MSU Sunday Notebook
11/2/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
INJURY REPORT: The Bobcats suffered no major injuries Saturday. Mataio Toilolo played three weeks after having his knee scoped. Lawrence Figueroa (broken leg) and Mike Williams (knee) 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, Roeger Cooper, and Ryan Elliott (scheduled), Papa John’s Media Lunch, Fieldhouse
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday: 6 pm – The Bobcast, Mike Kramer and Beau Clark and Ray Sebestyen 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 crowd of 8,767 Saturday was its lowest of the season, but the Bobcats are averaging 11,453 through five games, right now the third-best average in school history, and have drawn a total of 57,265, the already the sixth-best mark in school history
The Bobcats have beaten Sacramento State three straight times
The Bobcats are now over .500 for the first time this season
Montana State held Sacramento State to just 239 yards of total offense on Saturday, the seventh opponent out of nine that compiled less than 300 yards against the league-leading Bobcat defense this year
MSU rushed for 294 yards on Saturday, the most since 319 yards at Sacramento State last season
Bruce Molock’s 203-yard effort on Saturday was the best rushing day of his career, and MSU’s best since Ryan Johnson 216 yards in the 2002 season opener against Saint Mary’s, 21 games ago
The Bobcats held Sacramento State to 0-for-4 on fourth down conversions, and MSU opponents are now 5-for-13 this year
The Bobcats held the ball for nearly 35 minutes on Saturday, snapping a three-game string in which the opponent had a greater time of possession than the Bobcats.
Montana State’s defense did not allow the Hornets to score on any of its four trips into the red zone, and Bobcat opponents are just 9-for-16 on the season from inside MSU’s 20
Montana State have now won three straight games, and are tied with Montana atop the Big Sky with just one conference loss each
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 62-20 in the second quarter this year
Since Travis Lulay became MSU’s punter against Saint Mary’s, the ‘Cats have pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line six times on 21 punts
The Bobcat offense has turned the ball over 16 times this season, but the defense has allowed scores on only two of the ensuing possessions
Montana State’s defense has forced three-and-out possessions on one-third of the opponents possessions this year (27-of-114)
Montana State’s 56 points yesterday was the most since beating Western New Mexico 65-8 in 1999, and the most against a Big Sky foe since scoring 66 against Idaho State in 1998.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: RB Bruce Molock, Sr, 5-11, 205, Lancaster, CA
Bruce Molock rushed for a career-high 201 yards in leading Montana State to its highest offensive output in four seasons on Saturday. Molock also scored three touchdowns, including a 60-yarder in the third quarter that broke the game open and was MSU’s longest rush and second-longest play from scrimmage this season.
OTHER NOTES: Travis Lulay rushed for positive yards for the ninth straight game this year, getting 24 yards on five carries… Lulay scored one rushing touchdown, giving him a team-high five on the season… Lulay also completed at least 70% of his passes for the third straight game, and didn’t throw an interception for the fifth time in nine games… fullback Ryan Elliott caught a career-high four passes, one short of his total for all of last season… Elliott also caught a touchdown pass, his first since 2001…
DEFENSE: LB Roger Cooper, Jr, 6-3, 238, Jr, Port Orchard, WA
Registered six tackles (three solos), one for a loss, with one pass breakup and one sack against Sacramento State… spearheaded a Bobcat defensive effort that held Sac State to just 239 yards.
OTHER NOTES: Kane Ioane led the Bobcats in tackles for the fourth straight game, and for the sixth time in MSU’s nine games this year… Roger Cooper had one sacke, giving him three on the season and a team-high 11.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage… Joey Thomas intercepted his second pass of the season, and the eighth of his career… Thomas also broke up two more passes Saturday, giving him 10 for the season… defensive end Clive Lowe registered a sack on his only tackle of the game, raising his total as a redshirt freshman to a team-high 4.5.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Corey Smith, 5-10, 168, Sr, Federal Way, WA
Corey Smith returned one punt 80 yards for a touchdown, and another 48 yards for a touchdown, sparking Montana State to a 56-7 win over Sacramento State on Saturday. Smith became the first player in MSU history to return two punts for touchdowns in a single game, and in all he had 164 punt return yards.
OTHER NOTES: Corey Smith is the only player in Bobcat history to return two punts for touchdowns in the same game, and earlier this year became the only player to return a punt and kickoff for touchdowns in the same game… Travis Lulay has averaged 38.5 yards on his seven punts this year, pinning the opponent inside the 20 six times… Nate Cook was perfect on seven extra points yesterday, and is 20-for-20 on the season… EJ Cochrane nailed his first point after try of the season… Elliott had a devastating block that sprung Corey Smith for an 80-yard punt return touchdown.
