The Blue and Gold bounced back in week two of 2019 by racking up 600 yards of total offense. The hometown team dominated the visiting Sul Ross State Lobos,72-0.
TAMUK jumped ahead on their first play from scrimmage with a 70-yard jaunt from Luis Lopez. The redshirt-senior set the pace on the ground gaining 124 first-half yards and two touchdowns.
After a 3-down stance by the Javelina defense, Cade Dyal and company marched 52 yards down the field before the Kerrville-native found Devin Milburn in the flat for a twelve-yard touchdown.
The next Lobo possession ended prematurely when quarterback Jorge Barrera fumbled the snap and lost it to the Javelina defense.
Two plays later, Aaron Dilworth posterized a Lobo defender, pulling the fade down to extend the Javelina lead to 21.
After a series of back-and-forth defensive stances, Lopez found the endzone again on a 2-yard run to TAMUK up 28-0.
On the second play of the next Lobo drive, Tre’Michael Tutt recovered another Sul ross fumble, setting up a Kris Barnes four-yard run for a touchdown.
Barnes would make pay dirt again on the next TAMUK drive, this time finding the pylon from three yards out.
The Javelinas led at the half,42-0.
Lopez and Dyal spearheaded the Javelina offensive in the first half, accounting for 286 of the 339 yards.
Dyal spread the ball out evenly, finding four different receivers in the first thirty minutes of play. The redshirt-junior quarterback was fourteen of eighteen for 146 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
A seventy-nine-yard return by Amos Coleman set up a third Luis Lopez touchdown within a minute of the second half kickoff.
Sul Ross methodically moved the ball down the field on the next drive before stalling out at the TAMUK 43.
The two teams traded the ball twice before quarterback Koy Detmer found Dilworth for a twenty-five-yard touchdown, extending the Blue and Gold lead to 55.
With 12:54 left in regulation, Amonte Bowen punched in a score from nine yards out, pushing the TAMUK lead to 63.
Bowen would cross the goal line again on a four-yard rush on the next TAMUK drive.
A special team’s safety on the ensuing kickoff extended the Javelina lead to 72, and capped the TAMUK scoring onslaught.
Tutt led the Javelina defense with nine tackles and a fumble recovery. Jacob Clarkson racked up five tackles and recovered a fumble of his own. The lone interception was made by defensive back Ronnie Larue.
The Javelinas return to play on September 21 against conference foe Angelo State at Pepsi Field at Javelina Stadium.
