UTM at UCA

[MavK9]

Anyone care about this game? xconfusedx


UTM - 0
UCA - 7
1st quarter 9:54

[MavK9]

UTM - 0
UCA - 14
1st quarter 8:56

[MSUBear42]

MO State cares about that game.

[MavK9]

opening of this games sounds familiar, kind of like last week!

[MSUBear42]

Wish I could say the same about our game

[MavK9]

UTM - 0
UCA - 20
2nd quarter 10:02

missed PAT

[MavK9]

UTM - 0
UCA - 27
2nd quarter 5:39

[MavK9]

Don Chapman breaks UTM's all-time career rushing yards previously held by Bobby Fowler, 4,033 yards.

Puts him in 7th place all-time for the OVC.

[MavK9]

UTM - 6
UCA - 27
2nd quarter 0:40

missed PAT

[MSUBear42]

Is UTM playing bad or is UCA just good??

[MavK9]

UTM is playing horribly. Couple of penalties, turnovers. Just not playing together. Last drive was a really good set of plays. Just turning it on too late.

[MavK9]

UTM - 6
UCA - 27
halftime

[Bear Fan 101]

after just leaving for the 1st half to come back down and get ready for a post game show...

UCA ios dominating every single aspect of this football game through the first half. Our line was getting pressure on just a 3 or 4 man rush when they passed. Our O-line is giving our QB plenty of time. Nathan Brown is 13-13 in the 1st half for 179 yards and 2 TDs, and he hasnt been hit yet when throwing the football, and has hit 8 different 8 receivers already. I'm not sure why UTM did not try to run the football in the first part of the game, but we'll take it.

All that being said, we have not been very good in the 3rd quarter, and with that last 4th down and inches punch in by UTM, the Bears still have some things to prove to come out with a win tonight.

That's a first hand look at the first half...

[MavK9]

thanks bear fan, much better recap than I could have provided. As of late, UTM turns it on in the 3rd and 4th quarters so this may still prove interesting!

[Bear Fan 101]

well we have yet to score a single point in the 3rd quarter, that is why we ended up getting beat last week at NW St, our 3rd killed us, so you are right, that is why it is a 60 minute game!

[MavK9]

UTM - 13
UCA - 27
3rd quarter 12:04

[Bear Fan 101]

27-13 UTM has scored both TD's on 4th and short... 13 unanswered for the Skyhawks, Bears about to get the ball for the 1st time in the 3rd quarter

[MSUBear42]

Wow...

[Bear Fan 101]

our QB Nathan Brown, with the 1st pass completion of the drive set a school record for 14 straight pass completions... Bears driving again...

[Bear Fan 101]

TOUCHDOWN BEARS! Brent Grimes 4 yard TD run, our first points of the 3rd quarter this season. Grimes with 3 TD runs tonight!

UCA 34
UTM 13

[MavK9]

UTM - 13
UCA - 34
3rd quarter 9:26


Congrats on your first 3rd quarter points!

[Bear Fan 101]

yeah, 3 games in and we finally see something on the scoreboard on our side in the 3rd quarter.... 2nd long pass completion of the night for UTM just wiped out on an offensive penalty

[MavK9]

We are killing ourselves, just like last week. Penalities penalties penalties!!
and a TD called back because of a flag!

[Bear Fan 101]

2 long completions including a highlite reel TD catch as heard of the 'ooooooohhhs' of the crowd have been wiped out on offensive penalties

[Bear Fan 101]

Dexter Anoka doing his best to keep his team in this game. What I cant figure out is why we arent seeing more of Chapman this game, or at least at the beginning. I thought he was a pre-season Payton Award nominee?

[MavK9]

he isn't producing. all the extra attention he has gotten has defenses ready for him and he can't overcome it.

[MavK9]

1st down called back on flag, td called back on flag, turnover on downs. Ridiculous

[Bear Fan 101]

got it. That makes sense to me. I jsut kind of figured he was the key coming in. But when you guys came out throwing it I was kinda shocked.

[MavK9]

I don't think chapman has been our leading rusher for a single game this year. He isn't getting it done so the coaches are looking for other options, taking away some touches for him.

[MavK9]

To show how much our defense has changed:

this year, in 3 games we have given up over 120 points.
last year, 115 pts in 9 games.

