Saturday, October 10
Murray, KY
3 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
41
at
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Murray State University
Gamecocks Roll To 41-7 Win At Murray State
10/10/2009 6:21:03 PM | Football
FINAL STATS (.pdf) | POST-GAME NOTES (.pdf)
MURRAY, Ky. – The Jacksonville State football team racked up 580 yards of total offense behind a career day for senior Ryan Perrilloux on Saturday to hand Murray State a 41-7 defeat on its Homecoming on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 18 Gamecocks (4-2, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) amassed 32 first downs, tying a school record set vs. Livingston in 1978, thanks to 254 yards rushing and 326 yards passing. It was the highest total offense output for JSU since 2004 and the highest passing output since 1999. Jax State improves to 6-1 against the Racers (1-4, 0-2 OVC) and the sixth-straight in the series.
Perrilloux completed 18 of his 29 pass attempts for a career-high 318 yards and three touchdowns to guide the Gamecocks to their fourth-straight win. He has now thrown three or more touchdowns in each of the last four weeks. He did have one interception in the third quarter, his first of the season. The pick snapped a streak of 127 straight passes for the LaPlace, La., native without an interception. He ran for 50 yards on a day that saw him pass Bobby Ray Green for seventh on the school's career passing yards list. Perrilloux finished the day with 3,597 career yards.
Sophomore Marques Ivory also succeeded in a reserve role for JSU, completing both of his pass attempts for eight yards and a touchdown.
Junior Jamal Young also enjoyed a career afternoon for the Gamecock offense, running for 72 yards on 11 carries and his first two career scoring runs. The Jackson, Miss., native and Gulf Coast Community College transfer also hauled in three passes for 49 yards and a score.
The Gamecocks made Racer quarterback Nico Yantko's third start a frustrating one, picking him off three times and holding him to 187 yards and a score on 18-for-36 passing. Junior T.J. Heath hauled in two of the three interceptions, giving the Alexandria, Ala., native five picks in the past two games. He has all but one of the team's interceptions this season, with senior Josh Cain grabbing the other on Saturday.
Senior Linebacker Alexander Henderson finished the day with a team-high 10 stops, his second-straight game with at least 10 tackles. Junior Torrey Davis led the JSU defensive front with two sacks, while senior Santez Mays grabbed one and a half in the game.
Perrilloux found nine different receivers in the game, with senior James Wilkerson grabbing four passes for 42 yards. Senior Greg Smith had 57 yards on three catches, while sophomore James Shaw had two catches for a game-high 93 yards and a score.
The Racers ran for just 65 yards on 29 carries, the 28th time an OVC foe has failed to run for 100 yards against the Gamecock defense. MSU punter Kienan Cullen shone on what was a dull day for MSU with an average of 43.8 yards on six punts. That average was sparked by a school-record 68-yard boot.
A little trickery got the Gamecock offense going on their opening drive, when a 27-yard run by sophomore Rod Byrd on a fake punt set up a seven-yard scoring run from Young. The score gave the Gamecocks a 7-0 advantage with 7:27 remaining in the first quarter.
No one would score again in the opening quarter but the Gamecocks made up for it with 21 in the second. The first came less than four minutes in on an eight-yard pass from Perrilloux to Justin Howard that gave JSU a 14-0 lead with 11:01 on the clock. Howard's third scoring catch of the year capped a three-play, 43-yard drive that took just 58 seconds.
The Gamecocks' next drive took a little longer. Sophomore Marques Ivory orchestrated a 10-play, 54-yard possession that ate 5:24 off of the clock. His three-yard touchdown pass to junior Alphonso Freeney put JSU on top 21-0 with 3:46 remaining in the half. With the catch, Freeney became the 14th JSU player to score a touchdown this season.
Jax State used another quick strike to take a 28-0 lead into the locker room at the half. Perrilloux's second touchdown pass of the game came in the form of a 66-yard strike to sophomore James Shaw. The pass tied for the longest in Perrilloux's career and was the second play of a 93-yard scoring drive that took just 18 seconds. It was the Gamecocks' eighth scoring drive of 2009 of less than 20 seconds.
The Racers pulled off somewhat of a moral victory by holding the Gamecocks scoreless in the third quarter, snapping a streak of 14 consecutive quarters in which the Gamecocks had scored.
JSU stretched the lead to 35-0 with 11:55 to play, when Young scampered 14 yards for his second score of the day. Also his second career rushing score, the run capped a 12-play, 89-yard drive that took 5:13. Young was also on the back end of the Gamecocks' final score of the day, a 34-yard screen pass from Perrilloux with 4:54 to play.
