USD Football 1994

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San Diego Downs Cal Lutheran 29-24 To Even RecordAt 2-2

GAME #5: The Toreros (2-2) host Valparaiso University (3-0) tonight in Pioneer Footba11 League action. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Torero Stadium. THE COACHES: USD's Brian Fogarty (CS Los Angeles, 1975) is in his 12th season with theToreros and is searching for his 8th straight winning season. He is 2-2 this season and carries a career mark of 62-46-3 (.570). Fogarty's 1993 club, the school's first at the NCAA I-AA level, finished 6-4 overa11 and 1-4 in the PFL. VU's Tom Horne (Wis.-LaCrosse, 1976) is in his 6th year with the Crusaders. He is 3-0 this season and owns a career mark of 13-40-1. SERIES RECORD: Valparaiso leads the series 1-0 after last season's 35-25 victory ... VU's Rob Rayl passed for 363 yards with Doug Holok on the receiving end of 12 passes for 210 yards ... USD's Jermaine Rucker rushed for 215 yards and one TD on 15 carries. 1994 PFL STANDINGS (thru Sept. 24): Drake (3-0/1-0), Valparaiso (3-0/0-0), Butler (3-1/0-0), Dayton (2-1/0-0), Evansville (2-1/0-0), San Diego (2-2/0-1). PFL GAMES FOR OCT. 1st: Butler at Drake, Evansville at Dayton, Valparaiso at San Diego. TORERO CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED: Captains for the 1994 season are as fo11ows: offensive captains include senior QB Vince Moiso (Tigard, OR) and senior OT Matt Taylor (Phoenix, AZ) while defensive captains include senior NG Adam Smith (Coronado, CA) and senior ILB Tim Lynch (Houston, TX). TORERONOTES: San Diego evened its 1994 record at 2-2with Saturday's29-24 come-from-behind victory over visiting California Lutheran (CLU jumped outto a 21-3 lead on three rushingTDs byTB Terrance Thomas of44, 62 and 1 yards) ... USD closed to within 10-21 just before halftime when QB Vince Moiso connected with HB Evan Hlavacek for a 5-yardTD with eighteen ticks on the clock ... the Toreros added third period rushing TDs byMoiso (5 yards) and Jermaine Rucker (9 yards) to take a 24-21 lead after three quarters ... CLU evened the score at 24-a11 on a 27-yard Dan Leffler field goal with 9:58 to go in the game ... USD then answered back with their own 27-yard FG by Matt Young (he kicked a 33-yarder in the second quarter) with 3:59 to go in the game to take the lead for good ... USD earned its final two points when the Torero defense sacked CLU's Ryan Huisenga in the endzone for a 2-point safetywith five seconds to go ... Moiso had a solid outing finishing 18-of-30 for214 yards and 1TD ... leading receivers included Harold Green (4 for 59 yards) and Evan Hlavacek (4 for 35 yards) ... sophomore FB Jermaine Rucker postedhis fourth consecutive 100+yard day as he netted 149 yards on 27 carries (after four games Jermaine is averaging 148.0 yards per game) ... junior kicker Matt Young was 2-for-3 in field goals and a perfect 3-for-3 in PAT kicks for 9 points ... defensively the Toreros were again paced by junior FS Doug Popovich (16 tackles, 1 interception and 1 blocked punt)-Doug leads the team with 63 tackles and 2 interceptions ... sophomore DB Jeb Dougherty (6 tackles, 1 pass deflection, 1 forced fumble) and freshman Buddy Brown (6 tackles, 1 QB hurry) also played we11. VALPARAISO UPDATE: This past Saturday the Crusaders upped their season record to 3-0 with a 45-10 victory against Kalamazoo College ... their other wins are against St. Ambrose (34-12) andMillikin (9-6) ... after three games Valparaiso is averaging 29.3 ppg while their defense is limiting opponents tojust 9.3 ppg ... VU started their 1993 season 3-0 before finishing at 5-5 ... in this past weekend's game against Kalamazoo, the score was tied at 3-3 heading into the second quarter - VU outscored their opponent 28-0 in the second period to run away with the game ... the Crusaders used twelve different rushers in gaining 251 yards on 54 carries with sophomore QB Nick Browder leading the way with 64 yards on 11 carries ... Browder was 9-of-16 through the air for 159 yards and 3 TDs ... for the game, VU totaled 428 yards while limiting Kalamazoo to just 207 yards (75 rush/132 pass) ... sophomore OLB Tim Riesen was named this week's PFL Special Teams Player of the Week-Riesen blocked a KC punt which teammate Doug Holok returned for a four-yard VU touchdown. NEXT WEEK: The Toreros play a nonconference tilt at Wagner College (Staten Island, New York) on Saturday, October 8th. Kickoffis 1:30 p.m. at Fischer Memorial Stadium. The Toreros return home October 15th for their homecoming game as they host the University of Evansville in a 1:00 p.m. contest.