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Nov. 12, 2005
Penguins Keep Playoff Hopes Alive With 42-10 Triumph Over WKU
Youngstown -- Youngstown State scored
two touchdowns on two forced fumbles
in the game's opening
four-and-a-half minutes en route to
a 42-10 victory over Western
Kentucky Saturday afternoon at
Stambaugh Stadium.
With the victory, the No. 19/21 Penguins (8-3 overall, 5-2
Gateway) kept their chances alive
for making the playoffs for the
first time since the 2000 season.
No. 12/14 WKU dropped to 6-4 overall
and 4-3 in the Gateway.
Tom Zetts threw two touchdown passes to Kyle Smith and
another to T.J. Peterson while
racking up 245 yards. Marcus Mason
rushed for 89 yards and two scores
while Deke Ison added a touchdown.
YSU's Brandon Brown forced a Chris Jackson fumble two plays
into the game's opening drive to set
up the Penguins' first score. Zetts
hit Smith for a 24-yard strike down
to the WKU 7 on play action on the
first play of the drive. The pair
hooked up again three plays later on
a five-yarder into the end zone to
give YSU a 7-0 lead.
On WKU's ensuing possession, Justin Scholes jarred the ball
loose from Stephen Willis and Dorian
Chenault recoverd at the WKU 38.
Mason scampered into the end zone
from 10 yards out four plays later
to put YSU up 14-0 with 10:40
remaining in the opening quarter.
The Hilltoppers got within 14-7 with two seconds remaining in
the opening quarter when Sam Sexton
returned a Zetts fumble 21 yards to
the end zone.
But Mason retuned the ensuing kickoff 44 yards to the WKU 41
to keep the momentum in YSU's favor,
and Zetts hit Smith on a 41-yard
connection on the drive's third play
to make the score 21-7. Smith
finished with six catches for 111
yards.
Mason added his second scoring rush with 1:12 remaining in
the half from one yard out to
complete a 12-play, 60-yard drive
that put the Penguins up 28-7.
WKU's Chris James made a 37-yard field goal as the first half
expired to get the Hilltoppers
within 28-10.
The Penguins then marched 70 yards on the opening drive of
the second half as Zetts hit
Peterson in the back of the end zone
from two yards out to go up 35-10.
Ison scored from one yard out with
38 seconds remaining in the third to
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