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Texas State Post-Game Notes

 
 
 

 

 
 

Sept. 16, 2006

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Game time temperature: 92 degrees with heat index of 98, winds out of south at 16 mph

Greeley, Colo. temperature: 62 degrees feels like 62

Attendance 11,870

First quarter
Northern Colorado first drive: 15 yard facemask on 3rd and 9 keeps drive alive ... 20 yard pass Breazeale to Barmann

Northern Colorado TD: 30 yard TD pass Dominic Breazeale to Patrick Ealy (7-0 Northern Colorado)

Drive Summary: 8 play 80 yards 3:05

Texas State first drive: first play from scrimmage is 23 yard pass Chase Wasson to John Ford ... drive ends on a missed 44 yard FG

**Third straight game Texas State has failed to score early in Red Zone

Northern Colorado 11 yard punt on first punt of game

Second quarter
12 yard punt by NCU after an incompletion ended a streak of 7 straight completions by Breazeale

Texas State QB Bradley George in for drive with 5:10 left ... first pass was 19 yard completion to Morris Crosby ... second pass was 39 yard completion to Crosby too

Texas State fumble on 1st and goal from 3 by Stan Zwiggi recovered in the end zone for a touchback by Andy Muns for NCU (4:29 left second quarter)

Northern Colorado drive: 37 yard pass Breazeale to TJ Swanson 28 yard field goal attempt was blocked by Jammar Crane (40 seconds left)

Northern Colorado Touchdown: punt blocked into the back of a Bobcat player and returned for a 5 yard touchdown by Matt West (14-0 NCU)

Third Quarter:
Texas State TD: James Aston 3 yard run (14-7 Northern Colorado)

Drive Summary: 2 plays, 76 yards 45 seconds

Key play: 73 yard pass from Bradley George to Morris Crosby

 

 

** First carry as a Bobcat for Aston

** Transfer from Ohio State where he walked on and wrestled.

Jacob Carlson first sack of season on Bradley George on a 2nd a 4 from the Northern Colorado 30 ... also deflected a pass on 3rd and 6 from the 32

Texas State FG: 49 yard FG by Kyle Bronson (14-10 Northern Colorado)

Drive summary: 5 play, 22 yard drive took 2:20

Bronson new career long FG at TXST

Northern Colorado drive: sack by TXST Joe Bell on 3rd and 9 ... 47 yard punt by Hildenbrand

Texas State FG: 21 yard FG by Bronson (14-13 Northern Colorado)

Drive summary: 10 play, 76 yard 3:54

Texas State drive details : Stan Zwiggi 43 yard run on first play of drive ... George 20 yard pass play to Tyrone Scott on 3rd and 16 to keep drive alive ... Adrian Thomas 19 yard reception from George to make it first and goal from the seven

Fourth Quarter Northern Colorado had drive kept alive by a roughing the punter penalty that injured Hildenbrand ... Michael York had a punt later in the drive that went 7 yards

INT by Joe Kennedy for Northern Colorado ... drive stalled and led to a 38 yard punt by York

Bronson missed 46 yard FG attempt with 7:21 left

37 yd pass George to Darley

Loss of 7yd Texas State on sack by UNC with 1:00min left in game

The Texas State Third Quarter

  • -Outscored Northern Colorado 13-0
  • -Outgained Northern Colorado 179-12 even though Northern Colorado had the ball for 7:50 compared to Texas State's 7:10
  • -Held Northern Colorado to ten yards rushing on 11 attempts and one completion for 2 yards on two attempts
  • - Bradley George was 4-8 for 130 yards, including a 73 yarder to Morris Crosby
  • -Crosby had 2 catches for 91 yards
  • -Stan Zwiggi had 3 carries for 40 yards, including a 43 yarder on the first play of a drive that led to a FG
  • -Kyle Bronson was 2-2 on FGs from 49 yards and 21 yards
  • -the 49 yarder was a career long for him at Texas State
  • -the lone TD came on a James Aston 3 yard run
  • -It was the first carry for Aston as a Bobcat