October 22
October 22, 2007
Richard Weaver
October 24, 2007NSU Sports Information Desk
Behind the strong play of sophomore quarterback Derrick Fourroux on Saturday night, McNeese State defeated Nicholls 28-7 in John L. Guidry Stadium for homecoming in front of 6,468 spectators.
“McNeese State has a great football team, and they made all the right plays to win,” said head coach Jay Thomas. “We are going to come back in here and get right back at it next week, and correct the mistakes that we made tonight.”
The Colonels (5-2, 2-1) shut down McNeese State (7-0, 3-0) on their opening series, and scored when they got the ball back on offense to go up 7-0 at the 9:15 mark of the first quarter. Junior running back Zack Morgan did the honors from 22 yards out, and senior Alex Romero tacked on the extra point to cap off the eight-play, 81 yard drive that used
3:36 of the game clock.
Nicholls early 7-0 lead was the largest deficit the Cowboys had faced all season and they responded with 28 unanswered answered points to close out the game. However, the Colonels went into the locker room at halftime only trailing by a touchdown, 14-7.
Leading the charge for the Cowboys was Fourroux who accounted for 186 yards of total offense (101 rushing and 85 passing) and two touchdowns.
As a team, the Cowboys outrushed the Colonels 281 to 246 while carrying 53 times to Nicholls’ 43. Senior running back Kris Bush led all rushers in the game with 101 to go along with one touchdown.
For the Colonels, it was Morgan leading the cavalry with 55 yards on a mere four carries, followed by senior fullback Joseph Tobias with 45.
Junior quarterback Vincent Montgomery was third on the team in rushing with 38 yards and the game’s leading passer, throwing for 92 yards.
Brant Linde had a game-high 9.5 tackles in the contest, which included one sack and 1.5 tackles for a loss. Senior safety Kareem Moore led the Colonels with 7.5 tackles.
The Colonels will be back in action next week at Central Arkansas (4-3, 3-1). Arkansas beat Southeastern Louisiana (2-5, 1-2) 37-33 in Hammond on Saturday afternoon.
PRESEASON HOOPS POLLS RELEASED
The Southland Conference released its men’s and women’s all-preseason polls and its preseason all-conference teams today during Southland Conference Basketball Media Day.
In the preseason polls, the men were picked sixth in the east division and eleventh overall by the coaches while the sports information directors predicted a fifth-place finish in the east for the Colonels with a tenth-place finish overall.
The Lady Colonels were selected sixth in the east division along with a eleventh-place finish overall by the coaches in the preseason poll, while the sports information directors picked Nicholls to finish fifth in the east and tenth overall.
Both teams failed to place a member of their squads on the all-conference preseason teams.
