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Oct. 18, 2003
Football: Penguins Battle Back to Beat Indiana State, 30-24
Terre Haute, Ind. -- Josh Cayson scored on a 15-yard
run in overtime as the Youngstown
State football team overcame a
10-point fourth-quarter deficit to
earn a 30-24 overtime over Indiana
State on Saturday afternoon at
Memorial Stadium.
Sophomore Aaron Marshall stepped in for an injured Matt
Rycraft at quarterback and led the
charge back. Marshall's 30-yard
touchdown toss to Phil Larmon
trimmed a 24-14 deficit to three
points before Nick Terracina made a
42-yard field goal in a swirling
wind to tie the contest with 33
seconds left.
But Indiana State charged downfield and with two seconds
left, freshman Kyle Hooper missed a
42-yard field goal that would have
won the game.
In overtime, YSU (5-3 overall and 2-1 in the Gateway) won the
toss and went on defense first. On
ISU's first play freshman
quarterback Jake Schiff rumbled 22
yards to the YSU three, but Matt
Briggs stripped the ball out of
Schiff's right arm and Briggs
recovered to end the Sycamores'
possession.
After that, it took Youngstown State two plays to win the
game. Cayson ran for 10 yards on his
first rush before taking the ball to
the house on a 15-yard dash.
Head Coach Jon Heacock, who won his first overtime game on
Saturday, said his team never gave
up all afternoon.
"We showed a lot of heart today," Heacock said. "We didn't do
a bunch of great things, but we
never did stop playing."
Cayson finished the game rushing for 88 yards on 17 attempts
and had two touchdowns.
Schiff's fumble offset a gritty performance where he
completed 18-of-27 passes for 216
yards and threw two touchdowns. He
also had 93 yards rushing on 14
carries. Indiana State is now 3-5
and 0-3.
Trailing 24-14, Marshall, who had entered the game on the
final play of the previous series,
led the Penguins on a 54-yard drive
that was capped when he hit Larmon
from 30 yards out on a third-and-one
play at the 30.
YSU forced a Sycamores punt and with 2:16 remaining had the
ball on its own 34. Marshall moved
Youngstown State to the Sycamore 25
and on fourth-and-16, Terracina
kicked a 42-yarder to tie the game.
Indiana State had a chance as Scott Penick returned the
ensuing kickoff to the Indiana State
45. Schiff moved his team to the YSU
25 on a 14-yard scamper and spiked
the ball with three seconds left.
But Hooper's kick sailed wide right as time expired.
"It was a huge win
on the road in the Gateway," Heacock
said. "All of the Indiana
State-Youngstown State games seem to
come down to the end. That is just
how it is. But we make one more play
in the end."
Indiana State regained the lead with 2:11 left in the third
on a one-yard score by Monfort. The
Sycamores marched an impressive 83
yards on a 11 plays, the longest
drive allowed by YSU this season.
In the third, YSU caught a break when Nate Baston pressured
Schiff and Justin Martin picked off
an arrant pass at the Indiana State
14.
After a defensive offside penalty, Cayson burst up the middle
for his first score giving YSU a
14-10 lead.
Indiana State came back to take the lead in the second
quarter.
The Sycamores' Terrance Miles blocked a Joe Bishop punt
through the back of the end zone to
get his team on the board with 7:52
remaining in the quarter.
On the ensuing possession, YSU appeared to have stopped
Indiana State when Mike Bracken
intercepted a Schiff pass inside the
Sycamores' 25, but on the play, a
roughing-the-passer penalty was
called keeping the drive alive.
The penalty was costly as ISU drove to the YSU 29 where
Schiff threw a scoring pass to tight
end Ryan King. ISU converted the
two-point attempt when Schiff threw
a fade to Sam Logan in the back
corner of the end zone taking a 10-7
lead.
Just before the half, ISU drove to YSU's nine-yard, but Nate
Baston sacked Schiff forcing a
fumble and Jeremiah Wright recovered
the ball at the eight with eight
seconds remaining in the half.
The YSU offense struggled in the first half. Indiana State
outgained the Penguins 219-72 in the
first 30 minutes and the Sycamores
ran 12 more offensive plays. YSU was
also 0-of-5 on third-down
conversions while rushing for 15
yards on 18 carries.
YSU took advantage ISU's first turnover, of a muffed punt by
ISU's Carl Berman, to set up its
first score. YSU took over at the
Indiana State 27 and Rycraft capped
the short drive scoring on a
six-yard run.
The Penguins return home to play their annual Homecoming game
against Illinois State on Saturday. |
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