Saints Unkind to Mounties, 28-7

You can't beat many teams, when they control the ball twice as much as you. Carroll College had the ball on offense just over 40 minutes, compared to Eastern's 19 minutes and 44 seconds.

Carroll proved their number two national ranking beating the Mountaineers 28-7. The Fighting Saints used an astounding 93 plays of offense in the victory. EOU had 42 plays with the ball.

Eastern Oregon University stayed with the perennial power for a half of football, going into halftime down 13-7. The Mountaineers were the first team to score a touchdown on the Saints this season.

Eastern's score came at 11:11 in the second quarter off a fake field-goal pass from holder Ian O'Brien to Adam Donnelly.

EOU gained 185 total yards of offense, 99 on the ground. Eastern quarterbacks Brad Padayao finished four for eight with 35 yards, and Ian O'Brien threw for 52 yards completing three of his ten passes.

Hermiston native, John Barnett threw for 218 yards completing 15 of his 30 passes for Carroll.

Special teams had a good day for the Mountaineers. EOU had 113 yards on six kick returns, and Thomas Akers averaged 45 yards per punt.

Eastern drops to 1-6 in the Frontier Conference and 1-7 overall. Carroll improves to 7-0 in the conference and 8-0 overall. The Mountaineers next game is at Rocky Mountain College, Saturday, 1 PM MST.