Man, we miss our defense!

[Bear Fan 101]

hey, it's a you got to produce world, no matter who is coming back. UTM driving again. Wish you could have came to Conway. We would have treated you real nice at the tailgates before the game.

[Bear Fan 101]

touchdown skyhawks

UCA 34
UTM 20
4:08 3rd Quarter

[MavK9]

that is what I heard. our radio commentators have said nothing but great things about all the hosiptality since they have been there. TOUCHDOWN Skyhawks!!!!!


UTM - 20
UCA - 34
3rd quarter 4:08

[Bear Fan 101]

we enjoy taking care of our guests, that's for sure! I just hope your fans sitting around our students can say the same after the game.

[MavK9]

crowd sounds great. radio said over 10,000 in attendance. Not too shabby. of course we are lucky to get a quarter of that at home, and getting them to stay past halftime, forget about it.

[Bear Fan 101]

End of 3rd Quarter, with the Skyhawks driving

UCA 34
UTM 20

[MavK9]

theres some chapman action for ya! 58 yd TD run

[Bear Fan 101]

uh oh, 58 yard TD run by Don Chapman... hmmm, there he is, and now he has 95 yards on 9 carries...

34-27 UCA hanging on with 13:48 left in the game

[MSUBear42]

Sounds like a good game.

[Bear Fan 101]

TOUCHDOWN BEARS!

Brent Grimes 4th TD run of the night gives UCA a 41-27 lead with 10:26 plus left in the game.

[MavK9]

Don Chapman has his 18th career 100 yd game.

[Bear Fan 101]

Jerrod Dale INT RETURN for TD! 96 Yards for the Interception...

[Bear Fan 101]

UCA 48
UTM 27

6:00 plus in the game!

[MavK9]

beautiful play

[MSUBear42]

Man, looking forward to seeing UCA in Springfield next week for the Bear bowl.

[Bear Fan 101]

I like the name of that, 'The Bear Bowl', now all we need to do is find a sponsor!

[Bear Fan 101]

touchdown skyhawks...

UCA 48
UTM 34
2:49 4th Qtr

[MavK9]

UTM - 34
UCA - 48

4th quarter 2:49

[MavK9]

we are half-assed hanging in there.

[MavK9]

Congrats UCA. Very well played game. Wish we could have provided a little more competition for you.

[MSUBear42]

UCA, will you guys travel well up to MSU?

[Bear Fan 101]

not sure, I'll get back to you guys, got to do a postgame show tonight, nice chatting with you guys

[BEAR]

Hey UTM,

You're #6 receiver was phenomenal! That guy can catch nearly anything in his time zone! Great game tonight but it looked like you were overmatched until the second half when the backups hit the field and you moved the ball with ease on us. Good luck with the rest of the year! Your fans are a class act and I Enjoyed the first home game and victory! xthumbsupx

[MavK9]

I am glad our fans that travelled represented us so well. If your ever down our way, make you stop in and say hey. And if it's for a game, please remember our fans that travelled, and not the ones at the UTM home game.

[MavK9]

#6 is Roren Thomas. In the past he hasn't been used a whole lot. Last year he had 2 rushing attempts for 49 yds and 2 catches for 73 yds with 1 td. He's only a sophmore so we are hoping for big things from him.

I am also impressed with #16, E.J. Daniel. Last year he was named to the OVC All-Newcomer team and had a couple of impressive touches in this game. Now if we can find some D we can compete!

[MavK9]

DEFENSIVE WOES CONTINUE TO HURT SKYHAWKS AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS

CONWAY, Ark. --- For the second consecutive week the University of Tennessee at Martin had trouble stopping an opponent. Central Arkansas' Brent Grimes rushed for 92 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries to lead the host Bears to a 48-34 victory over the Skyhawks Saturday night.

Nathan Brown completed 20-of-23 passes, including 14 consecutive passes, for 250 yards and two touchdowns.

Jarrod Dale picked off two passes and piled up 122 return yards and a touchdown. Dale's 96-yard interception return with 6:39 remaining in the game sealed the Bears' victory.

The Skyhawks defensive woes were visible early as Central Arkansas scored twice in the first quarter and added two more touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 27-6 lead a the intermission.

