Saturday, November 23
Arkadelphia, AR
12 p.m.
St. Cloud State
11-1
40
at
35
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Henderson State University
11-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
St. Cloud State Univ
7
20
7
6
40
Henderson State
7
7
7
14
35
Team Stats
SCSU
HSU
Total Yards
477
619
Pass Yards
310
567
Rushing Yards
167
52
Penalty Yards
45
49
1st Downs
24
31
3rd Downs
7
7
4th Downs
1
1
TOP
34:15
25:45
1st Quarter
SCSU 7, HSU 0
SCSU - White, Ledell 10 yd run (Mielke, Eric kick), 6 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:25
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SCSU 7, HSU 7
HSU - Joseph Snapp 7 yd pass from Kevin Rodgers (C. Gonsalves kick) 11 plays, 68 yards, TOP 3:57
2nd Quarter
SCSU 13, HSU 7
SCSU - Walker, Michael 1 yd run (Mielke, Eric kickblocked), 4 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:31
SCSU 13, HSU 14
HSU - Keaton Stigger 2 yd run (C. Gonsalves kick), 10 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:56
SCSU 20, HSU 14
SCSU - Walker, Michael 40 yd run (Mielke, Eric kick), 2 plays, 40 yards, TOP 0:25
SCSU 27, HSU 14
SCSU - Hentges, Matt 14 yd pass from Klaphake, P. (Mielke, Eric kick) 5 plays, 36 yards, TOP 2:09
3rd Quarter
SCSU 27, HSU 21
HSU - Darius Davis 7 yd pass from Kevin Rodgers (C. Gonsalves kick) 5 plays, 54 yards, TOP 1:15
SCSU 34, HSU 21
SCSU - Klaphake, P. 8 yd run (Mielke, Eric kick), 8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:25
4th Quarter
SCSU 34, HSU 28
HSU - Darius Davis 25 yd pass from Kevin Rodgers (C. Gonsalves kick) 2 plays, 61 yards, TOP 0:29
SCSU 40, HSU 28
SCSU - Brown, Dan 47 yd pass from Walker, Michael (Mielke, Eric passfailed) 1 plays, 47 yards, TOP 0:17
SCSU 40, HSU 35
HSU - Kevin Nichols 5 yd pass from Kevin Rodgers (C. Gonsalves kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:17
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
21
TD
1
YDS
263
INT
1
CMP
1
TD
1
YDS
47
INT
0
#20 Michael Walker
Photo by: Tom Nelson
Huskies upset Henderson State, 40-35; advance to NCAA quarterfinals
11/23/2013 5:24:00 PM | Football
Arkadelphia, Ark. – The #12 St. Cloud State University football team has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs thanks to a 40-35 upset win over #4 Henderson State University Saturday afternoon at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium in Arkadelphia, Ark.
The win gives the Huskies (11-1) the first 11 win season in school history. Henderson State finishes the 2013 season with an 11-1 record.
St. Cloud State, the #6 seed in Super Region 3 will face the #2 seed and #1 team in the country, Minnesota State University, Mankato (11-0) next Saturday at 12 noon in Mankato. All three Northern Sun Intercollegiate (NSIC) teams remain in the hunt as Minnesota Duluth also advanced with a win over Emporia State, 55-13.
St. Cloud State senior runningback Michael Walker (Walworth, Wis.) rushed for two touchdowns and threw for a third to lead the Huskies. Walker rushed 14 times for 76 yards and scored on runs of one and 40 yards. He completed a 47-yard pass attempt to senior receiver Dan Brown (Robbinsdale) to give the Huskies a 40-28 lead with 7:16 left in the game.
Senior quarterback and Harlon Hill candidate Phillip Klaphake (Princeton) completed 21 of 36 passes for 263 yards and one touchdown, and was intercepted once. He also rushed for 39 yards and one touchdown.
"Our seniors have made a great commitment to our program and together you become a team that makes it to playoffs and win a playoff game," said head coach Scott Underwood following the 51st win of his Husky career.
Senior receiver Chad Peterson (Winona) caught a personal career high eight passes for a season high 81-yards . Brown finished the game with three catches for 92 yards and one touchdown. Redshirt first-year receiver Matt Hentges (Eagan) caught a 14-yard touchdown pass and finished the day with two catches for 40 yards.
The Husky defense forced four fumbles, recovered two and intercepted two passes. Senior linebacker Todd Bestgen (Rochester) had a career-high 11 tackles in the game including one sack and two quarterback hurries. Seniors Eric Poggenburg (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Marvin Matthews (Roseville) each had an interception in the game. Poggenburg and fellow seniors Miky Woods (Brooklyn Park) and Tate Christopherson (Maple Grove) each had nine tackles.
"We started off 5-0 this year," said Matthews. "We had one slip up this year but other than that we've been playing overly well. So now our goal is to go 5-0 in the postseason and I know we can do it."
