Huskies football falls to Minnesota State University, Mankato 31-0 in season opener

Thursday, September 4

Mankato, Minn.

6 p.m.

St. Cloud State

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Minnesota State University - Mankato

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St. Cloud State

Minnesota State

Kenneth Walker

Photo by: Anne Abicht

Huskies football falls to Minnesota State University, Mankato 31-0 in season opener

9/4/2014 9:07:00 PM | Football

Box Score

Mankato, Minn. – St. Cloud State (0-1) went on the road to open the 2014 football season and met up with a strong Minnesota State University, Mankato (1-0) team, falling to the Mavericks, 31-0 Thursday night at Blakeslee Stadium.

Box Score

The Maverick win meant the return of the Traveling Training Kit to the Minnesota State football team.

The Huskies ranked #15/#12 in the preseason polls gained 235 yards on offense including 168 rushing yards. The Mavericks, #7/#5 in the preseason polls gained 235 yards on offense.

"Our youth got exposed tonight and we had a lack of consistency in our drives," said Huskies head coach Scott Underwood.

Huskies junior runningback Ledell White gained 59 yards rushing on 12 carries and has 968 career rushing yards.
Sophomore runningback Kenneth Walker added 69 yards to the Huskies ground attack.
For the first time in four years, a new quarterback was on the field for the Huskies.
Quarterbacks Nate Meyer and Jameson Parsons shared the play calling duties.
Meyer started the game, completed two of eight passes for 20 yards, was intercepted twice and rushed for 34 yards
Parsons completed four of six passes for 47 yards
The Huskies defense was led by sophomore linebacker Adam Josephson with a game and career high 16 tackles, including two tackles for losses
Senior safety Kyle Risinger collected the Huskies first interception of the season and fifth of his career

Mavericks runningback Andy Pfeiffer rushed for 128 yards and one touchdown. MSU quarterback Ricky Lloyd threw two touchdown passes and completed eight of ten passes for 91 yards.
The Mavericks scored 17 first half points including a 51-yard Alden Haffar field goal
The win was the third victory for the Mavericks over the last 12 games of the series
Attendance was 6,022, the largest opening-game crowd in Minnesota State football history.

St. Cloud State will host Wayne State College next Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Huskies home opener.
It's Celebrate! St. Cloud State and Family Weekend and the Huskies Fan Fest gets underway at noon in the parking lot near the south entrance of Husky Stadium.
The Smithereens will perform a post-game concert.