Cougars Suffer Homecoming Rout

PROVO--Colorado State scored the game's first 14-points and didn't look back, defeating BYU 58-13 at the Cougars' Homecoming game Thursday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

The loss was the worst at home since a 48-0 drubbing by Wyoming in 1950 and also the most points ever given up at home by the Cougars.

Bradlee Van Pelt led the Rams with 192 yards passing and three touchdowns. Van Pelt also rushed for 51 yards. At one point the Ram quarterback was 3 for 3 for 122 yards and two touchdowns.

"Well, they just took it to us," coach Gary Crowton said. "They played really good football tonight. They're a good football team. They were ready to play and played well in all areas."

Crowton also said he was disappointed with the loss, but the team had to move on.

"It's disappointing, but that's the great thing about football, there's a game next week. We have to go out and play hard in Laramie," Crowton said.

BYU first scored on a 24-yard field goal by Matt Payne. During the scoring drive John Beck hit Rod Wilkerson for a 37-yard gain, bringing the Cougars to the 10-yard line, but the Cougars were unable to punch it in for a touchdown.

Beck finished the game 10 of 23 for 136 yards and one touchdown, and the Cougars were held to just 269 yards of total offense.

CSU would answer the Cougars score with a 59-yard touchdown strike from Van Pelt to Matt Bartz.

Trailing 21-3 after the first quarter, BYU would score on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Beck to Justin Jory, the first of Jory's career, to cut the Cougar deficit to 11 points, but BYU would get no closer.

The Cougars would add one more field goal by Payne to complete their scoring.

