Turnovers Hamper Football Eagles in Road Setback at Murray State

FINAL STATS

MURRAY, Ky. – The Morehead State football team fell 59-7 to Murray State on the road Saturday night.
 
The Eagles slipped to 2-2, while Murray State evened its mark to the same record. It was the first meeting between the two former Ohio Valley Conference rivals since 1995.
 
A quintet of turnovers hampered the Eagles' offensive efforts as they weren't;t able to collect any defensive turnovers either.
 
The Eagles are now off next weekend before returning to action at home to open Pioneer Football League play against Davidson on Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. ET.
 
HOW THE SCORING TRANSPIRED
 
-Murray's Jared McCray capped a 10-play drive with a seven-yard TD rush at the 11:50 mark of the first quarter.
-Sylvaughn Turner ran in a screen pass from Preston Rice for seven yards with 2:48 left in the opening quarter.
-Rice hit LaMartez Brooks on a 21-yard leaping touchdown catch in the end zone with 12:22 left until halftime.
-Zaden Weber nailed a 43-yard field goal at the 9:00 mark in the second stanza.
-The Racers' Brooks hauled in his second TD of the night on a 20-yarder from Rice with 48 ticks left in the second quarter.
-Ty Terrell opened the third quarter with a 67-yard punt return for the touchdown.
-Following the Eagles' third mistake, Brion Sanchious caught a one-yard TD with 12:22 left in the third period after a five-play drive.
-Eagle running back Issiah Aguero broke up the shutout by busting in from five yards away on a run at the 5:31 mark of the third quarter.
-Murray State moved on top 52-7 with 3:57 in the third on a 12-yard pass to the QB Rice from McCray.
-The final score came on a fumble recovery in the end zone with 11:36 left in the game.
 
KEY STATS
 
-Aguero rushed for 96 yards, narrowly missing his third 100-yard output of the season.
-Mark Pappas was 16-of-33 for 171 yards but was picked off once and fumbled twice.
-Kicker Andrew Foster was again efficient, punting six times for a 44.5-yard average. He downed one inside the Racer one-yard line.
-Beau Griego had double-digit tackles with 10.
-Murray State out-gained the Eagles 566-249.
 
QUOTING COACH TENYER
 
"It was kind of an ugly night. Murray State is a good team, but I thought we had some good things going too. We just can't give up five turnovers though."
 
"Andrew Foster had another great night kicking. He has become a good weapon for us on special teams."
 
"Going into our bye week, the preseason is over. Even though we sustained some injuries tonight on defense, we have some depth at those positions. We can still be a very good football team, and I feel like we have the pieces to be good in the PFL this year."