Peru State College Athletic Media Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Dave Walker
Sports Information Director
402.872.2344 or
dwalker@oakmail.peru.edu
Bobcats Fall to #16
Jamestown in Football Season Opener
(PERU, NE) The Peru State Bobcats opened the
2007 fall football campaign last Saturday at the Oak
Bowl in front of a large home crowd, however, the
#16 ranked Jamestown College Jimmies topped the
'Cats 36-7.
Jamestown
opened a 12-0 margin after one quarter on a pair of
Bryan Loweree field goals (38 and 21 yards) and a 60
yard pass and run from QB Tanner Kelting to WR Zack
Bolger that covered 60 yards. A second Bolger
touchdown with :42 left in the half, this one a pass
from Josh Kittell covering 14 yards, gave the
Jimmies a 19-0 cushion at intermission.
JC added a Kelting to Marcus McCrary TD pass
covering 14 yards at 11:24 of the third for a 26-0
lead before the Bobcats got on the scoreboard at the
3:32 mark on a nine yard toss and run from Derek
Falor (Sioux Falls, SD) to Lynn Meyer (Johnson).
Bryan Miller (Nebraska City) added the PAT cutting
the deficit to 26-7, however, the Jimmies added a 43
yard interception return of a Falor pass and another
Loweree field goal in the final session for the
final 36-7 margin.
The Bobcats
ran more plays (66-64) in the contest but the
Jimmies held a 342-216 advantage in total yards.
Jamestown was held to only 93 yards rushing in 34
attempts but the QB tandem of Kelting and Kittell
completed 21 of 30 passes against the 'Cats defense
for 249 yards and three touchdowns. Peru State
rushed for 105 yards led by senior Mike Mertens
(Hastings) with 66 yards on 21 carries. Meyer added
30 yards on eight carries. Falor and backup Jim
Dawson (Lincoln) completed nine of 33 passes for 111
yards. Falor suffered a pair of interceptions. Tight
end Ty Ratliff (Shenandoah, IA) led the receivers
with three catches for 54 yards.
The Bobcats
defense was led by linebacker Derek Derr (Maitland,
MO) with 3 solo and 7 assisted tackles. Jack
Critchfield (Omaha), Tyler DeBuhr (Auburn), Shane
Ryan (Greeley) and Matt Carlson (Auburn) each added
six tackles.
"We need to
be able to have players make plays when the team
needs them to," said Bobcats head coach Terry Clark.
"Jamestown was a very good team and they were not
going to make many mistakes. They played pretty much
the game we expected them to."
The Bobcats
hit the road this week for a Thursday night contest
with NCAA DII Minnesota State -Mankato at Blakeslee
Stadium in Mankato. Kick-off is set for 7:00 p.m.
The Bobcats then return to the Oak Bowl for three
straight weekends. "If we are going to take this
program to the next level we need to be able to
compete with teams that are from a higher level,"
said Clark.
PSC's
"Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is
nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's
first and fastest-growing college, Peru State offers
a unique mix of innovative online and traditional
classroom undergraduate and graduate programs,
including online graduate degrees in education and
organizational management. PSC is a member
institution of the Nebraska State College System.
For more information, visit
www.peru.edu or call
1-800-742-4412.
