MONMOUTH, Ore. --- The Western Oregon football team had its largest margin of victory since 1934 as it opened Lone Star Conference play with a 66-3 victory over Sul Ross State on Saturday at McArthur Field.
The Wolves (2-1 overall, 1-0 LSC) forced five turnovers, scored on all eight of their red zone chances and held the Lobos (0-3) to 141 yards of offense - including 31 yards rushing on 34 attempts.
WOU forced a turnover on the first play of the game as SRSU fumbled the opening kickoff and the Wolves recovered on the Lobo 19. Five play later,
Jermaine Land scored from six yards out to make it 7-0.
SRSU appeared it may answer as it drove the ball down to the WOU 15, but the Wolves again forced a fumble and stopped the drive. The Wolves quickly made their way down field and scored on a
Cody Hall 18-yard touchdown reception from
Jordan McCarty to make it 14-0.
Three plays into the next drive,
Nino Gama picked off a pass and ran it back 17 yards for a touchdown for WOU to push the lead to 21-0 with 4:32 left in the first. After forcing a punt on SRSU's next drive, McCarty hit
Terayon Sweet for a 15-yard touchdown just 46 seconds into the second quarter to make it 28-0.
The Wolves made it 35-0 after
Cyris Taylor blocked a punt and
Terayon Sweet was there to scoop it up and score. The Lobos added a field goal just before the end of the first half but a McCarty 1-yard touchdown run, McCarty 3-yard touchdown pass to
Jaydan Burns, a McCarty 10-yard touchdown pass to
Isaiah Rickard and an
Armaad Hubbard touchdown run in the first 16 minutes of the first half made it 63-3 with 14 minutes remaining in the contest. The Wolves added a
Logan South 26-yard field goal to close out the scoring.
Joseph Northcutt was a terror on defense for the Wolves, finishing with four tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for a loss, a forced fumble and four quarterback hurries.
Tyler McAfee led the Wolves with six tackles.
Dylan Camp added his second interception of the season as well for WOU.
McCarty finished 12-for-18 passing for 220 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for another score. Land led the team with 52 yards rushing while Hall led WOU with three catches for 65 yards and a score.
The Wolves return to action next Saturday at West Texas A&M.
