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Victor Dias
Kathleen Brown
12
Montana St.-Northern MSUN 1-5 , 0-5
41
Winner Eastern Oregon EOU 2-3 , 2-3
Montana St.-Northern MSUN
1-5 , 0-5
12
Final
41
Eastern Oregon EOU
2-3 , 2-3
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MSUN Montana St.-Northern 0 5 7 0 12
EOU Eastern Oregon 14 0 13 14 41

Game Recap: Football | | Iain Dexter, EOU Sports Information Director

EOU Crushes MSUN 41-12 Behind 6 Rushing TD's on Homecoming

LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon football team exploded for 41 points and got back into the win column, defeating Frontier Conference opponent Montana State-Northern 41-12 for Homecoming on Saturday night at Community Stadium.
 
The Mountaineers (2-3, 2-3 Frontier) finished with 450 yards of offense, scoring all six touchdowns on the ground by five different players. Redshirt freshman running back John Lesser accounted for two touchdowns and sixty rushing yards while redshirt freshman quarterback Kai Quinn and running backs Alonso Mendoza, Victor Dias and Josh Finley each had one touchdown.
 
The Mountaineers took their opening drive 65 yards on eight plays, capping it off on a 13-yard touchdown run by Dias. The drive opened with a 33-yard swing pass from Quinn to Lesser.
 
On the Lights' (1-5, 0-5 Frontier) first drive, EOU forced a turnover on a third and eight. MSUN quarterback Tommy Wilson was looking deep down the middle, but freshman defensive back Zackary Jacobs intercepted it, setting the Mountie offense up at their own 20.
 
After the turnover, the Mountaineers ran three plays before Quinn scampered towards the sideline and turning it up the field, out running the MSUN defense for a 70-yard long touchdown run. Junior kicker Nathan Harden's PAT was true, giving EOU an early 14-0 lead just 6:05 into the game.
 
After the first quarter, EOU had already piled up 233 yards of offense, led by 93 yards on the ground and 94 yards through the air by Quinn.
 
Both offenses were stagnant in the second quarter as EOU was continuously pushed back into tough down and distances, finishing with -36 yards for the quarter. The Lights got back into the game with a 31-yard field goal by Tommy Langley followed by a safety on a high snapped punt, to make it 14-5 going into halftime.
 
The Mountaineers' defense stepped up on the first play of the second half as they did all night, when redshirt freshman defensive lineman Kye Yraguen sacked MSUN quarterback Tommy Wilson at the Lights' one-yard line, forcing a fumble. Senior linebacker Colin Deyarmin recovered the fumble, setting up Mendoza's one-yard touchdown run and extending the lead to 20-5.
 
After the EOU defense held MSUN on a fourth and two, the offense quickly added another touchdown on a three-yard run by Lesser, making the score 27-5. The touchdown drive was setup by a 31-yard pass from Quinn to senior wide receiver Calvin Connors and a 20-yard rush by Lesser.
 
Before the end of the quarter, the Lights scored their lone touchdown of the night after a four-play, 65-yard drive. Wilson found Fotois Jordanoglou in the corner of the end zone from 21-yards out to cut MSUN's deficit to 27-12.
 
The Mountaineers did not give up another point, however, tacking on two more scores in the fourth quarter as Lesser punched in his second touchdown from one yard out, followed by Finley's first career touchdown on a nine-yard gut up the middle.
 
Quinn led the offense on the night, going 19-for-31 with 215 yards through the air. He also rushed for 83 yards on eight carries. Dias had 81 yards, which included a 65-yard run in the fourth quarter. Lesser had two touchdowns and 60 yards. Connors had four catches for 47 yards to lead the receiving corps as 11 different players caught a pass on the night.
 
The EOU defense was tough all night on the Lights, holding MSUN to 290 yards of offense and seven punts. Senior linebackers Michal Arenas and Deyarmin each had 11 tackles as did Jacobs in the secondary.
 
Redshirt freshman linebacker Chase Van Wyck posted two of the team's three sacks. Freshman defensive back Tanner Zenke had a fourth quarter, 57-yard interception return that setup the Mounties final score of the night.
 
For the Northern Lights, Wilson finished with 152 yards through the air and 35 on the ground. Bryan Peters rushed for 63 yards on 17 carries. Dylan Kelly led the defense with nine tackles and one pass breakup.
 
The Mountaineers remain at home next week, hosting No. 8 Southern Oregon for Military Appreciation Game on Saturday at 6 p.m.
 
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Contact: Iain Dexter; 541-962-3946; idexter@eou.edu
 
 
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