Miner Sports News

• Defense emerges triumphant in spring football game
  published on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:17:32 -0600

  Jason Schlueter

  The defensive unit kept the offense off the scoreboard for the first five series Friday night and then got two interceptions later in the contest to come away with a 44-31 win in the Missouri S&T spring football game at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

  The defense opened the game by stopping the offense on a fourth down play in their territory to pick up four points in the scoring system used in the game, then held the offense scoreless until the final drive of the first half when David Shields completed a 50-yard drive with a one-yard scoring run to cut the lead to 25-7.

  Jason Schlueter, who had a solid showing in his effort to try to earn the starting quarterback spot next fall, threw two touchdown passes to Bryan Crider in the second half to bring the offense to within four. Crider, who caught 10 passes in the game for 100 yards, caught scoring passes of 25 and three yards.

  The defense, however, regained the momentum when Robbie Woodard picked off passes on back-to-back possessions to halt those drives and give the defensive unit a 37-21 lead. After the offense was stopped on another fourth down try, Jerome Miller scored on a two-yard run and Joe Drahos connected on a 36-yard field goal to finish the scoring for the offense.

  Schlueter was 18-of-21 in the game for 130 yards and the two scores. Steve Watson, who started the final seven games of the 2007 season for the Miners, completed eight of 15 passes for 87 yards, Jake Drallmeier led the offensive ground game with 60 yards on 12 carries.

  GAME STATISTICS

  Scoring summary
  David Shields 1 yd. run, Joe Drahos kick
  Bryan Crider 25 yd. pass from Jason Schlueter, Drahos kick
  Crider 3 yd. pass from Schlueter, Drahos kick
  Jerome Miller 2 yd. run, Drahos kick
  Drahos 36 yd. field goal

  Team statistics
  First downs: 20 (7 rushing, 12 passing, 1 penalty)
  Rushing: 40-128
  Passing: 28-41-221-2
  Total offense: 81 plays, 349 yards
  Fumbles: 2, lost 1
  Penalties: Offense 0-0, Defense 1-7

  Individual statistics:
  Rushing: Jake Drallmeier 12-60, Jerome Miller 8-40, Chad Shockley 5-22, David Shields 4-9, Steve Watson 5-4, Dustin Prater 1-2, Jason Schlueter 3-0, R.J. Shubatt 1-(-4), Team 1-(-5).
  Passing: Jason Schlueter 18-21-130-0, Steve Watson 8-15-87-0, Dustin Prater 1-4-5-2, R.J. Shubatt 1-1-(-1)-0.
  Receiving: Bryan Crider 10-100, David Shields 6-24, Chad Stanley 3-36, Mike Greaving 3-25, Chad Shockley 3-19, Jared Bahr 2-17, Jake Drallmeier 2-6, Mark Scabarozi 1-8.
  Interceptions: Robbie Woodard 2.