Oct. 11, 2008

Final Stats

(CLARION, PA.): Slippery Rock running backs Ryan Lehmeier, Corey Manful and Sayquan Scott-Mitchell rushed for over 100 yards and 2 td's each, leading "The Rock" to a 49-14 win over Clarion on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

A PSAC-Western Division game, Slippery Rock moves its record to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the PSAC-West. Clarion dropped to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in the West.

Manful and Lehmeier both rushed for 129 yards and 2 td's as they alternated playing time in the first three quarters. In a reserve role, Scott-Mitchell came in and ran for 179 yards and 2 td's.

Slippery Rock's Corey Manful put the first points on the board with a 1 yard td run at 4:30 of the first quarter, giving SR a 7-0 lead. That drive went 99-yards in 14 plays and took 7:08 off the clock.

Early in the second quarter Clarion drove from its own 4 yard line to the Slippery Rock 19. Clarion qb Tyler Huether hit some big passes in the drive including a 24-yarder to Jaques Robinson, a 14-yarder to Matt Foradora, one for 12 again to Robinson and an 18-yarder to Alfonso Hoggard, which had Clarion at the SR 21. On third and 8 at the 19, Huether's pass was intercepted by Zach Sheridan at the Rock 5, ending a threat that could have tied the game.

Later in the second quarter, SR running back Ryan Lehmeier put the Rock ahead 14-0 with 1:55 left before intermission on a 13-yard td run.

SR put the game away early in the third quarter scoring twice in 2:10. Manful scored on a 13-yard td run on the opening drive of the second half giving SR a 21-0 lead at 13:47.

Clarion fumbled the kickoff and SR recovered at the Clarion 27. Six plays later SR qb Brandon Frohnapple tossed a 3-yard td pass to Terry Grossetti at 11:37 of the third at SR led 28-0

Clarion scored on a 14-yard td pass from Tyler Huether to Jaques Robinson at 9:48 of the fourth quarter to make it 35-7. The score came only two plays after Barrington Morrison recovered a Scott-Mitchell fumble at the SR 31. Huther hit Nate Pagan for 17 yards to the 14, before throwing a fade route in the right corner of the endzone for the Clarion td.

The Golden Eagles scored again on the Huether to Robinson connection, this time a 3-yarder, and Clarion pulled to 42-14 with 2:19 left in the game.

Clarion had 329 yards of offense including 100 yards rushing and 229 yards passing.

Clarion qb Tyler Huether hit on 26 of 45 passes for 224 yards and 2 td's with 3 interceptions. He also rushed for 93 yards.

Jaques Robinson caught 8 passes for 78 yards and 2 td's, while Alfonso Hoggard grabbed 6 balls for 51 yards.

Slippery Rock had 503 yards of offense including 451 rushing and 52 passing.

Frohnapple connected on 7 of 11 passes for 52 yards and 1 td.

Clarion travels to Lock Haven for a 7pm start next Saturday. Slippery Rock returns home to host Edinboro.

Box Score (Final)

Slippery Rock vs Clarion University (Oct 11, 2008 at Clarion, PA

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score

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Slippery Rock....... 7 7 21 14 - 49 Record: (4-3,2-2)

Clarion University.. 0 0 0 14 - 14 Record: (1-6,0-4)

Scoring Summary: 1st 04:30 ROCK - Corey Manfull 1 yd run (CJ Bahr kick), 14-99 7:08, ROCK 7 - CLAR 0

2nd 01:55 ROCK - Ryan Lehmeier 13 yd run (CJ Bahr kick), 6-48 3:30, ROCK 14 - CLAR 0

3rd 13:47 ROCK - Corey Manfull 13 yd run (CJ Bahr kick), 3-30 1:11, ROCK 21 - CLAR 0

11:37 ROCK - Terry Grossetti 3 yd pass from B. Frohnapple (CJ Bahr kick), 6-27 2:05, ROCK 28 - CLAR 0

