Kansas State / Fort Riley vs. University of Kansas

KSUFR : 69
KU: 5

Played at Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS on April 23, 2011 at 1:30 PM

 

KSUFR dominated the governor's cup matchup against KU in a physical contest. For the first 10 minutes, the game was scoreless as KU maintained posession with forwards running off the base and committing lots of forwards to the rucks. That tie was broken, with two quick tries by wing Kenny Scott and the rout was on. Flyhalf Joe D'Agostino hit the first of his 7 conversions on Scott's second try. The third try was scored by flanker Evan Talbott, the fourth by Scott, and the fifth by hooker Dan Knapp. The score was 31-0 at the half. In the second half, KSUFR brought on numerous reserves, but didn't miss a beat, scoring 6 more tries in the second half. D'Agostino scored two, Knapp scored his second, Scott scored his fourth, No. 8 Tyler Hodges scored one, and wing Michael Chen scored after a nasty stiff arm by center Chris Stafford.

The game was marked by strong defense by KSUFR. KU was unable to handle the pressure defense, consistently moving backwards with each phase, and losing possession before stringing many phases together. The lone KU try was scored when they charged down an attempted kick to touch.

Scorers:
Fullback Kenny Scott: 4 tries
Flyhalf Joe D'Agostino: 2 tries 7/11 conversions
Hooker Dan Knapp: 2 tries
Flanker Evan Talbott: 1 try
Number 8 Tyler Hodges: 1 try
Wing Michael Chen: 1 try

Starting XV:
1. Garrett Williams
2. Dan Knapp (c)
3. Faddy Khamis
4. Clay Reinecke
5. Quentin Hoover
6. Evan Talbott
7. Robbie Schmidt
8. Tyler Hodges
9. Bunny Gregory
10. Joe D'Agostino
11. Mike Polzin
12. Hugo Baxter
13. Brett Frawley
14. Kenny Scott
15. Mick Conroy

Reserves:

16. John Knutsen (#9 @ 50)
17. Taylor Shulse (#1 @ 50)
18. Taran Carl (#6 @ 55)
19. Ryan Jordan (#4 @ 55)
20. Jayson Weir (#13 @ 55)
21. Chris Stafford (#12 @ 55)
22. Michael Chen (#14 @ 60)
23. Luke Haider (#11 @ 50)
24. Jeff Henley (#5 @ 60)
25. Michael Peterson (#7 @ 60)