1 pass from Curran (Balthazor run)
KW—Vela 33 pass from Curran (Curran run)
KW—Donohue 1 run (pass failed)
KW—Kufahl 34 pass from Curran (Curran kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing — KW: Thoms 1-347, Curran 7-23, Jones 7-17, Balthazor 4-20, Donohue 3-7, Vela 2-20, Smith 2-12, Ainsworth 2-11, Team 1-0, Geason 1-(-1), Harris 1-(-3), Cordova 1-(-13). SW: Bradford 10-41, Keith 6-29, Sconce 5-20, Langston 5-16, Gordon 5-13, Anderson 3-5, Sims 2-4, Fenelon 1-2.
Passing — KW: Curran 26-46-1-357, Ainsworth 2-2-0-15, Bonorden 1-1-0-2. SW: Langston 2-13-1-20, Gordon 0-2-1-0.
Receiving — KW: Kufahl 6-139, Vela 5-107, Donohue 4-15, Geason 3-49, Cordova 3-29, Balthazor 3-11, Thomas 3-9, Diaz 1-14, Harris 1-1. SW: Mose 1-3, Anderson 1-7.
Ottawa 41, Bethany 17
Ottawa | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
Bethany | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
O — Anderson 75 run (DeMott kick)
O — Morovick 8 run (DeMott kick)
O — Morovick 12 run (DeMott kick)
O — Morovick 4 run (DeMott kick)
B — Clements 3 run (Maisch kick)
O — DeMott 26 field goal
B — Jackson 27 pass from Savage (Maisch kick)
O — DeMott 25 field goal
B — Maisch 23 field goal
O — Morovick 6 run (DeMott kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing — Ottawa:Francis 15-95, Staats 17-83, Anderson 3-82, Cobbs 4-70, Morovick 10-50, Wright 2-1, Polk III 1-(-6), Walter 1-(-8). Bethany:Eley 9-30, Linnebur 10-23, Jackson 1-9, Savage 7-8, Clements 3-6, Ocran 1-0.
Passing — Ottawa:Walter 14-6-87, Morovick 7-5-41. Bethany:Savage 34-21-213.
Receiving — Ottawa:Polk III 5-55, Whitaker 2-28, MacNeil III 2-0, Harter 1-42, Stewart 1-3. Bethany:Daniel 5-81, Jackson 5-78, Garza 4-10, Morales 3-28, White 3-10, Eley 1-6.
Jayhawk
Dodge City 27, No. 8 Hutchinson 17 — Dodge City’s Mark Thompson rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns and Dodge City’s defense forced four turnovers to pull off the upset win at Hutchinson. Dodge City (4-1, 3-0) bounced back from last week’s loss to Iowa Western and almost certainly eliminated Hutchinson (3-2, 1-2) from the Jayhawk Conference title race.
In other Jayhawk action, No. 3 Coffeyville improved to 5-0 with a 49-7 win over Iowa Central, Independence broke a 20-game losing streak with a 20-7 win over Garden City and Highland beat Fort Scott 31-25.
Dodge City | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Hutchinson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
H — McKinzy 1 run (Lemmons kick)
D — Thompson 22 run (Burkhard kick)
D — Thompson 3 run (Burkhard kick)
H — Jones 37 run (Lemmons kick)
D — Burkhard 28 field goal
D — Thompson 14 run (Burkhard kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing — DC: Thompson 29-171, Scott 9-10, Lazzaro 9-(-2), George 1-(-12). Hutch: Jones 17-120, McKinzy 6-33, Paulk 6-3, Binn 2-(-5).
Passing — DC: Lazzaro 15-20-0-202. Hutch: Binn 11-15-1-99, McKinzy 5-10-2-35.
Receiving — DC: Booker 6-41, George 5-97, McInnis 4-64. Hutch: Mays 6-59, Jones 3-25, Bowman 3-22, Cross 1-9, Francis 1-8, Harris 1-7, Paulk 1-4.
This story was originally published September 26, 2015 at 10:52 PM with the headline "No. 15 Pitt State rallies in second half to beat Tigers."