Drake 41 at Morehead St. 26
Piatkowski leads Drake past Morehead State 41-26
Saturday, Oct 8, 2011MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP)—Michael Piatkowski threw three touchdown passes, two to Nathan Paddock, as Drake rallied to beat Morehead State 41-26 on Saturday.
Piatkowski’s 35-yard pass to Paddock tied the game at 13-13 in the second quarter for the Bulldogs (5-1, 3-0 Pioneer Football League).
After Drake blocked an Eagles’ field goal try, the Bulldogs moved 54 yards in nine plays to go ahead 16-13 on Billy Janssen’s 33-yard field goal 10 seconds before halftime.
In the third quarter, Piatkowski hit Paddock for an 80-yard touchdown with 6:35 left and found Joey Orlando for a 15-yard score on the final play of the quarter to make it 32-20. Piatkowski completed 16 of 27 for 310 yards with one interception.
Paddock had five catches for 163 yards and Janssen kicked four field goals.
Morehead State (2-4, 1-2), which came in leading the Football Championship Subdivision with 551.2 yards per game, was held to 297.
Head to Head - Week 6
| Team | Total Yds | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | First Downs | 3rdD% | Pen./Yds | Turnovers | Time of Poss. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake | 431 | 310 | 121 | 19 | 21.4% | 7/46 | 1 | 00:00 |
| Morehead State | 297 | 267 | 30 | 18 | 33.3% | 8/60 | 1 | 17:27 |
