Red Storm win in stat book, lose on scoreboard in football opener

A team can own every stat category in the book and still lose a game. Dixie State found that out Saturday night in a 17-9 loss at Adams State.

The Red Storm was impressive with Griff Robles at the helm. He passed for 296 yards and helped the team rack up 419 offensive yards altogether. But Dixie State did lose in one category: turnovers. The Red Storm out-gained the Grizzlies by 164 yards, but couldn’t hold on to the football. Robles threw four interceptions and the team fumbled it away twice.

Dixie State’s last four possessions proved to be an amazingly frustrating exercise in futility.

Trailing by eight points and on the move early in the fourth quarter, Robles was picked off for the third time in the game by ASU defensive back Jake Long at the Grizzlies 24-yard line. After forcing an ASU punt, Robles and favorite receiver Zach Fox moved the ball 56 yards down to the Grizzlies 2-yard line. But on fourth and one, Kamuela Alisa was stopped short, giving the ball back to Adams State.

After forcing another ASU punt, Dixie State again began moving the ball. Only this time Robles was stuffed short on a fourth and one with 1:46 left in the game.

The Red Storm had one last chance after Adams State had a bad snap on a punt. Dixie recovered the ball at the Grizzlies 29-yard line with 1:29 to play. Again the Red Storm moved the ball, this time inside the ASU 1-yard line. But on third and one with 24 seconds left, Robles threw his fourth interception of the game, with Devin Simmons stealing the ball away from a Dixie State receiver. Simmons downed the ball and iced the game for Adams State.

Fox had 10 receptions for 108 yards and A.J. Johnson rushed for 63 yards and scored the only touchdown for Dixie State, which plays at home next week against Western Oregon (6 p.m. at Hansen Stadium).

Dixie State vs Adams State (Sep 01, 2012 at Alamosa, Colo.)

 

Dixie State
Adams State
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Johnson, A.J.  64  63  33  7.9 
Alisa,Kamuela  13  43  39  10  3.0 
Robles,Griff  16  66  51  15  21  0.9 
Aron,Andre  12  12  12  12.0 
Nawahine,Kaleo  -6  -6.0 
Totals…  39  185  62  123  33  3.2 
  
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Chaz Butler   31  26  11  4.3 
Ron Gaudin   28  23  24  5.8 
Cody Davies   11  26  21  1.9 
Michael Carl   15  27  16  11  0.7 
Chris Jamison   4.0 
Scott Kellogg   2.0 
TEAM   32  -32  -16.0 
Totals…  40  118  63  55  24  1.4 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Robles,Griff  26-43-4  296  68 
Totals…  26-43-4  296  68 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Cody Davies   15-31-0  200  44 
Totals…  15-31-0  200  44 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Fox,Zach  10  108  25 
Aron,Andre  51  18 
Johnson,Brock  27 
Porrazzo,Matt  20  12 
Alisa,Kamuela 
Morton,Antonio  68  68 
Sklarsky,Conor  10  10 
Hoskins,Beau 
Totals…  26  296  68 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Scott Kellogg   37  19 
Harry Adjei   55  19 
Drew Edwards   52  44 
Ron Gaudin   16 
Michael Carl   40  27 
Totals…  15  200  44 
  
  
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Metz,Robert  114  28.5  52 
Totals…  114  28.5  52 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
David Van Voris  285  35.6  46 
Totals…  285  35.6  46 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Aron,Andre 
Totals… 
  
  
  
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Jake Long  
Devin Simmons  
Vince Coach   10  10 
Stephen Algiene  28  28 
Cariel Brooks  
Totals…  28  28  12  10 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Fox,Zach  108  108 
Morton,Antonio  68  68 
Aron,Andre  12  51  63 
Johnson, A.J.  63  63 
Alisa,Kamuela  39  47 
Johnson,Brock  27  27 
Porrazzo,Matt  20  20 
Robles,Griff  15  15 
Sklarsky,Conor  10  10 
Hoskins,Beau 
Nawahine,Kaleo  -6  -6 
Totals…  123  296  419 
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Harry Adjei   55  55 
Drew Edwards   52  52 
Michael Carl   11  40  51 
Ron Gaudin   23  16  39 
Scott Kellogg   37  39 
Stephen Algiene  28  28 
Chaz Butler   26  26 
Cody Davies   21  21 
Vince Coach   10  10 
Chris Jamison  
Cariel Brooks  
TEAM   -32  -32 
Totals…  55  200  28  12  295 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
Meyers,Michael  3rd  11:19  22 yards  Good 
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
David Van Voris  1st  12:14  57 yards  Missed 
David Van Voris  2nd  14:00  34 yards  Good 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Cracroft,Parker  151  50.3 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
David Van Voris  280  70.0 

 

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