Johnson, Throngard lead Cougars to UMAC Dome Day victory
(Picture right-Taylor Johnson
October 28, 2007 Minneapolis, Minn. – The sophomore duo of Taylor Johnson (Lakeville, Minn.) and Matt Throngard (Grantsburg, Wis.) accounted for five touchdowns as the University of Minnesota, Morris cruised to a 48-20 win over Maranatha Baptist Bible College in the annual Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) dome day at the Metrodome Friday, October 26th.
Johnson rushed for two scores and caught a 20 yard pass while Throngard had a pair of rushing td’s to lead the Cougars to the win.
Throngard got UMM on the board with 5:06 left in the first quarter scoring from 24 yards out to close out a three play 61 yard scoring drive to put the Cougars on top 7-0.
On their very next possession, Johnson would score from 24 yards out as the Cougars needed just two plays to go 31 yards after the Crusaders fumbled the ensuing kickoff. Michael Terrell (Sr. Tracy, Calif.) knocked the ball loose and Corey Hemphill (So. Chicago, Ill.) recovered at the Crusaders 31. That made the score 14-0.
After MBBC made it a 14-7 ballgame, Brady Rose (So. Morgan, Minn.) hauled in a 44 yard touchdown pass from Jeff Karschnik (Sr. Windom, Minn.) as the Cougars would take a 20-7 lead with 11:40 to play n the first half.
Hemphill picked off a pass and took it the Maranatha six and that set up Matt Throngard’s second touchdown of the game, a six yard run to make the score 27-7.
The Crusaders scored later in the second quarter to make it a 27-13 game as the teams headed to the locker room at the half.
UMM scored three more times in the third quarter to take a 48-13.
A 24 yard pass from Jeff Karschnik to Brady Rose with 9:37 to play in the third capped a nine play 65 yard scoring drive to give the Cougars a 34-13 lead.
The Cougars scored twice in the final 3:58 of the quarter, the first on a Taylor Johnson 27 yard run to put Minnesota, Morris on top 41-13 and then with just two ticks on the clock in quarter number three, Johnson hauled in a pass from Matt Fragodt (So. Becker, Minn.) for the final score of the game for the Cougars and that made it a 48-13 game.
Maranatha added a fourth quarter score to make the final 48-20.
Taylor Johnson led the offense with 185 yards rushing on 28 carries and three receptions for 34 yards.
The 185 yards on the ground gives him 1,048 for the season as he becomes the first Cougar since Donnay Green in 2004 to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season.
Matt Throngard had 15 carries for 85 yards as the Cougars had 345 yards rushing in the game.
Brady Rose had two receptions for 68 yards.
Minnesota, Morris had 492 yards in total offense in the game.
Andrew Shay (Jr. Minneapolis, Minn.) had nine total tackles and Corey Hemphill had the one fumble recovery, an interception and three pass break-ups.
UMM is now 4-1 in UMAC Dome Day games.
The Cougars (4-4, 4-3 UMAC) will close out the 2007 season this Saturday, November 3rd when they host Waldorf College in senior day. Kick-off is at 1:00 at Big Cat Stadium.
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| Minnesota - Morris | 14 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Maranatha Baptist | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
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