The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team opened the 2014 season in record-breaking fashion, beating East Texas Baptist in a 98-20 rout. The game set a new NCAA Division II record for total offense with 986 yards Thursday night at Memorial Stadium.
To go along with the NCAA record for total offense, the Lions set LSC record for points scored with 98, tied the touchdown record with 13, tied the record for the most point after attempts with 13 and broke the record with 11 PATs made. The A&M-Commerce record book was rewritten for most points in a half with 57 in the first half.
Tyrik Rollison, who completed 26-of-33 of his passes for 562 and six touchdowns, paved the way for the Lions with his arm. On the ground, the Lions produced 405 yards as three players turned in 100 yard performances – Joe Bergeron with 137 yards and two TDs, Richard Cooper with 118 yards and two TDs, and Theo Wofford with 103 yards and two TDs on only nine carries.
“I have to give all the credit to my teammates on the edge catching passes and the offensive line for giving us time to work,” said Rollison.
Rollison broke the school record for passing yards and total offensive yards, tied the record for TD passes and broke the record for yards per attempt with 17 yards per pass attempt. As a team, the Lions snapped the net passing yards record with 590 yards through the air. Bergeron and Wofford each broke the record for yards per carry in single-game, but Wofford out ran the veteran back averaging 11.4 yards per game. The Lions also snapped the school record for yards per play with 12.7 yards per play. As a unit, the offense ran 81 plays snapping the total plays in game record.
Three receivers tallied over 100 yards from Rollison’s arm. Vernon Johnson hauled in six catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. Seth Smith caught four passes for 132 and two scores, and Ricky Collins grabbed four passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns.
A&M-Commerce will travel to NCAA FCS Division I member Stephen F. Austin Saturday, September 13 at 6 p.m.
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Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
East Texas Baptist 6 14 0 0 20 Record: (0-1)
A&M-Commerce 31 26 21 20 98 Record: (1-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 12:56 TAMUC Joe Bergeron 6 yd run (Saul Martinez kick), 2-14 0:26, ETBU 0 - TAMUC 7
11:30 TAMUC Vernon Johnson 47 yd pass from Tyrik Rollison (Saul Martinez kick), 1-47 0:06, ETBU 0 - TAMUC 14
06:34 TAMUC Saul Martinez 41 yd field goal, 17-58 4:49, ETBU 0 - TAMUC 17
06:15 ETBU Stephen Alfred 74 yd pass from Josh Warbington (Josh Warbington pass failed), 1-74 0:12, ETBU 6 - TAMUC 17
05:46 TAMUC Seth Smith 56 yd pass from Tyrik Rollison (Saul Martinez kick), 2-76 0:23, ETBU 6 - TAMUC 24
01:35 TAMUC Ricky Collins 30 yd pass from Tyrik Rollison (Saul Martinez kick), 5-87 1:15, ETBU 6 - TAMUC 31
2nd 13:08 TAMUC Saul Martinez 34 yd field goal, 8-36 1:36, ETBU 6 - TAMUC 34
12:25 ETBU R.J. Hester 34 yd pass from Josh Warbington (R.J. Hester pass from Josh Warbington), 2-91 0:31, ETBU 14 - TAMUC 34
09:12 TAMUC Joe Bergeron 1 yd run (Saul Martinez kick failed), 1-1 0:04, ETBU 14 - TAMUC 40
07:18 ETBU Stephen Alfred 35 yd pass from Josh Warbington (Josh Warbington pass failed), 8-78 1:49, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 40
03:55 TAMUC Ricky Collins 49 yd pass from Tyrik Rollison (Saul Martinez kick), 2-56 0:34, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 47
01:07 TAMUC Taylor Peasha 17 yd pass from Tyrik Rollison (Saul Martinez kick), 6-71 1:59, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 54
00:00 TAMUC Saul Martinez 30 yd field goal, 4-35 0:26, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 57
3rd 08:45 TAMUC Seth Smith 3 yd pass from Tyrik Rollison (Saul Martinez kick), 4-56 1:11, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 64
05:40 TAMUC Richard Cooper 4 yd run (Saul Martinez kick), 5-46 1:47, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 71
03:44 TAMUC Richard Cooper 7 yd run (Saul Martinez kick), 4-67 1:08, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 78
4th 13:15 TAMUC Theo Wofford 7 yd run (Saul Martinez kick), 9-87 3:51, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 85
09:17 TAMUC Theo Wofford 23 yd run (Saul Martinez rush fumbld), 5-50 2:33, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 91
03:44 TAMUC Ovi Urevbu 18 yd run (Saul Martinez kick), 6-41 3:58, ETBU 20 - TAMUC 98
ETBU TAMUC
FIRST DOWNS 20 39
RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-32 45-396
PASSING YDS (NET) 369 590
Passes Att-Comp-Int 44-29-0 36-28-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 88-401 81-986
Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 7-45
Kickoff Returns-Yards 13-234 4-103
Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg) 14-31.4 0-0.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-3
Penalties-Yards 11-85 13-80
Possession Time 29:46 30:14
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 21 3 of 7
Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 12-12
Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 6-53
RUSHING: East Texas Baptist-Jourdan McNeill 17-45; T. Therwhanger 2-23; Bill
Hashaway 6-14; K. Roberson 5-10; Roy Butler 1-minus 4; Johnny Garrett 2-minus 8;
Josh Warbington 11-minus 48. A&M-Commerce-Joe Bergeron 13-134; Richard Cooper
14-116; Theo Wofford 9-103; Ovi Urevbu 2-21; Richard Whitaker 4-20; Tyrik
Rollison 3-2.