The Skyhawks won the battle in the third quarter, out scoring UCA 14-7. EJ Daniel caught two touchdown passes in the quarter. He caught one for 3 yards and a score and the other for 16 yards and paydirt. However, UCA led at the end of the third quarter 34-20.

Don Chapman opened the fourth quarter with a 58 yard run for a touchdown. The long carry helped Chapman, a 5-10, 215-pound tailback from Marrietta, Ga., set a new career record for most yards rushing.

Chapman entered the game 11 yards shy of breaking Bobby Fowler's mark of 4,033. Fowler played for UT Martin from 1956-59.

Chapman finished the game with 104 yards and the touchdown on 13 carries. The 100-yard effort marked the 19th time in Chapman's career that he has rushed for more than 100 yards in a game.

Despite 480 yards of total offense, penalties also proved costly for the Skyhawks who were flagged seven times for 72 yards. Four of the seven penalties came on one drive in the fourth quarter.

[Purple Pride]

By STEVE EAST
UCA SID

The University of Central Arkansas Bears put up a season-high 48 points on their brand new scoreboard Saturday in a 48-34 victory over Tennessee-Martin in their home opener at the newly christened First Security Field at Estes Stadium.

Junior quarterback Nathan Brown broke out of a minor slump and tied a school record by completing his first 14 consecutive passes to lead the Bears to the 15-point victory before an enthusiastic crowd of 10,837. The Bears’ highlights played regularly on the new 30-by-17 foot videoboard in the south end zone of the stadium.

The Bears (1-2) jumped out to a 27-0 lead late in the second quarter, with sophomore tailback Brent Grimes scoring two of his four rushing touchdowns, both from 1 yard out. Brown also hit sophomore Preston Echols with a 26-yard touchdown pass and redshirt freshman Willie Landers with a 49-yarder.

The Skyhawks found the end zone just before halftime on Marcus Dawson’s 1-yard run with 40 seconds left for a 27-6 halftime deficit.UTM closed the gap to 27-13 on their first possession of the second half but Grimes answered again with his third touchdown, a 4-yarder. James Paul’s point-after made it 34-13 midway through the third quarter.

But the Skyhawks, who rallied for 24 points in the fourth quarter last week in a loss to Missouri State, scored consecutive touchdowns on an 18-yard pass from Dexter Anoka to E.J. Daniel and a 58-yard run by tailback Don Chapman, making it 34-27 early in the fourth quarter.

Grimes reached the end zone again, capping an eight-play, 55-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run with 10:26 remaining, good for a 41-27 UCA lead. Martin drove deep into UCA territory before sophomore safety Jarrod Dale intercepted Anoka’s pass at the 4 and went 96 yards for the touchdown, the second-longest interception return in school history. Charles Strong had a 100-yard return back in 1980.

That gave the Bears a more comfortable cushion at 48-27 before the Skyhawks added a late touchdown on Trace McDermott’s 3-yard run to set the final.

Brown completed 20 of 23 passes for the game, for 250 yards and a pair of touchdowns. His 83 percent completion rate was the third best in school history. Grimes’ four touchdowns was a career high and tied him for second-most ever. Dale grabbed another interception and finished with a school-record 122 yards in returns.

The Bears tallied 416 yards of total offense, with Grimes leading the way on the ground with 86 yards on 22 carries. Echols led the receiving corps with five catches for 77 yards.

UTM finished with 480 yards of offense, with Chapman rushing for 104 yards to become the Skyhawks career rushing leader. Daniel caught eight passes for 151 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Anoka completed 17 of 31 passes for 219 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

The Bears travel to Springfield, Mo., next week to take on Missouri State. Game time is 6 p.m.

