MSU Football Sunday Notebook
10/26/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
INJURY REPORT: TE Blake Wolf (ankle) suffered the only major injury during Saturday’s game. His status for next week is questionable. Roger Cooper played the entire game with the flu, but should be finr for this week. OG Mataio Toilolo (knee) and Lawrence Figueroa (broken leg) are out.
MIKE KRAMER’S MEDIA AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Monday: 7 am – Mike Kramer, KJJR Radio, Kalispell (via phone)
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Billings
6 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Bozeman
Mike Kramer will be available in the morning for interviews
Tuesday: 10 am – Coach’s Corner, Mike Kramer with Kris Atteberry, Bozeman Holiday Inn
12 noon – Mike Kramer with Travis Lulay, Ray Sebestyen, and Scott Turnquist (scheduled), Papa John’s Media Lunch, Fieldhouse
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday: 6 pm – The Bobcast, Mike Kramer and Bruce Molock with Kris Atteberry, The Point After in Downtown Bozeman (can be heard on 100.7 KXLB-FM, and www.sportsjuice.com)
Mike Kramer will be available for interviews in the morning
Thursday: 7 am – KXLB-FM, Bozeman (in studio)
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Booster Club Luncheon, Butte
TEAM NOTES
• Montana State’s average home attendance this year is 12,124, the second-best attendance average in school history if the season were over, and the total attendance is 48,498, already the 13th-best mark in school history with two home games remaining.
• Montana State’s win over NAU Saturday snaps a four-game Bobcat losing streak to the Lumberjacks, and was only MSU’s second win vs. Northern Arizona since 1990
• Montana State’s win Saturday snapped a two-game home losing streak
• NAU rolled up 480 yards against a Bobcat defense that had been allowing less than 300 a game, and became the first team in the last 12 games to gain 400 yards against the ‘Cats
• Montana State was -2 in turnover margin Saturday, and won for the first time this season when failing to generate more turnovers than it surrendered
• Last year, MSU was +2 in turnover margin in its seven wins, -6 in its six losses. This year, the ‘Cats are -4 in the four losses, +8 in the four wins
• Without the services of its top punt cover gunner Jonathan Molock, Montana State limited Northern Arizona to one punt return yard and seven kick return yards
• The Bobcats have reached .500 for the first time since the second game of the season
• The Bobcat defense allowed its first five opponents this season 236 yards of offense per game, but the last three – all conference opponents – have averaged 371 yards a game
• Montana State started 2-4 before winning its seventh game for the second year in a row, but last year lost at NAU to fall to 3-5, while topping the Jacks to move to 4-4 this year
• Montana State has still allowed only three points in the third quarter this year, a field goal by Joe “The Toe” Johnson of Weber State
• The Bobcats have outscored their opponents 48-13 in the second quarter this year
• The MSU offense gained 380 yards on Saturday, but 120 of those – all either runs or passes by Travis Lulay – came in the last 2:17 of the game, on two drives that produced the winning scores in MSU’s come-from-behind win
• Montana State has now failed to produce a 100-yard rusher for three straight weeks for the only time this year
• Only six Bobcats caught passes on Saturday, snapping a string of four straight games in which at least eight Bobcats had been on the receiving end of Travis Lulay passes
• The Bobcat offense was forced into only two three-and-out situations on Saturday by the Northern Arizona defense which ranks second in the Big Sky
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: QB Travis Lulay, 6-2, 205, So, Aumsville, OR
Travis Lulay threw for 260 yards and rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s 21-17 win over #10 Northern Arizona. Lulay engineered two touchdown drives in the last 2:19 of the game to lead MSU to the win, and all of the 120 yards on those two drives were the result of either a Lulay run or pass. Lulay scored on a 32-yard run with 1:07 to play to draw MSU to within 17-14. On the next drive, Lulay had a 12-yard scramble for a first down, and scored on a one-yard sneak. On the last two drives, Lulay rushed for 51 yards and threw for 69.
OTHER NOTES: Travis Lulay has now led MSU to four second-half comebacks in his 16 career starts… Scott Turnquist had 14 catches on Saturday, the second-highest single-game total in MSU history… Turnquist 28 catches in the last three games, and 319 yards receiving in that stretch… Turnquist’s 1,688 receiving yards is fifth in school history… Turnquist has six 100-yard receiving games in his career, but for the first time has done so in back-to-back games… Travis Lulay has completed 72% of his passes (51-for-71) in the past two games, and is averaging 292.0 yards in those two outings… after two straight games without a catch, freshman receiver Brandon Roosevelt has caught five balls in the past two games, three of which have converted third-down tries into first downs… in addition to throwing for 260 yards on Saturday, Travis Lulay rushed 56 yards Saturday, second-best total of his career, and two touchdowns.
DEFENSE: Kane Ioane, SS, 5-11, 207, Sr, Billings, MT
Montana S Ioane recorded a season-high 21 tackles on Saturday, including five solos. He also had a tackle for loss. The 21 tackles for Ioane is also a career high.
OTHER NOTES: Defensive end Clive Lowe intercepted his second pass of the season on Saturday, tying him for the team high and giving him exactly twice as many as MSU’s outstanding cornerback Joey Thomas… Thomas broke up four passes on Saturday, giving him eight for the season… Adam Cordeiro had MSU’s only sack Saturday, his first solo sack of the year and the 24th of his career, which is tied for sixth with teammate Jon Montoya… senior cornerback Jay Hackett broke up two passes and had a tackle-for-loss Saturday… in addition to his interception, Clive Lowe also broke up a pass.
