No. 10 Jacks run over Dixie State, 49-13

Humboldt posts the most yards of any Red Storm opponent this season

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ST. GEORGE – Humboldt State's balanced attack netted 451 yards of total offense Saturday. The nationally ranked Lumberjacks took a 28-0 lead at halftime and defeated the Dixie State College football team 49-13 to claim a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference lead after three weeks of play.

Dixie State fell to 2-2 on the season and suffered its first loss in league (2-1). Humboldt State, ranked tenth in the American Football Coaches Association poll, passed its first road test with flying colors to improve to 4-0/3-0 GNAC.

“We played tentative and didn't execute in the red zone again,” head coach Scott Brumfield said during an on-field interview. “We did everything we are not supposed to do to lose to a good team like Humboldt State.”

Early indicators may have told Dixie State that they were in for a long night. On the Red Storm's second drive in the first quarter, quarterback Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork) put the team at the four-yard line with a run of 22 yards. Four plays later, Dixie State was left three feet short of the end zone as HSU stacked up Robles on fourth down.

On the subsequent drive, the Jacks marched 99 yards in eight plays, culminating in the first of three rushing touchdowns from Nick Ricciardulli. The junior tailback carried the ball 18 times for 157 yards with scores from two, three and 24 yards.

Alex Rump threw for 200 yards on 16-of-21 passing. His second quarter touchdown pass to Jon Kirkman put the Jacks up 14-0.

Bryson Hodge and Daniel Wyatt combined for 76 rushing yards. Hodge bulldozed his way to a pair of scores.

The rushing attack for Dixie State had a solid evening and may have been the team's best weapon. DSC posted 193 team rush yards – the most in the 2012 season.

Robles led the way with 88 yards on 10 carries – setting a DSC record for most rushing yards per attempt (8.8) in a game. Freshman Myles Burton (Berkeley, CA/Rodriguez) scored his first collegiate touchdown during work in the fourth quarter. He racked up 57 yards on three carries, including a 42-yard scamper to the end zone. #A.J. Johnson# added 18 touches for 52 yards.

The game was marred by penalties – twenty-five in total accounting for 216 yards.

Jake Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame) led the Dixie State defense with eight tackles, five solo. Fellow linebacker Brady Loveless (Payson, UT/Payson) notched seven tackles with 1.5 coming for loss.

Dixie State heads north of the United States border for a league matchup with Simon Fraser University next Saturday. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Pacific (7 p.m. in the Mountain Time Zone) from Terry Fox field atop Burnaby Mountain.

Score by Quarters     1 2 3 4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Humboldt State...... 7 21 7 14 - 49       Record: (4-0,3-0)
Dixie State College. 0 0 7 6 - 13       Record: (2-2,2-1)

Scoring Summary:
1st 03:28 HSU - Ricciardulli,Nick 2 yd run (Bruder,Matt kick), 8-99 2:50, HSU 7 - DSC 0
2nd 10:34 HSU - Kirkman,Jon 4 yd pass from Rump,Alex (Bruder,Matt kick), 11-65 4:35, HSU 14 - DSC 0
    06:00 HSU - Hodges,Bryson 4 yd run (Bruder,Matt kick), 8-92 2:09, HSU 21 - DSC 0
    01:37 HSU - Ricciardulli,Nick 3 yd run (Bruder,Matt kick), 4-21 2:20, HSU 28 - DSC 0
3rd 08:52 DSC - Fox,Zach 3 yd pass from Robles,Griff (Meyers,Michael kick), 12-56 4:49, HSU 28 - DSC 7
    07:43 HSU - Ricciardulli,Nick 24 yd run (Bruder,Matt kick), 4-59 1:01, HSU 35 - DSC 7
4th 13:46 HSU - Hodges,Bryson 2 yd run (Bruder,Matt kick), 16-60 7:47, HSU 42 - DSC 7
    09:26 HSU - Kakitsuka,Brandon 16 yd pass from Mintz,Casey (Bruder,Matt kick), 6-22 2:31, HSU 49 - DSC 7
    03:31 DSC - Burton,Myles 42 yd run (Meyers,Michael kick blockd), 6-96 2:57, HSU 49 - DSC 13