Box Score (Final)
         Colorado State vs Brigham Young (Oct 09, 2003 at Provo, Utah)
  Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
  -----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
  Colorado State...... 21 20 10  7  - 58       Record: (4-3,1-1)
  Brigham Young.......  3 10  0  0  - 13       Record: (3-4,2-2)
Scoring Summary:
1st 11:50 CS - HILL, 39 yd pass from VAN PELT,(BABCOCK, kick), 3-42 1:27, CS 7 - BYU 0
    07:12 CS - HOUSTON, 4 yd run (BABCOCK, kick), 7-58 3:11, CS 14 - BYU 0
    03:39 BYU - PAYNE, Matt 24 yd field goal, 10-74 3:33, CS 14 - BYU 3
    02:15 CS - BARTZ, 59 yd pass from VAN PELT,(BABCOCK, kick), 3-70 1:24, CS 21 - BYU 3
2nd 12:08 BYU - JORY, 9 yd pass from BECK, (PAYNE, kick), 1-9 0:05, CS 21 - BYU 10
    10:02 CS - GOODPASTER,16 yd fumble recovery (BABCOCK, kick failed), , CS 27 - BYU 10
    07:23 BYU - PAYNE, 20 yd field goal, 8-72 2:39, CS 27 - BYU 13
    04:32 CS - HILL, 25 yd pass from VAN PELT, (BABCOCK, kick), 7-80 2:51, CS 34 - BYU 13
    03:37 CS - HOUSTON, 1 yd run (BABCOCK, kick), 3-19 0:49, CS 41 - BYU 13
3rd 08:02 CS - HOUSTON, 2 yd run (BABCOCK,  kick), 13-80 6:58, CS 48 - BYU 13
    01:05 CS - BABCOCK, 38 yd field goal, 7-23 3:13, CS 51 - BYU 13
4th 09:04 CS - GREEN, 7 yd run (BABCOCK, kick), 4-31 1:38, CS 58 - BYU 13
                                       CS      BYU
  FIRST DOWNS...................       20       14
  RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   51-214   38-130
  PASSING YDS (NET).............      232      139
  Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  15-10-0  27-11-2
  TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   66-446   65-269
  Fumble Returns-Yards..........     1-16      0-0
  Punt Returns-Yards............     6-94     3-19
  Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     2-48     3-61
  Interception Returns-Yards....     2-26      0-0
  Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-36.5   8-39.9
  Fumbles-Lost..................      3-2      4-2
  Penalties-Yards...............     2-20     5-50
  Possession Time...............    32:27    27:33
  Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-11     3-14
RUSHING: Colorado State-HOUSTON, Marcus 18-85; GREEN, Jimmy 17-73; VAN
PELT,Bradle 12-51; JAUNARAJS,Uldis 2-10; KEARNEY,Joey 1-2; HOLLAND, Justin
1-minus 7. Brigham Young-BRATHWAITE, Rey 12-83; STANCIL, Thomas 9-31;
WHALEN, Marcus 5-15; MORTENSEN, Todd 1-2; BECK, John 11-minus 1.
PASSING: Colorado State-VAN PELT,Bradle 8-11-0-192; HOLLAND, Justin
2-4-0-40. Brigham Young-BECK, John 10-23-1-136; MORTENSEN, Todd 1-4-1-3.
RECEIVING: Colorado State-HILL, Eric 3-97; BARTZ, Matt 2-97; ANDERSON,David
2-35; PITTMAN, Chris 2-2; ALCONCEL,Brando 1-1. Brigham Young-BRATHWAITE, Rey
3-24; JORY, Justin 2-33; CHRISTENSEN, Da 2-20; WILKERSON, Rod 1-37;
CHRISTENSEN, To 1-15; WHALEN, Marcus 1-7; AIONO, Aisaac 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS: Colorado State-FLORA, Jeff 1-26; LANCISERO, Adam 1-0. Brigham
Young-None.
FUMBLES: Colorado State-BARTZ, Matt 1-0; FLORA, Jeff 1-1; WYNN, Dexter 1-1.
Brigham Young-BECK, John 3-1; WHALEN, Marcus 1-1.
Stadium: Edwards Stadium       Attendance: 58377
Kickoff time: 8:04 pm   End of Game: 11:17 pm  Total elapsed time: 3:13
Officials: Referee: Ken Flaherty; Umpire: Scott Teifer; Linesman: Brian Matthew;
Line judge: Andy Castagnola; Back judge: Craig Battaglia;
Field judge: Bill Agopian; Side judge: Mike Weseloh;
Temperature: 78        Wind: S 4mph    Weather: Clear evening
SACKS (UA-A): Colorado State-SAVE, Bryan 2-0. Brigham Young-NIXON, David
2-0; BURBIDGE, Jon 0-1; DENNEY, John 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Colorado State-SAVE, Bryan 5-3; JONES, Courtney 3-4; WOOD,
Drew 1-6; MASTROPAOLO,Ben 3-1; LANCISERO, Adam 3-1; HALL, Jahmal 2-2;
STRTTON, Ben 2-2; HAYWARD, Adam 1-3; FLORA, Jeff 1-2; CATHY, Brandon 1-2;
KOCHEVAR, Miles 1-2; KIFFIN, Chris 0-3; TREACY, John 2-0; WYNN, Dexter 2-0;
SIMON, Jonathon 1-1; MANN, Lavell 1-1; WOODS, Micah 0-2; DAVIS, Lukas 1-0;
FOLEY, David 1-0; MARTINDALE, Tom 0-1; GOODPASTER,Patr 0-1; SOMMERSELL,Andr
0-1. Brigham Young-NIXON, David 3-9; FRANCISCO, Aaro 3-7; TANNER, Mike 1-6;
PILI, Ifo 2-4; ATKINSON, Bryan 2-4; MEIBOS, Jared 2-3; POPPINGA, Brady 1-4;
ALLEN, James 2-2; BOCKWOLDT, Colb 2-1; BURBIDGE, Jon 2-1; PAYNE, Matt 2-0;
BARNEY, Chad 1-1; CARLSON-MADDUX 1-1; BILLS, K.C. 1-1; BRANDON, Josh 0-2;
GILFORD, Jernar 0-2; KOLBABA, Nathan 0-2; MARQUARDT, Dani 0-2; AH YOU, Matt
0-2; NIELSEN, Kip 0-2; HOWELL, O'Neil 1-0; COOPER, Brett 1-0; HALE, Chris
1-0; Ah You, C.J. 1-0; WRIGHT, Bill 0-1; ALBA, Micah 0-1; FOWLER, Kellen
0-1; DENNEY, John 0-1.