Player Profiles - of College Football Games
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2002 NCAA Division II Semifinal Play<strong>of</strong>f Game<br />
Grand Valley State 44, Northern Colorado 7<br />
Allendale, Mich. • Dec. 7, 2002<br />
Lubbers Stadium<br />
Scoring 1 2 3 4 TP<br />
Northern Colorado 0 0 7 0 7<br />
Grand Valley State 7 17 13 7 44<br />
QTR Time Team-Play(PAT){Plays-Yards} NC GV<br />
1 10:45 GV Reggie Spearmon 3-yard run<br />
(Dave Hendrix-kick) {11-65, 4:15} 0 7<br />
2 13:32 GV David Kircus 16-yard pass from Curt Anes<br />
(Dave Hendrix-kick) {13-89, 5:11} 0 14<br />
2 8:18 GV David Kircus 24-yard pass from Curt Anes<br />
(Dave Hendrix-kick) {7-63, 2:47} 0 21<br />
2 2:26 GV Dave Hendrix 24-yard field goal {8-31, 4:10} 0 24<br />
3 13:37 NC Jared Jackson 22-yard pass from Mark Passard<br />
(Mark Swim-kick) {4-65, 1:23} 7 24<br />
3 11:50 GV Reggie Spearmon 13-yard run<br />
(Dave Hendrix-kick) {5-67, 1:47} 7 31<br />
3 2:58 GV David Kircus 21-yard pass from Curt Anes<br />
(Dave Hendrix-kick failed) {5-35, 1:48} 7 37<br />
4 3:42 GV David Kircus 5-yard pass from Curt Anes<br />
(Dave Hendrix-kick) {10-60, 5:12} 7 44<br />
TEAM STATISTICS NC GV<br />
First Downs 15 27<br />
Rushes/Yards 25/5 41/189<br />
Passes (A-C-I) 32-20-3 28-20-0<br />
Yards Passing 243 243<br />
Total Offense 248 432<br />
Punts/Average 6/42.8 3/28.7<br />
Fumbles/Lost 0-0 3-1<br />
Penalties 8-90 3-35<br />
Time <strong>of</strong> Possession 28:02 31:58<br />
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS:<br />
RUSHING: GV-Spearmon 32-143; NC-Matthews 13-50.<br />
PASSING: GV-Anes 20-28, 243; NC-Passard 20-32, 243.<br />
RECEIVING: GV-Banks 11-116, Kircus 7-90; NC-Pyatt 6-60, Jackson 5-75.<br />
A-5215<br />
2007 Laker <strong>Football</strong> Media Guide<br />
All-Time Postseason Summaries<br />
Grand Valley to play for National Championship<br />
Allendale, Mich. - Grand Valley State will make its second straight trip to Florence,<br />
Alabama for the NCAA DII National Championship game after rolling past<br />
Northern Colorado 44-7 in Saturday's semifinal matchup at Lubbers Stadium. The<br />
Lakers jumped out to a 24-0 halftime lead and never looked back as GVSU recorded<br />
its 22nd straight home victory. Senior Harlon Hill candidate Curt Anes hooked<br />
up with All-American WR David Kircus on four <strong>of</strong> the Laker touchdowns, while<br />
Reggie Spearmon added the other two scores. GVSU, which has been ranked #1 all<br />
season, will play #2 Valdosta State in next week's National Championship on<br />
Saturday, December 14th, at 4:00 pm EST.<br />
GVSU took the opening kick<strong>of</strong>f 65 yards in 11 plays, culiminated by Spearmon's<br />
3-yard TD run. The Lakers drove 89 yards in 13 plays as Kircus and Anes hooked<br />
up for the first <strong>of</strong> their four pass-catch TDs. The first covered 16 yards. Kircus and<br />
Anes hooked up again, this time from 24 yards out at the 8:18 mark <strong>of</strong> the second<br />
quarter to put GVSU up 21-0. Anes scrambled around for near 10 seconds before<br />
finding Kircus. PK David Hendrix drilled a 24-yard field goal with 2:26 left in the<br />
second quarter to give GVSU a 24-0 lead. Northern Colorado drove down to the<br />
Laker five yard line with under a minute left in the opeing half, but three straight<br />
Laker QB sacks forced the Bears into a field goal which Keyonta Marshall blocked.<br />
Northern Colorado got on the board with their first possession <strong>of</strong> the second half<br />
with a 4-play, 65-yard drive. QB Mark Passard connected with Jared Jackson on a<br />
22-yard TD. However, the Lakes answered with an impressive 5-play, 67-yard TD<br />
drive with Spearmon going the final 13 yards for the TD. Anes and Kircus hooked<br />
up with 2:58 left in the third quarter on a 21-yard TD and again in the fourth quarter,<br />
this from 5-yards out.<br />
The Grand Valley State defense recorded nine QB sacks and limited UNC to just<br />
five yards rushing on 25 carries. Eight Lakers combined for the nine QB sacks,<br />
while GVSU also picked <strong>of</strong>f three passes. Scott Mackey, Joe Ballard and Marvis<br />
Bryant each recorded a pick. Orlando Williams led the defense with nine tackles and<br />
three QB sacks, while Scott Mackey and Dan Vaughn each recorded seven. Vaughn<br />
also notched a career-high four QB sacks.<br />
Anes completed 20-28 passes for 243 yards and four TDs, while running for 22<br />
yards on four carries. Spearmon rushed 32 times for 143 yards and two TDs, while<br />
Terrance Banks tied the GVSU single-game record with 11 receptions for 116 yards.<br />
Kircus caught seven passes for 90 yards and four TDs.<br />
Mark Passard completed 20-32 passes for 243 yards and one TD, but was sacked<br />
nine times. Brad Pyatt caught six passes for 60 yards, while Jared Jackson hauled in<br />
five passes for 75 yards. Adam Matthews rushed 13 times for 50 yards.<br />
Notes... Grand Valley State has now won 22 straight games at Lubbers<br />
Stadium...WR David Kircus caught four TD passes (32), breaking college football<br />
all-division mark <strong>of</strong> 28 he set last year. Kircus also has 73 career TD receptions, the<br />
second highest total in college football history and just two behind the all-time<br />
record <strong>of</strong> 75...Curt Anes moved past the 10,000-yard mark in career passing yards.<br />
Anes has thrown for 10,220 yards and 111 TDs in his career.
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