CSU-Pueblo 48, Western New Mexico 3
PUEBLO, Colo. (Oct. 31, 2009) - In front of
newly-enshrined CSU-Pueblo Hall of Famers during Saturday's Hall of
Fame Game vs. Western New Mexico, CSU-Pueblo's offense went off on
Western New Mexico, posting a school-record 620 yards of total
offense, 435 on the ground, as the Pack scored a nearly-perfect
48-3 victory over the Mustangs.
Tailback Jesse Lewis (So.,
Loveland, Colo.) turned in his fourth-straight 100-yard
game with a career-high 233 yards, roaring for three touchdowns in
leading the ThunderWolves' rushing attack. Backfield-mate
Jamaal
Johnson (So., Fountain, Colo.) ran for a career-high
of his own, going for 164 yards on 16 carries for two
touchdowns.
Quarterback Colin Clancy (Sr.,
Longmont, Colo.) was stellar, going 13-for-17 for 147
yards and two touchdowns. He eclipsed coach John Wristen's
single-season total yardage record of 1,761, and did it on a pass
play out of the "ThunderWolf" formation, as Johnson hit Clancy down
the sideline for a 38-yard pass play. He also tied a school
record for touchdown passes, held by Bart Stevens, with his 13th
and 14th touchdown tosses of the season.
But as stellar as the Pack was offensively, it was just as much
so defensively. Facing a Western New Mexico offense 33.9
points per game, 24th-highest in the nation, CSU-Pueblo held the
Mustangs to just three points and 244 yards of total offense,
the second-lowest offensive showing of the season by the
Mustangs. During the team's "Senior Day," Chase Vaughn (Sr.,
Aurora, Colo.) teed off in his final home game, collecting
eight tackles, 2-1/2 tackles for loss, one sack, a forced fumble
and three quarterback hurries.
CSU-Pueblo's win clinches a winning season for the Pack, the
first since 1983, as they improve to 6-4 facing their final game of
the season next week at Adams State.
