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Nov. 17, 2001
Football: Penguins Roll For 609 Yards in 45-7 Win
Youngstown -- The Youngstown State football team had
its third-best total offensive day
in school history in a 45-7 victory
over Elon on Saturday afternoon at
Stambaugh Stadium amassing 609
yards.
The 609-yard effort ranks behind a 637-yard contest against
Wayne State in 1974 and a 618-yard
effort against Bloomsburg in 1990.
Youngstown State (8-2) had 373 yards
rushing and 245 yards passing to
average 9.8 yards per snap. The
Penguins will look to keep their
momentum going when they travel to
Division I Marshall next Saturday.
Against Elon, P.J. Mays scored two first quarter touchdowns
to build a 14-0 Penguin advantage.
Mays finished the game with 170
yards rushing giving him 1,245 on
the season, which ranks as the
eighth-best single-season total in
school history. He also has 19
touchdowns on the season, including
18 rushing.
In the second quarter, sophomore tailback Mike Burns rambled
44 yards for his first touchdown of
his career. Burns finished with 116
yards rushing after entering the
contest with 197 on the season.
Before the half, the Penguins picked up a key touchdown as
quarterback Jeff Ryan threw a
13-yard touchdown pass to Sean
Guerriero with nine seconds left in
the half. On the drive, the Penguins
covered 62 yards in 22 seconds on
four passes from Ryan to Guerriero.
For the game, Ryan completed 8-of-13 passes for 164 yards and
moved into to second place in
all-time passing yardage at YSU.
Tight End Dennis Dlugosz finished
the game with a career-best 135
yards receiving on four receptions.
In the third quarter, Jake Stewart kicked a 31-yard field
goal to open the second-half
scoring. Ryan threw a 15-yard
touchdown pass to Mintze to put the
Penguins ahead 36-7. Before the end
of the quarter, Darius Peterson
blocked a Beau Wegmann punt out of
the end zone for a 38-7 advantage.
Rashaud Palmer scored for the Phoenix (2-8) with 11:32 left
in the game. YSU's Colby Street
scored on an eight-yard touchdown
run with 8:50 remaining to give the
Penguins a 45-7 advantage.
YSU will play at Marshall in Huntington, W.Va., next Saturday
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