September 15, 2012

San Diego State Wins Shootout, 49-41


	1	2	3	4	F
NORTH DAKOTA	14	6	7	14	41
SAN DIEGO STATE	21	14	7	7	49

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Ryan Katz threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns as San Diego State outlasted North Dakota 49-41 on Saturday night.

Adam Muema rushed for 124 yards and Walter Kazee added 105 for the Aztecs (2-1).

Marcus Hendrickson connected on 27 of 50 passes for 434 yards and four TDs for North Dakota (2-1). Three TDs went to Greg Hardin, who had eight receptions for 142 yards.

Hendrickson's 15-yard scoring pass in to Tyrhe Ivery brought North Dakota within 49-41 with 6:17 remaining. UND got the ball back with 1:52 left, but came up a half-yard short on a fourth down pass play at its 38-yard line, and San Diego State ran out the clock.

Katz completed 8 of 11 passes for 195 yards in the first half, throwing TD strikes to Brice Butler (44 yards), Colin Lockett (37 yards) and Gavin Escobar (20 yards) as the Aztecs built a 35-20 halftime lead.

Escobar finished with five receptions for 117 yards.

The temperature at kickoff was 97 degrees, the hottest for a San Diego State home game since Sept. 8, 1984, when it was 93 for a contest against UCLA.

QUICK STATS	SDSU	ND
First Downs	25	27
Total Yards	489	533
Passing Yards	434	241
Rushing Yards	55	292
Number of Plays	77	61
Penalties-Yards	10-52	8-85
3rd Down Conversions	6-of-14	3-of-8
4th Down Conversions	2-of-3	0-of-1
Kick Return Yards	22	120
Punt Return Yards	0	20
Punts-Yards	2-43.5	2-48.0
Turnovers	1	0
Time of Possession	32:48	27:12

STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing	C-A	Yds.	TD	Int.
SDSU-Ryan Katz	11-18	241	3	0
UND-Marcus Hendrickson	27-50	434	4	1
Rushing	Car.	Yds.	TD	Long
SDSU-Adam Muema	13	124	3	43
SDSU-Walter Kazee	18	105	2	20
UND-Marcus Hendrickson	11	36	0	17
Receiving	Rec.	Yds.	TD	Long
SDSU-Gavin Escobar	5	117	1	35
UND-Greg Hardin	8	142	3	53