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STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Despite milestone days for quarterback
Dustin Stenta and tight end
Ryan Corbin, the Southwestern Oklahoma State University football team fell to Tarleton State, 49-32, in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon.
Stenta threw for 443 yards and two touchdowns, becoming just the seventh active player in Division II – and 25th across all NCAA divisions – the reach the 10,000-yard mark for total offense. He also came within two yards of matching his own Bulldog single-game record for passing yardage, set against Ouachita Baptist in 2011. Stenta now owns five of the top seven single-game marks in SWOSU history.
Corbin caught 11 passes for 109 yards, establishing a new Bulldog single-season record for receptions, 68, breaking Bruce Hatton's two-year old record and tying the career mark of catches with 173, set previously by Johnathan Haggerty from 2006-09.
The Bulldogs (5-5) fell behind 14-0 before Stenta orchestrated their first scoring drive of the contest. He hit
M.J. Porter on a 62-yard touchdown pass with 2:06 left in the opening quarter.
Midway through the second quarter, with the Bulldogs down 21-7, the offense put together a nine-play, 70-yard drive that culminated in a nine-yard run by Stenta. A bad snap on ensuing extra point left the Bulldogs down 21-13.
The two team exchanged turnovers on the next three possessions.
Ryan Feller forced and recovered a fumble, but Stenta threw an interception on the first play of the subsequent drive. The Bulldogs got the ball right back as
Brandon Washington notched his second interception of the season.
The Bulldogs needed only three plays to capitalize on the turnover. Following a 41-yard pass from Stenta to Corbin,
Matt Farris found the end zone from four yards out to bring the Bulldogs to within two, 21-19.
In the second half, Tarleton State (7-2) opened with touchdowns on its first two possessions to push the lead out the 35-19. SWOSU closed to 35-26 when
Karl Hodge capped a five-play, 47-yard drive with a 10-yard run.
The Texans added two fourth-quarter touchdowns before Stenta connected on a 15-yard touchdown pass to
Teverick Boyd. For the game, the Bulldogs amassed 549 yards of offense; however, the Texans accumulated 618.
Steven Townsley led the Bulldog defense with 10 tackles.
The Bulldogs close out the 2013 season with rival Northwestern Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Alva. After a year off, the rivalry gets renewed with the Bulldogs eyeing a sixth-straight win in the series.