Murray finally mounted a scoring drive late in the game, a 71-yard possession that took 3:21 off of the clock. The eighth and final play of the drive was a two-yard pass from Yantko to Alex Estes with just 1:23 to play.
The Gamecocks will take a week off before returning to action on Oct. 24, when Eastern Illinois pays a visit for homecoming at Paul Snow Stadium.
HEAD COACH JACK CROWE POST-GAME INTERVIEW
RYAN PERRILLOUX POST-GAME INTERVIEW
POSTGAME NOTES
- Captains for the Gamecocks: Senior WR James Wilkerson, senior OL Reggie Wade, senior defensive lineman Brandt Thomas and senior linebacker Alexander Henderson.
- Jacksonville State won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.
- The Gamecocks improve to 6-1 all-time against the Racers and have won the last 6 meetings.
- The Gamecocks had 32 first downs in the game, tying the school record (vs. Livingston, 1978).
- The JSU offense racked up 580 yards of total offense, the most since Oct. 9, 2004, when the Gamecocks recorded 585 yards at UT Martin. It was also their third-straight game with 445 yards or more.
- JSU ran for 254 yards, the third-straight week in which the Gamecocks have ran for more than 200 yards.
- The Gamecocks threw for a season-high 326 yards, their most since Sept. 25, 1999, when they threw for 456 yards against Nicholls State.
- The Games held MSU to just 65 rushing yards, the 28th time they have held an OVC foe under 100 yards on the ground.
- Junior Jamal Young made his first career start on Saturday when he started at tailback for the Gamecocks. He becomes the 12th JSU player to make his first career start in 2009.
- With the 28-0 lead at the half and last week's 31-0 halftime lead over UT Martin, the Gamecocks have outscored its OVC foes 59-0 in the first half this year.
- Senior Ryan Perrilloux's first interception of the season came in the third quarter, snapping a streak of 127 consecutive passes without an interception.
- After the Gamecocks' 18-second scoring drive late in the second quarter, they now have eight scoring drives of less than 20 seconds in 2009, all in the past four games.
- Senior Ryan Perrilloux has now thrown at least one touchdown pass in 15 of his 16 games at JSU. He has thrown two or more in a game 13 times, 11 at JSU, and in each of his last four outings.
- Senior Josh Cain's interception in the second quarter was his first of the year and the third of his career.
- After his two interceptions on Saturday, junior T.J. Heath has now picked off five passes over the past two weeks, accounting for all but one of the Gamecocks' picks this year.
- The Gamecocks now have 10 touchdown passes of 20 yards or more in 2009, 6 of those going for 50 or more yards.
- Junior Jamal Young ran for two touchdowns in the game, the first two rushing scores of his JSU career. He also had his second receiving score of his career on Saturday.
- Perrilloux threw for a career-high 318 yards on Saturday, just his second career game with 300 yards or more.
- With their 580 yards of total offense, the Gamecocks have totaled at least 300 yards in 42 of their 50 OVC games.
- JSU improves to 40-6 under Jack Crowe when scoring 30 or more points in a game.
- With 254 rushing yards and 326 passing, the Gamecocks have now thrown and ran for over 200 yards in each of the last three weeks.
- Perrilloux moves past Bobby Ray Green into seventh place on the school's career passing yards list with 3,597.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 - Interceptions by T.J. Heath in 2009, accounting for all but one of the team's picks.
6 - Interceptions by the Gamecocks in the past two weeks after failing to pick off a pass in the first four games of the year.
14 - Consecutive quarters in which the Gamecocks had scored until the Racers held them scoreless in the third quarter on Saturday.
14 - Touchdown passes by Ryan Perrilloux over the last four games after his three on Saturday.
14 - JSU players that have scored a touchdown this season after Alphonso Freeney's three-yard catch from Ivory in the second quarter.
32 - 1st Downs by JSU, tying the school record set against Livingston in 1978.
59 - Points the Gamecocks have outscored their opponents in the 1st half in the last two weeks.
66 - Yards on Ryan Perrilloux's touchdown pass to James Shaw in the second quarter, tying his longest career pass.
95 - Consecutive games in which the Gamecocks have scored, a streak that dates back to Nov.18, 2000, when they were last shut out.
127 - Consecutive passes by Ryan Perrilloux without an interception before his first pick in the third quarter.
