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No. 1 ranked Snow College had no trouble on the road against the Pima Aztecs, amassing 383 yards on the ground en route to a 58-21 trouncing in Tucson, Ariz. Saturday.
Niu Takai had 18 carries for 163 yards and two touchdowns and Soni Sotele carried the ball 15 times for 162 yards and three touchdowns as the Badgers ran the ball at will.
Snow jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead behind a 20 yard touchdown strike from Houston Erbstoesser to Adam Frandsen and a 12 yard Sotele run. The Badgers never looked back, taking a 38-7 lead into halftime.
Snow put up 518 total yards, allowing only 155. Pima amassed 208 yards in the air but Snow was able to turn the Aztecs 24 carries into a -53 yard output.
"Our run defense just keeps putting up great numbers," said Snow head coach Steve Coburn. "When the opposing team runs for negative 50 yards, that gives us a great chance to win."
Snow finishes its road schedule Saturday, traveling to Scottsdale, Ariz. Kickoff is schedule for 7 p.m.
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Box Score (Final)Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Badgers............. 14 24 13 7 - 58 Record: (8-0,5-0) Aztecs.............. 7 0 14 0 - 21 Record: (1-8,0-6)
Scoring Summary:
SNOW - PIMA 1st 11:21 SNOW - Adam Frandsen 20 yd pass from Houston Erbstoe (Joe Phillips kick) 1 play, 20 yards, TOP 0:04 7 - 0 05:26 SNOW - Vili Soni Sotel 12 yd run (Joe Phillips kick) 9 plays, 65 yards, TOP 4:22 14 - 0 00:00 PIMA - Malcolm Shepher 17 yd pass from Armando Pena (Leandro Pienhei kick) 5 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:25 14 - 7 2nd 11:18 SNOW - Adam Frandsen 8 yd pass from Houston Erbstoe (Joe Phillips kick) 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:42 21 - 7 06:26 SNOW - Niu Takai 1 yd run (Joe Phillips kick) 4 plays, 56 yards, TOP 3:40 28 - 7 03:26 SNOW - Vili Soni Sotel 34 yd run (Joe Phillips kick) 2 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:11 35 - 7 00:26 SNOW - Joe Phillips 49 yd field goal 9 plays, 34 yards, TOP 1:26 38 - 7 3rd 08:43 PIMA - Bryson Harringt 4 yd pass from Ryan Morgan (Leandro Pienhei kick) 12 plays, 77 yards, TOP 6:11 38 - 14 07:40 SNOW - Vili Soni Sotel 2 yd run (Joe Phillips kick) 2 plays, 15 yards, TOP 1:03 45 - 14 03:19 SNOW - Niu Takai 3 yd run (Regan Buck rush failed) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:46 51 - 14 00:53 PIMA - Bryson Harringt 7 yd pass from Ryan Morgan (Leandro Pienhei kick) 7 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:26 51 - 21 4th 04:32 SNOW - Tanner Brown 3 yd run (Joe Phillips kick) 13 plays, 80 yards, TOP 7:41 58 - 21 FIRST DOWNS................... 30 12 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 53-383 24--53 PASSING YDS (NET)............. 135 208 Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 25-12-0 32-15-3 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 78-518 56-155 Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards............ 3-23 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 2-105 7-99 Interception Returns-Yards.... 3-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg)............ 2-44.0 7-36.4 Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards............... 12-111 10-89 Possession Time........... ... 37:21 23:28 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 6-4Badgers-Niu Takai 18-163; Vili Soni Sotel 15-162; Tanner Brown 13-75; Rudy Brooks 2-6; Regan Buck 1-4; Mike Jensen 1-minus 1; Houston Erbstoe 3-minus 26. Aztecs-Bobby Ybarra 5-8; Andrew Johnson 1-7; Armando Pena 4-0; Alejandro Leon 8-minus 6; Ryan Morgan 6-minus 62.PASSING: Badgers-Houston Erbstoe 11-22-0-128; Mike Jensen 1-3-0-7. Aztecs-Ryan Morgan 12-21-1-162; Armando Pena 3-11-2-46.RECEIVING: Badgers-Adam Frandsen 3-48; Regan Buck 3-39; Vili Soni Sotel 2-21; Troy Cummings 1-8; Travis O'Brien 1-7; Peter Tuitopou 1-6; Kimball Burton 1-6. Aztecs-Malcolm Shepher 5-104; Bryson Harringt 3-36; Bobby Ybarra 2-15; Benjamin Minor 2-10; Andrew Johnson 1-19; David Spencer 1-18; Alejandro Leon 1-6.INTERCEPTIONS: Badgers-Andrew Rich 1-0; Stephon Thrash 1-0; Skye Povey 1-0. Aztecs-None.Stadium: Friedli Field Attendance: 350 Kickoff time: 2:00 End of Game: 5:01 Total elapsed time: 3:01 Officials: Referee: Mike Traina; Umpire: Doug Johnson; Linesman: Lute Olson; Line judge: Mike Stoops; Back judge: Bill Baker; Field judge: Sonny Dyche; Side judge: Jim Livengoo; Scorer: Brad James; Temperature: 90 Wind: Slight Weather: MarvelousBadgers vs Aztecs (Oct 20, 2007 at Tucson, Ariz.)SACKS (UA-A): Badgers-Coleby Clawson 2-1; Josh Sharp 2-1; James Aiono 0-1; Joey Schrader 0-1. Aztecs-Aaron Richardso 0-1; Dustin Pope 0-1; Victor Umeh 1-0.TACKLES (UA-A): Badgers-Josh Sharp 6-6; Coleby Clawson 4-2; A.J. Van Valken 2-4; Braden Frampton 3-2; Joey Schrader 1-3; James Aiono 1-3; John Tauteoli 1-3; Jared Galvin 2-1; Josh Andersen 2-1; Andrew Rich 1-1; Tysean Thrash 0-2; Shane Hunter 1-0; Nate Pope 0-1; Stephon Thrash 0-1; Skye Povey 0-1; Joe Phillips 0-1; Niu Takai 0-1; Jake Palmer 0-1. Aztecs-Killion Kolter 6-4; Kade Creviston 4-5; Aaron Richardso 2-5; Delbert Gallego 5-1; Patrick Medina 4-2; Victor Umeh 3-3; Joseph Frias 1-4; Joseph Bangali 3-1; Jesse Colter 2-1; Dustin Pope 1-2; Darrick Johnson 2-0; Marcus Brown 1-1; Mike Rademacher 1-0; Leandro Pienhei 1-0; Dieu Gibenson 1-0; Kevin Keeton 1-0; Robert Rodrigue 1-0; Bubba Clement 0-1; Rusty Stanton 0-1; D'Narryl Austin 0-1; Chris Stamps 0-1; 25 0-1.
