No. 11 Gorillas turnback No. 19 Ichabods 29-14
Oct. 7, 2006

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PITTSBURG, Kan. - The No. 11 Pittsburg State Gorillas handed the No. 19 ranked Washburn Ichabods their first loss of the MIAA season in a 29-14 setback at Carnie Smith Stadium in Pittsburg. The loss was the Ichabods (4-2, 3-1 MIAA) 15th in a row in Pittsburg dating back to Oct. 29, 1977. The Ichabods will be back in action next Saturday in Yager Stadium when they will battle No. 2 ranked Northwest Missouri at 1 p.m.
The Gorillas (5-1, 3-1 MIAA) took the first lead of the game on a Nathan Alleman 27-yard field goal, but on the next possession, Trent Hearn caught a 49-yard screen pass capping a 5-play 65-yard dirve putting the Ichabods up 7-3.
Another PSU field goal by Alleman cut the lead to one a 7-6 with 2:35 to play in the first quarter.
PSU scored the only points of the second quarter on a 39-yard pass play from Geno Walters, who entered the game for the injured Mark Smith, to Bryan Pray putting the Gorillas up 12-7 entering the halftime break.
At halftime, the Ichabods held PSU's all-American running back Germaine Race to 42 yards, with 31 yards coming on one carry and 54 yards total rushing. However, the Ichabods were whistled for 78 yards in penalties, while the Gorillas went the first half without one being called.
To open the second half, PSU took the opening kickoff and traveled 75 yards in 1:26 pushing the lead to 12 at 19-7 with 13:23 remaining in the third quarter.
Ra'Shawn Mosley dove in from 4-yards out with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter to cut PSU's lead to 19-14, but it is as close as the Ichabods would get the rest of the way as the Gorillas added a touchdown and a field goal in the final 10:59 of the final quarter leading to the 29-14 win.
Mosley led the Ichabods on the ground with 97 yards rushing averaging 6.5 yards per carry. Treant Hearn had 23 yards on the ground, but recorded new career highs in receptions (5) and yards (78) accounting for 101 all-purpose yards.
Sam Sissom had four receptions for 55 yards raising his career total to 3,138 passing Michael Dritleins' Washburn total of 3,103 for first on the all-time receving chart.