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Post Game Quotes and Notes
Sep 12, 2004 | Football
Sept. 12, 2004
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Post Game Quotes
UM Coach Tommy West "I am glad we got win number two. We have to get more consistent. That is pretty obvious even though we scored some points. We could not get in a good rhythum especially in the first half. I thought we would come out sharper. We have some work to do right now and we have to look at this film hard and see what is going on and get that solved and we will.
Offensively DeAngelo Williams really made his plays in the first half. Danny (Wimprine) has to be more consistent. We played alot better in the second half. I wanted to score on the first drive in the second half but we did not but we played pretty good from there. I did not want anyone to get hurt in a game like this.
I was glad Bobby Robison got some time in the fourth quarter. Chattanooga quarterback (Cedric Stevens) was really good. Our defense was really good when it mattered and we made some plays.
Danny has struggled a little bit. It is nothing to make a big deal about. He made some good throws but struggled early. He struggled a little bit early in Oxford also. Danny is fine and will come around.
UTC Coach Rodney Allison (On DeAngelo Williams) "I was in the SEC for six years. He's good. He could play in it that league."
(On the Tigers) "They're well coached. They play hard and played with class. I have a lot of respect for their program. They're exactly what I thought they'd be. They're going to be hard to beat in their conference."
"We'll take some positives out of it with a bunch of negatives. We'll find some positives. The kids are o.k. They knew this was a hard game to win. I told them it would be a hard game to win. We had too many mistakes in the kicking game. We had two funbles. It may have been 52-21, but we gave them a few things too. But they're better than we are."
(on Cedric Stevens) "This is his first game here, and I thought he handled things pretty good. I think he'll be even better as we go into our conference schedule and play teams who are equal to us."
Game Notes: * Stephen Gostkowski's missed 39-yard field goal on the first drive of the game was his first miss since he missed a 41 yarder in the New Orleans Bowl against North Texas. The 26-yard field goal that he hit late in the first quarter marked his 31st career make.
* Tight end John Doucette's nine-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter was his second career score. The New Orleans, La., native scored his first career touchdown against TCU in 2002.
* With his four PATs made in tonight's game, Lou Groza Award candidate Stephen Gostkowski ranks sixth nationally in consecutive PATs made with 58.
* Mario Pratcher's 54-yard reception in the second quarter surpassed his previous career-high long reception of 50 yards last season against Houston.
* Tailback DeAngelo Williams' three-yard touchdown run in the second quarter marked his 17th career rushing touchdown. He has rushed for a score in seven of the last eight games.
* With his three-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, DeAngelo Williams tallied his 20th career touchdowns at the U of M. His 20 scores tied Williams for third in total touchdowns scored in a career. He was tied with Larry Porter and Russ Vollmer until he scored again in the third quarter surpassing the duo. Williams added a third and fourth TD, also in the third quarter, bringing his career total to 23. The Memphis record is 36 by former fullback Dave Casinelli between 1960 and 1963.
* Darron White's 17-yard reception in the third quarter tied him for second all-time in career receptions with 116. He is tied with Russell Copeland who totaled 116 catches from 1989-1992. The record, held by Damien Dodson, is 147 receptions.
* With his 21-yard touchdown run with 10:22 left in the third quarter, DeAngelo Williams advanced his streak to 12 straight games with 100-plus yards. The 21-yard run put him at 120 yards for the game. He currently has 16 career 100-yard rushing games.
* With his eight-yard touchdown run with 5:38 remaining in the third quarter, DeAngelo Williams picked up his third rushing touchdown of the game. It was the first time in his career that the Doak Walker Award candidate rushed for three tochdowns in one game.
* When DeAngelo Williams hauled in his 68-yard TD pass from Danny Wimprine with 3:31 left in the third quarter, he became just the second player in Memphis football history to score four touchdowns in a single game. Williams tied former Tiger tailback Dante Brown who scored four touchdowns vs. Houston in 2001.
* Late in the third quarter freshman tailback JaMarcus Gaither entered the game along with senior QB Bobby Robison. On their first play from scrimmage, Robison connected with Gaither for 37 yards and a touchdown. The play marked Gaither's first career score as a Tiger, and Robison's first career touchdown pass. Robison added his second career touchdown pass one series later when he tossed a 15-yard scoring strike to Tavarious Davis at the start of the fourth quarter.
* For the 15th straight game, the U of M has tallied 300 or more yards of total offense. Against the Mocs, Memphis rolled of 496 yards of total offense. Memphis has also recorded 15 straight games of more yards of total offense than its opponents. The last time that Memphis was held below its foe was in the final game of the 2002 season when TCU amassed 403 yards and Memphis totaled just 285.
* Memphis' 2-0 start in both 2003 and 2004, marked the first time since the 1960 and 1961 seasons that Memphis has opened back-to-back seasons at 2-0.
* Memphis' 52 points versus the Mocs equaled the most points scored by the Tigers since totaling 52 points against Murray State to open the 2002 season. Memphis also scored 52 points against Houston in 2001.
