Week 4 - Conference by Conference Breakdown
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:34 am
Big Sky
SUU 49-42 PORTST
UCD 20-28 CP
UND 35-13 SAC
IDST 7-73 NEB
EWU 32-26 WEB
NAU 41-31 UMT
NOCO 16-41 MTST
Southland
SFA 37-41 TXST
LANG 0-31 LAM
SHSU 20-24 UCA
MCNSE 24-25 SELA
MVSU 14-45 NWST
EVANG 17-73 NICH
Missouri Valley
PVAMU 7-66 NDSU
SDK 7-38 NW
SDKST 24-10 INST
SIU 14-6 MIZST
ILST 23-3 WIU
UNI 35-42 YSU
OVC
TTU 38-41 SEMO (2OT)
MUR 49-50 EIU (OT)
JAXST 21-51 EKU
TSU 21-14 BCOOK
UTM 31-6 AP
Patriot League
LEH 28-26 LIB
LAF 20-14 BUCK
COLG 31-32 SBU
FORD 20-13 COLUM
DART 13-10 HC
GTOWN 21-20 PRINCE
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
SUU 49-42 PORTST
UCD 20-28 CP
UND 35-13 SAC
IDST 7-73 NEB
EWU 32-26 WEB
NAU 41-31 UMT
NOCO 16-41 MTST
- NConf Record: 0-1
Overall: 17-16
vs. FCS: 0-0
Overall: 5-3
Best Performance: Northern Arizona 41, (#14) Montana 31 - Thanks to winning the turnover battle 5-0 and Zach Bauman's 253 yards and 3 TDs on the ground against a defense giving up only 80 rushing ypg coming in, the 'Jacks win in Washington-Grizzly Stadium for the first time ever.
Worst Performance: Sacramento St. 13, North Dakota 35 - The Hornets gain 492 yards, but only manage 13 points.
Most Surprising Result: Northern Arizona 41, (#14) Montana 31 - With his first win over Bobby Hauck in 8 tries and then his first win over his former employer in 15 tries, it looks like Jerome Souers is ready to end a third dubious streak: an 8-year playoff drought
Southland
SFA 37-41 TXST
LANG 0-31 LAM
SHSU 20-24 UCA
MCNSE 24-25 SELA
MVSU 14-45 NWST
EVANG 17-73 NICH
- NConf Record: 3-1
Overall: 12-14
vs. FCS: 1-0
Overall: 4-3
Best Performance: (#25) Central Arkansas 24, (#3) Sam Houston St. 20 - Wynrick Smothers stuns everyone with two late touchdowns to give the Bearkats their first FCS regular-season loss since November 6, 2010.
Worst Performance: (#19) McNeese St. 24, Southeastern Louisiana 25 - After taking a fairly comfortable halftime margin, the Cowboys are shut out in the second half & lose on a late two-point conversion.
Most Surprising Result: Southeastern Louisiana 25, (#19) McNeese St. 24 - The Lions pull off a big upset to get just their 3rd. win in their last 15 conference games.
Missouri Valley
PVAMU 7-66 NDSU
SDK 7-38 NW
SDKST 24-10 INST
SIU 14-6 MIZST
ILST 23-3 WIU
UNI 35-42 YSU
- NConf Record: 1-1
Overall: 18-12
vs. FCS: 1-0
Overall: 12-3
Best Performance: (#4) Youngstown St. 42, (#8) Northern Iowa 35 - Kurt Hess throws for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Penguins beat UNI for the first time since 2000.
Worst Performance: Missouri St. 6, Southern Illinois 14 - Three offensive turnovers ruins a great effort by a Bear defense that held SIU under 200 yards and didn't give up a single third-down conversion.
Most Surprising Result: South Dakota St. 24, (#22) Indiana St. 10 - In a battle between the best two running backs in the MO Valley, Zach Zenner crushes Shakir Bell by outrushing him 237-54.
OVC
TTU 38-41 SEMO (2OT)
MUR 49-50 EIU (OT)
JAXST 21-51 EKU
TSU 21-14 BCOOK
UTM 31-6 AP
- NConf Record: 1-0
Overall: 13-12
vs. FCS: 1-0
Overall: 10-3
Best Performance: (#21) Eastern Kentucky 51, (#24) Jacksonville St. 21 - Matt Denham runs for 218 and 3 TDs while T.J. Pryor throws for 231 and 4 TDs (1 to Denham) on just 20 attempts as the Colonels embarrass the Gamecocks.
Worst Performance: Tennessee Tech 38, Southeast Missouri St. 41 (2OT) - Odd stats galore in this one: TTU outgained SEMO 560-357 and won turnovers but lost the game; all 7 Redhawk completions went to one guy—Scott Lanthrop; Tennessee transfer Da'Rick Rogers caught 18 balls for 303 yards in a losing cause (he had 12 for 258 at the half
); Southeast Missouri had two pick-sixes in the second quarter; the Golden Eagles had 10 penalties to SEMO's 1.
Most Surprising Result: (#24) Jacksonville St. 21, (#21) Eastern Kentucky 51 - The Gamecocks have now lost 3 straight to EKU and have allowed an average of 50.7 ppg in those losses.
Patriot League
LEH 28-26 LIB
LAF 20-14 BUCK
COLG 31-32 SBU
FORD 20-13 COLUM
DART 13-10 HC
GTOWN 21-20 PRINCE
- NConf Record: 3-2
Overall: 14-9
vs. FCS: 3-2
Overall: 13-9
Best Performance: (#16) Lehigh 28, Liberty 26 - The Mountain Hawks get away with a win in Lynchburg thanks to a couple big plays in the fourth quarter & a key 2PC stop with a minute left.
Worst Performance: Holy Cross 10, Dartmouth 13 - Crusader QB Ryan Laughlin completes 70% of his passes, but none of them go for more than 9 yards.
Most Surprising Result: Colgate 31, (#20) Stony Brook 32 - Making few mistakes kept the Raiders in it, but they didn't quite have enough horsepower in the end.
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.