YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP)—Kurt Hess threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to lead Youngstown State in a 56-14 rout over Western Illinois on Saturday.
The Penguins (5-3, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference) dominated from the start, scoring on the first play of the game, en route to a 49-0 lead. Hess threw a 70-yard TD to Christian Bryan eight seconds into the game.
After a 13-yard TD run by Hess, a 2-yard TD run by Jamaine Cook and a 69-yard TD from Hess to Jelanie Berassa, the Penguins led 28-0 in the first quarter.
Hess who was 7 of 10 for 209 yards, also threw TDs of 17 yards to Kevin Watts and 28 yards to Kintrell Disher.
The Penguins also got 111 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries by Cook.
The Leathernecks (2-6, 1-4) ended the shutout on Nikko Watson’s 5-yard touchdown run with 5:21 left in the third quarter.
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, C Bryan 70 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 0:18 1st Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, K Hess 13 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 6:05 1st
Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Cook 2 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 11:34 1st
Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Berassa 69 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 15:00 1st Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Cook 4 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 2:42 2nd
Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, K Watts 17 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 10:05 2nd Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, K Disher 28 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 5:59 3rd Qtr
WESTRN ILLINOIS-TD, N Watson 5 YD RUN (P Smith KICK) 9:39
3rd Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, E Ducatel 11 YD PASS FROM M Kanetsky (D
Brown KICK) 14:31 3rd Qtr
WESTRN ILLINOIS-TD, T Crump 4 YD PASS FROM J Hudson (P
Smith KICK) 3:52 4th Qtr
WESTRN ILLINOIS YOUNGSTOWN ST
First downs 18 18
Rushed-yards 47-196 44-268
Passing yards 136 220
Sacked-yards lost 1-5 0-0
Return yards -10 52
Passes 13-24-2 8-11-0
Punts 8-37.5 6-39.8
Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1
Penalties-yards 7-64 7-90
Time of possession 30:38 29:22
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: WESTRN ILLINOIS-Nikko Watson 30-149, Josh Hudson 4-23, Cody
Reardon 1-12, Larry Patterson 8-9, Rick Richardson 2-2, Wil Lunt 2-1.
YOUNGSTOWN ST-Jamaine Cook 17-111, Jordan Thompson 11-61, Adaris
Bellamy 9-46, Kurt Hess 5-43, Torrian Pace 2-7.
PASSING: WESTRN ILLINOIS-Josh Hudson 10-21-93- 2, Cody Reardon 2-2-32-
0, Wil Lunt 1-1-11- 0. YOUNGSTOWN ST-Kurt Hess 7-10-209- 0, Marc
Kanetsky 1-1-11- 0.
RECEIVING: WESTRN ILLINOIS-Terriun Crump 5-47, Justin Morgan 2-37,
Aaron Muhammad 2-34, Charles Chestnut 2-18, Rick Richardson 1-7, Larry
Patterson 1-MINUS 7. YOUNGSTOWN ST-Christian Bryan 1-70, Jelani
Berassa 1-69, Kintrell Disher 1-28, Jamaine Cook 2-19, Kevin Watts
1-17, Ely Ducatel 1-11, Adaris Bellamy 1-6.
Att: 11,583