580 - Yards of total offense by the Gamecocks, the third-straight week where they have gained at least 400 yds. and the most since Oct. 9, 2004.
MURRAY, Ky. – The Jacksonville State football team racked up 580 yards of total offense behind a career day for senior Ryan Perrilloux on Saturday to hand Murray State a 41-7 defeat on its Homecoming on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 18 Gamecocks (4-2, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) amassed 32 first downs, tying a school record set vs. Livingston in 1978, thanks to 254 yards rushing and 326 yards passing. It was the highest total offense output for JSU since 2004 and the highest passing output since 1999. Jax State improves to 6-1 against the Racers (1-4, 0-2 OVC) and the sixth-straight in the series.
Perrilloux completed 18 of his 29 pass attempts for a career-high 318 yards and three touchdowns to guide the Gamecocks to their fourth-straight win. He has now thrown three or more touchdowns in each of the last four weeks. He did have one interception in the third quarter, his first of the season. The pick snapped a streak of 127 straight passes for the LaPlace, La., native without an interception. He ran for 50 yards on a day that saw him pass Bobby Ray Green for seventh on the school's career passing yards list. Perrilloux finished the day with 3,597 career yards.
Sophomore Marques Ivory also succeeded in a reserve role for JSU, completing both of his pass attempts for eight yards and a touchdown.
Junior Jamal Young also enjoyed a career afternoon for the Gamecock offense, running for 72 yards on 11 carries and his first two career scoring runs. The Jackson, Miss., native and Gulf Coast Community College transfer also hauled in three passes for 49 yards and a score.
The Gamecocks made Racer quarterback Nico Yantko's third start a frustrating one, picking him off three times and holding him to 187 yards and a score on 18-for-36 passing. Junior T.J. Heath hauled in two of the three interceptions, giving the Alexandria, Ala., native five picks in the past two games. He has all but one of the team's interceptions this season, with senior Josh Cain grabbing the other on Saturday.
Senior Linebacker Alexander Henderson finished the day with a team-high 10 stops, his second-straight game with at least 10 tackles. Junior Torrey Davis led the JSU defensive front with two sacks, while senior Santez Mays grabbed one and a half in the game.
Perrilloux found nine different receivers in the game, with senior James Wilkerson grabbing four passes for 42 yards. Senior Greg Smith had 57 yards on three catches, while sophomore James Shaw had two catches for a game-high 93 yards and a score.
The Racers ran for just 65 yards on 29 carries, the 28th time an OVC foe has failed to run for 100 yards against the Gamecock defense. MSU punter Kienan Cullen shone on what was a dull day for MSU with an average of 43.8 yards on six punts. That average was sparked by a school-record 68-yard boot.
A little trickery got the Gamecock offense going on their opening drive, when a 27-yard run by sophomore Rod Byrd on a fake punt set up a seven-yard scoring run from Young. The score gave the Gamecocks a 7-0 advantage with 7:27 remaining in the first quarter.
No one would score again in the opening quarter but the Gamecocks made up for it with 21 in the second. The first came less than four minutes in on an eight-yard pass from Perrilloux to Justin Howard that gave JSU a 14-0 lead with 11:01 on the clock. Howard's third scoring catch of the year capped a three-play, 43-yard drive that took just 58 seconds.
The Gamecocks' next drive took a little longer. Sophomore Marques Ivory orchestrated a 10-play, 54-yard possession that ate 5:24 off of the clock. His three-yard touchdown pass to junior Alphonso Freeney put JSU on top 21-0 with 3:46 remaining in the half. With the catch, Freeney became the 14th JSU player to score a touchdown this season.
Jax State used another quick strike to take a 28-0 lead into the locker room at the half. Perrilloux's second touchdown pass of the game came in the form of a 66-yard strike to sophomore James Shaw. The pass tied for the longest in Perrilloux's career and was the second play of a 93-yard scoring drive that took just 18 seconds. It was the Gamecocks' eighth scoring drive of 2009 of less than 20 seconds.
The Racers pulled off somewhat of a moral victory by holding the Gamecocks scoreless in the third quarter, snapping a streak of 14 consecutive quarters in which the Gamecocks had scored.
JSU stretched the lead to 35-0 with 11:55 to play, when Young scampered 14 yards for his second score of the day. Also his second career rushing score, the run capped a 12-play, 89-yard drive that took 5:13. Young was also on the back end of the Gamecocks' final score of the day, a 34-yard screen pass from Perrilloux with 4:54 to play.
