Aug. 20, 2005
SAN DIEGO - After the San Diego State defense dominated the first half of play, the Aztec offense came to life with six touchdowns and a field goal Saturday in front of 2,381 at the Family Day Scrimmage in Qualcomm Stadium.
The defense held the offense scoreless in its first nine possessions, despite the offense starting on its own 40-yard line. The defense tallied a pair of interceptions over that span with one each by safeties Brett Sturm and Reggie Grigsby.
The offense finally found the endzone when Brandon Bornes went in from one-yard out. The defense, however, held firm the very next possession, keeping the offense from scoring on four consecutive plays from within the four-yard line.
The Aztecs posted their first significant scoring drive when Kevin O'Connell found Jeff Webb on a 42-yard pass play. Bornes then notched his second touchdown of the afternoon on an 11-yard run.
The offense capped the day with a 40-yard Garrett Palmer field goal and three rushing touchdowns runs of 84 yards by Michael Franklin, 25 yards by Attiyah Henderson and three yards by Matt Dlugolecki.
In all, the offense ran for 298 yards on 53 carries, while O'Connell completed 11 of his 22 passes for a team-best 111 yards passing. Webb was the top receiver with two catches for 48 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, linebacker Brett Martin had a team-high seven tackles, including six solo efforts. Four players had five tackles each and senior defensive end Kurt Kahui recorded two of the team's three sacks.
Upcoming Practice Schedule The Aztec football team will continue its preparation for the 2005 season opener against UCLA with a single afternoon practice on Sunday, starting at 4 p.m. SDSU will then head into a two-a-day practice on Monday, beginning at 8:45 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 21 - single practice at 4 p.m. (half pads) Monday, Aug. 22 - two-a-day practice at 8:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 - single practice at 8:45 a.m. (half pads)
FAMILY DAY STATS
Scoring Summary
Bornes 1-yard run (Palmer kick) - 4 plays, 4 yards
Webb 42-yard pass from O'Connell (Palmer kick) - 5 plays, 60 yards
Bornes 11-yard run (Palmer kick) - 8 plays, 60 yards
Franklin 84-yard run (specialty situation)
Henderson 25-yard run (Robles kick) - 3 plays, 55 yards
Palmer 40-yard field goal - 7 plays, 32 yards
Dlugolecki 3-yard run - 4 plays, 3 yards
OFFENSIVE STATS
Rushing (carries-yards-touchdowns)
Michael Franklin 7-99-1, Lynell Hamilton 17-55-0, Brandon Bornes 10-44-2, Atiyyah Henderson 3-41-1, Darren Mougey 4-32-0, Matt Dlugolecki 2-12-1, Kevin O'Connell 6-11-0, Kevin Craft 2-5-0, Fale Poumele 1-0-0, Ramal Porter 1-(minus 1)-0; TEAM TOTALS: 53-298-5
Passing (completions-attempts-interceptions yards touchdowns)
Kevin O'Connell 11-22-2 111 yards, 1 touchdown, Kevin Craft 3-5-0 41 yards, 0 touchdowns, Darren Mougey 4-8-0 36 yards, 0 touchdowns; TEAM TOTALS: 18-35-2 188, 1 touchdown
Receiving (number-yards-touchdowns)
Jeff Webb 2-48-1, Matthew Kawulok 1-30-0, DeMarco Sampson 3-29-0, Marcus Edwards 1-19-0, Chazeray Schilens 2-17-0, Adam Miller 2-15-0, Michael Franklin 3-6-0, Robert Ortiz 1-7-0, Ramal Porter 1-6-0, Brian Spinks 1-6-0, Jon Toledo 1-5-0; TEAM TOTALS:18-188-1
Field Goals (made-attempts)
Garrett Palmer 3-4 (27 good, 32 good, 40 good, 45 short right); Stephen Robles 0-1 (37 wide left)
Punting (number-yards-average)
Michael Hughes 6-276-46.0 (four inside the 20)
DEFENSIVE STATS
Tackles (total-unassisted)
B. Martin 7-6, Applewhite 5-4, Grigsby 5-4, Keiaho 5-4, Sturm 5-3, Barbier 4-4, Kahui 4-3, Baker 3-3, Duran 3-2, Schantz 3-2, Allen 3-1, Harrington 2-2, Fifita 2-1, J. Martin 2-1, McKay 2-1, Nelson 2-1, Sandford 2-1, Armstrong 1-1, Elimimian 1-1, Howard 1-1, Milling 1-1, Ohnstad 1-1, Schmidt 1-1, Ulibarri 1-1, Walker 1-1, Bailes 1-0, DeMartinis 1-0, Finkle 1-0, Osborn 1-0; TOTALS 71-51.
Quarterback Sacks (number-yards)
Kahui 2-8, Nelson 1-4; TOTALS 3-12.
Tackles For Loss (number-yards)
Kahui 2-8, Applewhite 2-7, Nelson 1-4, Keiaho 1-2, Schantz 1-2, Barbier 1-1; TOTALS 8-24.
Passes Broken Up
Walker 2, Elimimian 1, Keiaho 1, Milling 1; TOTALS 5.
Fumble Recoveries (number-yards)
Keiaho 1-0; TOTALS 1-0.
Forced Fumbles
Ulibarri 1; TOTALS 1.