Troy University Athletics
Troy University
Middle Tennessee
Trojans Continue Impressive Play in National Spotlight
11/20/2007 6:00:00 AM | Football
“This is one of the sweetest wins since I've been here,” coach Larry Blakeney said.
“We were on national TV, it was a great atmosphere and we had a great crowd. Our kids played good and prepared well. Our coaches had a good game plan,” he said.
The game moves
The contest also saw Elbert Mack intercept his nation-leading eighth pass of the season, when he picked off
With
Two plays later Haugabook would connect with Gary Banks for an eight-yard touchdown that put
Haugabook finished the day 16-of-29 for 194 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He also rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns.
Freshman Jerrell Jernigan would continue his impressive play with five catches for 74 yards. Banks would catch four passes on the day for 45 yards and the score.
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A 16-yard run by Haugabook would set up the Trojans' next score, a 41-yard field goal by Greg Whibbs. The field goal put
Freshman R.J. Roberts would burst through the line and block the punt off the foot of David Defatta and set the Trojans up with a first and goal at the four yard line.
The blocked punt was the first by
Following a sack of Haugabook and a pass completion to Andrew Davis, Haugabook would scamper six yards into the end zone for a touchdown, his 10th of the season, to give Troy a 17-7 lead.
Tavares Williams would recover a mishandled punt off the hands of Desmond Gee to set up
The Trojans would start the drive at the MTSU 26-yard line and cover 26 yards in six plays with the touchdown coming on a Sean Dawkins 1-yard run, his second touchdown of the season.
Whibbs would add the point after to give
Cattouse would rack up 49 yards on ten carries and a touchdown, while DuJuan Harris would add 57 yards on 11 carries. Cattouse also had three catches for 31 yards.
The drive was the longest in time of possession and tied for the longest in yardage for the Trojans thus far in 2007.
The Trojans would push the score to 38-7 with a one-yard Haugabook touchdown run, his second of the day, capping a 11-play, 79 yard drive that used up 3:22.
That play would prove to be Haugabook's final of the day as he would be relieved by Tanner Jones at quarterback.
Jones would engineer a 11 play, 80 yard drive that would find the end zone in 4:10. Cornelius Williams would be the recipient of a Jones pass in the corner of the endzone to further the
Jones would complete 5-of-6 passes on the drive for 61 yards. He would also pick up ten yards on the ground.
Jamie Hampton also saw time in relief of Haugabook, completing 3-of-4 passes for 33 yards and an interception.
“I'm very proud and I couldn't be more pleased with our performance,” Blakeney said.
“There is still a lot of work to be done.”
* Today's game captains were Gary Banks, Greg Whibbs, Shawn Todd, and Elbert Mack
* A reception by Gary Banks in the first quarter extends his consecutive game with reception to 30 games.
* Banks caught his third touchdown pass of the year and the 13th of his career.
* Freshman R.J. Roberts blocked
* Sean Dawkins scored his scored touchdown of the season on a 1-yard rush in the second quarter.
* Tanner Jones threw his second touchdown pass of the season in the fourth quarter.
