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MENOMONIE (September 26, 2009) - UW-Stout held Eureka College to a school record minus-59 yards rushing and six different players scored as the Blue Devils defeated the Red Devils, 40-6, at Don & Nona Williams Stadium Saturday.
Stout (3-0) got touchdowns from
Antawan Walker (Jr, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla),
Ross Carey (So, Little Suamico),
Craig Warminski (So, Stanley),
Carlos Concepcion (Jr, Milwaukee),
Ron Fricke (Sr, Albertville, Minn) and a career-best 46 yard field goal (as well as five extra points) from kicker
Kyle Martin (Sr, Hubertus).. Stout also scored on a safety in the first quarter when the snap from a Eureka punt attempt rolled out of the end zone.
This one was never in doubt. After stopping Eureka (2-2) on a three-and-out on their first drive, the Blue Devils 72 yards in nine plays. Quarterback Carey topped off the drive with a 12-yard pass to Walker to give Stout a 7-0 lead seven minutes into the game.
Stout jumped out to a 9-0 lead when the Eureka punter could not handle the low snap and the ball dribbled out of the end zone.
Adam Winberg (So, Coon Rapids, Minn) returned the short kick 39 yards and Carey did the rest on the next play, rushing 34 yards down the Stout sideline for the score.
Stout tacked on three more points late in the quarter to take a 19-0 lead when Martin hit his personal best 46 yards field goal with 15 seconds left in the period.
Eureka got their only points in the second quarter, a 23 yard field goal by Travis Huber midway through the stanza and 41 yard field goal by Huber as time expired. Warminski gave Stout their only second quarter score when he rumbled 23 yards and fell into the end zone on an attempted tackle.
Stout wasted no time getting on the board in the third quarter with Concepcion most of the damage on the opening drive. On second-and-4, Concepcion ran for 24 yards, then ran 8-yards on the following play to the Eureka two-yard line. Concepcion completed the drive on the next play.
Stout's final score of the day came on a drive that started late in the third quarter. It was Fricke's turn to inflict damage onto the Eureka defense. Fricke picked up 53 yards on the 54-yard, eight play drive and he topped it off with a 13 yard run to paydirt.
Defensively, the Blue Devils were all over the Eureka quarterbacks. Jamin Ramsey (Sr, Lodi) led the pursuit, snaring three solo sacks and four tackles for losses of 26 yards.
Ryan Pearcy (So, Plover),
Justin Rindt (Jr, Grafton) and
Brandon Wood (Jr, Cassville) each had a sack. Stout had 12 tackles for losses of 83 yards.
Jason Brenner (So, Menomonie) had the game's only interception, returning the errant pass 36 yards to kill Eureka's final drive.
Stout finished with 428 total yards of offense, 345 on the ground and 83 through the air. Warminski finished with 96 yards rushing, and Fricke had 93. Eight different runners carried the ball. Carey completed 4-of-9 passes for 52 yards and a score.
Kyle Provos (Sr, Brooklyn Park, Minn), making his first appearance of the season due to an off season injury, completed 2-of-4 passes for 31 yards and rushed three times ofr 29 yards.
Eureka tallied 205 yards passing, but with the negative rushing yardage - much of it coming on two errant punt snaps - finished with 146 total yards. Starting quarterback Nick Lindsey completed 13-of-20 passes for 113 yards. Wes Schmidgall, who last week had 187 receiving yards, hauled in six passes for 68 yards.
The previous defensive school record for fewest rushing yards was minus-37 yards in 2000 against Lakeland College.
Penalty flags were aplenty in this game for both teams. Stout was penalized 11 times for 103 yards,while Eureka was flagged seven times for 58 yards.
Stout will host UW-River Falls, Saturday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. in the annual homecoming game. The game will also be the conference opener.