Murray finally mounted a scoring drive late in the game, a 71-yard possession that took 3:21 off of the clock. The eighth and final play of the drive was a two-yard pass from Yantko to Alex Estes with just 1:23 to play.
The Gamecocks will take a week off before returning to action on Oct. 24, when Eastern Illinois pays a visit for homecoming at Paul Snow Stadium.
HEAD COACH JACK CROWE POST-GAME INTERVIEW
RYAN PERRILLOUX POST-GAME INTERVIEW
POSTGAME NOTES
- Captains for the Gamecocks: Senior WR James Wilkerson, senior OL Reggie Wade, senior defensive lineman Brandt Thomas and senior linebacker Alexander Henderson.
- Jacksonville State won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.
- The Gamecocks improve to 6-1 all-time against the Racers and have won the last 6 meetings.
- The Gamecocks had 32 first downs in the game, tying the school record (vs. Livingston, 1978).
- The JSU offense racked up 580 yards of total offense, the most since Oct. 9, 2004, when the Gamecocks recorded 585 yards at UT Martin. It was also their third-straight game with 445 yards or more.
- JSU ran for 254 yards, the third-straight week in which the Gamecocks have ran for more than 200 yards.
- The Gamecocks threw for a season-high 326 yards, their most since Sept. 25, 1999, when they threw for 456 yards against Nicholls State.
- The Games held MSU to just 65 rushing yards, the 28th time they have held an OVC foe under 100 yards on the ground.
- Junior Jamal Young made his first career start on Saturday when he started at tailback for the Gamecocks. He becomes the 12th JSU player to make his first career start in 2009.
- With the 28-0 lead at the half and last week's 31-0 halftime lead over UT Martin, the Gamecocks have outscored its OVC foes 59-0 in the first half this year.
- Senior Ryan Perrilloux's first interception of the season came in the third quarter, snapping a streak of 127 consecutive passes without an interception.
- After the Gamecocks' 18-second scoring drive late in the second quarter, they now have eight scoring drives of less than 20 seconds in 2009, all in the past four games.
- Senior Ryan Perrilloux has now thrown at least one touchdown pass in 15 of his 16 games at JSU. He has thrown two or more in a game 13 times, 11 at JSU, and in each of his last four outings.
- Senior Josh Cain's interception in the second quarter was his first of the year and the third of his career.
- After his two interceptions on Saturday, junior T.J. Heath has now picked off five passes over the past two weeks, accounting for all but one of the Gamecocks' picks this year.
- The Gamecocks now have 10 touchdown passes of 20 yards or more in 2009, 6 of those going for 50 or more yards.
- Junior Jamal Young ran for two touchdowns in the game, the first two rushing scores of his JSU career. He also had his second receiving score of his career on Saturday.
- Perrilloux threw for a career-high 318 yards on Saturday, just his second career game with 300 yards or more.
- With their 580 yards of total offense, the Gamecocks have totaled at least 300 yards in 42 of their 50 OVC games.
- JSU improves to 40-6 under Jack Crowe when scoring 30 or more points in a game.
- With 254 rushing yards and 326 passing, the Gamecocks have now thrown and ran for over 200 yards in each of the last three weeks.
- Perrilloux moves past Bobby Ray Green into seventh place on the school's career passing yards list with 3,597.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 - Interceptions by T.J. Heath in 2009, accounting for all but one of the team's picks.
6 - Interceptions by the Gamecocks in the past two weeks after failing to pick off a pass in the first four games of the year.
14 - Consecutive quarters in which the Gamecocks had scored until the Racers held them scoreless in the third quarter on Saturday.
14 - Touchdown passes by Ryan Perrilloux over the last four games after his three on Saturday.
14 - JSU players that have scored a touchdown this season after Alphonso Freeney's three-yard catch from Ivory in the second quarter.
32 - 1st Downs by JSU, tying the school record set against Livingston in 1978.
59 - Points the Gamecocks have outscored their opponents in the 1st half in the last two weeks.
66 - Yards on Ryan Perrilloux's touchdown pass to James Shaw in the second quarter, tying his longest career pass.
95 - Consecutive games in which the Gamecocks have scored, a streak that dates back to Nov.18, 2000, when they were last shut out.
127 - Consecutive passes by Ryan Perrilloux without an interception before his first pick in the third quarter.
580 - Yards of total offense by the Gamecocks, the third-straight week where they have gained at least 400 yds. and the most since Oct. 9, 2004.
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