                                    HSU      DSC
FIRST DOWNS...................       28       14
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   49-235   33-193
PASSING YDS (NET).............      216       80
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 24-17-0 28-10-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   73-451   61-273
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      1-9      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0     1-14
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     3--5    7-135
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   3-42.3   5-28.4
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-0      4-1
Penalties-Yards...............   14-130    11-86
Possession Time...............    31:48    28:12
Third-Down Conversions........ 8 of 13 4 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 1   1 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      6-6      1-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      2-9      0-0

RUSHING: Humboldt State-Ricciardulli,Nick 18-157; Wyatt,Daniel 17-54;
Hodges,Bryson 11-24; Rump,Alex 2-4; TEAM 1-minus 4. Dixie State
College-Robles,Griff 10-88; Burton,Myles 3-57; Johnson, A.J. 12-52;
Nawahine,Kaleo 4-5; Alisa,Kamuela 2-1; Aron,Andre 1-minus 2; Metz,Robert 1-minus
8.

PASSING: Humboldt State-Rump,Alex 16-21-0-200; Mintz,Casey 1-3-0-16.
Dixie State College-Robles,Griff 6-17-0-47; Nawahine,Kaleo 4-10-0-33;
Sklarsky,Conor 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Humboldt State-Spencer,Victor 4-55; Darcey,Tommy 4-50;
Deadwiler,Marquise 3-38; Ricciardulli,Nick 1-33; Kakitsuka,Brandon 1-16;
Hodges,Bryson 1-8; Munoz,David 1-7; Wyatt,Daniel 1-5; Kirkman,Jon 1-4. Dixie
State College-Fox,Zach 4-33; Aron,Andre 3-8; Burton,Myles 1-27; Porrazzo,Matt
1-7; Willard,Randon 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Humboldt State-None. Dixie State College-None.

FUMBLES: Humboldt State-Hodges,Bryson 1-0. Dixie State
College-Metz,Robert 1-0; Aron,Andre 1-1; Robles,Griff 1-0; Morgan,Cache 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Humboldt State-Sampson,Brian 1-0; Arden,Keaton 1-0. Dixie
State College-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): Humboldt State-Sampson,Brian 3-5; Markarian,Alex 3-3;
McDonald,Sean 2-4; Evan,Julius 2-4; Peterson,Chris 2-2; Webb,Tanner 1-3;
Gray,Evan 2-1; Sanders,Jamarie 2-1; Sharpe,Nick 2-0; Rogers,Chas 1-1;
Heidebrecht,Codey 1-1; Castillo,AJ 1-1; Gorella,Matt 1-1; Kakitsuka,Brandon 1-1; Cooper,Kevin 0-2; Sanchez,Jose 0-2; Stuart,Tommy 1-0; Arden,Keaton 1-0;
Mitchell,Taylor 1-0; Spencer,Victor 1-0; Maluia,Jeremiah 1-0; Toney,Josh 0-1;
Sarvinski,Silas 0-1; Kludjian,Jacob 0-1; Streck-Woodward,Mike 0-1.
Dixie State College-Duncan,Jake 5-3; Loveless,Brady 2-5; Tanuvasa,Matt 5-1; Morgan,Cache 3-3; Moffett,Daniel 1-5; Ehinger 3-2; Greene,Cameron 2-3; Ence,Justin 2-3; Tuiasosopo,Eldon 1-4; Boyer,K.J. 1-3; Greenwood,Tyson 1-2; Gibson,Sean 0-3; Raethke,Levi 2-0; Porrazzo,Nick 2-0; Woodard,Tana 1-1; Largent,Nick 1-1; Richards,Austen 1-1; Williams,Kris 1-1; Witham,Jacob 0-2; Peacock,Cameron 1-0; Frei,Mitch 1-0; Johnson,Brock 1-0; Chapman,Ray 0-1; McCray,Caleb 0-1; Cogdill,Ryan 0-1.

Stadium: Hansen Stadium        Attendance: 3883
Kickoff time: 6:05 pm   End of Game: 9:02 pm   Total elapsed time: 2:57
Temperature: 94 Weather: Partly Cloudy

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