Youngstown State routs Western Illinois 56-14

[IAA Fan]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP)—Kurt Hess threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to lead Youngstown State in a 56-14 rout over Western Illinois on Saturday.

The Penguins (5-3, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference) dominated from the start, scoring on the first play of the game, en route to a 49-0 lead. Hess threw a 70-yard TD to Christian Bryan eight seconds into the game.

After a 13-yard TD run by Hess, a 2-yard TD run by Jamaine Cook and a 69-yard TD from Hess to Jelanie Berassa, the Penguins led 28-0 in the first quarter.

Hess who was 7 of 10 for 209 yards, also threw TDs of 17 yards to Kevin Watts and 28 yards to Kintrell Disher.

The Penguins also got 111 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries by Cook.

The Leathernecks (2-6, 1-4) ended the shutout on Nikko Watson’s 5-yard touchdown run with 5:21 left in the third quarter.

YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, C Bryan 70 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 0:18 1st Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, K Hess 13 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 6:05 1st
Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Cook 2 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 11:34 1st
Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Berassa 69 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 15:00 1st Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Cook 4 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 2:42 2nd
Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, K Watts 17 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 10:05 2nd Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, K Disher 28 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 5:59 3rd Qtr
WESTRN ILLINOIS-TD, N Watson 5 YD RUN (P Smith KICK) 9:39
3rd Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, E Ducatel 11 YD PASS FROM M Kanetsky (D
Brown KICK) 14:31 3rd Qtr
WESTRN ILLINOIS-TD, T Crump 4 YD PASS FROM J Hudson (P
Smith KICK) 3:52 4th Qtr


                     WESTRN ILLINOIS    YOUNGSTOWN ST
First downs                       18               18
Rushed-yards                  47-196           44-268
Passing yards                    136              220
Sacked-yards lost                1-5              0-0
Return yards                     -10               52
Passes                       13-24-2           8-11-0
Punts                         8-37.5           6-39.8
Fumbles-lost                     2-2              1-1
Penalties-yards                 7-64             7-90
Time of possession             30:38            29:22


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: WESTRN ILLINOIS-Nikko Watson 30-149, Josh Hudson 4-23, Cody
Reardon 1-12, Larry Patterson 8-9, Rick Richardson 2-2, Wil Lunt 2-1.
YOUNGSTOWN ST-Jamaine Cook 17-111, Jordan Thompson 11-61, Adaris
Bellamy 9-46, Kurt Hess 5-43, Torrian Pace 2-7.

PASSING: WESTRN ILLINOIS-Josh Hudson 10-21-93- 2, Cody Reardon 2-2-32-
0, Wil Lunt 1-1-11- 0. YOUNGSTOWN ST-Kurt Hess 7-10-209- 0, Marc
Kanetsky 1-1-11- 0.

RECEIVING: WESTRN ILLINOIS-Terriun Crump 5-47, Justin Morgan 2-37,
Aaron Muhammad 2-34, Charles Chestnut 2-18, Rick Richardson 1-7, Larry
Patterson 1-MINUS 7. YOUNGSTOWN ST-Christian Bryan 1-70, Jelani
Berassa 1-69, Kintrell Disher 1-28, Jamaine Cook 2-19, Kevin Watts
1-17, Ely Ducatel 1-11, Adaris Bellamy 1-6.


Att: 11,583

[Wick250]

From my vantage point in the east stands, you could see one Western player after another retreating back to the trainer's table.  We beat up that team physically like we had not done to anybody in many years.  Wonderful to see. 

[guinpen]

Me thinks that the taunting call on the int for a td was a bs call.

[guinpen]

Took a look at the WIU site and found this.



"I remember those YSU radio announcers from last year. I think that they were shocked when we had that late score to win the game at Hanson Field 40-38.

Their fans who were at that game last year were not that much better. I have not met a group of visiting fans as mean-spirited as the YSU fans were. They like to throw around the "Hick" word a lot when talking about Macomb and Western.

I won't miss them when they decided the leave the MVFC. [Tongue]

Let's Go WESTERN!! "

Pita please tell me that this is not true, do our fans come across that way or is this sour grapes?

[IAA Fan]

Hard to guage too much from this. However:

1. 4 drives, 19 plays, with 4 TD's were the results of our first 4-drives. Very impressive numbers from Monty once again.

2. We again give up huge numbers to a running back. 150-yards to Watson.

3. We need a bit more control on offense ...going into the next couple games. We need to eat the clock.

4. The secondary mixed in quite a few different looks today.

[Pita]

It is purely sour grapes. 

GO PENGUINS

[IAA Fan]

I though the band was great, during the game itself, this past week. They need to to upgrade their halftime show, as it is very "high-school" (rock music, dance routines and such). However, they were right on each series of downs with the music. They now cheer in a sort of taunting fashion, which is just great. It is much better than the speaker system. Nice job.