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, Roeger Cooper, and Ryan Elliott (scheduled), Papa John’s Media Lunch, Fieldhouse
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday: 6 pm – The Bobcast, Mike Kramer and Beau Clark and Ray Sebestyen 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 crowd of 8,767 Saturday was its lowest of the season, but the Bobcats are averaging 11,453 through five games, right now the third-best average in school history, and have drawn a total of 57,265, the already the sixth-best mark in school history
The Bobcats have beaten Sacramento State three straight times
The Bobcats are now over .500 for the first time this season
Montana State held Sacramento State to just 239 yards of total offense on Saturday, the seventh opponent out of nine that compiled less than 300 yards against the league-leading Bobcat defense this year
MSU rushed for 294 yards on Saturday, the most since 319 yards at Sacramento State last season
Bruce Molock’s 203-yard effort on Saturday was the best rushing day of his career, and MSU’s best since Ryan Johnson 216 yards in the 2002 season opener against Saint Mary’s, 21 games ago
The Bobcats held Sacramento State to 0-for-4 on fourth down conversions, and MSU opponents are now 5-for-13 this year
The Bobcats held the ball for nearly 35 minutes on Saturday, snapping a three-game string in which the opponent had a greater time of possession than the Bobcats.
Montana State’s defense did not allow the Hornets to score on any of its four trips into the red zone, and Bobcat opponents are just 9-for-16 on the season from inside MSU’s 20
Montana State have now won three straight games, and are tied with Montana atop the Big Sky with just one conference loss each
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 62-20 in the second quarter this year
Since Travis Lulay became MSU’s punter against Saint Mary’s, the ‘Cats have pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line six times on 21 punts
The Bobcat offense has turned the ball over 16 times this season, but the defense has allowed scores on only two of the ensuing possessions
Montana State’s defense has forced three-and-out possessions on one-third of the opponents possessions this year (27-of-114)
Montana State’s 56 points yesterday was the most since beating Western New Mexico 65-8 in 1999, and the most against a Big Sky foe since scoring 66 against Idaho State in 1998.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: RB Bruce Molock, Sr, 5-11, 205, Lancaster, CA
Bruce Molock rushed for a career-high 201 yards in leading Montana State to its highest offensive output in four seasons on Saturday. Molock also scored three touchdowns, including a 60-yarder in the third quarter that broke the game open and was MSU’s longest rush and second-longest play from scrimmage this season.
OTHER NOTES: Travis Lulay rushed for positive yards for the ninth straight game this year, getting 24 yards on five carries… Lulay scored one rushing touchdown, giving him a team-high five on the season… Lulay also completed at least 70% of his passes for the third straight game, and didn’t throw an interception for the fifth time in nine games… fullback Ryan Elliott caught a career-high four passes, one short of his total for all of last season… Elliott also caught a touchdown pass, his first since 2001…
DEFENSE: LB Roger Cooper, Jr, 6-3, 238, Jr, Port Orchard, WA
Registered six tackles (three solos), one for a loss, with one pass breakup and one sack against Sacramento State… spearheaded a Bobcat defensive effort that held Sac State to just 239 yards.
OTHER NOTES: Kane Ioane led the Bobcats in tackles for the fourth straight game, and for the sixth time in MSU’s nine games this year… Roger Cooper had one sacke, giving him three on the season and a team-high 11.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage… Joey Thomas intercepted his second pass of the season, and the eighth of his career… Thomas also broke up two more passes Saturday, giving him 10 for the season… defensive end Clive Lowe registered a sack on his only tackle of the game, raising his total as a redshirt freshman to a team-high 4.5.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Corey Smith, 5-10, 168, Sr, Federal Way, WA
Corey Smith returned one punt 80 yards for a touchdown, and another 48 yards for a touchdown, sparking Montana State to a 56-7 win over Sacramento State on Saturday. Smith became the first player in MSU history to return two punts for touchdowns in a single game, and in all he had 164 punt return yards.
OTHER NOTES: Corey Smith is the only player in Bobcat history to return two punts for touchdowns in the same game, and earlier this year became the only player to return a punt and kickoff for touchdowns in the same game… Travis Lulay has averaged 38.5 yards on his seven punts this year, pinning the opponent inside the 20 six times… Nate Cook was perfect on seven extra points yesterday, and is 20-for-20 on the season… EJ Cochrane nailed his first point after try of the season… Elliott had a devastating block that sprung Corey Smith for an 80-yard punt return touchdown.
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