Sacramento State 23, Southern Utah 17

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	13
Total Yards	334	337
Passing	248	220
Rushing	86	117
Penalties	6-58	13-94
3rd Down Conversions	6-17	3-13
4th Down Conversions	0-3	1-1
Turnovers	1	2
Possession	35:10	24:50

Individual Leaders

Southern Utah Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Rehrer 26/38 248 0 0	Sacramento State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Leadingh... 16/28 220 2 1
Southern Utah Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Filipe 15 58 1 22 Rehrer 22 21 1 11 Reid 2 4 0 3	Sacramento State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Mole 19 114 1 42 Leadingham 6 2 0 13 Farrell 1 2 0 2
Southern Utah Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Smith 11 116 0 16 Eason 6 86 0 25 Filipe 4 26 0 8 Waltersc... 2 1 0 3	Sacramento State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Amey 8 158 2 50 Perry 4 35 0 10 Coogler 4 27 0 12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				SUU	CSUS
	TD	1:59	RYAN MOLE 2 YD RUN (MITCH LIVELY KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 62 yards.	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				SUU	CSUS
	FG	6:27	MITCH LIVELY 32 YD FG Drive info: 8 plays, 57 yards.	0	10
	FG	3:42	STEVE PULVER 29 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 50 yards.	3	10
THIRD QUARTER				SUU	CSUS
	TD	10:35	FRED AMEY 5 YD PASS FROM RYAN LEADINGHAM (MITCH LIVELY KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 54 yards.	3	17
FOURTH QUARTER				SUU	CSUS
	TD	13:52	CASEY REHRER 1 YD RUN (STEVE PULVER KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 26 yards.	10	17
	TD	7:20	RYAN FILIPE 1 YD RUN (STEVE PULVER KICK) Drive info: 12 plays, 79 yards.	17	17
	TD	5:46	FRED AMEY 50 YD PASS FROM RYAN LEADINGHAM (BLOCKED XP) Drive info: 4 plays, 71 yards.	17	23

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Fred Amey caught a pair of touchdown passes, including a 50-yarder with just under six minutes left, as Sacramento State beat Southern Utah 23-17 Saturday night.

Amey, who also had a 5-yard, third-quarter scoring reception, caught eight passes for 158 yards to eclipse 3,000 receiving yards for his career. The senior wide receiver has totaled 3,048 yards.

The Hornets (1-1), who lost at Nevada 59-7 last week, built a 10-3 halftime lead against the Thunderbirds (1-1), then stifled two fourth-and-short attempts by Southern Utah in the third quarter to take control of the game.

While the Sacramento State defense was shutting down the Thunderbirds' offense, running back Ryan Mole and quarterback Ryan Leadingham were lifting their own team. Mole, who replaced injured junior Tyronne Gross in the starting lineup, gained just 16 yards on 10 carries in the first half, including his scoring run. Half of Leadingham's first 12 completions went to Amey, whose 5-yard reception with 10:35 left in the third quarter gave Sacramento State a 17-3 lead.

Mole finished with 114 yards on 19 carries.

The Hornets got on the scoreboard first on their second possession of the game. Ledingham led them an 11-play, 62-yard drive that took nearly six minutes. Mole, a freshman, finished it with a 2-yard touchdown run, the first of his career. That gave Sacramento State a 7-0 lead with just under two minutes left in the first quarter.

Sacramento State extended its advantage to 10-0 midway through the second quarter when David Lively converted a 32-yard field goal, the first by the Hornets since Sept. 13 of last year. Lively's counterpart Steve Pulver answered for the Thunderbirds with 3:42 left in the half with a 29-yard field goal. But Southern Utah's attempt to add points just before halftime was foiled when Pulver's 39-yard field goal attempt was blocked.