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Mules Crush SBU Bearcats

Jacob Glose led the Mules defense with 12 tackles, including 2.5 for loss.

The University of Central Missouri Mules scored the game’s first 28 points and coasted to a 56-14 victory over the winless Southwest Baptist Bearcats on Saturday at Plaster Stadium.

The Mules (6-3, 5-2 MIAA) moved into a four-way tie for second place in the MIAA with the win. They were led on the day by three different quarterbacks as they combined for 327 yards passing and three touchdowns.

Eric Czerniewski got the Mules started on the first possession of the game as he connected with Tim Richmond from 37 yards out for a 7-0 lead. The Bearcats (0-9, 0-7 MIAA) tried to answer on their next drive but missed a 38 yard field goal to the left.

Central Missouri would take full advantage of that when freshman quarterback Tommy Corwin came in to lead his first drive of the season. He took them 79 yards in 11 plays, capped by a one-yard touchdown from Glenn Milner.

Meanwhile the Mules defense was all over the vaunted passing attack of the Bearcats, getting pressure on quarterback Steve Gachette all day long. They sacked him seven times and recorded 16 tackles for loss.

The Mules went back to Czerniewski on the third drive of the game and he kept up the pace, rolling 61 yards in seven plays. It was capped by his second touchdown pass, this time to Edgar Givens from six yards out.

After the UCM defense stopped SBU on fourth down, Corwin came in to try and extend the scoring streak. It wasn’t to be though as the Bearcats picked off his pass at the UCM 27. Reigning MIAA Defensive Player of the Week John Wood recorded another sack (his fifth consecutive game) and forced a Gachette fumble that SBU recovered. It did the damage though as the Bearcats were forced to attempt a 49 yard field goal that they missed left.

It took only two plays for the Mules to capitalize again as Czerniewski dumped off a short pass to Milner that he took 58 yards down the middle of the field to set up a 10 yard touchdown run by Jeremy Braden.

The Bearcats would get a touchdown just before the break but the Mules ended the threat on the first drive of the third quarter, going 55 yards in nine plays to make it 35-7. Czerniewski rushed it in from a yard out for his third scoring drive of the game.

The Bearcats scored their final touchdown of the game a couple drives later but the Mules finished strong, scoring three touchdowns in the final period.

Glenn Milner had the answering score, sprinting to a 54 yard touchdown to get him over the 100-yard mark for the sixth time in MIAA play. He also became only the third player in Central Missouri history to go over 100 points in a season (Kegan Coleman and Lee Thompson did it twice each).

Junior Stinson Dean played most of the final quarter and went 3-of-3 for 79 yards and a 17-yard score to Givens.

The Mules recorded 211 yards rushing to tally 538 yards of total offense on the day. They also held SBU to 287 yards passing on 55 attempts while stopping its rush to only 55 yards.

Milner finished with 120 yards rushing and 178 all-purpose yards while Anthony Parks had 7 catches for 87 yards and 195 all-purpose with his kick and punt returns. Defensively, freshman Jacob Glose stepped up again for the banged up secondary and led the squad with 12 tackles (2.5 for loss). Czerniewski was 11-of-13 for 175 yards as the three QB’s combined for a 19-of-23 performance.