Week 2 Upsets

There were some huge week 2 FCS upsets. Each division 1 school is listed second.

Sacramento St. 30
Colorado 28

North Dakota St. 22
Colorado St. 7

Illinois St. 31
Eastern Michigan 14

Northern Arizona 17
UNLV 14


UNLV - NORTHERN ARIZONA
UNLV, who were supposed to win by 14 according to computers, and led 14-0 by halftime, blew the lead and were stunned by division 1-aa Northern Arizona 17-14 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas Saturday. UNLV will try to get revenge against Northern Arizona on November 12th at 7pm at the Thomas & Mack Center in Men's Basketball.

Last year UNLV lost the second game of the season to another D-1aa opponent, Southern Utah, 41-16. Head coach Bobby Hauck called that the "all-time bad" loss at the time. He has since stupidly backtracked on that opinion. "On Saturday, a year later, he justified that one by saying Southern Utah’s upperclassmen were better than UNLV’s," which is laughable.

A stunned Bobby Hauck looks on during the 4th quarter.

EASTERN MICHIGAN - ILLINOIS ST.
In one of the bigger upsets this Saturday, statistically speaking, Eastern Michigan, over 30 point computer favorites, lost to D-1aa Illinois St., 31-14 at Eastern Michigan. For the Illinois St. Redbirds, Darrelynn Dunn had 130 yards rushing on 32 carries. He also scored two touchdowns.

EMU senior quarterback Alex Gillett was 11-of-25 passing for 145 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions. He also led the team in rushing with 49 yards and a touchdown. Gillett spent most of the day scrambling and trying to avoid the Redbirds pass rush. The Eagles only got 11 first downs on the day. The Eagles had five turnovers on the day to go along with nine penalties for 69 yards and a blocked field goal.

After down 14-10 after the 1st half, the Redbirds (2-0) scored on their first two drives of the 2nd half to push the lead to 24-14. As the EMU offense struggled, the Redbirds controlled the clock, holding on to the ball for nearly 22 minutes in the second half. The Redbirds then added another touchdown as they held Eastern Michigan scoreless for the rest of the 2nd half.

Eastern Michigan's Garrett Hoskins grabs EMU's first touchdown of the day.

EMU's Bronson Hill bobbles the ball before catching it.

Box Score

The state of Colorado did not have a good week 2, as Colorado and Colorado St. both lost to FCS teams. Colorado will join Pittsburgh as another FBS team from an automatic qualifying conference to lose to a FCS team, losing to Sacramento St. Both team may have set a record for most teams in 1 state to lose to FCS teams on the same day. The Colorado Buffaloes were almost 15 point computer favorites and the Colorado St. Rams were over 21 point favorites.

COLORADO ST. - NORTH DAKOTA ST.

The Colorado St. Rams lost their home opener to the North Dakota St. Bison 22-7 on Saturday night before a crowd of 23,567 at Hughes Stadium. The game opened with the Rams' third play from scrimmage that was a 69-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Grayson to tight end Crockett Gillmore. After that, however, CSU's offense crossed midfield just twice, and those drives ended with, a blocked 51-yard field goal attempt and an interception. The Bison answered CSU's first drive with a four-play touchdown drive of their own. North Dakota State defensive end Cole Jirik tackled CSU running back Tommey Morris for a safety to give the Bison a 9-7 lead with 5:34 left in the first quarter to put NDSU ahead for good. The Bison got the ball right back on a free kick and drove 67 yards for their second touchdown and took a 19-7 lead into the locker room at the break. Nothing changed in the second half as NDSU ran out the entire third quarter on a 16-play, 71-yard drive that resulted in a field goal that made it a 15-point lead. Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson was off all night, completing just 13 of 24 passes for 171 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Colorado State was just 1-for-10 on third-down conversions; North Dakota State was 12-for-21.

The Bison were guaranteed $250,000 plus the money from 500 tickets sold. Estimates had nearly 3,000 Bison fans peppered throughout the stadium in yellow shirts that read, in part: Colorado Bound.

Colorado St. tight end Crockett Gilmore outruns North Dakota St. defender Brendin Pierre in the first quarter for the Rams' only touchdown on the day.

Brock Jensen and the NDSU Bison run against the Colorado State Rams Saturday.

COLORADO - SACRAMENTO ST.

The Colorado Buffaloes lost to their second career FCS opponent Saturday, losing to the Sacramento St. Hornets 30-28 on a last second 30-yard field goal as time expired. The Buffaloes record is 1-2 against FCS competition in their long and lackluster history, losing last to Montana St. at home in 2006. Castaneda joined the Hornets after helping City College of San Francisco win the junior college national championship last season, but he was paying his own way until Saturday, when his first game-winner at any level earned him not only a hug from coach Marshall Sperbeck, but also an education. Trailing 28-27, the Hornets got the ball at their own 15 with 2:26 left and marched downfield for the game-winner by Castaneda, after which wide receiver Austin Dotson did a series of backflips as his teammates swarmed the field. Morris Norrise caught seven passes for 104 yards for Sacramento State and Chris Broadnax had five catches for 92 yards and a touchdown. 

Hornets' coach Marshall Sperbeck announced walk-on kicker Edgar Castaneda will receive a scholarship to pay for his school as a result of his late-game heroics. The Hornets (1-1), who had to come back from a 14-0 deficit, also left Boulder with a $460,000 paycheck following a stunning victory at a Pac-12 stadium for the second straight season. They upset Oregon State 29-28 in overtime in last year's opener.

Sacramento State running back A.J. Ellis, front, stretches to score a touchdown as Colorado defensive back Parker Orms, center, and defensive lineman Justin Solis look on in the first quarter.

Colorado fullback Christian Powell celebrates as he scores a touchdown on a run past Sacramento State defensive back Robert Beale in the first quarter.