September 17, 2005
Football
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cards Roll Up 602 Yards in 42-3 Win over Findlay

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals won their third straight game to start the season by a score of 42-3 on Saturday (September 17th). Saginaw Valley State University put their mark on the game early with a 21-0 lead after the first quarter, and finished the game outscoring Findlay 21-3 the rest of the way.
Saginaw Valley back Logan Barnhart (Haslett, Mich.) started the scoring with a 60-yard run less than a minute and a half into the game. The Cardinals only minutes later scored on a 55-yard pass from Chris Dougherty (Grinnell, Iowa) to Tony Awrey (Saginaw, Mich./Nouvel Catholic) on the first play of the drive. With 4:53 left in the first quarter, Barnhart scored again on a 3 yard run to give the Cardinals a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Late in the second quarter the Cardinals continued with their theme in the first quarter by capping off a seven-play, 90 yard drive with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Steve Brander (Jenison, Mich.) from Dougherty with 34 seconds left in the half.
The third quarter marked Findlay’s only points of the game with a 27 yard field goal by Roland Hamilton. However, the Cardinals scored two touchdowns in the 4th quarter to put the game away. Both touchdowns were passes from Dougherty to Barnhart and Bob Awrey (Freeland, Mich.) respectively.
Saginaw Valley’s offense out-gained Findlay’s by a count of 602 yards of total offense to 133 yards. SVSU managed 347 yards through the air, while holding Findlay to just 58 passing yards all game. The Cardinals also gained more yards on ground than Findlay by rushing for 180 more yards then their opponent (255-75).
The Cardinals were led by Dougherty, who completed 27-of-41 passes for 347 yards and four touchdowns. Freshman Tony Awrey capitalized most on Dougherty’s big game by getting his first 100 yard receiving game of his young career. Barnhart also had a career day with 143 yards on the ground, and three touchdowns. The Cardinals defense was led by Josh Miller (Waterford, Mich./Mott), who had three sacks to go along with his eight tackles. Not far behind was Saginaw Valley’s Dan Fodrocy (Muskegon, Mich./Catholic Central), who had eight tackles and two sacks.
Michael Simpson led the way for Findlay with 79 rushing yards on 22 carries.
The win pushes the Cardinals to 3-0 (3-0 GLIAC), while Findlay drops to 3-1 (2-1 GLIAC). The Cardinals next game is at Hillsdale on Saturday, September 24th at 7:00 pm.

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