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Oct. 8, 2005
Football: Five First-Half Touchdowns
Lead Penguins to Big Win Over ISU
Terre Haute, Ind. –
Junior tailback Marcus Mason rushed
for two touchdowns, sophomore
quarterback Vince Gliatta threw for
two and Monquantae Gibson added
another score on the ground as the
22nd-ranked Youngstown State
football team built up a 35-0
halftime lead and went on to defeat
Indiana State 45-0 on Saturday
afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
With the victory, the Penguins improve to 5-1 overall and 2-0
in the Gateway Football Conference
while Indiana State drops to 0-6 and
0-2. YSU is 2-0 in the Gateway for
the first time since 2000 when it
started the league campaign 4-0.
Mason rushed for 119 yards on 14 carries in the first half
and finished the game with 152 yards
on 18 rushes. He had two touchdown
runs of three yards apiece, the
first giving YSU a 7-0 advantage
just 1:53 into the game. Gibson, who
had 77 yards in the opening half on
seven attempts, extended the
advantage to 14-0 just over two
minutes later capping a four-play
48-yard drive with a two-yard score.
The YSU offense used a 5:28 drive that went 90 yards in 12
plays before Mason went in from
three yards to increase the lead to
21-0 with 9:18 left in the second
quarter.
From there, reserve quarterback Vince Gliatta replaced
starter Tom Zetts and engineered two
scoring drives. For the game, Zetts
completed 13-of-16 passes for 129
yards. Gliatta was 4-of-4 for 59
yards and the two scores. Gibson
finished the game with 99 yards
rushing on 11 attempts.
After a 28-yard punt return by Jason
Perry to the Sycamores’ 22, Gliatta
found Demetrius Ison for a five-yard
touchdown pass with 4:33 left in the
half as the Penguins increased their
lead to 28-0.
On its final possession of the second half, YSU moved 92
yards in nine plays as Gliatta
finished off the drive with a
nine-yard scoring toss to a
wide-open Damian Wright with just 27
seconds left in the half.
The Penguins dominated the first
half statistics both offensively and
defensively.
YSU totaled 338 yards on 41 snaps while Indiana State was
limited to 150 yards on 31 plays. Of
the 338 yards for the Penguins, 238
came on the ground. The defense held
the Sycamores to 42 rushing yards on
15 carries.
For the game, Youngstown State amassed 567 yards on 78 total
plays and had an impressive 37:08 of
possession time. Of those 567 yards,
379 came on the ground. Indiana
State finished with 269 total yards.
In the fourth quarter, Brian Palmer kicked a 39-yard field
goal and freshman Jabari Scott
scored on a 23-yard touchdown run
for the final outcome.
Youngstown State returns home to play host to Western
Illinois next Saturday at Stambaugh
Stadium. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. |
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