Bobcat Football Sunday Notebook for Black Hills State

Saturday, September 6

Bozeman, MT

7:05 pm

Montana State University

BLACK HILLS STATE (GOLD RUSH)

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Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson

9/7/2014 9:19:00 PM | Football

Box Score

Prukop logs historic night in home debut

By: Bill Lamberty

Sophomore running back Gunnar Brekke, known for some pretty slick moves while toting the football in his own right, summed up sophomore quarterback Dakota Prukop's home debut appropriately in the moments after MSU's 57-10 win over Black Hills State on Saturday.

"We call him Crazy Legs Prukop," Brekke said with a grin, calling it a strange feeling to peel off on a play action fake only to find his quarterback hot in pursuit just seconds later. "I tried to block a guy, he fell down, then I fell down," Brekke laughed. Prukop extricated himself from the mess for positive yards, and kept doing that for most of the night. By the time he was done he rushed for 176 yards.

"I was not surprised at all," said MSU coach Rob Ash. "That is the kind of athlete he is."

Other news and notes from MSU's Saturday night win...

INJURY REPORT
OUT - SEASON: WR David Dash, DB Jaylen Price, LB Blake Braun, DE Robert Wilcox.
OUT – INDEFINITELY: OG Kyle Godecke, OT Dylan Mahoney.
PROBABLE: RB Shawn Johnson
POSSIBLE: WR Jayshawn Gates, LB Joey Michael

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
Offense – QB Dakota Prukop (6-2, 195, So, Austin, TX)
Sophomore quarterback Dakota Prukop turned in a historic performance Saturday in his Bobcat Stadium debut, rushing for 176 yards and thee touchdowns and throwing for 202 yards and two more scores. The 176 rushing yards is the most ever by an MSU quarterback, and was only the ninth time – by seven different players – that a Bobcat signal caller had gained over 100 yards on the ground.

Defense – LB Na'a Moeakiola (6-0, 226, Sr)
Montana State's senior linebacker registered a team-high eight tackles, including seven solos and two for a loss, in MSU's 57-10 win over Black Hills State on Saturday. Moeakiola also forced a fumble and broke up a pass in a defensive effort that limited the Yellow Jackets to just 238 total yards and 13 first downs.

Special Teams – Luke Daly (6-2, 180, Fr, Billings, MT)
Six of Luke Daly's nine kickoffs resulted in touchbacks, while the other three pinned Black Hills State inside its own 25-yard line. He also finished two-for-three on field goals and 5-for-6 on extra points (with one blocked).

BOBCAT NOTES
• Sophomore quarterback Dakota Prukop rushed for 176 yards against Black Hills State on Saturday, the most yards ever gained rushing by a Bobcat quarterback and the first 100-yard game by a signal caller since Travis Lulay's 142 yards vs. Weber State in 2005.
• Only six previous Bobcat quarterbacks – a total of eight previous times – have surpassed the 100-yard rushing mark, with John Tetrault and Travis Lulay doing so twice.
• Mitch Griebel led the Bobcats in receptions – five – for the second straight game, with 11 different players catching balls against Black Hills State.
• Four of the five players who scored touchdowns for the Bobcats against Black Hills State did so for the first time in their MSU careers – Dakota Prukop (three times), Gunnar Brekke, Justin Paige and Tanner Roderick.
• Devin Jeffries logged his first career sack Saturday.
• Six of Luke Daly's nine kickoffs Saturday resulted in touchbacks.

TEAM AWARDS vs. BLACK HILLS STATE
OFFENSIVE SCOUT OF THE WEEK: Curtis Amos (Burleson, TX), Johnny D'Agostino (Bozeman)
DEFENSIVE SCOUT OF THE WEEK: Monte Folsom (Dillon), Koni Dole (Huntley Project)
SPECIAL TEAMS SCOUT OF THE WEEK: Will Krolick (Anchorage, AK)
SPECIAL TEAMS CORE PLAYERS: Gunnar Brekke (15 special teams plays/graded out at 97%), Cody Cleveland (22/84%), Khari Garci (17/91%), Mitch Griebel (12/100%), Devin Jeffries (10/95%), Manny Kalfell (11/86%), Cole Moore (11/100%), Chad Newell (23/93%), Trace Timmer (22/89%), Rhett Young (15/1005)