TROY, Ala.?Troy outscored ULM
17-7 in the second half en route to a 24-7 victory in Sun Belt action in front
of 18,273 fans at Movie Gallery Stadium.
The Warhawks' Calvin Dawson extended his NCAA-best consecutive 100-yard
rushing games streak to nine with a season-high 159 yards on 20 carries.
Omar Haugabook completed 29-of-49 for 288 yards and a pair
of touchdowns putting the Trojans to 2-0 in conference play and 3-2 overall. ULM
falls to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in Sun Belt play.
Dawson
has rushed for 556 yards this season in four games averaging 139.0 yards per
game and 5.7 yards per carry. The senior from Bossier
City, La. needs just 542 yards
over ULM's
final eight games to become the all-time leading rushing in Warhawk history.
Troy
broke open a scoreless game with a 28-yard interception return with 2:33 left
in the opening half. Boris Lee picked
off Kinsmon Lancaster and took it all the way back for the first score of the
game.
ULM
held the Trojans offense to just 17 points and 389 yards after they entered the
game averaging 36.5 points and 460.5 yards per game.
The Trojans opened the second half with a 17-play 85-yard
drive in which they converted four third-down chances ending with a four-yard
touchdown pass from Haugabook to Kennard Burton with 10:04 to play in the third
quarter.
ULM answered Troy's touchdown with a two-yard touchdown pass
from Lancaster to Zeek Zacharie capping a 10-play 70-yard drive that took just
under five minutes off the clock closing the gap to 14-7 with 5:13 to play in
the third quarter.
Haugabook put the Trojans back up by 14 with a six-yard
touchdown pass to Josh Allen with 30 second remaining in the third
quarter. Troy used 10 plays to cover 80 yards in less
than three minutes. Greg Whibbs upped
the lead to 24-7 with a 24-yard field goal with just over 13 minutes to play in
the game.
ULM had a chance to get on
the board first with a first-and-goal from the one-yard line on its second
possession of the game, but Troy stuffed the
line on four-consecutive plays spoiling a 58-yard run by Dawson.
The Warhawks defense crushed the Trojans momentum forcing a
three-and-out and a punt from the back of the end zone, but Darrell McNeal
fumbled the punt return and Troy
recovered on their own 35-yard line.
James Truxillo picked off his first-career pass intercepting
Haugabook in the first quarter and sophomore Greg James pulled down his
seventh-career interception in the second quarter; also off Haugabook. The Warhawks have picked off the Sun Belt
Player of the Year five times in the last two meetings.
The Warhawks return home for the first time in a month next
weekend when they host Arkansas
State Saturday night at
6:00 pm in Malone Stadium. ULM will honor the 1987
National Championship team at halftime of the game.
Scoring Summary
TU-Lee 28 interception return (Whibbs kick), 2:33, 2nd 7-0
TU-Burton 4 pass from Haugabook (Whibbs kick), 10:04, 3rd 14-0
ULM-Zacharie 2 pass from Lancaster
(Wilson kick),
5:13, 3rd 14-7
TU-Allen 6 pass from Haugabook (Whibbs kick), 0:30, 3rd 21-7
TU-Whibbs 24 FG, 13:01, 4th 24-7
ULM Game Notes:
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ULM received the opening kickoff for the second
time this season (Texas A&M); it lost the coin toss for the third time (Tulsa won the toss and
elected to receive the opening kick).
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Calvin Dawson rushed for over 60 yards in the first quarter for the third time
in four games this season
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Dawson went over 100 yards in the second quarter marking the ninth-consecutive
game he has gone over 100 yards in a game which is tops in the NCAA
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Dawson rushed
for a season-high 159 yards on 20 carries
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Dawson needs just 542 to set the ULM career rushing record
with 3,062 yards.
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The ULM
starting offensive line of Kyle Cunningham, Aaron Schutz, Adam Hill, Patrick
Avinger and Larry Shappley have now started a combined 148 games between the
group.
*
Offensive tackle Kyle Cunningham and center Adam Hill extended their
consecutive games started streak to 38 games; they has started every game of
their career.
*
Zeek Zacharie caught his third career touchdown in the third quarter on a
two-yard strike from Kinsmon Lancaster
*
Defensive end Aaron Morgan made his first career start.
*
True freshman Jered Berry
made his first career start playing in the bandit role.
*
James Truxillo intercepted Omar Haugabook in the first quarter for his
first-career interception
*
Sophomore Greg James intercepted his seventh career pass in the second quarter
*
ULM has intercepted Troy five times in the past two meetings
*
ULM failed to
score a touchdown in the first quarter for the first time this season
*
ULM failed to score in the first half for the
first time since September 17, 2005 at Georgia
*
ULM's opponents
have scored on the opening drive of the second half in all four games this
season
*
ULM scored on
the opening possession of the second half for the first time this season