Henderson State junior quarterback and Harlon Hill candidate Kevin Rodgers led the high octane Reddies offense. Rodgers, the Great American Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row completed 41 of 54 passes for 567 yards and four touchdowns. Rodgers averages 378.0 yards passing per game and completed the season with 40 touchdown passes. He has thrown for over 4,200 yads this season.His main targets included Darius Davis who caught ten passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns. Dustin Holland had nine catches and Israel Valentin had seven catches for 138 yards.
Keaton Stigger, the conference defensive player of the year and the leading tackler in the GAC, led all players with 16 tackles including 12 solo stops.
The Reddies rolled up 619 yards of total offense while the Huskies tallied 477 yards. The Huskies led 27-14 at halftime. After the Huskies fumbled on their opening drive of the second half, Henderson State scored on a seven-yard pass play to to close within a touchdown, 27-21 at the 12:43 mark of the third quarter. The Huskies added Reddies exchanged touchdowns and Henderson State scored with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter on a five yard pass play to draw to 40-35 on a nine play, 75 yard drive. The Huskies took over and were able to gain three first downs to use up the clock but were stopped on a third and ten by Stigger and forced to punt. Henderson State attempted two passes in the final :12 seconds and both fell incomplete.
St. Cloud State advances to the second round of the NCAA playoffs for the third time in school history. This will be the first NCAA postseason game between the Huskies and Minnesota State. The two teams have played against each other in 77 games since the 1923 season. The last match-up was in 2012 and resulted in a 25-21 MSU win at Husky Stadium.
The win gives the Huskies (11-1) the first 11 win season in school history. Henderson State finishes the 2013 season with an 11-1 record.
St. Cloud State, the #6 seed in Super Region 3 will face the #2 seed and #1 team in the country, Minnesota State University, Mankato (11-0) next Saturday at 12 noon in Mankato. All three Northern Sun Intercollegiate (NSIC) teams remain in the hunt as Minnesota Duluth also advanced with a win over Emporia State, 55-13.
St. Cloud State senior runningback Michael Walker (Walworth, Wis.) rushed for two touchdowns and threw for a third to lead the Huskies. Walker rushed 14 times for 76 yards and scored on runs of one and 40 yards. He completed a 47-yard pass attempt to senior receiver Dan Brown (Robbinsdale) to give the Huskies a 40-28 lead with 7:16 left in the game.
Senior quarterback and Harlon Hill candidate Phillip Klaphake (Princeton) completed 21 of 36 passes for 263 yards and one touchdown, and was intercepted once. He also rushed for 39 yards and one touchdown.
"Our seniors have made a great commitment to our program and together you become a team that makes it to playoffs and win a playoff game," said head coach Scott Underwood following the 51st win of his Husky career.
Senior receiver Chad Peterson (Winona) caught a personal career high eight passes for a season high 81-yards . Brown finished the game with three catches for 92 yards and one touchdown. Redshirt first-year receiver Matt Hentges (Eagan) caught a 14-yard touchdown pass and finished the day with two catches for 40 yards.
The Husky defense forced four fumbles, recovered two and intercepted two passes. Senior linebacker Todd Bestgen (Rochester) had a career-high 11 tackles in the game including one sack and two quarterback hurries. Seniors Eric Poggenburg (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Marvin Matthews (Roseville) each had an interception in the game. Poggenburg and fellow seniors Miky Woods (Brooklyn Park) and Tate Christopherson (Maple Grove) each had nine tackles.
"We started off 5-0 this year," said Matthews. "We had one slip up this year but other than that we've been playing overly well. So now our goal is to go 5-0 in the postseason and I know we can do it."
Henderson State junior quarterback and Harlon Hill candidate Kevin Rodgers led the high octane Reddies offense. Rodgers, the Great American Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row completed 41 of 54 passes for 567 yards and four touchdowns. Rodgers averages 378.0 yards passing per game and completed the season with 40 touchdown passes. He has thrown for over 4,200 yads this season.His main targets included Darius Davis who caught ten passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns. Dustin Holland had nine catches and Israel Valentin had seven catches for 138 yards.
Keaton Stigger, the conference defensive player of the year and the leading tackler in the GAC, led all players with 16 tackles including 12 solo stops.
The Reddies rolled up 619 yards of total offense while the Huskies tallied 477 yards. The Huskies led 27-14 at halftime. After the Huskies fumbled on their opening drive of the second half, Henderson State scored on a seven-yard pass play to to close within a touchdown, 27-21 at the 12:43 mark of the third quarter. The Huskies added Reddies exchanged touchdowns and Henderson State scored with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter on a five yard pass play to draw to 40-35 on a nine play, 75 yard drive. The Huskies took over and were able to gain three first downs to use up the clock but were stopped on a third and ten by Stigger and forced to punt. Henderson State attempted two passes in the final :12 seconds and both fell incomplete.
St. Cloud State advances to the second round of the NCAA playoffs for the third time in school history. This will be the first NCAA postseason game between the Huskies and Minnesota State. The two teams have played against each other in 77 games since the 1923 season. The last match-up was in 2012 and resulted in a 25-21 MSU win at Husky Stadium.
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