Box Score (Final)
Tennessee-Martin vs CENTRAL ARKANSAS (Sep 15, 2007 at Conway, Ark.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Tennessee-Martin.... 0 6 14 14 - 34 Record: (0-3)
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.... 14 13 7 14 - 48 Record: (1-2)

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Scoring Summary:
1st 09:54 UCA - Grimes,Brent 1 yd run (Duhon,Ryan kick), 11-46 5:06, UTM 0 - UCA 7
08:56 UCA - Echols,Preston 26 yd pass from Brown,Nathan (Duhon,Ryan kick), 1-26 0:06, UTM 0 - UCA 14
2nd 10:02 UCA - Grimes,Brent 1 yd run (Duhon,Ryan kick failed), 12-71 5:55, UTM 0 - UCA 20
05:39 UCA - Landers,Willie 49 yd pass from Brown,Nathan (Paul,James kick), 6-74 2:27, UTM 0 - UCA 27
00:40 UTM - DAWSON, Marcus 1 yd run (HANSEN, Tom kick failed), 10-59 4:48, UTM 6 - UCA 27
3rd 12:04 UTM - DANIEL, E.J. 3 yd pass from ANOKA, Dexter (HANSEN, Tom kick), 8-34 2:48, UTM 13 - UCA 27
09:26 UCA - Grimes,Brent 4 yd run (Paul,James kick), 11-63 2:38, UTM 13 - UCA 34
04:08 UTM - DANIEL, E.J. 18 yd pass from ANOKA, Dexter (HANSEN, Tom kick), 7-78 1:30, UTM 20 - UCA 34
4th 13:48 UTM - CHAPMAN, Don 58 yd run (HANSEN, Tom kick), 3-82 1:12, UTM 27 - UCA 34
10:26 UCA - Grimes,Brent 2 yd run (Paul,James kick), 8-55 3:13, UTM 27 - UCA 41
06:39 UCA - Dale,Jarrod 96 yd interception return (Paul,James kick), , UTM 27 - UCA 48
02:49 UTM - McDERMOTT, Trac 3 yd run (HANSEN, Tom kick), 12-81 3:45, UTM 34 - UCA 48

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UTM UCA
FIRST DOWNS................... 23 24
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 31-165 46-166
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 315 250
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 42-24-2 23-20-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 73-480 69-416
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-1 2--19
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 8-163 3-87
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 2-122
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 2-45.5 3-36.7
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 7-72 5-51
Possession Time............... 28:41 31:19
Third-Down Conversions........ 3 of 13 10 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 4 of 6 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-5 4-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 1-4

RUSHING: Tennessee-Martin-CHAPMAN, Don 13-104; ANOKA, Dexter 8-32; DAWSON,
Marcus 6-21; McDERMOTT, Trac 3-8; THOMPSON, Cade 1-0. CENTRAL
ARKANSAS-Grimes,Brent 22-86; Ceaser,Leonard 10-34; Marks,Curtis 4-26;
Brown,Nathan 4-13; Logan,Cedric 1-3; Ware,Eric 1-3; Brown,Ross 2-1; TEAM
1-0; McNeal,Darrius 1-0.

PASSING: Tennessee-Martin-ANOKA, Dexter 17-31-2-219; THOMPSON, Cade
5-6-0-55; PRESTON, Greg 2-5-0-41. CENTRAL ARKANSAS-Brown,Nathan 20-23-0-250.

RECEIVING: Tennessee-Martin-DANIEL, E.J. 8-151; THOMAS, Roren 8-103;
CHAPMAN, Don 3-19; AKBAR, Jamaal 2-14; YOUNG, Brandyn 1-12; JOHNSON, Leron
1-10; BUCHANAN, Jerem 1-6. CENTRAL ARKANSAS-Echols,Preston 5-77;
McNeal,Darrius 4-48; Grimes,Brent 3-30; Landers,Willie 2-56; Branson,Marquez
2-15; Kennemer,Brando 2-13; Ware,Eric 1-7; Twilley,Charles 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee-Martin-None. CENTRAL ARKANSAS-Dale,Jarrod 2-122.

FUMBLES: Tennessee-Martin-None. CENTRAL ARKANSAS-None.

Stadium: Estes Stadium Attendance: 10837
Kickoff time: 6 pm End of Game: 9:21 pm Total elapsed time: 3:21
Officials: Referee: Brian Ernest; Umpire: Bryan Liles; Linesman: B. Edwards;
Line judge: Tom Keeling; Back judge: Mike Defee; Field judge: Ronnie Ford;
Side judge: Terry Jones; Scorer: Cody Usher;
Temperature: 73 Wind: ENE 4 Weather: Clear