01:59 ROCK - Ryan Lehmeier 58 yd run (CJ Bahr kick), 4-93 1:57, ROCK 35 - CLAR 0

4th 09:48 CLAR - Jaques Robinson 14 yd pass from Tyler Huether (Robert Mamula kick), 2-31 0:30, ROCK 35 - CLAR 7

05:39 ROCK - Scott-Mitchell 39 yd run (CJ Bahr kick), 1-34 0:08, ROCK 42 - CLAR 7

02:19 CLAR - Jaques Robinson 3 yd pass from Tyler Huether (Robert Mamula kick), 9-61 3:15, ROCK 42 - CLAR 14

01:21 ROCK - Scott-Mitchell 69 yd run (CJ Bahr kick), 2-72 0:55, ROCK 49 - CLAR 14

ROCK CLAR

FIRST DOWNS................... 24 19

RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 50-451 25-100

PASSING YDS (NET)............. 52 229

Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 12-7-0 47-27-3

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 62-503 72-329

Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0

Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-13 1-28

Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 2-44 8-112

Interception Returns-Yards.... 3-44 0-0

Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-37.8 5-44.8

Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-1 1-1

Penalties-Yards............... 10-81 11-124

Possession Time............... 30:17 29:43

Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 11 9 of 19

Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 0 of 2

Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-6 2-5

Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-10 1-5

RUSHING: Slippery Rock-Scott-Mitchell 16-179; Ryan Lehmeier 13-129; Corey Manfull 16-129; B. Frohnapple 5-14. Clarion University-Tyler Huether 12-93; Nick Sipes 3-9; Eddie Emmanuel 6-5; Alfonso Hoggard 3-minus 1; Eric Coxon 1-minus 6.

PASSING: Slippery Rock-B. Frohnapple 7-11-0-52; Brad Galvan 0-1-0-0. Clarion University-Tyler Huether 26-45-3-224; Eric Coxon 1-2-0-5.

RECEIVING: Slippery Rock-Terry Grossetti 3-22; Josh Prigorac 2-21; Corey Manfull 1-10; J. Cromerdie 1-minus 1. Clarion University-Jaques Robinson 8-78; Alfonso Hoggard 6-51; Matt Ward 5-33; Matt Foradora 3-25; Nate Pagan 2-24; Eddie Emmanuel 2-13; Nick Sipes 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Slippery Rock-Zach Sheridan 1-19; Sam Morant 1-25; Jon Farrell 1-0. Clarion University-None.

FUMBLES: Slippery Rock-Sam Morant 1-0; Scott-Mitchell 1-1. Clarion University-Nate Pagan 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): Slippery Rock-M. Holsberger 1-0; Tyler Boudreau 1-0. Clarion University-David Dunn 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Slippery Rock-Ryan Webb 3-5; Jayson Nickson 3-4; AJ Saunders 4-1; Jonathan Molnar 3-2; Jon Farrell 3-2; Sam Morant 1-4; Tyler Boudreau 2-1; Zach Sheridan 1-2; Mike Kutchko 1-2; Adam Shankle 2-0; Joe Karioki 2-0; Pat Marsilio 1-1; Marty Kern 1-1; Mike White 1-1; M. Holsberger 1-1; Robert Doiley 0-2; Tyler Henderson 1-0; J. Cromerdie 1-0; Nate Sipes 1-0; Andrew Pianetti 1-0; Lamar Mason 1-0; D. Richardson 1-0; Aaron Nall 0-1; Bill Elliott 0-1; Mike Carnahan 0-1. Clarion University-Shawn Sopic 6-4; G. McMullin 4-6; S. Moyemont 2-6; Joseph Fox 2-4; Jimmy Simmons 0-6; David Dunn 2-3; Kevin Brady 1-4; J. Baldwin 2-2; Bob Kail 1-3; B. Morrison 0-4; Ben Maund 1-2; Patrick Pettis 1-2; Alex Evans 1-1; A. Maciulis 0-2; Chris Smeltzer 1-0; James Eckels 1-0; Sean Motley 1-0; Josh Stegena 0-1; Robert Mamula 0-1; Reggie Robinson 0-1; John Hackel 0-1; Chris Wilson 0-1.