SPECIAL TEAMS: none
OTHER NOTES: Without the services of punt coverage gunner Jonathan Molock, Montana State limited Northern Arizona to one punt return yard, and seven kick return yards.
MIKE KRAMER’S MEDIA AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Monday: 7 am – Mike Kramer, KJJR Radio, Kalispell (via phone)
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Billings
6 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Bozeman
Mike Kramer will be available in the morning for interviews
Tuesday: 10 am – Coach’s Corner, Mike Kramer with Kris Atteberry, Bozeman Holiday Inn
12 noon – Mike Kramer with Travis Lulay, Ray Sebestyen, and Scott Turnquist (scheduled), Papa John’s Media Lunch, Fieldhouse
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday: 6 pm – The Bobcast, Mike Kramer and Bruce Molock with Kris Atteberry, The Point After in Downtown Bozeman (can be heard on 100.7 KXLB-FM, and www.sportsjuice.com)
Mike Kramer will be available for interviews in the morning
Thursday: 7 am – KXLB-FM, Bozeman (in studio)
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Booster Club Luncheon, Butte
TEAM NOTES
• Montana State’s average home attendance this year is 12,124, the second-best attendance average in school history if the season were over, and the total attendance is 48,498, already the 13th-best mark in school history with two home games remaining.
• Montana State’s win over NAU Saturday snaps a four-game Bobcat losing streak to the Lumberjacks, and was only MSU’s second win vs. Northern Arizona since 1990
• Montana State’s win Saturday snapped a two-game home losing streak
• NAU rolled up 480 yards against a Bobcat defense that had been allowing less than 300 a game, and became the first team in the last 12 games to gain 400 yards against the ‘Cats
• Montana State was -2 in turnover margin Saturday, and won for the first time this season when failing to generate more turnovers than it surrendered
• Last year, MSU was +2 in turnover margin in its seven wins, -6 in its six losses. This year, the ‘Cats are -4 in the four losses, +8 in the four wins
• Without the services of its top punt cover gunner Jonathan Molock, Montana State limited Northern Arizona to one punt return yard and seven kick return yards
• The Bobcats have reached .500 for the first time since the second game of the season
• The Bobcat defense allowed its first five opponents this season 236 yards of offense per game, but the last three – all conference opponents – have averaged 371 yards a game
• Montana State started 2-4 before winning its seventh game for the second year in a row, but last year lost at NAU to fall to 3-5, while topping the Jacks to move to 4-4 this year
• Montana State has still allowed only three points in the third quarter this year, a field goal by Joe “The Toe” Johnson of Weber State
• The Bobcats have outscored their opponents 48-13 in the second quarter this year
• The MSU offense gained 380 yards on Saturday, but 120 of those – all either runs or passes by Travis Lulay – came in the last 2:17 of the game, on two drives that produced the winning scores in MSU’s come-from-behind win
• Montana State has now failed to produce a 100-yard rusher for three straight weeks for the only time this year
• Only six Bobcats caught passes on Saturday, snapping a string of four straight games in which at least eight Bobcats had been on the receiving end of Travis Lulay passes
• The Bobcat offense was forced into only two three-and-out situations on Saturday by the Northern Arizona defense which ranks second in the Big Sky
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: QB Travis Lulay, 6-2, 205, So, Aumsville, OR
Travis Lulay threw for 260 yards and rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s 21-17 win over #10 Northern Arizona. Lulay engineered two touchdown drives in the last 2:19 of the game to lead MSU to the win, and all of the 120 yards on those two drives were the result of either a Lulay run or pass. Lulay scored on a 32-yard run with 1:07 to play to draw MSU to within 17-14. On the next drive, Lulay had a 12-yard scramble for a first down, and scored on a one-yard sneak. On the last two drives, Lulay rushed for 51 yards and threw for 69.
OTHER NOTES: Travis Lulay has now led MSU to four second-half comebacks in his 16 career starts… Scott Turnquist had 14 catches on Saturday, the second-highest single-game total in MSU history… Turnquist 28 catches in the last three games, and 319 yards receiving in that stretch… Turnquist’s 1,688 receiving yards is fifth in school history… Turnquist has six 100-yard receiving games in his career, but for the first time has done so in back-to-back games… Travis Lulay has completed 72% of his passes (51-for-71) in the past two games, and is averaging 292.0 yards in those two outings… after two straight games without a catch, freshman receiver Brandon Roosevelt has caught five balls in the past two games, three of which have converted third-down tries into first downs… in addition to throwing for 260 yards on Saturday, Travis Lulay rushed 56 yards Saturday, second-best total of his career, and two touchdowns.
DEFENSE: Kane Ioane, SS, 5-11, 207, Sr, Billings, MT
Montana S Ioane recorded a season-high 21 tackles on Saturday, including five solos. He also had a tackle for loss. The 21 tackles for Ioane is also a career high.
OTHER NOTES: Defensive end Clive Lowe intercepted his second pass of the season on Saturday, tying him for the team high and giving him exactly twice as many as MSU’s outstanding cornerback Joey Thomas… Thomas broke up four passes on Saturday, giving him eight for the season… Adam Cordeiro had MSU’s only sack Saturday, his first solo sack of the year and the 24th of his career, which is tied for sixth with teammate Jon Montoya… senior cornerback Jay Hackett broke up two passes and had a tackle-for-loss Saturday… in addition to his interception, Clive Lowe also broke up a pass.
SPECIAL TEAMS: none
OTHER NOTES: Without the services of punt coverage gunner Jonathan Molock, Montana State limited Northern Arizona to one punt return yard, and seven kick return yards.
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