PASSING: East Texas Baptist-Josh Warbington 26-41-0-359; T. Therwhanger 2-2-0-6;
Roy Denbow 1-1-0-4. A&M-Commerce-Tyrik Rollison 26-33-0-562; Deric Davis
2-2-0-28; TEAM 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: East Texas Baptist-Tyler Bates 7-21; Stephen Alfred 4-147; Roy Butler
3-60; R.J. Hester 3-52; Roy Denbow 3-30; K. Roberson 2-38; Wayne Grice 2-8;
Jourdan McNeill 2-4; Cameron Peters 1-5; Johnny Garrett 1-4; Wesley Davidson
1-0. A&M-Commerce-Vernon Johnson 6-105; Seth Smith 4-132; Ricky Collins 4-120;
Lance Evans 4-71; Jordon Jenkins 4-55; Taylor Peasha 3-44; Joe Bergeron 1-35;
Darby Smith 1-25; Hayden Marsh 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS: East Texas Baptist-None. A&M-Commerce-None.
FUMBLES: East Texas Baptist-Josh Warbington 1-0. A&M-Commerce-Tyrik Rollison
2-1; Seth Smith 1-1; Joe Bergeron 1-1.
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6327
Kickoff time: 7 p.m. End of Game: 10:23pm Total elapsed time: 3:23
Officials:
Temperature: 93 Wind: 5-10 Weather: Warm and clear
East Texas Baptist vs A&M-Commerce (Sep 04, 2014 at Commerce, Texas)
SACKS (UA-A): East Texas Baptist-None. A&M-Commerce-Charles Tuaau 2-0; Charles
Woods 1-0; Devar Brown 1-0; Tyree Barton 1-0; Brandon Turner 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): East Texas Baptist-Hardy Hill 5-2; D. Bailey 4-2; Derrick
Charles 3-3; Steven Segler 1-5; Anton Clark 4-0; Brandon Darjean 4-0; David
Jaynes 3-1; Desmond Oliver 2-1; Ricky Jenkins 2-1; Hunter Jameson 2-1; Dylan
Bowman 1-2; Caleb Taylor 2-0; Thomas Warren 2-0; Dylan Bethea 2-0; L.Anderson
2-0; Jh'mal Gatewood 2-0; Blake Watkins 1-1; Nate Taylor 1-1; Ja'Kory Hunter
1-1; Kenderson Cooks 1-1; Josh Battle 0-2; Michael Wiser 1-0; Bryce Hale 1-0;
Jaylen McCloney 1-0; 89 1-0; Roy Butler 1-0; Brandon Pyle 1-0; Wesley Davidson
1-0; Tevon Smartt 1-0; R.Jeffery 0-1; 37 0-1; D. Freeman 0-1; Kenneth Cumby 0-1.
A&M-Commerce-Charles Woods 8-2; Devar Brown 5-1; Cameron Napoleon 4-1; Leo Migo
4-1; Charles Tuaau 4-0; Izzy Eziakor 3-1; Demarlon Morris 2-2; Tyree Barton 3-0;
Gage Windsor 3-0; Ronald Fields 2-1; Cole Pitts 2-1; Daniel Roland 1-2; Cameron
Rogers 1-2; Steven Baker 2-0; Kevin Mederlas 2-0; Devonta Leary 2-0; Ransom Cook
2-0; Joe Bergeron 2-0; Brandon Turner 2-0; Tyrone Grove 1-1; Myles Curl 1-1;
Frazer Taua 1-1; Darian Lindsey 1-1; Traven Johnson 1-1; Corey Christensen 1-0;
B.J. Mills 1-0; Colton Lyon 1-0; Jordan Price-Garner 1-0; Davarus Shores 1-0;
Ovi Urevbu 1-0; C.J. Johnson 1-0; Vernon Johnson 1-0; Kristoddie Woods 1-0; Tu'u
Lui 0-1; Joel Felix 0-1; Hayden Marsh 0-1; Pablo Vasquez 0-1; Gabe Rodriguez
0-1.