Cal Poly 18, Southern Utah 14

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	17	15
Total Yards	232	246
Passing	116	116
Rushing	116	130
Penalties	6-58	7-60
3rd Down Conversions	7-17	4-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-1
Turnovers	4	2
Possession	32:16	27:44

Individual Leaders

Southern Utah Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Marshall 9/29 116 1 3	Cal Poly Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Brennan 6/16 116 2 0
Southern Utah Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Sanchez 14 49 0 12 Coop 12 41 0 12 Marshall 14 23 0 13	Cal Poly Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Noble 27 130 0 22 Brennan 11 25 0 11 Webb 2 3 0 3
Southern Utah Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Hew Len 4 38 0 14 Sanchez 2 19 0 18 Burley 1 31 1 31 Gritton 1 25 0 25	Cal Poly Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Tolver 3 63 1 38 Barden 3 53 1 26

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				SUU	CP
	FG	6:45	NICK COROMELAS 26 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 26 yards.	0	3
SECOND QUARTER				SUU	CP
	TD	1:08	LARUE BURLEY 31 YD PASS FROM WES MARSHALL (BRANDEN JORGENSEN KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 59 yards.	7	3
THIRD QUARTER				SUU	CP
	TD	1:29	ROBERT TAKENO 11 YD BLOCKED PUNT RETURN (BRANDEN JORGENSEN KICK)	14	3
FOURTH QUARTER				SUU	CP
	TD	12:08	TRE'DALE TOLVER 38 YD PASS FROM MATT BRENNAN (JON HALL 2PT PASS FROM MATT BRENNAN) Drive info: 1 plays, 38 yards.	14	11
	TD	3:00	RAMSES BARDEN 19 YD PASS FROM MATT BRENNAN (NICK COROMELAS KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 42 yards.	14	18

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) -- Sophomore quarterback Matt Brennan threw a pair of touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to rally No. 5 Cal Poly to an 18-14 victory over Southern Utah in a Great West Football Conference opener Saturday night.

Cal Poly improved to 4-1 on the season, while Southern Utah fell to 3-2.

Brennan completed six of 16 passes for 116 yards and two scores. Mustang running back James Noble rushed for 130 yards on 27 carries, his third 100-yard game of the season and 11th of his two-year Mustang career.

Cal Poly overcame a 14-3 deficit on Brennan's 38-yard scoring pass to Tredale Tolver with 12:08 to play and a 19-yard scoring pass from Brennan to Ramses Barden with 3:00 to go.

Southern Utah's Johnny Sanchez rushed for 49 yards on 14 carries and Kyle Coop added 41 yards on 12 trips. Quarterback Wes Marshall completed nine of 29 passes for 116 yards and one score, but was intercepted three times and sacked four times. Joey Hew Len caught four passes for 38 yards for the Thunderbirds.

Cal Poly jumped to a 3-0 lead on Nick Coromelas' 26-yard field goal with 6:45 to go in the first quarter.

But Southern Utah answered with a 31-yard scoring pass from Marshall to Larue Burley with 1:08 to go in the second quarter, taking a 7-3 lead at halftime.

The Thunderbirds increased their lead to 14-3 when Brian Kofoed blocked a Coromelas punt and Rob Takeno scooped up the loose ball and scampered 11 yards for a touchdown with 1:29 remaining in the third period.

Cal Poly's comeback was sparked by two Southern Utah turnovers.

Mark Cordes recovered a Thunderbird fumble and, on the next play, Brennan hit Tolver with the 38-yard scoring pass.

Joe Wighton intercepted a Marshall pass to set up Brennan's 19-yard winning touchdown pass to Barden.

Other Mustang interceptions were recorded by Cordes and Randy Samuel.