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Oct. 6, 2001
Football: Mays’ Four TDS Lead YSU Past
Indiana State
Terre Haute, Ind. -- Junior tailback P.J. Mays
scored four touchdowns as the No.
8/9 Youngstown State football team
beat Indiana State 35-21 on Saturday
afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
Mays scored on runs of two, one, six and one yard and
Darius Peterson added a 24-yard
touchdown run in the fourth quarter
as the Penguins improved to 4-1
overall on the season and 2-1 in
Gateway Football Conference action.
Indiana State falls to 1-4 overall
and 0-1 in the Gateway by dropping
its conference opener.
Mays finished the afternoon with 150 yards rushing on a
career-best 34 carries. His four
touchdowns were a career high and he
has multi-TD games in four of YSU’s
five games this year. He is the
first YSU player to score four
touchdowns in a game since Tamron
Smith had four scores against James
Madison on Sept. 26, 1992 and is
only the ninth player in school
history to score four times in a
single game.
YSU quarterback Jeff Ryan completed 9-of-11 passes for
94 yards and had 14 rushes for 75
yards. Peterson finished with 35
yards on five carries, including his
touchdown run.
The Penguins outgained ISU 355-235 overall and 261-109
on the ground. Bruce Hightower had a
team-high 10 tackles and junior
linebacker Jon Tekac had nine stops
while Todd Blackwell and Mike Thomas
each had key sacks, and Guy Mazard
and Bob Sivik each had fumble
recoveries to set up touchdowns.
Mays’ first score gave YSU a 7-0 lead with 7:32 left in
the first when he scored from two
yards out. In the second quarter, he
scored on a one-yard run at the
12:41 mark and scored on a six-yard
run with 9:43 left. ISU’s Sidney
Montfort scored on an 11-yard run to
cut the deficit to 21-7 at halftime.
Mays gave the Penguins a 28-7 advantage in the third
when he scored his fourth touchdown
of the day on a one-yard run with
10:47 left in the third. ISU scored
on a 10-yard pass from Julian Reese
to Chris Lewis with 2:48 left in the
period.
Peterson raced 24 yards for his score with 4:55 left in
the game giving YSU a 35-14 lead.
But SoSo Dede returned the ensuing
kickoff 78 yards to the YSU 13. On
the first play, Montfort scored on
an option play with 4:31 left.
After recovering the onsides kick, YSU converted to
fourth-down plays to run out the
final 4:27 of the game.
Youngstown State returns home to begin a three-game
homestand on Saturday, Oct. 13, when
it plays host to Southwest Missouri
State. Kickoff for the contest is
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