Box Score  |
UW-Platteville 59, UW-Stout 35 |
Recap by Platteville
PLATTEVILLE (October 26, 2013) - UW-Stout freshman
Adolfo Pacheco (South Elgin, Ill) had a coming out party of sorts as he rushed for 194 yards and three touchdowns, but the Blue Devils fell, 59-35 at UW-Platteville Saturday.
Pacheco scored a touchdown- the first touchdown othe day - in the first quarter, then added two in the second half as he carried the ball 28 times.
The Blue Devils (2-5, 0-4 WIAC) took the opening kickoff and, highlighted by a 43-yard pass reception by
Trevor Morning (Sr, Bloomer) from
Hank Kujak (Jr, Blair, marched 79 yards and Pacheco finished it off with a three-yard run.
The Pioneers took the lead with a pair of first quarter touchdowns by Lee Vlasek to give Platteville a 14-7 lead. Stout tied the score early in the second period when Morning caught a 12-yard TD pass from Kujak.
The Pioneers scored the next four touchdowns to run out to a 42-14 lead. Trevor Whitehead scored the next three TDs on short passes from John Kelly, two to close out the second period and one to open the second half. Vlasek added an 18 yard run midway through the third quarter.
Stout's
Mike Bond (Jr, Milwaukee) recorded his second interception of the game minutes later and Pacheco capped off the 49 yard drive with a 19-yard run to paydirt to close out the third period. Stout got their final score of the game in the fourth quarter when
Hank Kujak tossed a 6-yard pass to brother
Reggie Kujak to make the score 49-35.
The eghth ranked Pioneers added a field goal and another touchdown to close out the game.
Platteville finished with 561 total yards of offense, 231 on the ground, 330 by passing. Andy Puccini gained 81 yards rushing, quarterback Kelly 79 yards and Vlasak 72 with a pair of scores. Kelly completed 28-of-44 passes for all 330 yards and five TDs. Ryley Bailey caught eight passes for 108 yards. Whitehead had six catches.
Hank Kujak completed 24-of-43 passes for 262 yards and two TDs, but he was intercepted three times. Morning had six catches for 95 yards.
Brian Alvarez caught eight passes for 71 yards. Pacheco had two receptions for 24 yards. Pacheco's 194 yards is the most by a UW-Stout running back since Craig Warminski ran for 207 against UW-La Crosse on Nov. 1, 2008.
Stout will host UW-Eau Claire, Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. for Military Appreciation Day and for the annual Hall of Fame game.
