Griffith_WU_2018
John Ellis
33
Winner Missouri Western MWSU 4-2 , 4-2
10
Mo. Southern St. MSSU 0-6 , 0-6
Winner
Missouri Western MWSU
4-2 , 4-2
33
Final
10
Mo. Southern St. MSSU
0-6 , 0-6
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MWSU Missouri Western 10 3 7 13 33
MSSU Mo. Southern St. 0 0 3 7 10

Game Recap: Football | | MWSU Athletic Communications

Special Teams Lift Football to Road Win

Aviles kicks four field goals at Missouri Southern

ST. JOSEPH – Four field goals and a third-straight 200-yard rushing performance helped Griffon Football (4-2) to its third-straight win, Saturday. The Griffons picked up their first road win of the season, 33-10 at Missouri Southern (0-6).
 
The defense has had its days. The offense was explosive for two straight weeks. Saturday, special teams helped the team match its season win total from the past two seasons.
 
NOTABLES
  • The game was delayed an hour due to lightning
  • Sam Aviles – replacing the injured Tyler Basch for the second week in a row – kicked four field goals on five attempts, scoring almost half the Griffons' points in the game
  • Along with Aviles' big day, the Griffons got a punt return TD by Brandin Dandridge and a defensive touchdown on a fumble recovery by Kobe Cummings
  • As a team, the Griffons rushed for 284 yards, averaging 7.3 yards per carry
  • Missouri Western picked off two Missouri Southern passes to give the team 10 on the season, most in the MIAA
  • The Griffon defense limited Missouri Southern to 161 yards on the ground, just a 3.7-yard per carry average
 
OTHER STATS & LEADERS
  • Aviles totaled 15 points in the game with four made field goals and three extra points. The sophomore kicker also averaged more than 56 yards per kickoff with two touchbacks
  • Shamar Griffith had a career-high 119 yards rushing, including an 86-yard run on the first play from scrimmage. It gave the Griffons three consecutive games with a running back over 100 yards
  • Kobe Cummings scored his first career touchdown on a 21-yard fumble recovery return for a touchdown and led the team again with 12 total tackles
  • Marcus Brown forced two fumbles, had two tackles for loss and six tackles
  • Luke Theis averaged 45.3 yards per punt and downed all three of his punts inside the Missouri Southern 20-yard line
  • Brandin Dandridge had 83 punt return yards on three returns that included the 58-yard TD
 
UP NEXT
  • Homecoming on Oct. 13 against Central Oklahoma (3-3) at 1 p.m.
  • UCO defeated Central Missouri 33-26, Saturday, in Edmond
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