PAINESVILLE, Ohio - The No. 20 Saginaw Valley State University football
team defeated the Lake Erie Storm by a score of 51-24 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference contest to give head coach Jim Collins his
100th career win.
Saginaw Valley found the endzone with 10:36 left in the first
quarter to take a 7-0 lead on a Tim Hogue
(Inkster, Mich.) run up the middle. Hogue's touchdown was
setup by a 53-yard pass from Jonathon
Jennings (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South HS) to Meijer
"Player of the Game" Jeff Janis
(Tawas, Mich.). Hogue finished the game with 107 yards on 24
carries.
Lake Erie responded on their ensuing possession with an
eight-play, 71-yard drive to tie the score at 7-7.
The duo of Jennings to Janis hooked up again to set up a 22-yard
field goal by Scott
Stanford (Novi, Mich.) for the 10-7 Cardinal advantage.
Jennings finished the game 23-of-41 for a career-high and school
record 511 yards and three touchdowns.
The Cardinal defense forced the Storm to punt on their next
possession to set up Jennings and the Cardinal offense. This
time he found Michael
Albrecht (Midland, Mich.) for a 53-yard touchdown to cap off a
three-play, 70-yard drive to give SVSU a 17-7 lead.
Jennings found Deon Jobe
(Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids HS) from 36 yards out for
his second touchdown of the game and a 24-7 lead.
Stanford then recorded a 21-yard field goal, his second of the
game, to extend the Cardinal lead to 27-7 with 9:04 left in the
second quarter.
The Storm tacked on a field goal late in the second quarter to
cut the Cardinal advantage to 27-10 at the half.
Lake Erie tallied another scored with a touchdown to start the
second half, but the Cardinal offense would respond with an
11-play, 73-yard drive that was capped off by a five-yard touchdown
run by Jennings to put SVSU up 34-17.
Hogue posted his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard run
up the middle to cap off a 10-play, 66-yard drive that extended the
Cardinals lead to 41-17.
Jennings then found Janis on a short pass that Janis took to the
house for a 73-yard touchdown after breaking a tackle. Janis
finished the contest with 12 catches for a school and conference
record 300 yards and a score.
Stanford nailed his third field goal of the game to give SVSU
the 51-24 victory.
The defense was led by Grant
Caserta (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa HS) who recorded 10 tackles
and an interception. Brian
Johnson (Muskegon, Mich./Catholic Central HS), Jon
Bryant (Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Boyd H. Anderson HS) and Mason
Duke (Attica, Mich./Imlay City HS) all recorded six
tackles for the Cardinals.
SVSU will return to action next Saturday (Sept. 29) when they
host Ferris State for Homecoming and First Responders Night
sponsored by Draper Chevrolet and Toyota.
