Aug. 19, 2006
SAN DIEGO - Defense ruled the afternoon as the San Diego State football team went through a 67-play scrimmage as part of Family Day festivities at Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Aztec defense, which returns eight starters from last season's squad, limited the offense to 281 yards, one touchdown and one field goal on the afternoon. Head coach Chuck Long showed off the SDSU depth on Saturday, playing four quarterbacks, seven players who were credited with a rush, 10 players who caught a pass and 31 players who recorded a defensive stat.
"The defense came out and played really well, especially early," Long said. "Then the offense caught some fire, and it was just like we thought (the scrimmage) would be today. We still have some things to iron out, but we're in good shape."
Sophomore running back Tyler Campbell scored the games' lone touchdown on a one-yard run in the second quarter. Campbell's score capped an 11-play, 61-yard drive.
Junior kicker Garrett Palmer provided the only other score of the afternoon on a 40-yard field goal on the first drive of the second half.
But it was the defensive unit that provided the most impressive numbers this afternoon. The blackshirts accounted for eight tackles for loss, seven pass breakups and two quarterback sacks.
Senior linebacker Trevor Parrington led the way with five tackles, including one tackle for loss. Freshman defensive back Nick Sandford added five stops, including one behind the line of scrimmage, and a pass broken up. Freshman Aaron Moore and freshman Luke Laolagi added four tackles apiece.
Offensively, the numbers were split among the roster. With junior running back Lynell Hamilton sitting out, freshman Atiyyah Henderson led the way with five carries for 38 yards. Freshman Davon Brown added 30 yards on a team-high 10 carries and Campbell carried six times for 18 yards.
Junior quarterback Kevin O'Connell was 4-for-9 for 47 yards. Sophomore Darren Mougey played extensively during the first half and was 10-for-16 for a game-high 95 yards. Freshman Kevin Craft saw action during the second half and was 5-for-8 for 35 yards. Collectively, the quarterbacks threw 42 times on Saturday without an interception.
"Kevin O'Connell's had a great, great camp," Long said. "He had a nice drive today. He's our captain and he'll go in number one, and we're going to practice that way. Darren Mougey and Kevin Craft both played well today and that's what you want - a healthy competition."
Sophomore Marcus Montgomery caught four passes for a team-best 55 yards. Sophomore tight end Justin Shaw and freshman Mekell Wesley had four receptions, apiece.
"We didn't play a lot of our older guys today," Long said. "We kept some guys out purposely because we have seen enough of them and we wanted to play a lot of the younger guys."
Family Day, which marked the second fall scrimmage of the fall, marked the 15th consecutive practice day for the Aztecs. SDSU will take tomorrow off before continuing fall camp on Monday.
"This was the eighth practice for our guys this week," Long said. "It's the most they're going to have at any time during the year, and I thought they fought through it in a big way."
San Diego State opens the season on Thursday, August 31st against UTEP. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. PT at Qualcomm Stadium.
2006 SAN DIEGO STATE FAMILY DAY SCRIMMAGE
August 19, 2006
SCORING PLAYS
Tyler Campbell 1-yard touchdown run (Garrett Palmer PAT) (11 plays, 61 yards)
Garrett Palmer 40-yard field goal (12 plays, 52 yards)
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STATISTICS
RUSHING TOTALS (carries-yards-touchdowns)
Atiyyah Henderson 5-38-0, Davon Brown 10-26-0, Tyler Campbell 6-18-1, Kevin O'Connell 1-7-0, Kelsey Sokoloski 2-4-0, Darren Mougey 1-(minus 1)-0, Kevin Craft 1-(minus 8)-0 . TOTALS 26-84-1
PASSING TOTALS (completions-attempts-interceptions yards touchdowns)
Darren Mougey 10-16-0 95 0, Kevin O'Connell 4-9-0 47 0, Kevin Craft 5-8-0 35 0, Kelsey Sokoloski 5-7-0 20 0. TOTALS 24-40-0 197 0.
RECEIVING TOTALS (number-yards-touchdowns)
Marcus Montgomery 4-55-0, Justin Shaw 4-24-0, Mekell Wesley 4-24-0, Jon Toledo 3-17-0, Brian Spinks 2-22-0, Atiyyah Henderson 2-12-0, Ramal Porter 2-8-0, Waika Spencer 1-21-0, Jose Perez 1-9-0, Matthew Kawulok 1-5-0. TOTALS 24-197-0.
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
TACKLES (total-unassisted)
Nick Sandford 5-3, Trevor Parrington 5-1, Aaron Moore 4-4, Luke Laologi 4-1, Scotty James 3-1, Brett Martin 3-0, Jerry Milling 3-0, Brian Stanbra 3-0, Gerard Armstrong 2-2, Ray Bass 2-2, Marc Hull 2-2, Peter Nelson 2-2, Josh Walker 2-2, Victor Andujo 2-1, Antwan Applewhite 2-1, Cory Boudreaux 2-1, Kwan Howard 2-1, Jonathan Bailes 2-0, Sean McMaster 2-0, Nick Osborn 2-0, Donny Baker 1-1, Kwincy Edwards 1-1, Jacob Manuel 1-1, Joe Martin 1-1, Andrew Preston 1-1, Josh Cunningham 1-0, Siaosi Fifita 1-0, T.J. McKay 1-0, Ornan Nwansi 1-0, Andrew Schantz 1-0. TOTALS 64-29.
QUARTERBACK SACKS (total-yards)
Kwan Howard 1-8, Antwan Applewhite 1-1. TOTALS 2-9.
TACKLES FOR LOSS (total-yards)
Kwan Howard 1-8, Ornan Nwansi 1-1, Trevor Parrington 1-1, Nick Sandford 1-1, Jonathan Bailes 0.5-2, Antwan Applewhite 0.5-1, Jerry Milling 0.5-1, Luke Laologi 0.5-0. TOTALS 6-15.
TEAM PASSES BROKEN UP (number)
Aaron Moore 2, Ray Bass 1, Scotty James 1, Nick Osborn 1, Andrew Preston 1, Nick Sandford 1. TOTALS 7.
TEAM PUNTING (number-yards-average)
Michael Hughes 4-116-29.0, Brooks Beckman 2-71-35.5. TOTALS 6-187-31.2
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS (made-attempt, individual attempt)
Garrett Palmer 1-1 (40 gd)