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Posted Apr 24, 2004 21:42:24
Allen Shines; Defense Dominates in Bone Bowl II

RUSTON - Junior quarterback Donald Allen led both touchdown drives capping each with a scoring toss as the White Team downed the Blue Team 10-9 Saturday evening at Joe Aillet Stadium in Louisiana Tech's annual spring game, "Bone Bowl II."

In a game that was pretty much controlled throughout by both defenses, Allen was one of the big offensive sparks as the New Orleans, La., native and one of three Bulldog signal callers fighting for the starting position this fall completed 14 of 20 passes for 223 yards and the two touchdowns.

However, Allen wasn't the lone Tech quarterback that posted impressive numbers as Matt Kubik completed 12 of 16 passes for 133 yards and Zac Champion connected on 9 of 16 passes for 68 yards. None of the three quarterbacks threw an interception.

Despite the descent numbers posted by the Tech quarterbacks, both defenses played extremely well combining to record 13 sacks in the contest, including three each by defensive lineman Travon Brown and linebacker Robert Burrell and two each by linebacker Jeremy Hamilton and linebacker Phillip Fontenot.

Red-shirt freshman kicker Zach Myatt got the Blue Team on the scoreboard first, hitting a 36-yard field goal that capped an 8-play drive that was highlighted by Allen's 24-yard pass to wide receiver Eric Newman, who led all wide outs with seven receptions for 109 yards.

The White Team answered a few possessions later as Allen tossed his first touchdown of the evening, a 20-yard inside screen to Tramissian Davis who received some nice blocking and outran the defenders to the left corner of the end zone. Myatt's extra point gave the White a 7-3 advantage.

Myatt's second field goal of the day, a 44-yarder that capped a 6-play drive, upped the White Team's lead to 10-3. On that drive Kubik hit wide receiver Julius Cosby on a nice 22-yard pass and catch over the middle, setting up the field goal attempt.

On the final offensive possession of the game by the Blue Team,, Allen led them on a five-play, 70-yard drive capped by a 20-yard touchdown strike to sophomore Johnathan Holland. The big play of the drive was a 46-yard strike from Allen to Newman on the first play.

After the touchdown, the Blue Team went for two but Allen was sacked in the backfield to end the game.

In addition to his three sacks, Burrell led all Tech defenders with 10 tackles followed by Byron Santiago with eight, Brannon Jackson with six and Anthony Crosby with six.


LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS
Bone Bowl II 4/24/04
Blue vs. White Spring Game

PASSING
Att. Comp. Yards TD
Matt Kubik 16 12 122 0
Zac Champion 16 9 68 0
Donald Allen 20 14 223 0
Totals 52 35 413 0

** NOTE - All three QBs played for both the Blue and White teams

WHITE RUSHING
PLAYER RUSH YDS AVG TD
Ryan Moats 8 27 3.4 0
Josh Odums 14 66 4.7 0
Trammisian Davis 1 0 0.0 0

BLUE RUSHING
Kendal Gibson 8 31 3.9 0
Shelton Richardson 6 7 1.2 0

QB RUSHING
Zac Champion 5 7 1.4 0
Donald Allen 5 -12 0.0 0
Matt Kubik 7 -27 0.0 0
TOTALS 54 99 1.8 0

* NOTE - Josh Odums had one run for -5 yards for the Blue Team before moving to White team


WHITE RECEIVING

PLAYER REC YDS AVG TD
Ryan Moats 2 36 18.0 0
Trammisian Davis 2 25 12.5 1
Seneca Chambers 2 4 2.0 0
Aaron Capps 1 20 20.0 0
Julius Cosby 1 17 17.0 0
Jason Thomas 1 8 8.0 0

BLUE RECEIVING

PLAYER REC YDS AVG TD
Eric Newman 7 109 15.6 0
Chris Maddox 4 67 16.7 0
Jason Black 3 14 14.7 0
Freddie King 3 10 3.3 0
Johnathan Holland 2 36 18.0 1
Roderick Handy 2 25 12.5 0
Anthony James 2 18 9.0 0
Shelton Richardson 2 16 8.0 0
Brian Carroll 1 8 8.0 0

FG KICKING
Zach Myatt 2/3 Good - 36, 44 No Good - 37 (Wide Right)


SCORING
BLUE - Zach Myatt 36-yard FG
WHITE - Tramissian Davis 20-yard pass from Donald Allen (Myatt PAT)
WHITE - Myatt 44-yard FG
BLUE - Johnathan Holland 20-yard pass from Allen (PAT failed)

Defense

Blue Team
Michael Johnson 2 tackles, 1 forced fumble
Anthony Crosby 6 tackles, 1 pbu
Byron Santiago 8 tackles, 1 sack
Gregory Hollins 4 tackles, 1 sack
Tramon Williams 4 tackles, 1 pbu
Jeremy Hamilton 2 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 pbu
Travon Brown 4 tackles, 3 sacks
John Nash 5 tackles
Derrick Farrow 2 tackles, 1 TFL
Lee Johnson 2 tackles
Moqut Ruffins 2 tackles
Lee Brown 2 tackles

White Team
Robert Burrell 10 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 pbu
Lewis Carter 4 tackles, 1 pbu
Josh Muse 3 tackles
Dez Abrams 3 tackles
Quarvay Winbush 4 tackles
Terence Alexander 3 tackles, 2 pbu
Brannon Jackson 6 tackles
Eddie White 4 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack
Tiger Redmon 3 tackles
Delone Williams 3 tackles
Phillip Fontenot 5 tackles, 2 sacks
Alton Bryant 4 tackles
James Lott 2 tackles
Marqus Smith 1 tackle, 1 TFL
Marvin Lubin 2 tackles
Randal Gibson 2 tackles
Soibi Ogbanga 1 tackle, 1 TFL
Thomas Washington 2 tackles
Thad Williams 2 tackles, 1 sack
Gerald Dyer 1 tackle
Justin Johnson 1 tackle