GAME NOTES
The Morehead State football team will host the University of San Diego Toreros this Saturday Nov. 14. Wazoo Sports will be broadcasting the game on TV live from Jayne Stadium. Kick off is set for 1 p.m.
This past week was the Eagles open date and they haven’t played since Halloween, when they bowed to PFL foe Campbell 31-22. Last week San Diego hosted PFL opponent Davidson and lost 34-27.
The Eagles will enter Saturday’s game with an overall record of 2-7 and a PFL record of 0-6. The Toreros will come into the game with an overall record of 3-6 and are 2-5 in PFL play. The Eagles are looking to get their first Pioneer League victory of the season.
Offensively last time out against Campbell the Eagles were led by freshman quarterback
Zach Lewis who made his second career start. Lewis completed 28 of 43 passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns. The Eagles have used a quartet of quarterbacks this season, but Lewis is expected to make his second straight start. On the ground the Eagles are led by
Desmond Cox and
Jerrod Pendleton. Cox has 238 yards on 57 attempts and one touchdown. Pendleton has found pay dirt twice and rushed for 196 yards on the season. The leading pass catcher for the Eagles is
Ronnie McDermott who has 24 grabs for 258 yards and two touchdowns. Eagle place kicker
Rainer Duzan leads the team in scoring with 30 points; Duzan is 18-18 on extra points and has made four field goals thus far.
Defensively the Eagles are led by senior middle linebacker
Wes McDermott. McDermott has tallied 90 total tackles on the season, 15 of those coming behind the line of scrimmage. McDermott is averaging 1.67 tackles-for-loss per game which ranks him sixth in the nation.
Andrew Doan has 14.5 tackles-for-loss and nine sacks on the year which ranks him tied for eighth in the nation in both tackles-for-loss per game and sacks per game. Safety
Ryan Williams leads the Eagles secondary, Williams has 39 total tackles and three pass break ups.
Offensively the Toreros leading rushers are JT Rogan and Matt Jelmini. Rogan has toted the ball 116 times for 482 yards and seven touchdowns meanwhile Jelmini has rushed for 300 yards and two touchdowns. Threw the air, San Diego has had three players throw the bulk of the passes. In last week’s game against Davidson, Bo Stompro had 10 completions on 28 attempts with one touchdown and one interception. The Torero’s leading receiver is John McGough who has 35 catches for 545 yards and five scores.
Defensively San Diego is led by a trio of players in their secondary. Safety Derek Pilkington leads the team in tackles with 64 and defensive back Gabe Derricks has 40 tackles one interception and one pass break up. Al-Rilwan Adeyemi leads San Diego in interceptions with two and also has six pass break ups.
This will mark the fifth meeting between the two schools. The first meeting occurred in 2005; MSU and San Diego have played every year since. The Eagles are 0-4 all time against the Toreros, in last year’s meeting MSU lost to San Diego 41-17. This will be only the second time that San Diego has ever visited Morehead; the last time was in 2007.
