EOU brings back win from Butte

MOUNTAINEER MAYHEM: The EOU defense helped stifle the Montana Tech offense during a 32-20 win in Butte, Mont., Saturday. Photo courtsey of EOU Athletics

EOU eclipsed Montana Tech in Butte, Mont., 32-20 Saturday. The win pushed the Mountaineers’ record to 3-0 in conference and 3-1 overall.

Thomas Akers opened the scoring for the away team with a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter.

Kevin Sampson continued to show what he can do in the run game, picking up 120 yards on eight attempts. Sampson opened the third quarter scoring with a 39-yard touchdown run.

Chris Ware completed 27 of his 35 pass attempts for 289 yards. Ware found Miller and Jordyn Jackson on scoring plays of 10 and 20 yards, respectively.

EOU hosts Montana State University-Northern Northern Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Lights, ranked No. 16, stumbled at home against Montana Western, falling 27-21.

EOU    3    7    7    15    –    32

Montana Tech    7    0    7    6    –    20

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

MTT - Skyler Knuchel 3 yd run (Sean Kelly kick)

EOU - Thomas Akers 27 yd FG                         

Second Quarter

EOU - Kirk Miller 12 yd run (Akers kick)          

Third Quarter

EOU - Kevin Sampson 39 yd run (Akers kick)  

MTT - Knuchel 4 yd run (Kelley kick)              

Fourth Quarter

EOU - Miller 10 yd from Chris Ware (Akers Kick)

EOU - Jordyn Jackson 20 yd from Ware (Akers kick)

MTT - Drew Savage 22 yd from Matt Komac  (Int ret Howard McDonald)

    EOU    Tech

First downs    23    26

Rushes-yards    34-267    46-184

Passing yards    289    215

Comp-att-int    27-35-0    28-16-1

Punts    4-46.8    5-39.2

Fumbles-lost    0-0    0-0

Punt returns-yards    2-14    4-19

Kickoff returns-yards    2-33    4-61

Penalties-yards    10-56    3-13

Third-down conversions    4 of 13    7 of 16

Fourth-down conversions    0 of 3    2 of 2

Sacks by–yards lost    2-9    4-13

Time of possession    00:00    00:00

RUSHING— EOU, Kevin Sampson 8-120; Chris Ware 14-72; Joel Haran 7-39; Kirk Miller 2-21; Mike Corral 2-13; Jake Burroughs 1-2. Montana Tech- Skyler Knuchel 14-9, Drew Savage 16-50, Matt Komac 11-34, J.T. McIntyre 1-7; Rylan Brenneman 2-6; Clay McQueary 1-2,  Trent Thomas 1-(minus 6).

PASSING — EOU, Chris Ware 27-35-0-289. Montana Tech, Matt Komac 16-28-1-215.

RECEIVING — EOU, Miller 7-59; Mike Corral 5-90; Rick Copsey 5-37; Jordyn Jackson 4-57; Justin Reynolds 3-12; Sampson 1-19; Listek 1-15; Dillon Bedford 1-0. Montana Tech, McIntyre 8-73; Thomas 3-31;  Brenneman 1-37; Adam Schilling 1-34; Savage 1-22; Kyle Lewis 1-10; Jareth Wilson 1-8.